Is the party over for Lembit and his Cheeky Girl?
Behold, Green party recruiting sergeant Lembit Opik and his cold-eyed Cheeky Girl Gabriela Irimia, who have released details of dates on their red-carpet tour. The asteroid-fearing Lib Dem MP will be accompanying his privacy-fearing girlfriend to music’s Brit Awards next week, assuming concerned friends have not staged the intervention their relationship clearly demands. Lembit was minded to alert the media to this impending engagement after their appearance at yet another awards do this week drew quizzical looks from reporters. “I’m here because I’ve been taking a big interest in musicians in Romania!” he chortled delightedly, no doubt forcing disaffected Labour supporters among the throng to revisit the question: “Are there circumstances in which I could actually bring myself to vote Tory?