Way back in June, Tim Farron said, in his Commons tribute to Charles Kennedy:

Charles was successful because he was himself. If any hon. Member is ever invited on to “Have I Got News For You”, my advice is, “Say no, unless you want to be made out to be a prat or unless you are Charles Kennedy.”

But a quick glance down his Twitter feed reveals that he’s going on the show himself, “in a couple of weeks.”

A “couple of weeks” is when I’m down in London for a Federal Executive getting to grips with the Governance Review weekend.

I’m sure Tim will be great fun. He is not capable of being anyone other than himself and he’ll take the inevitable teasing in his stride. Now what would it be like if they had Wendy Smith from Prefab Sprout on the other team? When Tim was asked in Bournemouth which person he’d most like to meet, he said that he could say someone very political or a great historical figure, but, no, it would be Wendy. HIGNFY producers, don’t say you haven’t been told.

* Caron Lindsay is Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice and blogs at Caron's Musings