Whitey Ford
03-16-2024, 02:27 PM
Vaughan Gething to become Welsh first minister after Labour leadership win
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Vaughan Gething has been elected the head of Welsh Labour and will become the first Black leader of a European country when he is confirmed as first minister next week.
Gething described his rise to the top as “an extraordinary point of history” and said he hoped it would encourage other Black people to follow him into public life.
But Gething immediately faced criticism over a £200,000 donation he accepted for his leadership campaign from a company run by a man convicted of environmental offences. Plaid Cymru, which has a cooperation agreement with Labour in the Senedd, called for the money to be paid back.
Gething’s rival for the leadership, the education minister, Jeremy Miles, appeared to have a dig in a statement he released after the result, saying that being elected was “an honour underpinned by trust that must be continually earned”.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/16/vaughan-gething-to-become-welsh-first-minister-after-labour-leadership-win
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Vaughan Gething has been elected the head of Welsh Labour and will become the first Black leader of a European country when he is confirmed as first minister next week.
Gething described his rise to the top as “an extraordinary point of history” and said he hoped it would encourage other Black people to follow him into public life.
But Gething immediately faced criticism over a £200,000 donation he accepted for his leadership campaign from a company run by a man convicted of environmental offences. Plaid Cymru, which has a cooperation agreement with Labour in the Senedd, called for the money to be paid back.
Gething’s rival for the leadership, the education minister, Jeremy Miles, appeared to have a dig in a statement he released after the result, saying that being elected was “an honour underpinned by trust that must be continually earned”.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/16/vaughan-gething-to-become-welsh-first-minister-after-labour-leadership-win