Tearful Vaughan Gething loses no confidence vote
The TelegraphVaughan Gething, the First Minister of Wales, has lost a no confidence vote in a blow to Labour. Mr Gething, a close ally of Sir Keir Starmer, was in tears before the result was read out in the Welsh Senedd on Wednesday afternoon. It’s what I’ll carry on doing.” He told journalists that it was a “very disappointing afternoon”, calling the no-confidence motion a “transparent gimmick” that was impacted by two members of his party being unwell. We did that for more than three months with the leader of the Conservative Party.” The Welsh Conservatives tabled the motion following the collapse of the cooperation deal between Labour and Plaid Cymru, and a series of rows after Mr Gething accepted a donation from a man convicted of environmental offences.
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