Mark Drakeford has vowed to be “radical” and “ambitious” in government after his party equalled its best-ever election results in the Senedd.
Following a dismal few days for the Labour Party the results in Wales will come as light relief after local elections in England saw scores of councils turn blue and Hartlepool fall to the Tories for the first time in 62 years.
It will also provide Sir Keir Starmer with a positive to reflect on amid a sea of abject misery.
Drakeford, who was the only sitting Cabinet member in any part of the UK to support Jeremy Corbyn in his bid for the national leadership of the Labour Party in 2015, has promised to be ‘radical and ambitious’ for Wales, much to the delight of people on social media.
Steve Howell pointed out that it is a “real shame Keir Starmer didn’t listen” to what the ‘Corbyn candidate’ said last year when he urged the next Labour leader not to abandon policies espoused under the previous administration.
Reaction elsewhere has been of a similar ilk. Here’s what people had to say:
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