
Welsh First Minister Mix-Up: Votes for Rival Party
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UK News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! — Welsh First Minister Mix-Up: Votes for Rival Party. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
On April 30, Welsh First Minister Elund Morgan dropped a major mix-up at a campaign stop in Barry Island, urging her own labor supporters to vote, for rival party played Kymru instead. She made the slip while switching to Welsh in her speech, right before launching a report on policy costs if labor keeps control after May 7th in. Next week's Senet election. The crowd burst into laughter as she quickly fixed it, swapping to the right name for her party, and they cheered her onto the end. Morgan later chalked it up to exhaustion from flipping languages, telling reporters she's all in on getting votes for Welsh labour to avoid risks. During tough times with bills climbing, Labour's ruled Wales for 27 years, but polls now show them behind Plaid Kymru in Reform UK, making every word count as the vote nears.
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