Lance Price

Lance Price (born 3 September 1958) is a British writer, journalist and political commentator. He was a journalist for the BBC from 1981 to 1998, then became special advisor to Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Price received a First Class degree in Philiosophy, Politics and Economics at Hertford College, Oxford. He is the author of two books, "The Spin Doctor's Diary" published in 2005 by Hodder & Stoughton, and "Time and Fate", a novel published by Polperro Press in 2005. His commentaries frequently appear in "The Guardian" and other British newspapers.

After seventeen years as a BBC journalist he joined Tony Blair's staff at 10 Downing Street in 1998 where he was deputy to the Communications Director, Alastair Campbell. He was the Labour Party's Director of Communications from 2000 until the General Election of 2001. His published diary of his work with Tony Blair caused considerable controversy after the UK government tried to block its publication. Lance Price was called to give evidence to a Select Committee of the House of Commons in January 2006. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2005/s1482916.htm Political diary gets mixed reaction in the UK] , Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 14 October 2005.] Comments in the book also led to an investigation by the North Wales Police into whether former Prime Minister Tony Blair had committed an offence under the Public Order Act by referring to "the fucking Welsh". [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4290624.stm Complaint over PM Welsh 'insult'] , "BBC News", 28 September 2005.] Since leaving the employment of the Labour Party, Lance Price has become an independent observer of British politics and world affairs.

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* [http://www.lanceprice.co.uk/ LancePrice.co.uk - official website]