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Is Vaughan Gething the man to watch? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Urmstongran Wed 13-Mar-24 16:15:45

Mark Drakeford (69) steps down as First Minister for Wales this Easter. This man came second to him in the voting in 2018. Looking him up on Wiki he is 49, and was health minister between 2016 and May 2021, overseeing Wales' initial response to Covid.

He says that experience would stand him in good stead to be first minister, but he has also been criticised after admitting he had not read key documents relating to pandemic planning.

Any of our GN community know of him/fancy his chances? I admit I only became curious about Drakeford’s successor because of today’s Covid Inquiry session and became curious.

Callistemon21 Sat 16-Mar-24 20:41:02

Anniebach

And before England ruled

Did you watch A Royal Guide to Wales Anniebach?
Ch 4 this evening (a welcome break from the rugby).

Callistemon21 Sat 16-Mar-24 20:42:01

I don't think it's the middle classes. They're targeting school children.

Casdon Sat 16-Mar-24 20:42:02

I’ve just had a quick look at Urmstongran’s claim about crime rates.
www.statista.com/statistics/866788/crime-rate-england-and-wales-by-region/
This doesn’t bear out her claim. I think she’s confused between absolute rates of crime, and a rise in the number of reported incidents over a specific period, which are less significant than the absolute rates over a year.
I could no doubt look at the other claims she makes but to be frank I can’t be bothered to waste my time checking out nonsense that’s probably been gleaned from a less than reliable source.

I didn’t vote for devolution, but in retrospect I wish I had, because despite the downsides it’s been good for Wales - our identity and self worth has increased a lot in the last twenty years. There’s no going back.

Anniebach Sat 16-Mar-24 20:42:56

No Callistemon

zakouma66 Sat 16-Mar-24 21:25:15

Gob smacking arragance commenting on Wales and in particular the Welsh language.

Anniebach Sat 16-Mar-24 21:43:29

I did vote for devolution , trivial perhaps but not to me,
Capel Celyn 1965, Liverpool needed more water,no problem
Flood a valley in Wales, tough on houses tell the preople to dig
up their dead, passed by parliament but not one vote by a Welsh MP, Liverpool did apologise in the 90’s,

Aberfan 1966 would not have happened if we had any control

Callistemon21 Sat 16-Mar-24 22:45:00

zakouma66

Gob smacking arragance commenting on Wales and in particular the Welsh language.

Why?

Does a poster have to live in Wales and speak Welsh before they are allowed to comment?

Last time I looked, it was still part of the UK.
And I don't see posters holding back on international affairs either.

Bea65 Sun 17-Mar-24 04:21:18

Think now you have to say mixed heritage or dual heritage - not mixed race … but have tin hat on just in case🤣

eazybee Sun 17-Mar-24 09:33:59

I would say Vaughan Gething is most definitely a man to watch, and watch most carefully.
A rather dodgy political career so far, as presented in Wikipedia. I am aware that not all the information presented there is always completely accurate, but the £200,000 donation from a dubious source and the trade union nomination have been discussed in the press, plus other minor transgressions.