Tag: lembit-opik

  • As you will no doubt have read by now, the Sun is claiming that Lembit Opik has agreed to take part in 2009’s Celebrity Big Brother. Thus far, Team Lembit have issued no denial, suggesting it is either true or they are in complete disarray. A thought though occurs: assuming CBB starts at around the…

  • Lembit is making a great deal out of the fact that he has more Facebook supporters than Ros Scott, which is fair enough. I’ve never bought into this idea that this election is a shoe-in for Ros Scott. He can also claim a mini-coup in the fact that Mark Littlewood has abandoned ship and is…

  • …can be found on Comment is Free: These questions, for the Lib Dems at least, are important. The party president is not a figurehead but an executive role. I happen to think that the more focused Lembit who ran a highly organised campaign four years ago would have done a much better job than Simon…

  • I’ve resisted requests to set up a post Where’s Lemby? Lembit watch, but this strange video can’t go unmentioned: Is it me or does he come across as rather aggressive, roaming his “ordinary street” and emphasising how he goes “ROUND… THIS… COUNTRY!” The overall effect is rather reminiscent of a certain Verve video: Don’t you…

  • The vigil is over. Lembit’s website has been launched. It, er, isn’t exactly Web 2.0. From what I’ve seen of the site (and this may have changed by now), it features endorsements from those famous triplets “Ordinary Member,” “Ordinary Member” and their brother “Ordinary Member.”. Just to ensure that Lembit is taken seriously, he also…