Welsh Tory leader quits in booze row

THE leader of the Welsh Tories has resigned after it emerged he was among politicians caught drinking four days after a pub alcohol ban came in.

Paul Davies said the incident last month in the Senedd – the Welsh parliament – had become a ‘distraction’ and that he was standing down immediately.

He added: ‘For the sake of my party, my health and my own conscience, I simply cannot continue in post.’

His colleague, Tory chief whip Darren Millar, said he was also stepping down from his frontbench role. Both will remain members of the Senedd.