By Jonathan Leask, local democracy reporter "I'm glad you're not sitting at the table," Selwyn’s Deputy Mayor Brendan ‘Big Red’ Shefford told a failed council candidate during a heated exchange at a meeting. Shefford made the comment after Chris Till called the council "irritatingly woke". The fiery exchange happened during Selwyn District Council's first day of annual plan submissions on Thursday. A record 944 submissions were received on its draft annual plan. Till, who unsuccessfully stood for council under the Act Party banner in the Kā Mānia Rolleston Ward last year, accused the new council of failing to deliver the “profound change” voters wanted. Selwyn's council underwent a large shake-up at the 2025 local elections, with a new-look council and mayor. “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss,” Till said. He claimed the previous “three-term socialist regime” had continued under the new council, describing it as a "high-spending, irritatingly woke council”.…