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| Plaid MP Adam Price to stand down | Plaid MP Adam Price to stand down |
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| A leading Plaid Cymru MP often predicted to be the next party leader has announced he will stand down at the next general election. | A leading Plaid Cymru MP often predicted to be the next party leader has announced he will stand down at the next general election. |
| Adam Price, who represents Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, is to take up a year-long Fulbright scholarship in the United States. | Adam Price, who represents Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, is to take up a year-long Fulbright scholarship in the United States. |
| It is not known whether he intends fighting the 2011 Welsh assembly elections. | It is not known whether he intends fighting the 2011 Welsh assembly elections. |
| At Plaid's recent conference, he spoke of his frustration at being an MP. | At Plaid's recent conference, he spoke of his frustration at being an MP. |
| He told delegates in Llandudno last weekend he felt he did not belong in the House of Commons and that he wanted "a Parliament which belongs to me and to us". | |
| Mr Price said: "I do want to come home. | |
| "I'm tired of hitting my head and my hand against the dumb cold walls of Westminster. | |
| "I will never feel that I belong in that Parliament, though I have to breathe its dust-laden air. | |
| "I want a parliament which belongs to me and to us." | |
| The Fulbright Commission website says it "offers a selection of awards for UK citizens looking to study in the US and for US citizens coming to the UK". | The Fulbright Commission website says it "offers a selection of awards for UK citizens looking to study in the US and for US citizens coming to the UK". |
| Impeachment attempt | |
| Mr Price, widely regarded as a future leader of Plaid Cymru, was one of the authors of the One Wales Agreement, the basis of the Labour-Plaid coalition Welsh Assembly Government formed two years ago. | |
| But in March he embarrassed Plaid's leadership when he alleged ministers plans to scrap a grant covering the cost of student "top-up" fees breached the spirit of the coalition deal and could be illegal. | |
| In 2004 Mr Price led a high-profile attempt to impeach former Prime Minister Tony Blair over the Iraq war. | |
| He won the Carmarthen East and Dinefwr seat in the 2001 general election, Plaid's only gain in that year, and increased his majority in 2005. |