Gething Tears Up Ahead of Doomed Confidence Vote
Vaughan Gething is getting emotional in the Senedd this afternoon as members debate his fate – due to be voted on at around 6:00 p.m. Vikki Howells, chairman of the Labour group of Members of the Senedd, told media this morning that Vaughan Gething will lose the upcoming no-confidence vote. Before calling it a “gimmick” and pledging that he wouldn’t stand down…
Labour holds 30 seats out of the 60 in the Senedd, so every Labour member needs to vote for Vaughan. The only problem? Two of them are “sick”: fired minister Hannah Blythyn and former minister Lee Waters. Which would be a good explanation for their non-voting, if it wasn’t so incredibly easy to vote remotely…
Members vote virtually in the Senedd the whole time. A Tory member is doing so today. All you have to do is let IT know beforehand, get a device with wifi, and use the remote voting system to cast your vote. Is Gething welling up because his ex-ministers won’t save him?
UPDATE: Gething loses confidence vote 29-27.. Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies says: “The only person still batting for Gething is Keir Starmer.” Going nowhere, fast…
