Tag: lembit-opik
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Jonathan Wallace’s footage of Lembit playing the harmonica reminds me of my favourite pub wind up: Tell a fresh faced twenty-something that Lembit did the instrumental on Culture Club’s Karma Chameleon when it comes up on the jukebox. Believe me, it works every time.
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They do things funny in Wales. It’s just been announced that nominations for the leader of the Liberal Democrats in the Welsh Assembly have been opened, meaning that Mike German is liable to be challenged. With three AMs mooted – Peter Black, Eleanor Burnham and Kirsty Williams – not to mention Mike German himself, with…
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Seriously, although I am of course referring to his leadership of the party rather than is status as MP for Montgomeryshire. It’s nothing personal, but as I said last week, the Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats can’t be a separate post from the party’s Shadow Welsh Secretary in the Commons and the Leader of…
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This is a bit of a shock, although perhaps a bit understandable given his recent fatherhood. Matthew’s career showed a lot of early promise but he somehow never fulfilled it. Being stripped of his position as Chair of the Parliamentary Party in 2005 must have been a bit of a blow and Mark Oaten’s experiece…
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What can one say, except Thumbs Down for Lembit?