January. When it comes to random - this has to be top of the list. Former Labour MP turned Respect MP pretending to be a cat on celebrity Big Brother. On all fours he purred and pretended to lick cream from fellow contestant Rula Lenksa. "Now, would you like me to be the cat?". Errrrr? Almost as cringey as Kinga's wine bottle antics. It led to complaints from some MPs that he was neglecting his constituents. He hit back saying going on the show was good for getting people who don't normally talk about politics to talk about it.