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Reuters —Vaughan Gething won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest on Saturday, meaning he will become the first Black leader of the semi-autonomous government in Wales. Devolution, Welsh solutions to Welsh problems and opportunities is in my blood,” Gething, currently minister for economy, added. Keir Starmer, leader of Britain’s Labour Party, which opinion polls show as likely to win power in a national election due later this year, congratulated Gething in a statement. Drakeford will resign as first minister of Wales on March 19, the Labour Party said in a statement, with the Welsh parliament, the Senedd, formally set to elect the next leader on March 20. Also congratulating Gething on the win, Conservative British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on social media that he was committed to working together constructively.
Persons: Reuters — Vaughan Gething, ” Gething, Mark Drakeford, Keir Starmer, Gething, Vaughan, ” Starmer, Drakeford, Rishi Sunak Organizations: Reuters, Welsh Labour Party, , Welsh, Britain’s Labour Party, UK Labour Party, Wales, Labour, Labour Party, Conservative British Locations: Wales, Zambian, Britain
An image of Shamima Begum, a British-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State, with her baby has been edited to replace her child with a sign saying: “Vote Labour to bring me home”. The manipulated image shows the 23-year-old clutching a cardboard sign which reads: “VOTE LABOUR TO BRING ME HOME”. However, the original photo shows Begum holding a baby wrapped in a blue-and-white-striped blanket (here). It was included in a June 11, 2022, Mail Online article (here), which says the child pictured was her late newborn son. The photo of Shamima Begum holding her baby was manipulated to include the sign urging people to vote for Britain’s Labour Party.
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