Protesters demand council leader's resignation

Members of Occupy Swansea managed to make their presence felt at Calamity Hall today - so much so that it took two successive evictions by the police to get rid of them so that a council meeting could continue.

A small group entrenched themselves in the public gallery and loudly demanded the resignation of council leader Chris Holley. They also distributed leaflets which accused Holley, his deputy John Hague and acting tory group leader Paxton Hood-Williams of "corruption" in relation to a police investigation into alleged misconduct.

The council leader was visibly peeved at the interruptions and demanded that the protesters be removed. The meeting was put on hold whilst security staff tried to shift them. They gave up after a few feeble attempts and  the cops were finally called in.

There was an cheerful outbreak of cross-party bravado when the meeting resumed but the clash seemed to have unnerved councillors to the extent that the proceedings were brought to a conclusion in record time. (officers are said to be hoping that the protesters turn up for the next meeting too).

Strangely though, and perhaps it was just a case of people wanting to rush through the agenda before the protesters reappeared, it was noticeable that an item to confirm Desperate Den as Swansea's next first citizen was quickly put on hold for six weeks. Or will it turn out to be considerably longer?

Update: EP version of events