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
- Opinion: it’s no good counting on those rose-tinted spectacles (138 comments) by Richard Morris
- Sheffield Labour councillor opposes own decision (12 comments) by Joe Otten
- Northern council cuts are Labour’s choice – it’s that straightforward! (28 comments) by David Hennigan
- 5 initial thoughts on David Cameron’s Europe speech (36 comments) by Stephen Tall
- Where is the British Borgen? (17 comments) by Nick Thornsby
5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads
- Increase the charges on the highest VED road tax bands.
- Horsemeat
- Monarchy
- What is policy
- An assessment of barriers to innovation within UK & Euro
5 from the LDV archive
(25 January, 2007-12)
- Norman Lamb on the NHS (5 comments) by Norman Lamb MP, from 2008
- Lords’ cash for questions probe – which party failed the test? (7 comments) by Alix Mortimer, from 2009
- Vince: Lib Dems are the only party of genuine economic reform (8 comments) by The Voice, from 2010
- Today’s the anniversary of the Limehouse Declaration (53 comments) by Mark Pack, from 2011
- Lynne Featherstone MP writes… We do not just elect individuals, we elect people to be members of a team (5 comments) by Lynne Featherstone MP, from 2012
5 top reader search returns to get to LDV
(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)
- borgen
- national minimum wage 2013
- damien shannon
- albert einstein
- yes prime minister
5 recent Lib Dem tweets
Time for votes at 16 – Willott jw.lib.dm/a1zmp
— Jenny Willott (@JennyWillott) January 25, 2013
Ladies and gents (and ladies who likes ladies and gents who like gents), the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill…
— Will Howells (@willhowells) January 25, 2013
Today Cameron gave his defining #EUspeech. Most read news on BBC website? ‘Confusion over Beyonce lip-syncing’ and ‘Norway cheese fire’
— Paul Haydon (@Paul_Haydon) January 23, 2013
Let’s get this right: Labour believe that Coalition following Darling’s spending plans was a ‘serious mistake’… bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
— Sara Bedford (@sarabedford) January 25, 2013
DOCTOR WHO. 30th MARCH.
— Lancelot (@GuitaringLancey) January 23, 2013
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That’s it from the LDV Friday Five. Let the weekend commence in 5-4-3-2-1…
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