Vaughan Gething, the first black leader of a European country, admits that the Labour party mishandled the introduction of 20mph zones. Despite criticism and controversy surrounding his campaign donation, Gething remains focused on the future and aims to make his constituents proud.
Vaughan Gething is the first black leader of a European country. His election last month as Labour leader and soIt is arguably a sign of progress that these things have passed with so little comment but that’s not to say that Gething doesn’t feel their weight.. “Others are desperate for me to succeed…But they want to know they’re going to be proud of you in six months’ and six years’ time, that you’re not just going to be a pop quiz question.
And he hints that the race was narrower than expected because he didn’t fight as aggressively as he could for the sake of party unity. In his first few weeks in the job Gething has been keen to signal compromise – both inside Labour and with voters admitting that the Welsh government A recent report, meanwhile, highlighted how far Welsh children in poorer areas are behind in their schooling. The gap is “not acceptable” Gething admits.The new Welsh leader expects Rishi Sunak to intensify the attacks in the months to come but says he relishes the fight. “Let’s be grown-ups – he’s going to come after us in the run up to the election.”
From pioneering new sources of energy to recycling at which Wales is a world leader – Gething is keen to project the country as a forward-looking dynamo that will be all the more effective when paired with a Labour government in Westminster. Gething’s father, a Welsh vet met and married his mother in Zambia where Vaughan was born. The family settled in Dorset after his father’s job offer at a practice near Abergavenny was withdrawn when they realised he had a black family.
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