Lembit for London campaign watch
Lembit Opik’s plans to run for London Mayor have been widely trailed for some time. The man himself has taken steps such as a lengthy interview on London’s LBC radio station with Conservative blogger Iain Dale. His campaign for the Liberal Democrat selection has provoked many negative responses from Liberal Democrat members (such as in previous coverage on Lib Dem Voice).
The most vocal are not always the most representative, however, so a relevant extra piece of evidence is how the Lembit Opik for London Mayor Facebook page does.
Lembit’s own campaign describes the page as “the main point of contact for those involved in the campaign to win the nomination of the Liberal Democrat Party”.
So far, it has 9 fans on Facebook. How quickly and how far that number grows will give a good clue as to how much support there is for Lembit’s Mayoral bid.
A good first milestone may be to beat the 15 fans of Pink Dog for Mayor…
He really did throw it all away didn’t he. Mind you, I had one blogger try to persuade me to get Lembit thrown out of the party for bringing it into disrepute for working for the Iranian news channel.
I told my friend that that wasn’t in the culture of the Liberal Democrats and we leave that kind of thing to Labour.
I think it’s time for ‘Pink Dog’s’ backers to come out and declare their hand -I hear he has at least one significant supporter in the party. We also need Pink Dog to get out of his kennel and declare a manifesto. Sources within the political establishment tell me that ‘Pink Dog’ is in talks with the PVDD and could defect at any moment. Voters should know that his bark is worse than his bite.
https://www.markpack.org.uk/browse/sources/pinkdog/
Ed Joyce