Llywydd, like my predecessors in their statements this afternoon, I should like to congratulate you on assuming the office of Presiding Officer. I did, of course, second your opponent, Dafydd Elis-Thomas, and the curse of Hamilton struck again. But I nevertheless endorse the choice of my fellow Members of this Assembly, and I can promise you that, in spite of the start that we’ve made today with the point of order from my honourable friend, Mark Reckless, we do not intend to be a disruptive influence in this Assembly, but to be very constructive in our contributions to it.

UKIP is, of course, a monarchist party, but we did oppose the coronation of King Carwyn, because we thought a vote should take place. And it is vital, I believe—and I think, in this respect, we can make common cause with Plaid Cymru—that Wales is governed not by a party that thinks it has a right to rule by some kind of divine right, and UKIP, as an opposition party, does intend to oppose that which needs to be opposed.

The First Minister said in his statement that the Welsh people have asked for a Labour Government in the results of this election. Now, I don’t know whether he has actually looked at the results in Wales a few days ago, but Labour got only 34.7 per cent of the vote in the constituency section and only 31.5 per cent of the vote on the regional lists. So, two thirds of the people of Wales voted against Labour in the Assembly elections this year. So, that is certainly no mandate, in spite of the imbalance of seats in comparison to the percentage of the votes, for a Labour Government, and therefore it ought to be inclusive and not just inclusive to the extent of doing deals with Plaid Cymru, but also to involve other minority parties in this place, not least my own UKIP, because we do have seven AMs and they deserve to be treated with respect.

Actually, what Wales voted for a few days ago was change, not the status quo, and that’s why I regret the role that Plaid Cymru have played over the last few days. Kirsty, as well, has managed to prop up this tottering administration. They have frustrated the desire of the Welsh people to bring about change. In Brecon and Radnor, 92 per cent of the electorate voted against Labour and yet, she actually confirmed the First Minister in place. In the Rhondda, there was a stunning result for Leanne Wood, because Leighton Andrews’s 63 per cent of the vote in the previous election was converted to 36 per cent of the vote in this election. That was certainly no vote of confidence in the Labour Party, and I’m surprised, therefore, that, having had that stunning result in the Rhondda, she actually betrayed the interests of the voters who put her where she is for that constituency and did the opposite of what they wanted.

So, I’m afraid that these two ladies have just made themselves political concubines in Carwyn’s harem. What a gruesome prospect that must be. Let’s ask ourselves what reward they have obtained for this inauspicious position. What have they had in reward for the sacrifice of their political virtue? Leanne Wood has spoken many times of the need for a new dawn in Welsh politics and, indeed, that was possible a few days ago, as we thought that the opposition parties, taken together, might be able to force a new deal, but sadly that didn’t prove to be the case. Instead of a new dawn, we’ve now got a total eclipse, because instead of having decisions made in full transparency, we’ve got a series of shadowy committees that will come together in dodgy deals behind the scenes—[Interruption.] This is the way things are going to go in the future—doing dodgy deals to exclude other minority parties in this Chamber.

The deal that has been done insofar as—[Interruption.]