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    Greasy Poll, The - Diary of a Controversial Election
    Greasy Poll, The - Diary of a Controversial Election
    Greasy Poll, The - Diary of a Controversial Election
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    Greasy Poll, The - Diary of a Controversial Election

    By Mike Parker

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    Mike Parker was selected as the Plaid Cymru candidate for the 2015 general election in the party's top target seat of Ceredigion. This book is his diary of the campaign, from the many moments of great hope to the controversies that saw him vilified in sensationalist newspaper headlines, and his ultimate defeat by the incumbent Liberal Democrat MP.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherY Lolfa
    Release dateMar 18, 2016
    ISBN9781784613082
    Greasy Poll, The - Diary of a Controversial Election
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    Mike Parker

    Mike Parker was born in England and has lived in Wales for half of his life. His other books include the bestseller Map Addict , The Wild Rover and On the Red Hill, which was shortlisted and Highly Commended for the 2020 Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing and won the non-fiction Wales Book of the Year Award.

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