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1982
Plaid Cymru's first MP and campaigner for Welsh rights Evans, an elder statesman of Plaid Cymru, was president of the party from 1945 to 1981. In 1966 he became the first member to be elected to Parliament. He was a thorn in the side of the House of Commons, insisting that Wales was a nation that needed to preserve its language and culture. The 1979 referendum was a body-blow to Plaid Cymru. When the Thatcher government made a u-turn on its promise of a Welsh television channel for Wales, Gwynfor Evans decided on drastic action: a hunger strike.
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From Gwynfor Evans - Welsh Experience first broadcast 19/05/1982
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