When The First Minister Of Wales Doesn't Even Know His Own Constituency

Hello there. Hope you're feeling well today.

So First Minister of Wales Mark "Jeremy's Disciple" spent Friday not trying to work out why like the dinosaurs the once mighty big beast of Welsh Politics the Labour party is slowly dying out (latest example the Brecon and Radnor by-election - they were not expected to win but to almost lose their deposit is a disaster) but instead went on a constituency surgery as an assembly member.

So he does a constituency surgery. Fair enough. It's his job and then goes to Twitter to chat about what he's done. OK.

There is a new Redrow housing development in his constituency called Cae St Fagans. This is where his Twitter post comes from.

And he states that he's in Fairwater.

I would argue he's in Pentrebane. Which, whilst described as a "small village" in the builder's website (and I digress to say that whilst someone in Redrow knows the Welsh for village is as far away from the image of one you can get) is a working class area almost literally further down the road.

And I know that because I lived there.

Now I know what you're going to say. If it's in Pentrebane why does the builder call it Cae St Fagans?

Well I'd arfue the village of St Fagan's is literally even more further down the road  from Pentrebane. And it has, the better "image" presumably for the sort of houses that Redrow want to sell. Calling it Cae St Fagans ( St Fagans' Field) is just marketing.

You could also say that Cae St Fagans is not Fairwater, St Fagans or Pentrebane but an area in itself. This might be true. Incidentally something I'm looking into about Cardiff is their new build policy. There have been accusations that both in residential and business development the Labour council have basically allowed the character of the city to be slowly new built to death. I cannot say I've knowledge enough to provide an opinion on this. Though on a superficial level there does seem to be a case to answer.

Anyway whether Cae St Fagan's is in Pentrebane, St Fagan's or it's own being the point is it's not Fairwater.

If you go from the centre of the city (say Cathedral Road for those in the know) then of the four areas we're chatting about it would go as follows....Fairwater, Pentrebane, Cae St Fagans, St Fagans. Each separate entities.

So we come back to the central point of the post. Mark Drakeford calls an area of the city Fairwater when it isn't. It is his job to know his constituency and yet this shows he doesn't. Is it just another example of the arrogant incompetence of Welsh Labour? Who cares where you live as long as you vote for them on election nights?

Does it matter? Of course it does. How can people trust the First Minister of Wales to fight for the area he's supposed to represent when he doesn't appear to know where he is?

It's not a good look.

Until the next time.