An ex-MP walks into a bar...
The problem with political jokes, according to the old joke, is they tend to get elected.
didn't get elected, this time. He lost his Montgomeryshire seat on May 6.
Tonight he's playing a smaller theatre than the , the 60-capacity (plus a few standing) Backstage Comedy Club in the West End of London.
He is being paid £115 for a slot of around 10 minutes but says that after transport, a cut to his agent, and tax, tonight's gig will cost him £37.
He says his comedy is observational and lists and Rhod Gilbert as inspirations.
"I want to be taken seriously as a comedian."
So tell us a joke then. "Why do Marxists drink Earl Grey?"
"Because proper tea is theft". It's the way he tells them.
Much of his material comes from his political career. "I don't resent losing and I don't feel sorry for myself."
He says he is the butt of most of his jokes, although there are one or two about - with the deputy Prime Minister's approval.
He gave us a sneak preview of his act at a lunchtime photocall. He'll be telling his audience (check against delivery, as they say): "If any of us are peckish after this don't come into Burger King in Leicester Square between 1 am and 5 am because there is someone there who looks rather like me."
Don't give up the day job, Lembit - although, as he himself points out, he doesn't have a day job.
Hello. I'm David Cornock and I'm parliamentary correspondent for Ö÷²¥´óÐã Wales. This is the blog for the latest news and gossip from the Westminster village - with a Welsh accent.
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