{"id":67073,"date":"2024-06-06T12:59:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T12:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/06\/vaughan-gething-what-next-for-wales-first-minister\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T12:59:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T12:59:06","slug":"vaughan-gething-what-next-for-wales-first-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/06\/vaughan-gething-what-next-for-wales-first-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaughan Gething: What next for Wales’ first minister?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vaughan Gething has said he will not resign despite losing a no-confidence motion in the Senedd<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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The big question now is what happens next.<\/p>\n

Wales’ first minister Vaughan Gething has made clear he will not resign after losing a no-confidence vote in the Senedd.<\/p>\n

Wednesday’s vote, though unprecedented, does not compel him to do so.<\/p>\n

That option for now is ruled out.<\/p>\n

So what might happen?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The opposition parties could call a vote of no confidence in the government itself, rather than in the first minister.<\/p>\n

The result of that would<\/i> be binding, and if it succeeded would bring down the government.<\/p>\n

So surely strike while the iron isn\u2019t just hot, but actually melting? It might be down to numbers.<\/p>\n

The numbers favoured a united opposition yesterday because two Labour members were absent with sickness.<\/p>\n

Vikki Howells, who chairs the Welsh Labour group, has claimed the absent duo, Hannah Blythyn and Lee Waters, would have backed Mr Gething<\/a> had they been able to.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Vaughan Gething defends record after no-confidence vote loss<\/figcaption><\/p>\n
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What about Sir Keir Starmer getting involved<\/a> from above to remove a distraction to the general election campaign? <\/p>\n

That looks unlikely, with senior UK Labour figures doubling down on their support for Mr Gething.<\/p>\n

An internal Welsh Labour Senedd move to tell the FM his time is up? <\/p>\n

No sign of that at time of writing, and there was a desk-banging, hand-clapping show of unity from Labour MSs in yesterday’s debate.<\/p>\n

Or is the crunch – if it comes – further down the road?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Welsh Labour at some point will need to get something through the Senedd – a budget for example.<\/p>\n

They are no longer in a co-operation agreement with Plaid Cymru, who withdrew from it last month.<\/p>\n

So Mr Gething and his team will need support to do what they want to do.<\/p>\n

He will need to strike a deal with another party.<\/p>\n

What happens if he can’t?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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