Plaid Cymru ended its co-operation deal with Labour in Wales immediately

[arista]

[First Minister Vaughan Gething
has come under more pressure after
Plaid Cymru ended its co-operation deal
with Labour in Wales immediately.

Plaid leader Rhun ap Iorwerth said
he was proud of what the deal had a
chieved but was "deeply concerned"
about £200,000 given to Mr Gething's leadership
campaign by a company owned by a
man twice convicted of
environmental offences.

The deal saw Plaid help the Labour-run Welsh
government - which has exactly half the
seats in the Welsh Parliament - get through
important votes.

It comes during a turbulent week in the
Senedd for Mr Gething after he sacked
one of his ministers.]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce5l86e0veeo

What a mess for Labour Votes

[joeysteele]

Could see this coming.

The new leader of Plaid has expressed uncertainty to thia agreement since taking over

Who can he help in, the Cons????
That'll go down well with Welsh voters .

Let's see what the Lib Dem does now.

I do think the Labour leader has looked less than really open on the issue Plaids leader is on about however.

[arista]

From Last Nights
Ch4HDnews

They said its possible,
he could be removed

If one MP goes against him

[Crimson Dynamo]

Welsh Labour accuse critics of ‘racism’ as First Minister battles for his political
career


The events in Wales appear to be similarly mirroring those prior to the
resignation of Humza Yousaf in Scotland.

https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/139/940x/secondary/5383761.avif?r=1716209989381

Supporters of Welsh Labour First Minister Vaughan Gething have been
desperately accusing his opponents and critics of racism, as he battles to
save his political career.

Mr Gething is now on course for a vote of confidence in the next fortnight,
after a myriad of scandals have seen him accused of receiving controversial
donations and misleading the Covid inquiry over the deleting of crucial
pandemic WhatsApps.

On Friday the Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru announced it was ending
its co-operation deal with Labour, with leader Rhun ap Iorwerth saying he
was “deeply concerned” about the £200,000 donation given to Mr Gething’s
leadership campaign by a company owned by a man twice convicted of
environmental offences.

Last week Mr Gething also caused fireworks by sacking a Labour minister
whom he accused of being responsible for leaks, specifically around a
WhatsApp showing he did proactively delete WhatsApp messages.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1901374/Vaughan-Gething-Labour-racism-crisis

[arista]

Yes Ch4HDnews on Friday
said he may have to resign

[Crimson Dynamo]

get him in the bin

[bots]

it's not really saying a lot for devolved governments in the uk is it :laugh:

[joeysteele]

it's not really saying a lot for devolved governments in the uk is it :laugh:

They are all admittedly in difficulties.

With the SNP woes in Scotland.
Now in Wales, problems.
Plus the Northern Ireland Assembly has just got back recently too.

[Crimson Dynamo]

which party foisted devolution on the UK?

[joeysteele]

Oh I still believe devolution is right for domevsekf governing of Scotland and Wales.

It was expected and was going to have to be done to address denandsbof Scotland in particular.

The devolution vote in 1997 was supported by 74% in Scotland.
So that level of opinion shouldn't have been discarded.

In Wales, the vote was very narrow for devolution.
However I'd doubt either Scotland or Wales would ever allow it to be reversed now.


They've just got to, accept more working together.
Because how devolution is set up, it's not designed for ONE Party control.

[Oliver_W]

it's not really saying a lot for devolved governments in the uk is it :laugh:

They are all admittedly in difficulties.

With the SNP woes in Scotland.
Now in Wales, problems.
Plus the Northern Ireland Assembly has just got back recently too.

They need some people from England to come in and run their "separate countries."

[arista]

They need some people from England to come in and run their "separate countries."


No the Public there
want locals.


Slick Liam wants locals

[joeysteele]

No the Public there
want locals.


Slick Liam wants locals

The UK overall government is as much a mess almost as the devolved administrations.

[bots]

political parties have all realised that culture wars are what gets the public most engaged, so they have been focusing on that to the almost total exclusion of everything else. The public is being played here in the UK just as much as it is in America