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Lib Dems may revive alliance plan Lib Dems vote to revive alliance
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Welsh Liberal Democrats are meeting to look again at whether they will support joining a coalition assembly government with Plaid Cymru and the Conservatives. Welsh Liberal Democrats have agreed to try to revive plans for a coalition assembly government with Plaid Cymru and the Conservatives.
It comes three days after an alliance collapsed when the party's ruling executive failed to back the plans. A special Lib Dem conference in Llandrindod Wells voted 125 to 77 to resume talks with the other parties.
That led to Labour's Rhodri Morgan being reappointed first minister. It comes days after the "rainbow alliance" collapsed when the party executive failed to back the plans.
Saturday's conference in Llandrindod Wells had been cancelled, but will now go ahead after 20 requests from grassroots Lib Dems. That led to Labour's Rhodri Morgan being reappointed first minister on Friday.
Saturday's conference in Llandrindod Wells had been cancelled, but was back on after 20 requests from grassroots Lib Dems.
Mr Morgan returned to Wales's top post on Friday for the third time at a special session in the Senedd in Cardiff Bay.Mr Morgan returned to Wales's top post on Friday for the third time at a special session in the Senedd in Cardiff Bay.
But just hours before Mr Morgan's nomination, Welsh Lib Dem assembly leader Mike German insisted it was still possible his party would join Plaid and the Tories to form a non-Labour assembly government.But just hours before Mr Morgan's nomination, Welsh Lib Dem assembly leader Mike German insisted it was still possible his party would join Plaid and the Tories to form a non-Labour assembly government.
'Keep your promises''Keep your promises'
Mr German later said his party's vote on Saturday would be a "straightforward" yes or no on supporting the programme put forward by the three parties. Before Saturday's yes vote, Mr German said he would be campaigning "very strongly" in favour.
"I shall be campaigning very strongly to my party to have a yes vote," he said.
"I say to them, if you want to keep your promises to the people of Wales where we said that we would work with other parties to form a stable government, based upon a programme with a Liberal Democrat flavour, then that's what we should be doing (on Saturday).""I say to them, if you want to keep your promises to the people of Wales where we said that we would work with other parties to form a stable government, based upon a programme with a Liberal Democrat flavour, then that's what we should be doing (on Saturday)."
He said his party could not say it believed in proportional representation, but then "can't hack PR when it comes to it."He said his party could not say it believed in proportional representation, but then "can't hack PR when it comes to it."
At the Lib Dem meeting on Wednesday, a crucial vote of the Welsh executive was tied, effectively bringing an end to any agreement on the coalition plans.At the Lib Dem meeting on Wednesday, a crucial vote of the Welsh executive was tied, effectively bringing an end to any agreement on the coalition plans.
Although the prospect of an alternative administration is now back on the agenda, Mr German admitted he was uncertain how it would be delivered.Although the prospect of an alternative administration is now back on the agenda, Mr German admitted he was uncertain how it would be delivered.
This would have to be discussed with the other party leaders following Saturday's meeting, he said.This would have to be discussed with the other party leaders following Saturday's meeting, he said.
'Progressive people'
Mr Morgan said he hoped that Saturday's Lib Dem conference would also consider a draft programme Labour had previously been negotiating with the party until just over a week ago.
Analysts believe his strategy in the coming weeks and months will be to seek to undermine links Lib Dem and Plaid politicians have established with the Tories.
Mr Morgan hopes that those Plaid and Lib Dem AMs who fought against an alliance with Conservatives will help his plan.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's, Mr Morgan said he wanted to work with "progressive people there who want to work with Labour and want to stop the Tories from coming back in".
He told the Today programme that Labour would seek "early consultations" with other parties on budget matters.
"Where your (Plaid or Lib Dem) manifesto says the same thing as ours, roughly speaking, well, let's move ahead," he said.
Mr Morgan suggested that affordable housing and the environment were issues Labour could work on with Plaid and Lib Dems, and "keep the Tories out".