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| − | '''Adam Holloway''' is a former army officer who was elected to serve as the MP for Gravesham in May 2005. In 2006 he was appointed onto the [[Defence Select Committee]]. According to Frederick Forsyth, Holloway served in the SAS during the First Gulf War, taking part in the operation to sabotage missiles in Iraq's western desert.<ref>Frederick Forsyth, [http://www.express.co.uk/ourcomments/view/175048? Pathetic Armchair Generals Shame US], ''Daily Express'', 14 May 2010.</ref> | + | '''Adam Holloway''' is a former army officer who was elected to serve as the MP for Gravesham in May 2005. In 2006 he was appointed onto the [[Defence Select Committee]]. According to Frederick Forsyth, Holloway served in the [[SAS]] during the First Gulf War, taking part in the operation to sabotage missiles in Iraq's western desert.<ref>Frederick Forsyth, [http://www.express.co.uk/ourcomments/view/175048? Pathetic Armchair Generals Shame US], ''Daily Express'', 14 May 2010.</ref> |
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
| − | Holloway was born in Faversham, Kent and educated in Surrey. He read Theology and then Social and Political Science at Cambridge University. After university he went to the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst before being commissioned into the Grenadier Guards. After leaving the army, he became an investigative journalist reporting for ITN from Bosnia and made a series of documentaries including undercover films on subjects such as living as a schizophrenic, living rough on the streets of London for three months, people trafficking and asylum seekers, and living life in a wheelchair. | + | Holloway was born in Faversham, Kent and educated in Surrey. He read Theology and then Social and Political Science at [[Cambridge University]]. After university he went to the [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst]] before being commissioned into the [[Grenadier Guards]]. After leaving the army, he became an investigative journalist reporting for ITN from Bosnia and made a series of documentaries including undercover films on subjects such as living as a schizophrenic, living rough on the streets of London for three months, people trafficking and asylum seekers, and living life in a wheelchair. |
According to his website, he 'campaigns on retaining and improving health services, crime and anti-social behaviour, more visible policing and champions those who work in the social services and voluntary sectors, without whom life would be very unbearable for those less fortunate than the majority'.<ref>Adam Holloway's website [http://www.adamholloway.co.uk/about.htm About Adam], accessed 17 November 2010</ref> | According to his website, he 'campaigns on retaining and improving health services, crime and anti-social behaviour, more visible policing and champions those who work in the social services and voluntary sectors, without whom life would be very unbearable for those less fortunate than the majority'.<ref>Adam Holloway's website [http://www.adamholloway.co.uk/about.htm About Adam], accessed 17 November 2010</ref> | ||
Revision as of 22:20, 3 January 2011
Adam Holloway is a former army officer who was elected to serve as the MP for Gravesham in May 2005. In 2006 he was appointed onto the Defence Select Committee. According to Frederick Forsyth, Holloway served in the SAS during the First Gulf War, taking part in the operation to sabotage missiles in Iraq's western desert.[1]
Background
Holloway was born in Faversham, Kent and educated in Surrey. He read Theology and then Social and Political Science at Cambridge University. After university he went to the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst before being commissioned into the Grenadier Guards. After leaving the army, he became an investigative journalist reporting for ITN from Bosnia and made a series of documentaries including undercover films on subjects such as living as a schizophrenic, living rough on the streets of London for three months, people trafficking and asylum seekers, and living life in a wheelchair.
According to his website, he 'campaigns on retaining and improving health services, crime and anti-social behaviour, more visible policing and champions those who work in the social services and voluntary sectors, without whom life would be very unbearable for those less fortunate than the majority'.[2]
Affiliations
- First Defence - Parliamentary Chairman
Notes
- ↑ Frederick Forsyth, Pathetic Armchair Generals Shame US, Daily Express, 14 May 2010.
- ↑ Adam Holloway's website About Adam, accessed 17 November 2010
