Vaughan Gething to face no confidence vote

It wasn’t so very long ago that Sir Keir was hailing the Welsh Labour party as a ‘blueprint’ for what he would do in office. But with Vaughan Gething’s government crumbling by the hour, it is no surprise that Starmer has stopped praising his sister party in such gushing terms. The flailing First Minister of Wales is now facing a no confidence vote after just 70 days in post, following a string of scandals in the Senedd. He makes Humza Yousaf look like a model of stability…

Gething’s woes started before he even took up office. During his leadership campaign accepted a controversial £200,000 in donations from a businessman twice convicted of environmental offences. He then suddenly sacked minister Hannah Blythyn over the alleged leaking of pandemic-era text messages which suggested Gething had misled the UK Covid Inquiry about his WhatsApps. Plaid Cymru then pulled out of their co-operation deal early, citing