Adam Price
Summary
Adam Price (born 23 September 1968, Carmarthen) is a politician in Wales, and former Plaid Cymru Member of Parliament for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr. He was elected to Parliament in the 2001 general election and re-elected in 2005 but stood down at the 2010 election. He belongs to Plaid's left-wing and has said of himself "I was a socialist before I was a nationalist."The son of a coal miner, Price went to (Dyffryn) Amman Valley Comprehensive School on Margaret Street in Ammanford in Carmarthenshire. He studied at Cardiff University gaining a BA in European Community Studies in 1991. From 1991-3, he was a research associate at the Cardiff University's department of City and Regional Planning.
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Bafta TV awards 2012: full list of nominations
Nominations for the 2012 Arqiva British Academy Television awards, which will be presented at Royal Festival Hall on 27 May.
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In praise of ... friends and allies | Editorial
The Dowler family's willingness to share their experience played an important part in mobilising public opinion against phone hacking.
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A Murdoch Loyalist Hangs On, Raising Questions About a Corporate Strategy
Amid a phone-hacking scandal, Rebekah Brooks told her employees she would not resign, suggesting that she retained the backing of her boss, Rupert Murdoch.
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Andy Coulson: in his own words
Ex-editor of the New of the World told MPs he was deceived by 'rogue reporter' Clive Goodman.
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Alan Rusbridger warns of 'chilling effect' of News Corp's bid for BSkyB
Guardian editor-in-chief argues that no individual or organisation should be allowed 'that much power'Read Alan Rusbridger's speech in full.
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Phone-hacking on Dispatches: a good documentary but not enough new evidence
Following the Twitter conversation around last night’s Channel 4 Dispatches on phone-hacking, Andy Coulson and the News of the World, it seems that for those already following the story there was insufficient new evidence.
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Phone-hacking scandal: Andy Coulson 'listened to intercepted messages'
Anonymous source tells Channel Four David Cameron's media adviser would ask for recordings to be played for him at News of the World.
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MPs and 'media assassins': an update on the phone hacking saga
Adam Price, former Plaid Cymru MP and a member of the culture committee which previously investigated phone hacking allegations, spoke to Channel 4 recently about why the culture committee did not force Rebekah Brooks to give evidence, using the Seargent-At-Arms or “nuclear option”, as he refers to it.
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MPs backed down from calling Rebekah Brooks to Commons
Cross-party committee allegedly abandoned plans to force News International chief to testify after being warned their lives would be investigated.
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