{"id":28272,"date":"2021-03-23T17:35:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T17:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=28272"},"modified":"2021-03-23T17:36:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T17:36:01","slug":"remembrance-of-colleagues-lost-looms-large-over-final-senedd-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/remembrance-of-colleagues-lost-looms-large-over-final-senedd-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembrance of colleagues lost looms large over final Senedd session"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The last Senedd session before May&#8217;s election was more sombre than usual.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final session of the Welsh Parliament often tends to be more reflective than most but today members remembered those who have passed away over the past five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All three major parties have lost colleagues as Carl Sargeant, Steffan Lewis and Mohammad Asghar have all died in very different but no less tragic circumstances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FMQs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FMQs<\/a> this afternoon Welsh Conservative Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewRTDavies?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AndrewRTDavies<\/a> reflected on all those families across Wales who&#39;ve lost a loved one to Coronavirus over the past year. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XwYx6kagZd\">pic.twitter.com\/XwYx6kagZd<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Cardiff Broadcast (@BroadcastCJS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BroadcastCJS\/status\/1374381735299837955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>First Minister Mark Drakeford also paid tribute to his friend, mentor and predecessor Rhodri Morgan who died in 2017. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morgan is probably Wales&#8217; most important and influential First Minister and Mark Drakeford said it was odd to have a devolved election without &#8220;the person who was probably personally the most significant figure in establishing devolution as we have it today.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today was also a farewell for Drakeford&#8217;s more immediate predecessor as First Minister, Carwyn Jones, who is standing down at this election. Having taken plenty of First Minister&#8217;s Questions during his nine year tenure as FM, Jones delivered his final question to the Welsh Parliament this afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former First Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AMCarwyn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AMCarwyn<\/a> is standing down in May. He used his last question to the Senedd to accuse the UK Government of &#39;burying&#39; the Dunlop review into intergovernmental arrangements. In response, Mark Drakeford paid this tribute to his predecessor. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ygIVN7ITId\">pic.twitter.com\/ygIVN7ITId<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Cardiff Broadcast (@BroadcastCJS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BroadcastCJS\/status\/1374401608872693773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There was also some of the robust party point scoring you&#8217;d expect this close to election day as Plaid Cymru&#8217;s Adam Price and Labour&#8217;s Drakeford clashed over free school meals.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Adamprice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Adamprice<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fmwales?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fmwales<\/a> did clash this afternoon over free school meals and the affordability and ambition of party manifestos. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G08OHngzAq\">pic.twitter.com\/G08OHngzAq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Cardiff Broadcast (@BroadcastCJS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BroadcastCJS\/status\/1374409697768304641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final Senedd session before May&#8217;s election was a little more morbid and sombre than most final pre-election First Minister Questions sessions. <\/p>\n<p>Today is the day of remembrance to mark a year since the start of Wales&#8217; first lockdown and to pay tribute to all those who&#8217;ve lost their lives to Coronavirus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":561,"featured_media":28240,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[194,276,507,453,150,660,617],"coauthors":[558],"class_list":["post-28272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cjsnewsteam","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-mark-drakeford","tag-plaid-cymru","tag-senedd","tag-welsh-conservatives","tag-welsh-senedd"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Remembrance of colleagues lost looms large over final Senedd session - CJS News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The final Senedd session before May&#039;s election was a little more morbid and sombre than most final pre-election First Minister Questions sessions. 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