Celebrity former MP Lembit Opik is to launch a campaign to become Mayor of London - despite not having been selected as his party's candidate for the job... more
Last night's result in the Barnsley Central by-election was welcome enough for Labour, pushing up the party's majority despite low turnout. But for the Liberal Democrats it was an unmitigated disaster... more
Fresh from fainting during a nerve-shredding task, TV nutritionist Gillian McKeith faces yet another gruelling challenge in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!... more
Skydiving, death threats and kangaroo fillet were all on the menu for the I'm A Celebrity stars yesterday as they made it through day one in the jungle... more
A Playboy model is to star with figures such as Olympic medallist Linford Christie, ex-MP Lembit Opik and actor Nigel Havers on I'm A Celebrity... more
Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone will spend the next year as the only major candidates in race to be mayor, after Lib-Dems suspend their selection process... more
Lingerie model Katie Green tells Janie Lawrence how ex-Lib-Dem MP and unlikely lothario Lembit Opik won her over while campaigning for healthy-sized models... more
Lib-Dem Lembit Öpik tells of his shock after losing his seat, saying: 'It’s a sad time for me. I didn’t expect the result and neither did my team'... more
Adam Posen is not the first American appointee to the Bank of England monetary policy committee — that was DeAnne Julius, between 1997 and 2001... more
From a cheap-and-cheerful curry house adored by the Lib-Dems to a "1970s-style" Italian restaurant that has become a Tory stronghold, the favoured establishments of London's politicos are revealed ... more
Cheeky Girl Gabriela Irimia became pregnant with MP Lembit Opik's baby - then suffered a secret miscarriage, the singer has revealed. The 25-year-old also said she regretted ever getting engaged.... more
As Lembit Opik splits from his Cheeky Girl fiancée Gabriela Irimia, her mother launches a blistering tirade claiming HE was only in it for the fame.... more
It looked like it was a night to remember for MP Lembit Opik as he went out with Cheeky Girl Gabriela Irimia to a party at London's Embassy Club.... more
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