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Another Tory MS resigns from the front bench over post-alcohol-ban drinks in the Senedd
Nick Ramsay MS will no longer be a front-bench spokesperson for the Welsh Conservatives
17:36, 25 JAN 2021
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Another senoir Tory MS has resigned from the front bench after a row over drinking alcohol in the Senedd.
Paul Davies said the controversy has become a distraction THE leader of the Welsh Conservatives has resigned after he was among a group of politicians who drank alcohol on the Senedd estate just days after a pub alcohol ban came into force. Paul Davies said the controversy over the events, which took place in December, had become a “distraction” and he is standing down with “immediate effect” despite appeals from colleagues to continue. He said in a statement: “Yesterday I indicated to the Conservative group in the Welsh Parliament that I wished to resign, but they urged me to reflect further, and we agreed to meet again on Monday.
The Leader of the Welsh Conservatives has stepped down with immediate effect in the wake of an investigation into drinking in the Senedd, and Darren Millar MS has stepped down from a front bench role. Yesterday afternoon the Welsh Conservatives “extended its unanimous support” for Paul Davies MS to continue as Leader, however he has […]