It’s Friday. It’s five o’clock. Here’s a fistful of lists that sum up the LDV week:
5 most-read stories on LDV this week
- Ashcroft’s latest poll: a couple of interesting findings about the Lib Dems (39 comments) by Stephen Tall
- Unpaid internships: Tim Farron replies (23 comments) by Tim Farron MP
- The Lib Dem narrative dilemma: forget about 2010, start looking forward to 2015 (47 comments) by Stephen Tall
- Helena Morrissey’s report: my first impressions (15 comments) by Stephen Tall
- Would PR spell the end of the Liberal Democrats? (38 comments) by Nick Thornsby
5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads
- Ed Davey MP: I want to see a community energy revolution !!
- Prism
- Disestablishment of the Church and State
- Is the Conservative Party heading for a split?
- Richest top 10% now own 850 times more than the bottom 10%
5 from the LDV archive
(14 June, 2007-12)
- The Gordon Brown meme: open to all LDV readers (4 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2007
- Arise, Sir Alan! (7 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2008
- Lib Dems call on George Osborne to pay capital gains tax (4 comments) by Mark Pack, from 2009
- Liberal Youth Scotland’s Sophie Bridger to fight Inverclyde for the Liberal Democrats (12 commments) by Caron Lindsay from 2011
- Nick Clegg celebrates Bob Russell’s big break (5 comments) by Helen Duffett, from 2011
5 top reader search returns to get to LDV
(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)
- lib dem membership figures
- guido fawkes
- ttip
- helena morrissey
- rock salmon
5 recent Lib Dem tweets
I'm proud, as @WMLiberalYouth chair-elect, that @LibDems in government have helped businesses create #amillionjobs: pic.twitter.com/3fr4DVc98a
— Ellis Palmer (@ellispalmer94) June 14, 2013
A single unit of donated blood can save up to 3 lives. Do something amazing today, Give Blood. #FF @givebloodwales #WBDD13
— Kirsty Williams (@Kirsty_Williams) June 14, 2013
New leaflets! And I'm proud to be on them 😀 #Donside pic.twitter.com/GePbW9OV8h
— Hannah B (@H_Bettsworth) June 14, 2013
So in lieu of probable car crash on #bbcqt we are watching Invasion of the Dinosaurs; seemed appropriate for Farage's visit to Scotland.
— Jennie Rigg (@miss_s_b) June 13, 2013
LGBT+ rights in House of Lords Monday 17th June – please come and show your support 3pm onwards #EqualMarriageVigil https://t.co/yhNigUQJe7
— Ed Fordham (@edfordham) June 13, 2013
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That’s it from the LDV Friday Five. Let the weekend commence in 5-4-3-2-1…



One Comment
I was surprised that there were no articles or comments this week about Gove’s latest pronouncement (via Ofsted) about the reintroduction of O-levels (or whatever he’s calling them this month).
In fact, contrary to my sterotypical view of Lib Dems as a party of teachers, I am surprised how infrequently education matters come up on LDV these days, especiallyif one excludes references to tuition fees and debates about RE.