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| Jones vows a Labour 'fight back' | Jones vows a Labour 'fight back' |
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| The new leader of Labour in Wales has promised to start the party's electoral fight back immediately. | |
| Carwyn Jones won a comprehensive victory over challengers, Edwina Hart and Huw Lewis in a two-month campaign. | Carwyn Jones won a comprehensive victory over challengers, Edwina Hart and Huw Lewis in a two-month campaign. |
| The Bridgend AM and Counsel General won a majority among Labour politicians, party members and unions, leaving him with a clear mandate from his party | |
| He is expected to become first minister next week, leading a coalition government with Plaid Cymru. | He is expected to become first minister next week, leading a coalition government with Plaid Cymru. |
| His in-tray also includes a general election due in around six months' time. | His in-tray also includes a general election due in around six months' time. |
| Speaking at the Wales Millennium Centre, where his victory was announced, Mr Jones said Welsh Labour party members knew there was "a difficult task ahead" but the "fight back" had started. | Speaking at the Wales Millennium Centre, where his victory was announced, Mr Jones said Welsh Labour party members knew there was "a difficult task ahead" but the "fight back" had started. |
| He said there were "no no-go areas" in Wales for Labour and that he wanted to be a leader for the whole of the country. | He said there were "no no-go areas" in Wales for Labour and that he wanted to be a leader for the whole of the country. |
| Gordon Brown | |
| He said: "To win back Wales, Welsh Labour has to listen and it has to learn | He said: "To win back Wales, Welsh Labour has to listen and it has to learn |
| "We have to make sure that we listen to people, that we keep our promises. | "We have to make sure that we listen to people, that we keep our promises. |
| "I want my country to succeed. I want to make a difference to the lives of the people of Wales. | "I want my country to succeed. I want to make a difference to the lives of the people of Wales. |
| "I am proud to be Welsh, I'm proud to be British and I'm proud to be Labour." | "I am proud to be Welsh, I'm proud to be British and I'm proud to be Labour." |
| He said he would be making a decision next week on his cabinet, but told BBC Radio Wales Mrs Hart and Mr Lewis "had great strengths" and there were others in the party who had talents to bring to the table. | |
| Gordon Brown was among those to offer his congratulations. He said: "Carwyn will be a true fighter for all the people of Wales. | |
| "I know that Carwyn will make taking on the Tories a priority: they would be a change that Wales cannot afford," he said. | |
| Mr Jones, a 42-year-old barrister won in the first round against his two rivals, with 52% of the vote. | |
| Plaid Cymru | |
| He said the outgoing party leader, First Minister Rhodri Morgan, was a "hard act to follow". | |
| A fluent Welsh speaker, Mr Jones is due to replace Mr Morgan as first minister next week. | |
| As first minister he will have to see out the remaining year-and-half of Labour's governing coalition with Plaid Cymru. |