Twitter Tit For Tat Row Erupts As ‘Secret’ Plas Madoc Plans Are Revealed

While we are waiting for the Council’s Executive Board reports to be uploaded, and therefore allowing us to published embargoed information on Plas Madoc we have noticed a twitter row kicking off about its contents.

Although the ‘top secret’ thrust of the report is now in the public domain – that the Council are looking at handing over the running of the Plas Madoc facility to a social enterprise – the nitty gritty cannot yet be revealed.

Local Councillor Arfon Jones explained how discussions yesterday were kept under wraps after being ‘sworn to secrecy’, but poked fun at Mr Skates comments in the Leader today where he revealed the currently secret plans.

@cllrpaulrogers @KenSkatesAM trying to take the credit for @Save_plasmadoc . Political posturing at its worst @wrexhamcbc

— Arfon Jones (@ArfonJ) February 5, 2014

Local Labour Assembly Member Ken Skates responded:

Such a shame idle Plaid and Tory councillors @ArfonJ and @cllrpaulrogers have no interest in options for saving Plas Madoc.

— Ken Skates AM (@KenSkatesAM) February 5, 2014

Later he added two accusations:

What are Plaid’s plans for Plas Madoc? Come clean on your position @ArfonJ – you wanted it closed!

— Ken Skates AM (@KenSkatesAM) February 5, 2014

Plaid had no interest in Plas Madoc until they saw a chance to exploit public concern. You and your Tory chums wanted it closed @ArfonJ!

— Ken Skates AM (@KenSkatesAM) February 5, 2014

Responding Cllr Jones said:

.@KenSkatesAM has a bizarre understanding of what the truth is, Labour run @wrexhamcbc want to close PMLC…end of story!

— Arfon Jones (@ArfonJ) February 5, 2014

Marc Jones from Plaid Cymru also added:

.@KenSkatesAM @ArfonJ Plaid wants it open and run by council. It’s a Labour council trying to close it.

— marc jones (@marcvjones) February 5, 2014

The latter could be an indication that a handover to the community of the facility could be further opposed, placing the future of the centre in doubt.

For those wishing to follow the twitter debate – this custom Twitter search could be of use!

(We are hoping that the Council’s Executive Board reports are uploaded to the Council’s site at some point today so we can publish the questions and answers we posed yesterday, if not due to embargo rules we will be publishing at 6am tomorrow.) EDIT 4pm: This is now online – so you can read the report by clicking here….!