A CONSERVATIVE election candidate said David Cameron's vision of a Big Society could have a direct impact on Swansea traders.

Rene Kinzett, who is standing for the Tories in Swansea West said, under Mr Cameron's vision for Britain, the traders in Swansea market could form a co-operative to run the market themselves.

Councillor Kinzett, who was joined on a tour of the city centre by former Welsh Secretary Lord David Hunt, said: "We need individuals and communities to do a lot more for themselves.

"We spoke to market traders about the idea of running the market.

"Rather than being run by the bureaucracy of Swansea Council, they should be running it by a co-operative — a not-for-profit organisation."

Councillor Kinzett said the traders were open to the idea of keeping the £650,000 they bring in each year to run the historic buil- ding themselves.