The LDV Friday Five: 15 January 2010

It’s Friday. It’s five o’clock. And when I tried to high-five Stephen Tall by way of celebration, he thought I was putting up my hand and asking to compile the Friday Five again. Ah, why not -

5 most-read stories on LDV this week

1. Revealed: the Lib-Con pact election poster (33) by Stephen Tall
2. What do we want? Section 63 of the Metropolitan Paving Act 1817 of course (20) by Mark Pack
3. NEW POLL: Who is your Liberal Voice of the Year? (22) by Stephen Tall
4. Gina Ford vs Nick Clegg (12) by Mark Pack
5. Liberal Youth … the story continues (26) by The Voice

5 active LDV Members’ Forum threads

Public nudity
Book: Crap MPs
Marriage Without Borders
PPCs for the next General Election
Helvetica Neue Font Set (-my favourite! But then I’m a font fiend.)

5 new groups on ACT

1. Marketing for Liberal Democrats
2. Liberal Youth Action Network
3. Approved Candidates
4. “Politicks + lib dem speak” glossary
5. Oxford Liberal Democrats

5 top reader search returns to get to LDV

(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)
1. nick clegg gina ford
2. patrick murray lib dem
3. anna werrin
4. what is slavery
5. how to become a lib dem mp

5 recent Lib Dem tweets

>> @edfordham back from Israel/Gaza/West Bank – too much to catch up on and too much to do… is that really 1040 unread emails?
>> @joswinson Cameron poster spoofs – “Maybe it’s Maybelline” is my favourite… http://bit.ly/7oEDHN
>> @SalBrinton Shocking that Watford gets fewer cold weather payments than Bricket Wood because Gvt thinks they’re in London. http://tinyurl.com/yjj6898
>> @duncanborrowman Amused Oval cllrs in Lambeth have blogged on Pidgeon proofing not Pigeon proofing. What has Caroline done to upset them?
>> @LibDemConf 1 wk to go – joint registration and final earlybird rates end 17.30 Jan 20. Visit www.libdems.org.uk/springconference to book your place NOW

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That’s it from the LDV Friday Five. Let the weekend commence in 5-4-3-2-1 …