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Lembit Opik

Lembit Öpik is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Montgomeryshire in Wales from 1997 until he lost his seat in the 2010 General Election. He served as the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats from 2001-07, and stood unsuccessfully for the position of president of the party in 2004 and 2008. » Read more on Wikipedia.org

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 Pregnant Katie Price loses her Cambridge University debate ... to Lembit Opik
2013-03-08
But it's ok: she still had time to give her ten minute talk, but was sadly beaten in the debate by Cheeky Girl-dating politician turned comedian Lembit Opik. No hard feelings though: she tweeted that Lembit was "such a nice man". Awww. The 800 students ...
(Mirror.co.uk)
  1. Katie Price fails to repeat success of last year as she loses Cambridge ...
  2. Pregnant Katie Price covers up her growing baby bump, slams reports she ...
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 Lembit Opik denies 'Rennard allegations to get at Clegg'
2013-03-03
Lembit Opik has denied claims that he used the party's difficulties ahead of the Eastleigh by-election to attack Nick Clegg's role as party leader. The former MP for Montgomeryshire is one of those suggested as a source of allegations about Lord ...
(BBC News)
  1. Nick Clegg: Mocked as a puppet and facing party trap
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 Lembit's plan to oust Clegg: Former I'm a Celebrity star plotting to trigger ...
2013-02-17
Former I'm a Celebrity star Lembit Opik is behind a plot to topple his Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg. The ex-MP delivered a motion to party bosses to make it easier to trigger a leadership fight. The move must now be voted on at the spring party conference ...
(Mirror.co.uk)
  1. Carolyn Hitt: Where was Lembit Opik as an asteroid threatened Earth?
2012
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 I'm a Celebrity has proved what we already knew; there's one law of the jungle ...
2012-11-23
Compare the national reaction to what happened when Lembit Opik went on the same show. Nothing, a few titters, some Cheeky Girls jokes. OK, he wasn't a sitting MP, but he was rubbish; at least Dorries could light a fire. I never foresaw an instance in ...
(The Independent)
  1. British lawmaker swaps one jungle for another
  2. Did Nadine Dorries achieve her political ends by appearing in 'I'm a Celebrity'?
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 Conference Diary: The day when even Nick Clegg was outshone
2012-09-26
What the conference has missed is Lembit Opik, the ex-MP. Every Shakespeare tragedy has a comic turn, and the Sorry Party conference should really have featured a speech from Lembit on how to fail, and fail, and keep on bouncing back with a happy smile ...
(The Independent)
  1. Lib Dem conference: gimps, Cleggism and 'JEET'
  2. EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Lord Sugar isn't so sweet about Clegg's OAP tax attack
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 'The X Factor', 'TOWIE' more up for National Reality TV Awards
2012-06-28
The nominations have been announced for the National Reality Television Awards 2012. Lembit Opik MP read the list at Shaka Zulu in Camden, London and voting started today at 1pm on the awards' official website. The cast of The Only Way Is Essex at the ...
(Digital Spy UK)
  1. TOWIE and Made In Chelsea go head to head at the National Reality TV Awards
  2. X Factor and The Voice to compete at National Reality TV Awards
2011
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 Opik disowns campaign's Parliamentary loss claims
2011-07-22
Liberal Democrat Mayoral hopeful Lembit Opik has reportedly disowned attempts by his own campaign to blame the loss of his Montgomeryshire Parliament seat on the actions of a Welsh Assembly Member. Mr Opik is one of four contenders hoping to become the ...
(MayorWatch)
  1. Peter Black launches furious attack on 'self-obsessive' Lib Dem colleague ...
  2. Update on the latest twists and turns in the contest to become the Lib Dem ...
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 Lembit Opik to exhibit himself in Islington pub
2011-07-21
By JON DEAN Thursday, July 21, 2011 Maverick politician and prospective mayoral candidate Lembit Opik is to appear as an exhibit at an unusual event at an Islington pub. To send a link to this page to a friend, simply enter their email address below. ...
(Islington Gazette)
  1. Lembit Opik reads his own poetry and arm wrestles with the public at The ...
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 London Lib Dems will choose their mayoral candidate from field of four
2011-07-06
The four are London Assembly member Mike Tuffrey, 2008 candidate Brian Paddick, former Montgomeryshire MP Lembit Opik and Brian Haley, a former Haringey Councillor. I understand that they were the only people to apply. The shortlisting of all four ...
(The Guardian (blog))
  1. Former senior Labour councillor bids to be London Mayor for Lib Dems