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| A likely contender to take over from Welsh Labour leader Rhodri Morgan will warn his party it can no longer rely on its core vote to win elections. | A likely contender to take over from Welsh Labour leader Rhodri Morgan will warn his party it can no longer rely on its core vote to win elections. |
| In a speech, Bridgend AM and assembly government minister Carwyn Jones will say it is time to "make accommodations" with occasional Labour voters. | In a speech, Bridgend AM and assembly government minister Carwyn Jones will say it is time to "make accommodations" with occasional Labour voters. |
| He is due to speak at an event at the National Eisteddfod at Bala, Gwynedd. | He is due to speak at an event at the National Eisteddfod at Bala, Gwynedd. |
| First Minister Mr Morgan has said he expects to step down around the time of his 70th birthday in September. | |
| Mr Jones, the assembly government Counsel General, will tell a fringe meeting organised by Labour's Welsh language discussion forum Cymdeithas Cledwyn that the party needs to be honest about its current level of public support. | Mr Jones, the assembly government Counsel General, will tell a fringe meeting organised by Labour's Welsh language discussion forum Cymdeithas Cledwyn that the party needs to be honest about its current level of public support. |
| It follows Labour's poor performances in European, local and assembly polls in recent years. | It follows Labour's poor performances in European, local and assembly polls in recent years. |
| In the European poll in June, Labour was humiliated when it failed to come first in a Welsh election for the first time since 1918 and the Conservatives topped the poll. | In the European poll in June, Labour was humiliated when it failed to come first in a Welsh election for the first time since 1918 and the Conservatives topped the poll. |
| Mr Jones will urge the party to reach out, to both people who occasionally vote for it and those who have not voted for the party for a long time, or face the prospect of no longer winning elections in Wales. | Mr Jones will urge the party to reach out, to both people who occasionally vote for it and those who have not voted for the party for a long time, or face the prospect of no longer winning elections in Wales. |
| He is also expected to admit Labour faces real challenges winning back support from ethnic minority voters because of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. | He is also expected to admit Labour faces real challenges winning back support from ethnic minority voters because of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
| He will call for the party to put itself at the heart of a "fair play coalition", or "chwarae teg coalition" founded on principles of fairness, justice and opportunity. | He will call for the party to put itself at the heart of a "fair play coalition", or "chwarae teg coalition" founded on principles of fairness, justice and opportunity. |
| No Labour AM has formally declared they intend to stand for the party's leadership. | No Labour AM has formally declared they intend to stand for the party's leadership. |
| But Mr Jones, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney AM Huw Lewis and Health Minister and Gower AM Edwina Hart, are all thought to be preparing campaigns. | But Mr Jones, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney AM Huw Lewis and Health Minister and Gower AM Edwina Hart, are all thought to be preparing campaigns. |