Wales' first minister Vaughan Gething resigns | BBC News

The first minister of Wales, Vaughan Gething, has announced his resignation, only four months after taking the job.

It comes after three of his Welsh government ministers and his top legal adviser released resignation statements, calling for him to stand down.

Since taking over in March, he has been embroiled in controversy, and has been dogged by questions over a £200,000 campaign donation from a businessman convicted of environmental offences.

In his resignation statement, he denied wrongdoing, adding: "I regret that the burden of proof is no longer an important commodity in the language of our politics."

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[rdowsnv]

Cheerio son. No one will remember your name.

[Wingalaxi]

Should never have been in that place to begin with. Come on, Britain, pulll yer flippin socks up!

[Neerod]

Reform came 2nd in Wales, can we push for a change, because labour has done nothing for Wales in the 24 years they have been in.

[philg]

Wales moving very much in the right direction. At last!

[jackspring]

I wonder if he cried again and had to be comforted by the minister sitting beside him. How did the Welsh manage to put forward such a weak man?

[manah]

Two resignations within an hour of each other. What a coincidence.

[vincentblack]

Pleased to hear, the man is troubled...

[captainbuggernutss-hlbe]

About time. Starmer should apologise for supporting him too.

[DrPangloss]

Well he didn't last long, but then neither did Sunak or Yousef. Perhaps the U.K. is beginning to wake up at last, if not at least it's beginning to stir.

[Cherismile]

Forgot for a moment i was watching bbc ...ill go get the true story of this from another channel

[theangrygamer]

So much for all the non-white leaders in the UK

[johncummins]

He's earning more money washing pots on adverts !!

[simonkariuki]

England is the official epicenter of resignations!

[Mister.Unknown]

To be fair and honest, he did play like shit in the Finals.

[S-Ltd]

Diversity hire didn't last long.🤣🤣

[johncatto]

Ethnic party leaders have not proved a great success, I wonder why that would be.

[electrolytics]

What kind of government do you guys have that would put this guy in office?
Who votes for this?

[notjustforhackers]

"Resigns". Ok, sure he wasn't really pushed? "Resigns", spin, spin, spin.

[colinmacfarlane]

Lots of bribery involved, Gething must be crying all the way to the bank. Almost same scenario as useless Humza Youzaf in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 😮

[MasterControl-MCP]

This what happens when you hire a tick box