Wales has seen a massive shake up in politics in the last week with Mark Drakeford officially standing down and Vaughan Gething taking his place. We’re here today speaking to the people of Cardiff about the new leader, and whether people actually know who he is.
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00:00 So, yeah, talk about the new First Minister. Do you know who the new First Minister is?
00:03 – Oh, OK. – Is he...?
00:06 – I've got a picture, if you like. – Yeah.
00:09 Yeah, this is him. A few pictures. This is Vaughan Gethin.
00:12 – Do you know this man? – No, no, I don't.
00:14 – Do you know this gentleman here? – I do not.
00:17 – No? This is Vaughan Gethin. Are you from Wales? – Yes.
00:19 – Yeah, so this is the new First Minister. – OK.
00:22 – Do you know who that fellow is? – Yes, that's...
00:27 – Dave Gethin! – Do you know who this is?
00:30 – From the search tag. – Oh, well, yeah, it's his name.
00:33 – Do you know who he is? – I don't, sorry.
00:36 – Do you know who this is? – No.
00:39 Do you recognise this man?
00:41 – Politician. – Yes.
00:44 Yeah, I've seen him in the news. I read Wales online, so I've seen him.
00:48 – Do you know who this gentleman is? – Which one?
00:51 – Oh, that's the First Minister. – Yes. Oh, amazing.
00:54 So you are the second person today to know that.
00:57 – Do you know Mark Drakeford? – Yes.
00:58 – Yeah, so he left last few months. – Yeah.
01:00 – Just bit. Vaughan Gethin just come in. – OK.
01:03 You said you're a university student. It's not a great thing that a university student from Wales, as well,
01:07 – doesn't know the First Minister. – No, I hasn't heard anything about it, to be honest.
01:11 Yeah, no, I've got to be honest. After voting out of the EU,
01:16 I lost a lot of interest because I felt like I was, like, totally told wrong information.
01:22 Well, perhaps they haven't watched television or perhaps they haven't got a television.
01:26 But some people are interested in politics, you know.
01:32 I just think it's not publicised enough, especially to our generation.
01:35 We don't see it. Like, where it was online, you'd think it would come up a lot.
01:39 But I guess if you're not looking for it, you wouldn't know.
01:42 Obviously, I'm from Malaysia and stuff, and I just, coming to Wales, especially,
01:46 I didn't know much about the politics at all.
01:49 So it's something I had to learn, and I feel like that should have been more easily accessible
01:54 for students or anyone to just, like, know.
01:58 (thunder)