for months the welsh first minister carwynjones said it was important for the assembly to send a cleard of the meaningful vote in the house of commons. so it came as a bit of a surprise when the welsh government tabled a motion that did not explicitly reject or accept theresa may's brexit deal. much to the annoyance of plaid cymru and the pro—eu campaigne group. as well as discussing the substantive details of the uk and eu agreement there was also discussion as to how the welsh government tableed such a dog's breakfast of a motion. i'm told it was a clear when first drafted and became less clear after a special meeting, and less clear again after the welsh labour group got its hands on the motion. in a tacit admission it had messed things up in terms of this debate, the welsh labour group and welsh government ended up backing the plaid cymru amendment to the debate that called on the uk government to continue with membership of the eu's single market and customs union, called for an extension of the article 50 negotiating process, and by 36 votes to 1a, the welsh assembly explicitly r

there was further bad news, in the welsh assembly. resa may's brexit deal, the welsh conservatives called the symbolic discussion a pantomime. by the end, it turned into a bit of a farce for the welsh government. for months, the welsh first minister had said that it's important for the assembly to send a clear statement of its position ahead of the meaningful vote in the house of commons. so, it came as a bit of a surprise when the welsh government tabled a motion that did not explicitly reject or accept theresa may's brexit deal. much to the annoyance of plaid cymru the pro eu campaign group wales for europe. so as well as discussing the substantive details of the uk eu agreement, there was discussion as to how the welsh government tabled such a dog's breakfast of a motion. i'm told it was a clear motion when first drafted, then he became less clear after a special meeting of the welsh government cabinets and then less clear again after the welsh labour group got its hands on the motion. so in an admission that it would mess things up

also worth noting that yesterday in cardiff, the welsh assembly, led by labour passed a similar motion the vote in westminster on tuesday — but they create pressure. as does the fact that most mps in the house of commons voted against brexit in 2016. here's one cabinet minister on the leave side of the argument. i think that there is as i have written recently, a real danger that the house of commons, which is a natural remain majority, made attempts to steal brexit from the british people. there will be people watching all around the world thinking hold on, brexit is happening at the end of march if this does not go through on tuesday, even if alternative plans are possible, they do need time. yes absolutely, if the prime minister will come up with another deal, she doesn't have a long time to do it. if there is going to be a change of leader they will not be enough time for that to happen either. there are people speculating there could be another brexit referendum at some point and that would take a long time and well beyond the probably the 29th of march to organise and implement.

mark drakeford has been part of welsh politics since the start of the national assembly for wales.o the cabinet at senior cabinet level, taking over as health minister, and most recently he has been looking after the finance and local government portfolio, and taking over some brexit responsibility. this vote went to a second round of voting, fending off vaughan gething, the health minister, and baroness eluned morgan, the welsh language minister. in his victory speech, mark dra keford in his victory speech, mark drakeford did in his victory speech, mark dra keford did reference in his victory speech, mark drakeford did reference those politicians, the labour politicians, socialist politicians that had such a big impact on his career. he referenced michael foot and rhodri morgan, who he said was a medal to him, and closed his speech by referencing jeremy corbyn's slogan, for the many, not the few. there will be many things in mark drakeford's in tray when he takes over as first minister, when there will be a vote in the welsh assembly on wednesday, where labour have a majority. one

are benches across this place, no support from the scottish parliament and no support from the welsh assemblymingly to remain in the eu but yet again our views are being ignored, as they have been throughout this disastrous and incompetent brexit process. back in 2014 scotland was promised the strength and security of the uk but the reality has been a westminster colla pse the reality has been a westminster collapse and chaos. we were promised an equal partnership but we have been treated with contempt. mr speaker, the prime minister has lost the confidence of her own benches and she has failed to convince this out of a plan for exiting the eu. we simply cannot go on like this. it is clear the prime minister is incapable of taking decisions about future and downing street cannot negotiate anymore either with the eu or the tory backbenches. what she is really scared of is allowing this house to determine the way forward and allowing the public the opportunity to remain in the eu. she knows she has lost but she is still wasting precious time. we need the prime minister to be clear about when th

assembly does. it's been many years since there's been a change at the top of welsh labour, coming at a time now ofder way to find a 29—year—old british sailor whose boat was wrecked as she took part in a solo round the world race. susie goodall is the youngest competitor and the only woman taking part in the 30,000 mile golden globe race. her yacht was badly damaged and lost its mast in a storm in the southern ocean, about 2000 miles west of the southern tip of south america. since then, she's been in radio contact, but her location is so remote, the nearest boat is not expected to reach her until later tomorrow. jon kay has more. this is the call susie goodall made after her boat flipped over. in the southern pacific ocean — alone, injured and thousands of miles from dry land. the 29—year—old set sail injuly and was coming fourth in one of the world's most gruelling events when she hit a ferocious storm. in school, it was, "what do you want to do when you grow up" kind of thing? my thing was always, like, i want to sail around the world. speaking before the race, she knew the southern ocean would