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Health Minister Eluned Morgan seems likely to become the new First Minister after former contender Jeremy Miles announced he would not be standing to replace Vaughan Gething.

Mr Gething resigned last Tuesday, July 16, following months of controversy over donations totalling £200,000 that he took from a convicted criminal and the revelation that he had deleted messages during the Covid crisis because he feared they could be disclosed under freedom of information legislation. He subsequently lied to the UK Covid Inquiry.

 

The Welsh government’s response to the Covid pandemic was “hampered by undue complexity," a public inquiry has found.

In the UK Covid-19 Inquiry's first report, which looks at the UK's preparedness for a pandemic, the Welsh Government was criticised over its preparations.

The report said that the system in Wales was a “labyrinthine,” and that there were failed opportunities to create a coherent system.

 

Some GPs in Wales have been running at limited capacity without computer systems following a global IT outage.

Planes have been grounded throughout the world, many industries disrupted and TV channels forced off air.

In Wales, trains have been delayed or cancelled, GPs are having to revert to handwritten notes and are turning away all but the most serious patients.

The exact cause of the problem is unknown, although several firms have blamed an issue with Crowdstrike cyber security software.

 

Welsh language campaigners have targeted Welsh Government offices across Wales, claiming Labour ‘chaos’ is causing delays to a promised White Paper on housing.Cymdeithas yr Iaith members have taken direct action against Welsh Government offices across Wales overnight (17 July) in response to delays in publishing their long-awaited White Paper on housing, declaring that solving the housing crisis will be the biggest challenge for the next First Minister of Wales.

In April, Julie James, the Welsh Government’s former Cabinet Secretary for Housing, committed to publishing a White Paper on the Right to Adequate Housing and Fair Rents, which would precede a law, before the summer recess of the Senedd.

 

Fresh calls have been made for an independent Wales-specific public inquiry into the Covid-19 pandemic following the UK probe’s first report.

Published today (July 18) the Wales section of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry described the Welsh Government’s preparations for a pandemic as “labyrinthine” with the reality not matching the rhetoric.

Outgoing First Minister Vaughan Gething said the publication was an “important moment for Welsh families bereaved by Covid-19” and for the frontline staff who “worked so hard” during the pandemic.

 

An extra £5m has been allocated to reassess the speed limit on 20mph roads, the Welsh government has announced.

Transport Minister Ken Skates previously said the decision to reverse parts of the controversial £34m default 20mph policy was in response to “consistent” concerns raised by "a lot of people".

Updated guidance to councils said there was no need to reassess all roads.

The Welsh government said it expected most changes from 20mph to 30mph to be on A and B roads "which are typically main or strategic roads" and "away from places that attract frequent pedestrians".

 

Vaughan Gething has announced that he is stepping down as the first minister of Wales, following a series of controversies that left his position untenable.

All eyes now turn to who might replace him - and how that process will work.

While it is too soon to know for sure, who are the most likely candidates to run for Wales' top job?

 

All 11 water firms in Wales and England are under scrutiny by Ofwat as part of its major investigation into whether their sewage treatment works are polluting the environment.

The water regulator said it showed “how concerned we are about the sector’s environmental performance”.

Ofwat announced it had served formal enforcement notices on the four remaining utilities firms – Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, Hafren Dyfrdwy, Severn Trent and United Utilities.

It means it has gathered evidence and found the firms may have breached their obligations to protect the environment, which could lead to fines.

 

Vaughan Gething has resigned as First Minister following weeks of controversies and a mass walk out by his cabinet.

He said the assertion that some kind of wrongdoing had taken place is “pernicious, politically motivated and patently untrue”.

In a statement published on Tuesday morning (July 16) he said: “I have this morning taken the difficult decision to begin the process of stepping down as leader of the Welsh Labour Party and, as a result, First Minister.

 

Concerns have been raised that an energy firm is “courting” Welsh politicians with gifts and donations in order to gain favour and influence for future wind farm projects.

Details uncovered by Nation Cymru reveal how several Labour Senedd members and a Labour MP have received tickets to sporting events and cash from Scottish company Bute Energy over the last three years.

The firm is currently developing a portfolio of onshore wind and solar power energy parks across rural parts of Wales.

 

A leading anti-corruption organisation has called for an independent probe into the sacking of junior minister Hannah Blythyn.

Transparency International UK is a global movement working to expose serious governance issues in both the UK and devolved governments through impartial, evidence-based research.

The organisation says an investigation should be launched immediately to establish the facts surrounding the ongoing confusion relating to the dismissal of the former social partnership minister.

 

Two local councillors have submitted a motion to their constituency Labour party calling for a vote of no confidence to be passed in First Minister Vaughan Gething.

It is thought to be the first such motion to be proposed within Welsh Labour since Nation.Cymru revealed in February that Mr Gething had accepted donations to his party leadership campaign totalling £200,000 from a company owned by businessman David Neal, who received two suspended prison sentences for dumping toxic sludge in the protected wetlands landscape of the Gwent Levels.

[–] Navarian@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (13 children)

I think it's a case of the author saying how things are supposed to be, rather than than the uncomfortable reality we seem to have settled into.

[–] Navarian@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

The kicker being, that this is the second time, not ever, but in a single month.

It's honestly absurd.

[–] Navarian@lemm.ee 90 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Wild that the answer to young people being exposed to literal genocide and having an opinion about it, isn't to try and do something about the genocide, but to call it indoctrination and try to ban it.

Make it make sense.

[–] Navarian@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (9 children)

The only difference here though, is that it would be like being a nurse in Spain, and being told you can't speak Spanish to people, despite literally being in Spain, talking to a Spanish speaker.

[–] Navarian@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think this would be a great idea, that being said - I'm unsure how big the active community is here, most people are just lurkers with very little input besides upvotes and the odd comment now and then.

If this gets a lot of attention, I have no problem hosting a pinned post looking for Welsh song inclusions, though. This aside, appreciate you putting in the time to run it, and also to come out and seek participants, pretty cool.

[–] Navarian@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Another older article that is once again incredibly relevant due to the current situation.

[–] Navarian@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I'll be honest, I'm unsure how these things are related. That being said, I'm all for platform scrutiny, and I'm aware of this controversy.

Substack have since reversed their decision on this and have taken action against a number of Nazi sources, though I would absolutely agree that more could and should be done.

For what it's worth, have you had a look at the deep dark areas of Lemmy lately? Many a Nazi and god knows what else over here too, unfortunately.

[–] Navarian@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

First let me say, thanks for taking the time to write this out, hugely appreciate you for that.

Will definitely look to introduce more studies that I can then pick apart, can see how that would help with length and substance. I've been trying to walk the line between being too academic and too, well, not. I always had the thought that a vast majority of people would likely turn off if they start seeing academic studies references and the likes. That being said, I don't actually have the data on if that would be true for my readership, so it's worth a shot.

Combining these is a great idea, I'm going to go ahead and do that now, thanks!

Have huge problems with removing "I" statements from my work, so it's always great to have another set of eyes on an article, thanks for pointing this out. I think I need to start reading over my articles more as just an interested reader than as the author, once I've finished up and decide to publish something, practice makes perfect I suppose.

Thanks for everything here.

[–] Navarian@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Appreciate you providing your perspective on this, and I tend to agree in some cases, having been the third wheel in a situation like that too.

[–] Navarian@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

You can dislike this woman and this iteration of 'new labour' for many legitimate reasons, but this isn't one of them.

[–] Navarian@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

This is incredibly interesting, appreciate you doing the leg work.

Interesting note that we're still (2021) importing more than double the amount we export. A not insignificant amount.

It would be interesting to see where and in what quality this imported meat is/is from.

Something else potentially interesting is the possible relationship between the cost of living crisis and the consumption of beef not only across the UK, but in Wales specifically.

[–] Navarian@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Old but ever more relevant.

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