Every time they announce a new celebrity challenge TV show my heart sinks knowing there is a good chance Lembit Opik will whore himself by appearing in the show. Thankfully he didn't appear in "I'm a Celebrity", but appearances on various TV shows from Celebrity Apprentice (which was a good show but left me feeling Lembit came out of it very badly) to Celebrity Mr and Mrs, and others alo...

The Sun newspaper reports today that Lembit Opik is signed up for the next series of Celebrity Big Brother, which starts in January. You really wonder how low can he get. The Sun very helpfully shows its readers how Lembit might look in a leotard. If I was the Conservative Agent in Montgomery, I would be using that photo more than the one of my own candidate. No doubt, there will be even more ammu...

Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Opik denies reports he will take part in a celebrity version of the Big Brother programme in January.

LEMBIT OPIK has described the Liberal Democrat presidential contest as a referendum on his celebrity approach to politics.

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

It’s hard to raise the subject of Lembit Opik without somebody cracking a joke. He’s certainly not loved by our own party’s leadership and many see him as more of a celebrity than a politician. I can, however, name two other people who are hated by their party’s leadership and seem to be two parts

Presenting the Lib Dem version of Gordon Brown’s "all the talents" – promotion for Lembit "Asteroid Watcher" Opik and Norman "UFO spotter" Baker.Lembit Opik with Cheeky Girl Gabriela IrimiaLem

Eccentric Lib Dem MP Lembit Opik has announced to the world that he has 'found' God. A spokesman for God responded 'The Almighty wishes to distance himself from Mr Opik, and is sensitive to the bad press that this announcement could bring'. Mr Opik was quoted as asking, "If you're an atheist, how do you know you're right". Well Lembit, I don't. I just prefer to l...

Forget the big tax battle this arvo,  (which bar talk suggests is in the bag) the only vote Nick Clegg and his cabal are worried about here at Lib Dem conference is Lembit Opik's bid for world domination - starting with his party's presidency. Lembit Opik on his Segway sccoter The election doesn't even take place until next month, but Opik is doing his best to sh...

It looks as though Montgomeryshire's finest comic export is at it again. Lembit Opik has been caught out in the latest expenses scandal for claiming over £100,000 for a flat he was barely using and renting it out. Lembit Opik lived with his then girlfriend Sian Lloyd while renting out his taxpayer-funded London home to his friend and party agent. Over seven years, the Liberal Democrat M...