Labour silent over Welsh First Minister’s £31,000

For 25 years, Welsh Labour has ruled Cardiff Bay with an iron fist. But these days, the party’s grip over the Senedd is looking distinctly shaky, following the decision of Plaid Cymru on Friday to pull out of their power-sharing arrangement. Vaughan Gething is now on the ropes, ahead of a likely looming confidence vote, with some predicting he will soon break Alun Michael’s record of being the shortest serving First Minister in Welsh history.

But while Cardiff Bay is gripped by Gething’s woes, thus far remarkably little has been made of his various scandals in Westminster. Wes Streeting was out doing the media round this morning for Labour and yet was not asked by either Sky or the BBC about his sister party’s woes in the Senedd. Thus far, the Starmer army has been successfully able to make out that the little local difficulties in Wales have nothing to do with the UK-wide party in Westminster.