pl1 Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Seems since losing the 2010 election, Lembit has tried his hand (and failed) at several different careers. This time he got ten bells of sh1t kicked out of him in a non-staged wrestling match and was whisked away by St. Johns Ambulance in "extreme pain". Read more: http://www.telegraph...paramedics.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Executive Sadman Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 The daily mail found it fair to mock him for this. Personally i think wrestling is far more honourable a career than politics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okaycuckoo Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 The vid shows him standing around in the ring for 6 mins. No wrestling - zzzzzzzzzzzzz. Complete media whore, like so many politicians, but no action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinAndPlatonic Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Telegraph must be short of exciting news to print....staff on bank holiday leave? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmarks Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 "Beaten up in the ring" Delightful image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_duke_of_hazzard Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I feel really sorry for him. He seems really lost. He once had a decent career it seems, before politics. Wonder what will become of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Ah, the delusion of politicians that think they can do anything. One journalist wrote-up that he did a few weeks boxing training and did some sparring with one of the big US heavyweights (?20 yrs ago) and began to think he was getting quite good at it and was having a pop at the heavyweight, who, in the controlled fashion that boxers have, let him have one proper punch but still short of full power. The journalist reported it as being like hit by a car and realised that delusional self-confidence only gets you so far. Lembit Opik has just learnt the same lesson. Not my favourite person for his attitude to women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Executive Sadman Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 The vid shows him standing around in the ring for 6 mins. No wrestling - zzzzzzzzzzzzz. Complete media whore, like so many politicians, but no action. You obviously have an untrained eye... He's not just 'standing around', thats the 'lembit leer' or the 'opik ogle', just like the hulk hogan atomic leg drop. Every wrestler has his trademark moves. Lembits is to turn them to laughing jelly with his crooked smiles and attempts at gurning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyracantha Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I feel really sorry for him. He seems really lost. He once had a decent career it seems, before politics. Wonder what will become of him. Agreed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lembit_%C3%96pik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yokel Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Have a look at the Guido Fawkes blog - some mobile phone film of it - not for the squeamish. He was on radio 5 live but Nicky Campbell just mocked him. A self promo attempt that has gone very badly wrong. It looks like Lembit thought it was a light hearted game and the other guy didn't. My link - scroll down a bit. Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shindigger Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I know he's a politician, but that went too far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Have a look at the Guido Fawkes blog - some mobile phone film of it - not for the squeamish. He was on radio 5 live but Nicky Campbell just mocked him. A self promo attempt that has gone very badly wrong. It looks like Lembit thought it was a light hearted game and the other guy didn't. My link - scroll down a bit. Y I didn't know they actually said "Is there a Doctor in the house?" in real life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limpet Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I just watched some of it. It was not a pretty sight. The "real" wrestler just about snapped our Lembit in two over his leg and then watched him twich on the floor, obviously in serious trouble, for a full 30 seconds before jumping on him again. Shocking really, with the crowd shouting we want more I had to stop watching. Not nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pl1 Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 I just watched some of it. It was not a pretty sight. The "real" wrestler just about snapped our Lembit in two over his leg and then watched him twich on the floor, obviously in serious trouble, for a full 30 seconds before jumping on him again. Shocking really, with the crowd shouting we want more I had to stop watching. Not nice. Not nice for anyone least of all a 46 year old man with a prior spinal injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracle Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Ah, the delusion of politicians that think they can do anything. One journalist wrote-up that he did a few weeks boxing training and did some sparring with one of the big US heavyweights (?20 yrs ago) and began to think he was getting quite good at it and was having a pop at the heavyweight, who, in the controlled fashion that boxers have, let him have one proper punch but still short of full power. The journalist reported it as being like hit by a car and realised that delusional self-confidence only gets you so far. Lembit Opik has just learnt the same lesson. Not my favourite person for his attitude to women. are you saying knobbing one of the cheeky girls is demeaning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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