Why Bridgend Labour Council Should Call Alistair Campbell To Teach It To Spin: Maesteg Market

Hello there. Hope you're feeling well today.

Yes I know. Maesteg Market yet again. You thought I'd left it after my last post. Well so did I. But yet again Twitter makes me put finger to keyboard.

So it's Tuesday. The sun is shining unusually for a day in October. This fact is noticed not just by me but also whoever is in charge of the Twitter account for Maesteg Market @MaestegMarket (which is controlled by Bridgend Council). At 10:32am this person tweeted

"Good morning all! We are loving the sunshine here at Maesteg Market so why not come and join us today and shop"

All very true. But how about when the weather is not so good. Perhaps then people can shop and wander around in an indoor market without having to dart from shop to shop or stall to stall and avoid the occasional rain Wales can get?

But of course they can't. Because as regular readers would know the indoor market which was situated in the old Maesteg Town Hall building is to all intents and purposes dead. Killed by Bridgend Labour council's wish to create a "cultural hub" in the building it was in using EU money that it's not certain it will have and not making any indication that it has a plan B should it not be forthcoming.

Bad and mad.

If you were a trader in that market forced to move out and looking at the tweet you would have probably gone ballistic and quite rightly so. The sheer insenseitivity is breathtaking.

And it gets worse.

Because perhaps I'm wrong. Perhaps Maesteg Indoor Market is still going to be open despite all evidence to the contrary? After all I have official confirmation that stalls 6B,10,11,24A and 24B are still available. How do I know this? Well it's all there in Bridgend's councils own website last updated in July 2016!!

(Here's the site before they take it off - http://www.bridgend.gov.uk/services/property/markets/maesteg-market.aspx)

Bad,Mad and incompetent.

So Mr Campbell if you want to relive the old times and give a tired Labour administration some tips on presenting itself better an opportunity awaits.

Until the next time