What was she thinking of agreeing to this?

[youngmafbog]

And dont the Government have things to do, very urgent things ?

http://news.sky.com/s...-joins-im-a-celebrity

[LazyGun]

Ack! Yep, thats who I mean - he is even sporting a blonde dye job now - makes him look even worse :)

[Brenden]

Wasn't Opik a jungle contestant at one time?

[tonyav]

Her self.

[ludwig]

She should forfeit her salary for the days she chooses not to turn up at work, and then probably get the sack as well, as would the rest of us if we just disappeared on an unauthorised jolly for up to a month.

[andy-hughes]

You don't have to have a dignity by-pass to appear on this ludicrous and unpleasant excuse for entertainment ... well yes, on second thoughts you do!

Lembit Opek proves that it is possible to appear as both ends of a pantomime horse simultaeously!

[jno]

it sounds all very bad, ditching your constituents for a month, but be honest: if your MP vanished for a month (ill, say, or on government duty), would you really notice?

I suspect there will be more of this in the future; like tweeting and FB, reality shows are just part of modern life, whether I'm interested in them or not.

Of course she'd made enemies in her party with her hardline religious views and her (entirely correct) posh boys claims; so she was unwise to give them a reason to dump her.

But to criticise a politician for wanting publicity is like criticising the sea for being wet. Publicity is politics' lifeblood.

[Hopkirk]

Well I'm looking forward to her going in.

Knowing the British public, she will get the jungle trials every day.
Will she keep her dignity when she is eating kangaroo balls and ringpiece?

[andy-hughes]

This woman has stated that she intends to bring her views about abortion time limits to a wider audience, and this is her reason for going on this squalid programme.

As Eddie Mair pointed out on Radio Four yesterday - how can she offer a serious political point with a mouth full of kangeroo testicles?