Lembit Opik: A nice boy when you get to know him, says his Mum

The Leicester Mercury has an interview with Lembit's mother, Liivi Opik, who lives in the city:

"There is nothing he will not do," she says, swelling with pride. "He is like Action Man."

But he always was, she says. He didn't even like to sleep when he was a boy, because he feared he was missing out on the fun.

She will be pleased that the TV critic of the Shropshire Star thinks "he is proving to be one of the nice guys".