Labour in talks over coalition

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Labour Welsh Assembly Members will get a "free and open discussion" about which party to side with, Mr Morgan said.

He was speaking after voters returned a hung Assembly when they delivered a bruising verdict on him at the polls.

Labour fell from 29 to 26 seats in the 60-member Assembly, leaving it short of the majority it sought.

Mr Morgan met the Welsh Labour board to discuss the way forward on Friday.

Asked about his plans for the weekend, he said he was expecting "lots of phone calls, lots of rugby on the telly - I hope - and lots of walking with the dog".

His spokeswoman clarified that the phone calls will be with other Labour members, not opposition politicians.

Mr Morgan insisted Labour AMs will have the final say about who to co-operate with in Cardiff Bay during the last two years of his career - he will stand down in 2009.

Plaid came second with 15 seats, the Tories third on 12 and the Liberal Democrats still fourth having made no gains on six seats.

Mr Morgan could revive the Lib-Lab administration that lasted from 2000 to 2003, although Plaid has offered to join forces with Labour. The alternative is a so-called rainbow alliance of the Tories, Lib Dems and Plaid.