MaccaTheHack@lemmy.world to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 9 months agoWales' First Minister Mark Drakeford resignswww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-linkWales' First Minister Mark Drakeford resignswww.bbc.co.ukMaccaTheHack@lemmy.world to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 9 months agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squareDrCake@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoI’m pretty sure it is just he said 5 years and it’s been 5 years. It was expected he would resign in 2024 but guess he wanted Christmas off. I think it’s 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.
minus-square*Tagger*@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months ago“Mr Drakeford will step down in March”
minus-squareAlex@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoAlso 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.
I’m pretty sure it is just he said 5 years and it’s been 5 years. It was expected he would resign in 2024 but guess he wanted Christmas off.
I think it’s 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.