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
- Eastleigh by-election: my first thoughts (80 comments) by Stephen Tall
- Three things the Liberal Democrats must learn from Eastleigh (50 comments) by Caron Lindsay
- Nick Clegg’s son to go to state secondary school (204 comments) by Caron Lindsay
- 7 ‘rebel’ Lib Dem MPs back party policy as rest vote for secret courts (59 comments) by Stephen Tall
- Secret Courts..what does the party do now? (96 comments) by Caron Lindsay
5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads
- Well Done Mike Thornton
- What could have happened in Eastleigh
- “Bedroom Tax”
- Spring conference in Brighton, too? Why?!
- Swiss crack down on executive pay
5 from the LDV archive
(8 March, 2007-11)
- Mark Littlewood, Liberal Democrat head of media, resigns (3 comments) by The Founding Editor, from 2007
- Diary of a Conference Virgin (aged 29 1/6*): Friday (5 comments) by Alix Mortimer, from 2008
- Governor Howard Dean addresses Liberal Democrat Conference (0 comments) by Alex Foster, from 2009
- Lib Dems launch Campaign for Body Confidence (3 comments) by The Voice, from 2010
- Shirley Williams sets the record straight on NHS reform (30 comments) by Mark Valladares, from 2012
5 top reader search returns to get to LDV
(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)
- eastleigh by election results
- mike thornton
- minimum wage 2013
- eastleigh by election
- minimum wage 2013/14
5 recent Lib Dem tweets
This time a Lib Dem win is not a protest vote – it is a successful defence in Government.
— Greg Stone (@gm_stone) March 1, 2013
Great to see Mike taking his seat, almost 51 years after I did the same on.fb.me/WLBh4g
— Eric Avebury (@EricAvebury) March 5, 2013
The temptation to blame immigrants is to blame someone else instead of looking to find the faults in our own society. #bbcqt
— The Rt Hon Trouble (@TheWeeYin96) March 7, 2013
A fact for #weather anoraks:in the UK snow is statistically more likely at Easter than at Christmas
— Ian Bond (@CllrIanBond) March 7, 2013
I’m looking forward to chairing the independent inquiry into Liberal Democrat party processes & complaints announced this morning.
— Helena Morrissey (@MorrisseyHelena) March 8, 2013
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…


One Comment
Am I imagining it or has there been a substantial increase in the number of comments over the last couple of years ?