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Leading

114. The future of Wales (Eluned Morgan)

Leading

Goalhanger Podcasts

Politics, Government, News

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

How did Morgan’s upbringing as the daughter of a priest set her off on a path to become Welsh First Minister? What does a former member of the European Parliament think happened with Brexit? How has the devolved parliament tackled the NHS?  Rory and Alastair are joined by the first minister of Wales, Eluned Morgan, to discuss all this and more. TRIP Plus: Become a member of The Rest Is Politics Plus to support the podcast, receive our exclusive newsletter, enjoy ad-free listening to both TRIP and Leading, benefit from discount book prices on titles mentioned on the pod, join our Discord chatroom, and receive early access to live show tickets and Question Time episodes. Just head to therestispolitics.com to sign up, or start a free trial today on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/therestispolitics. Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @RestIsPolitics Email: [email protected] Assistant Producer: India Dunkley + Alice Horrell Social Producer: Jess Kidson Producer: Nicole Maslen Senior Producer: Dom Johnson Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:40.5

welcome to the rest of this politics leading with me Roy Stewart

0:51.9

and me, Aleckel and we are delighted to have with us the First Minister of Wales,

0:58.7

in Leonard Morgan, who I have known for many years, who is a Welsh speaker from Cardiff,

1:06.1

who is somebody who's had several ministerial posts before this one in the Welsh government,

1:12.1

and before that was a member of the European Parliament,

1:14.8

which I think was when I first got to know you, largely through our mutual friends, the Kinnocks.

1:19.5

And we've also been involved in mental health campaigns together,

1:22.6

because it is a great mental health campaigner.

1:25.3

And something of a reluctant, First Minister. Is that fair?

1:29.8

Yes, a little bit. I did put my name in before, but I didn't put my name in the second time.

1:35.0

So, yeah, it was an unexpected pleasure to become First Minister in the summer after a little bit of a turmoil.

1:42.9

Yeah, we remember the turmoil.

1:44.3

And for International British listeners, tell us a little bit about the role of First Minister

1:48.6

from the powers that Wales has independent to the United Kingdom.

1:52.8

So we've had a devolved government now for 25 years.

1:57.0

Initially, there were actually quite few powers, but over the years, we now have lawmaking powers,

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