Eluned Morgan: Who is the first minister candidate?

The Covid inquiry revealed how she texted colleagues concerning the Omicron variant, declaring: “We’re all f*****d!”

She apologised for the fruity language saying, it’s “in all probability not what you need” from the daughter of a vicar whose husband, Rhys Jenkins, is a priest too. He’s additionally a GP, and so they have two kids.

There was one other apology in June 2022 when she was banned from driving for six months for repeatedly dashing. And she or he apologised once more the next yr for a joke concerning the late Margaret Thatcher and a Conservative reshuffle.

Having gone for the highest job as soon as, she may need been anticipated to enter the competition to succeed Drakeford. However she backed her former rival Gething as a substitute.

Requested if she hoped a brand new FM would hold her within the well being job on the time, she instructed ITV Wales: “Not essentially. It’s a really, very powerful job I have to say.”

Regardless of the trace that she fancied a change, Gething retained her as well being secretary – and she or he defended him when he got here underneath strain as chief.

She is perhaps on the verge of getting a brand new job in any case.

If she will get it, being first minister and unifying Welsh Labour after a torrid few months shall be an much more troublesome activity than the one she leaves behind.