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Carwyn Jones not re-elected as First Minister as Leanne Wood puts herself forward and gains the backing of Plaid, the Conservatives & UKIP.
29-29 split vote.
Interesting to see how this one plays out...
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Sounds like PC really are the "cheap date" they were accused of being before the election.
think it was a statement more than an actual attempt at becoming the next government. but you're right, interesting indeed.
This is why I don't vote
Clowns running the country
Plaid Cuddling up with UKIP and the conservativesOriginally Posted by Claude Blue
Well that didn't take long Leanne
The problem is, even if you dont vote they'll still be there, affecting your life.
Doesn't really mean they're "cuddling".
Wood went for it knowing that she'd get the backing of her own AMs, that the Conservatives want Carwyn out at any cost, and that UKIP ran on a 'shake up the Assembly' pitch...meaning they'd all vote for her anyway on this.
Totally agree.
Yeah I don't think she would have made any policy bargains here.
so with that in mind, it's probably best to vote. at least that way you get a (small) say in what happens.
Labour are comfortably the largest party so what does Wood do but strike a deal with right wingers.I can't see many of her party's supporters being happy with that.
According to the dark side, it's looking like Neil Warnock
Some are far from happy
https://mobile.twitter.com/Rhuanedd/...12272095465472
#GAME OF THROWNS
I'm not surprised. This won't do Plaid any good.
So basically just ignore what the electorate voted for five days ago?
So you want a party without any kind of mandate to lead the Assembly? Why not go the whole hog and ignore the results and that Labour are by far the biggest party.
they were the biggest party, but dont have a mandate. There were more seats against labour than for, which is why they didnt win. This is democracy.
Rhun ap Iorwerth on bbc wales right now talking about it
This speaks volumes about Wood's breathtaking opportunism and hypocrisy. She is the first to slag off UKIP and right wing politics. Now she is getting them to back her even though she has much less of a mandate than Labour. I hope this blows up in her face and there is another Election next month because she will see her party lose seats.
I know that but do you think Wales wants a Plaid/Tory/UKIP coalition when Labour won almost as many seats as that lot put together. Its a sham and many left wing Plaid supporters will not be happy.
Interesting that Leanne Wood thinks with 12 seats out of 60 she has any sort of right to be First Minister. Anyway their initial lies about there being no deals with other parties is a lie. Neil Hamilton has said they were approached by Plaid on Monday to back them in the FM vote.
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