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‘Welsh government should not be just of the Labour Party, but of the labour movement’
David Nicholson speaks to Welsh First Minister MARK DRAKEFORD about his ambitious socialist programme for government if re-elected and his relationship with Keir Starmer’s Labour Party

SPEAKING to Welsh Labour leader Mark Drakeford about his party’s manifesto for the next Welsh Senedd, his relationship with the trade union movement, his political legacy and the differences between Welsh Labour and the wider Labour Party shows why opinion polling shows him to be the most trusted British party leader.

During Drakeford’s successful bid to become party leader in 2018 he promised not to stand for re-election if successful in the Senedd election, so I asked him what his timeframe for stepping down was.

Drakeford explained that his timeline for standing down in time for a successor to make their mark as leader was dependent both on how long it takes for Covid-19 not to be a threat and the time needed to put “Wales on a path to an ambitious future — stronger, greener and fairer.”

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