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Indeed, Ms Clwyd is so confident of retaining her seat that she has recently advertised for a second secretary at her Aberdare constituency office.
When this was brought to the attention of several people during the first week of January, they expressed surprise at the fact that Ms Clwyd had an office in Aberdare.
We spoke to a soldier, home on leave from the Gulf, who said that he had never seen her in Aberdare, but knew colleagues in Iraq who had seen her on one of her visits as the Prime Minister's special envoy on human rights.
He first came to prominence some years ago, appearing on TV with Johnny Vaughan after revealing that he lived on a diet consisting largely of brussels sprouts.
Geraint was recently described as having "the credentials and integrity that most of the Westminster mob lack."
One thing's for sure - it will make a change from the usual political hot air we have to put up with.
Geraint's CV is unusual to say the least. He lived on a council estate for a large part of his life, left school at 16, served in the armed forces, had children at a young age, spent time living on benefits, went through a divorce, worked shifts in a factory, and got into debt before trying hard to succeed in achieving