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Labour’s manifesto is worth getting excited about
Labour candidate for Ceredigion DINAH MULHOLLAND talks to the Star about her proud record of local campaigning, and how Labour’s policies offer real hope – particularly for the young, the elderly and those in rural communities

WHAT kind of parliamentary hopeful would look forward positively to the general election if her party’s candidate had come fifth just two years ago?

Dinah Mulholland, who is carrying the flag for Labour in Ceredigion, is the answer.

A newcomer to the party — she joined the day after the Tories won in May 2015 — she said to herself then: “I’ve just got to do it. If people like me don’t do it, we can say goodbye to the Labour Party.”

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