Leader of the Council in angry Twitter exchange

Leader of Oldham Council and GMCA lead for Education and Skills, Councillor Sean Fielding

The leader of the Council has told a Revolution 962 listener that he will "disregard his negative views" following an exchange on Twitter.

The two clashed following a story the Oldham Chronicle reported yesterday in which Cllr Sean Fielding outlined his plans to encourage more evening and night-time business which will encourage people to stay in the town for longer.

• Plans to make Oldham nightlife the "talk of the region"

Twitter user @nowayhozay wrote: "I find this staggering, we had a night time economy in this town that was decimated long before the demise of pubs started. Are the council deluded enough to think this can be just reinvigorated? Our town is on its knees!"

I find this staggering, we had a night time economy in this town that was decimated long before the demise of pubs started. Are the council deluded enough to think this can be just reinvigorated? Our town is on its knees!

— Heyho (@nowayhozay1978) February 1, 2019

It sparked the following response from the leader of the Council: "So in summary your feedback is “Oldham needs to be better but don’t bother doing any work to achieve that”. Given that my job is to use the machinery of the Council to make Oldham a better place I’m going to disregard this defeatist negativity. Ta."

So in summary your feedback is “Oldham needs to be better but don’t bother doing any work to achieve that”.

Given that my job is to use the machinery of the Council to make Oldham a better place I’m going to disregard this defeatist negativity. Ta.

— Sean Fielding (@cllrsfielding) February 1, 2019

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