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
- LDV debate: The Lib Dem leadership (151 comments) by The Voice
- Jo Swinson appointed new Equalities Minister (16 comments) by Nick Thornsby
- The Independent View: Whose sex life is it anyway? (23 comments) by Simon Walsh
- In depth: Was the 2003 invasion of Iraq illegal? (45 comments) by Toby Fenwick
- Tim Farron MP writes… My thoughts on the Cabinet reshuffle (30 comments) by Tim Farron MP
5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads
- Campaigning for Obama
- The Thick Of It (BBC1, 21:45) – Now with added ‘Lib Dems’!
- Single amputees athletes versus double amputee athletes
- Software patents back in the European Parliament
- Confidence and Supply
5 from the LDV archive
(September 14th, 2007-11)
- Opinion: “I don’t like them, you don’t like them… We have to have them” (14 comments) by Dinti Batstone, from 2011
- Opinion: it’s time for us liberals to fight back (118 comments) by Daniel Furr, from 2010
- CommentIsLinked@LDV… Nick Clegg: Scotland needs to dare to be different (1 comment) by The Voice, from 2009
- Newsflash: LIBDEMS NOT LIKE TORIES (3 comments) by Alex Foster, from 2008
- Paddy running for President? (3 comments) by The Founding Editor, from 2006
5 top reader search returns to get to LDV
(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)
- liberal democrats, special conference 2010
- old mps expenses rules
- matthew huntbach liberal democrat
- jo swinson
- illegal immigrants uk amnesty clegg
5 recent Lib Dem tweets
From Oct gay men with pre 1967 convictions will be able to get their criminal record expunged. That is 45 ago. Well done@lfeatherstone !
— David Smith (@davidinossett) September 10, 2012
Delighted to hear that @joswinson is new Equalities Minister. I can haz #equalmarriage now please?
— Will Howells (@willhowells) September 11, 2012
.@willie_rennie & @joswinson congratulate Susan Murray on a great result in Campsie and Kirkintilloch North by-election bit.ly/ROXhqZ
— Scottish Lib Dems (@scotlibdems) September 14, 2012
“I don’t believe liberalism is some subset of the Labour party” Nick Clegg #nickcleggmeets
— Harry Matthews (@hmatthews92) September 13, 2012
Dear Lib Dem HQ, may I say how useful pocket Coalition policy guides are for grassroots supporters. libdems.org.uk/what_we_stand_…
— Paul Hindley (@PaulHindley2210) September 13, 2012
If you are a Lib Dem who tweets, and would like to be added to Ryan’s Lib Dem Tweets aggregator, drop him an email at [email protected]
That’s it from the LDV Friday Five. Let the weekend commence in 5-4-3-2-1…
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