Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford resigns
Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford resigns
A leadership contest will be held after Mark Drakeford announces he is standing down.
He has stood down with immediate effect
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U wot? đ
There must be something more to the resignation than "I said I'd do five years and I have". Although... with Mark it could quite well be the case.
Let's hope he's not a nonce or has done a Sturgeon the party funds are just resting overnight in my new campervan thing.
Iâm pretty sure it is just he said 5 years and itâs been 5 years. It was expected he would resign in 2024 but guess he wanted Christmas off.
I think itâs better this way so that the next First Minister gets a few years in before the next election, rather than change just before an election.
"Mr Drakeford will step down in March"
Maybe he wanted Easter off!
Also he was leader during a pandemic which will have been especially stressful and his wife died earlier this year. I suspect he's done with politics (he's an academic in a previous career) and wants to do other things with his life.