Vaughan Gething: Welsh first minister to 'carry on' after no ...

Vaughan Gething was seen crying in the chamber during the debate.

In interview, Mr Gething says the "months and months of innuendo are damaging and hurtful".

"I think every now and again, we should all remember the politicians who serve our communities and countries are human beings too.

"They have families and lives outside these rooms, and every now and again it wouldn't hurt to remember it."

Mr Gething says the motion was a "desperate gimmick to try and deflect attention away from the general election".

He says he did not think "Welsh Labour will allow other parties to determine who leads us".

"I don't think that my party is going to put to one side the democratic vote that took place just a few months ago on a one member one vote basis."

The first minister says he is going to Normandy on Wednesday evening to attend D-Day commemorations there.

He says he has "never in more than a decade as a minister made any choice as a minister for my own gain or financial gain or to do unhandled favours for other people".

"I have always acted with integrity.

"To have people stand up in the Senedd chamber and make statements they know are simply not true is not how politics should be done."