Over the weekend I blogged: In the London Mayor selection contest, Lewisham councillor Duwayne Brooks has just publicly thrown his hat in the ring. More information on his Facebook page. The other declared candidate so far is Lembit Opik, who also has his own Facebook page. The number of fans for that latter page has been growing

It’s rare for an internal Lib Dem party contest (other than for leader) to start making headlines on the BBC website, but the presence of Lembit Opik as a candidate for party president has achieved just that, with this report on his Facebook campaign page. That is of course the Catch-22 of Lembit’s campaign for

In the London Mayor selection contest, Lewisham councillor Duwayne Brooks has just publicly thrown his hat in the ring. More information on his Facebook page. The other declared candidate so far is Lembit Opik, who also has his own Facebook page. The number of fans for that latter page has been growing slowly but now

Over at The Guardian, Lib Dem MP Lembit Opik returns to the subject whence he first came to public attention: the threat to the Earth of an asteroid impact. Here’s an excerpt: The discovery of what appears to be a large crater caused by an asteroid impact on Jupiter provides a graphic illustration of the destructive

It’s less than a week since Lib Dem Voice brought you news of a fresh new unofficial Facebook fan group, We got Rage Against the Machine to #1, we can get the Lib Dems into office! We noted then that the group was “almost as big” as the official Lib Dem Facebook group, having just

With apologies for running two Lib Dem presidential election stories in one day - I am trying to cut down - promise! Remember Lembit claiming he was set to win because he had more members on his Facebook group than the other candidates? Of course, since anyone can join a Facebook group, it turned out

Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Opik says he is confident of winning the battle to become party president.

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

In November of last year, discussing Lembit Opik's prospects after losing the Lib Dem Presidential election, I wrote: He now needs to take himself more seriously in order to persuade others to take him more seriously. He has a Westminster seat to retain and will no doubt return to the Lib Dem front bench soon. Otherwise... As I write this, Neil and Christine Hamilton, as if in dreadful warnin...

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...