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| Labour must avoid distractions and focus on a "straight fight with the Tories" at May's assembly election, Carwyn Jones will tell his party. | Labour must avoid distractions and focus on a "straight fight with the Tories" at May's assembly election, Carwyn Jones will tell his party. |
| The first minister will say voters face a choice between him or Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies. | The first minister will say voters face a choice between him or Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies. |
| "That is not a fight the people of Wales can afford us to lose," he will say at Welsh Labour's conference in Llandudno on Saturday. | |
| Mr Jones said the party had not been helped by internal rows at Westminster. | |
| There have been several disagreements within the party since Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader. | There have been several disagreements within the party since Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader. |
| Labour is determined to make the assembly election a contest between Mr Jones and his opposite number in the Tory Party. | Labour is determined to make the assembly election a contest between Mr Jones and his opposite number in the Tory Party. |
| Opponents have criticised Labour's record on public services, but Mr Jones will say the "momentum in our schools, hospitals and in our economy" would be at risk if Labour loses power in Cardiff Bay. | Opponents have criticised Labour's record on public services, but Mr Jones will say the "momentum in our schools, hospitals and in our economy" would be at risk if Labour loses power in Cardiff Bay. |
| He will say he agrees with Mr Davies's verdict on opinion polls that give Labour the lead and put the Tories in second place in Wales. | He will say he agrees with Mr Davies's verdict on opinion polls that give Labour the lead and put the Tories in second place in Wales. |
| "He said that the Tories are the only alternative to Welsh Labour in the assembly and he has also said that it is a straight fight between me and him for who will be the next first minister of Wales," Mr Jones will say. | "He said that the Tories are the only alternative to Welsh Labour in the assembly and he has also said that it is a straight fight between me and him for who will be the next first minister of Wales," Mr Jones will say. |
| "And he's dead right on both counts. | "And he's dead right on both counts. |
| "There are distractions on the sidelines, not least from UKIP, but we can never lose sight of the fact that this election is a straight fight between Labour and the Tories. | "There are distractions on the sidelines, not least from UKIP, but we can never lose sight of the fact that this election is a straight fight between Labour and the Tories. |
| "Our vision and values against theirs. That is not a fight the people of Wales can afford us to lose." | "Our vision and values against theirs. That is not a fight the people of Wales can afford us to lose." |
| Labour is seeking another five years and its fifth consecutive term in office, having governed either on its own or in coalition since devolution in 1999. | Labour is seeking another five years and its fifth consecutive term in office, having governed either on its own or in coalition since devolution in 1999. |
| Mr Jones said his Labour administration is halfway through a decade of delivery. | Mr Jones said his Labour administration is halfway through a decade of delivery. |
| On Friday, he told BBC Wales' Newyddion 9 that divisions in the party had been unhelpful, but the campaign for the assembly election would be run by the party in Wales and would be based on policies made in Wales. | On Friday, he told BBC Wales' Newyddion 9 that divisions in the party had been unhelpful, but the campaign for the assembly election would be run by the party in Wales and would be based on policies made in Wales. |
| "There's been a lot of rowing in Westminster and if people see a party isn't as one, that doesn't help," he added. | "There's been a lot of rowing in Westminster and if people see a party isn't as one, that doesn't help," he added. |