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Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood has vowed never to go into coalition with Ukip or the Welsh Conservatives as she fired a warning shot at Carwyn Jones of a "new reality" ahead of planned talks with Labour .

The would-be First Minister, who would have deposed the Labour leader with one more vote on an extraordinary day in the Senedd on Wednesday , warned Labour to "respect" her party and "act like a minority government".

The Plaid leader, who was backed by AMs from the Tories and Ukip in a 29-29 tie for the top job, denied doing deals with parties whose views she said were "diametrically opposite" to hers.

Speaking to ITV Wales News she said: "We've got to be grown-up and sensible about the way that we discuss this. I'm not in the business of doing deals with a party like Ukip.

"What I do want is a stable government in Wales and the opportunity for Plaid Cymru to get our programme through."

Ms Wood added: "Let me put on record – as long as I am leader of Plaid Cymru I will never do a deal which arrives at a coalition with Ukip or the Tories."

She rejected notions her party had officially secured the backing of any other parties.

"I can't have any control over the way which members of other parties vote. I've got my membership of a group of 12," she told ITV.

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"We can discuss and agree the way in which we're going to vote but I can't say to Ukip members 'Oh now you're here you should abstain because none of us want to be tainted with your votes.

"They've been elected. This is a democracy. They will be voting every week."

Pressed on whether being backed by Neil Hamilton and his fellow Ukip AMs was a "betrayal" of voters in the Rhondda, who swept her to victory in a swing which dumped former Public Services Minister Leighton Andrews out of the Senedd , she said: "How can I betray people when others have taken a decision to take a particular course of action?"

The Plaid leader called on Mr Jones and his party to "act like a minority government".

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She said: "I want them to respect us. I want them to come to the table in the spirit of cooperation and act like a minority government. They haven't won the election outright."

Ms Wood said she had written to Bridgend AM Mr Jones on Thursday and "suggested a way forward", adding that she was seeking progress on some key Plaid aims as well as discussions on topics including voting reform.

"The system we're operating in is not good."

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Asked what was in her letter to Mr Jones, she replied: "What I've asked for is an opportunity to talk in the first instance and I'm open to that and looking forward to having those talks.

“We have heard today that there are two Ukip members who are prepared to support Carwyn Jones for first minister. If he wants to take those votes and run a government on that basis then that is a matter for him.

“But my party is here, ready and waiting and willing to do the very best for Wales.”

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Ms Wood warned Labour of a "new reality" as she said: "But we are not going to be a pushover. We can’t be relied upon automatically, no matter what just to accept Labour’s programme and budget and legislation.

“It doesn’t work like that.

“The people have had their say, they didn’t vote for a majority government. This is the new reality.”

The Plaid leader also issued a lengthy statement on the party's website in which she said recent events had put Welsh politics into "uncharted territory".

"Never before has Labour's dominance of the National Assembly been challenged in the vote to appoint the First Minister.

"The reactions from some quarters of that party speak volumes."

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She said suggestions Plaid had sought a coalition with Ukip and the Welsh Conservatives – after solitary Lib Dem AM Kirsty Williams backed Mr Jones to tie the vote – were "nonsense".

"We have not and will not offer any coalition or alliances to those parties. I have always said that and I stand by my word."

Ms Wood said on Tuesday she had offered Mr Jones "discussions to enable him to become First Minister, leading a Labour minority government as the largest party".

She added: "Plaid Cymru asked for co-operation on the nomination of the Presiding Officer and for discussions about how policies could be agreed by Labour and by Plaid Cymru as the leading opposition party.

"For those discussions to be meaningful we sought a week's delay.

"This request was rejected by the acting First Minister.

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"At that point all political parties in the Assembly were informed that Plaid Cymru would nominate me for First Minister.

"Opposition parties, who normally oppose everything my party stands for, chose to support me.

"The way those parties chose to vote is a matter for them and not for Plaid Cymru.

"I am assuming that they will be voting with the lead opposition party on many occasions in the future. That does not amount to a deal.

"Labour knew all along that I was going to be nominated as First Minister due to their refusal to conduct discussions with us."

In a combative statement she accused Labour of an "inability to recognise the new political landscape" and said her nomination as First Minister represented a "stand" against the party.

"Challenging Labour can only improve our democracy. Parties without a majority seeking to govern must work harder on cooperation and respect," she said.