A survey was
conducted recently by
Waterstone's to find out what MPs (Members of Parliament) would be reading this summer.
Deathly Hallows featured on two of the lists, which were broken down according to political parties. The book chain asked 180 MPs about their reading intentions.
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The Lib Dems prefer to curl up with the latest Harry Potter.
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Liberal Democrats Top Reads:
1 William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner - William Hague
2 The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
3 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling
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Top House of Commons Reads:
1 William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner - William Hague
2 The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins
3 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling
4 Gordon Brown - Tom Bower
5 The Blair Years - Alastair Campbell
6 Michael Foot: A Life - Kenneth O Morgan
7 Sir Robert Peel: A Biography - Douglas Hurd
8 The War of Ideas: Jihadism Against Democracy - Walid Phares
9 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - Paul Torday
10 Restless - William Boyd