Category Archives: Friday Five

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1. Danny Alexander suggests £12,500 income tax threshold (25 comments) by NewsHound
2. The 7 Lib Dem MPs unaffected by the Boundary Commission proposals (23 comments) by Stephen Tall
3. MP conference fringe league table 2011: Vince is the new Simon, Simon is the new Vince (5 comments) by Mark Pack
4. The most exciting part of the Parliamentary Boundary review proposals (14 comments) by Mark Pack
5. Opinion: Time to face reality on conference security (51 comments) by Simon McGrath

5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads

1. Tips for speaking at Conference
2. Influential liberals
3. Nick Clegg NOW on Googleplus, where are our other MPs?
4. Fundraising online
5. My MP can lick his own elbow…

5 from the LDV archive

(16th September, 2006-10)

1. Campaigning in Wales (1 comment) by Alison Goldsworthy, from 2006
2. Sarah Ludford: my first party conference memories (0 comments) by Sarah Ludford MEP, from 2007
3. An embarrassment of riches (2 comments) by Alex Foster, from 2008
4. Adam Boulton writes… Lib Dems should back a Leaders’ Debate (15 comments) by Adam Boulton, from 2009
5. Tim Farron: I’ll be a distinctive voice as President (25 comments) by Tim Farron MP, from 2010

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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

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

1. Ken Livingstone: mine won’t be a grassroots funded campaign (23 comments) by Mark Pack
2. Opinion: Why millionaire graduates should stop whingeing about fees (77 comments) by Jonathan Hunt
3. Alex Wilcock writes… Tory boy throws toys out of pram: not exactly Man Bites Dog (19 comments) by Alex Wilcock
4. Liberal Democrats moving HQ : the future’s bright (11 comments) by Helen Duffett
5. Chris White writes: It’s nice to be hated again (19 comments) by Chris White

5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads

1. Guardian headline on Abortion wrong surely?
2. >Is Cowley St still Cowley St?
3. Imprints
4. Uk IT/Engineering graduate unemployment c.f. Germany
5. Accreditation

5 from the LDV archive

(2nd September, 2007-10)

1. Andy Coulson accused of knowing about widespread phone hacking (2 comments) by The Voice, from 2010
2. Nick says yes to Sky’s televised debate (7 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2009
3. Nick and Ming speak out on Megrahi (5 comments) by The Voice, from 2009
4. Smithson’s view: How can the Lib Dems exploit the Tory “Thatcher tendency”? (27 comments) by Mike Smithson, from 2008
5. Challenge to German’s Welsh leadership likely (4 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2007

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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

1. Opinion: Time to give inheritance tax the chop (75 comments) by Rebecca Tidy
2. Chris Rennard writes… Can we tell what will happen in four years? (16 comments) by Chris Rennard
3. At his best and his worst: 5 thoughts on Tony Blair’s analysis of the UK riots (15 comments) by Stephen Tall
4. Opinion: the battle for the Electoral Reform Society (40 comments) by Simon McGrath
5. 5 posts to read before casting your Electoral Reform Society council vote (10 comments) by Stephen Tall

5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads

1. Seventeen per cent
2. Nick on Hillsborough
3. Where we work smart, we win
4. Why did we get money from the Ministry of Sound?
5. Is Cowley St still Cowley St?

5 from the LDV archive

(26th August, 2006-10)

1. NEW POLL: what’s the main point of the Lib Dem party conference? (12 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2008
2. Those Lib Dem donation figures in full (Q2, 2009) (4 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2009
3. Julia Goldsworthy condemns Grayling’s ‘The Wire’ comparison (13 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2009
4. The Independent View: are the Lib Dems being Con-ned over electoral reform? (44 comments) by J. Lee, from 2010
5. Liblink: Nick Clegg on fairness, the Budget and the IFS report (40 comments) by Newshound, from 2010

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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

1. Opinion: UK riots – the mystery of the David Willetts’ rule of post-war baby boom peaks (25 comments) by Stuart Bonar
2. Opinion: Our flawed drug laws are at heart of riots (41 comments) by Ewan Hoyle
3. Searching for the cause of the riots is asking the wrong question (61 comments) by Iain Roberts
4. Tim Leunig writes: Riots, Justice and Reconciliation (67 comments) by Tim Leunig
5. Opinion: the battle for the Electoral Reform Society (25 comments) by Simon McGrath

5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads

1. 2015 : 124 seats
2. The Keynes vs Hayek debate on radio 4 recently
3. If there were only Republicans, which would you vote for?
4. Imprints
5. Uk IT/Engineering graduate unemployment c.f. Germany

5 from the LDV archive

(19th August, 2007-10)

1. Opinion: Community politics has had its day – time to move on (27 comments) by Ed Maxfield, from 2010
2. Opinion: it’s about more than A-levels (18 comments) by Alan Belmore, from 2010
3. Ming in the Psychiatrist’s Chair (0 comments) by Helen Duffett, from 2009
4. Not quite “making it happen” (63 comments) by David Allen, from 2009
5. Everybody say “Aww…” (5 comments) by Richard Huzzey, from 2007

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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

1. Opinion: Leading Labour figures guilty of the worst kind of opportunism (63 comments) by David Parkes
2. Opinion: Don’t make Guido’s day (30 comments) by Simon McGrath
3. What caused the riots? It’s more than just the economy, stupid. (41 comments) by Stephen Tall
4. David Laws set for ministerial return in autumn? (31 comments) by Stephen Tall
5. Brian Paddick writes: Lessons from the Tottenham riots (10 comments) by Brian Paddick

5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads

1. Social media block for rioters?
2. Is Dan Snow a Lib-Dem?
3. Rubber bullet anecdote
4. US debt settlement a catastrophe
5. What counts as BAME?

5 from the LDV archive

(12 August, 2006-09)

1. LibLink: THE shock of election night (29 comments) by NewsHound, from 2010
2. Opinion: there’s no pleasure in saying ‘I told you so’ – but does it need saying? (58 comments) by Alex Marsh, from 2010
3. Smaller Commons ‘would hit Lib Dems’ (33 comments) by Sara Bedford, from 2010
4. Clegg impresses MoneySavingExpert.com (4 comments) by Alex Foster, from 2009
5. Activate – reviewed by a participant (5 comments) by Mark Whiley, from 2009

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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

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

1. LibLink | Vince Cable: I declared war on Murdoch… now everyone agrees with me (25 comments) by Helen Duffett
2. Police and Crime Commissioners: Lib Dem candidates start here (17 comments) by Helen Duffett
3. Opinion: David Laws takes another step on the road to redemption (26 comments) by Mark Valladares
4. Opinion: Stephenson resignation – the bar just got lowered (22 comments) by Richard Morris
5. Opinion: Cameron’s ten big mistakes – more please! (21 comments) by Paul Walter

5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads

1. What’s your favourite Murdoch smear of the Lib Dems?
2. The next battle after Murdoch?
3. Materials for local campaigning – your views wanted!
4. FOI requests er… request
5. Elected Police Commissioners

5 from the LDV archive

(22nd July, 2007-10)

1. An Interview with the Whips Office – comfy chairs will be provided… (0 comments) by Dominic Addington, from 2010
2. Moving to an elected second chamber – a loss of expertise, or just privilege (9 comments) by Alex Runswick, from 2010
3. Tall photographer stopped again by police (7 comments) by Helen Duffett, from 2009
4. CommentIsLinked@LDV… Nick Clegg: MPs’ holiday betrayal (0 comments) by The Voice, from 2009
5. Join us on Facebook! (1 comment) by Alex Foster, from 2008

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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

1. Opinion: Nick Clegg didn’t suck up to Murdoch – that’s why his minions tried to destroy him (28 comments) by James Percival
2. Stephen Gilbert MP writes: UK housing policy in crisis (22 comments) by Stephen Gilbert MP
3. In Praise of Nick Davies, the British Bernstein & Woodward to Murdoch’s Nixon (8 comments) by Stephen Tall
4. Opinion: Liberal Democrats didn’t just avoid Murdoch, we tried to cut him down to size (37 comments) by James Percival
5. Brian Paddick writes: The Lib Dem Guide to phone hacking (10 comments) by Brian Paddick

5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads

1. That old time zone issue
2. Switching to renewable energy
3. Generation Y – the key to community politics?
4. News Corporation – Vince was Right – Dare we say it?
5. Someone should send this guy a membership form…

5 from the LDV archive

(14-15 July, 2007-10)

1. What a difference three months makes #nickcleggsfault (16 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2010
2. Opinion: With Liverpool in my mind (26 comments) by Ed Randall, from 2010
3. CommentIsLinked@LDV: Chris Huhne – Fresh questions for the News of the World (0 comments) by the Voice, from 2009
4. Channel 4 News: Zac Goldsmith has “questions to answer” about election spending (17 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2010
5. Nick gets the Twitter-bug (0 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2009

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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

1. What does the Inverclyde result mean for the Scottish Liberal Democrats? (25 comments) by Caron Lindsay
2. John Hemming MP: Why I’m calling for a review of the smoking ban (70 comments) by John Hemming MP
3. Labour holds Inverclyde with reduced majority (27 comments) by Helen Duffett
4. LDVideo: That Ed Miliband TV interview car crash in full (8 comments) by Stephen Tall
5. Tim Farron MP writes: Out of the Westminster bubble (7 comments) by Tim Farron MP

5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads

1. “I’ve only just moved in”….
2. Switching to renewable energy
3. Same-sex marriage
4. Google+
5. Selling the brand “Liberal Democrats”

5 from the LDV archive

(8th July, 2007-10)

1. Opinion: A Cornish perspective on the Budget and VAT (18 comments) by Andrew George MP, from 2010
2. Vince: “This is not so much a White Paper as a blank paper” (0 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2009
3. It’s a three-way contest for next Scottish Lib Dem leader (1 comment) by The Voice, from 2008
4. Opinion: Why we should back liberal Free Schools (71 comments) by Christopher Leslie, from 2008
5. Isn’t this perfectly reasonable? (6 comments) by Geoffrey Payne, from 2007

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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

1. Why Simon Kelner is wrong to defend Johann Hari (19 comments) by Stephen Tall
2. What can the Lib Dems do about the Coalition’s ‘Northern problem’? (55 comments) by Stephen Tall
3. Brian Paddick writes: Why I want to be Lib Dem candidate for London Mayor in 2012 (22 comments) by Brian Paddick
4. Opinion: Stephen Williams is right to support the criminalisation of squatting (33 comments) by Tom Papworth
5. Opinion: Why today’s strike action is wrong (21 comments) by Steve Middleton

5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads

1. Same-sex marriage
2. Where do you get membership forms from?
3. Higher Education White Paper
4. Generation Y – the key to community politics?
5. VAN cost?

5 from the LDV archive

(1st July, 2007-10)

1. Opinion: General Election 1.5 – 2010, the almost Internet Election (6 comments) by Charlotte Henry, from 2010
2. Nick Clegg launches “Your Freedom” (23 comments) by Helen Duffett, from 2010
3. Clegg to announce AV referendum date “next week” (4 comments) by Helen Duffett, from 2010
4. Six (count ‘em) families now benefitting from Labour’s mortage rescue scheme (4 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2009
5. Opinion: The devil is in the detail (5 comments) by Martin Land, from 2008

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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

1. Opinion: Taxpayer foots £6.7m NO 2 AV leaflet bill (26 comments) by Stuart Bonar
2. Thank you EARS, but the VAN is coming (52 comments) by Iain Roberts
3. “It was a virtuoso performance” – Viscount Astor on Lord Ashdown on Lords reform (14 comments) by Helen Duffett
4. LibLink | Danny Alexander: Make no mistake: we will reform public sector pensions (52 comments) by Helen Duffett
5. What’s the difference between Ryan Giggs and Ed Miliband? Nick Clegg tells all… (16 comments) by Stephen Tall

5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads

1. Circus animals defeat the Tories
2. SLF conference. Did you go? What did you think?
3. Assisted dying
4. Answering your questions about the move to VAN
5. Giving people shares in the nationalised banks

5 from the LDV archive

(24th June, 2007-10)

1. At last…a Welsh Prime Minister (13 comments) by Iain Roberts, from 2010
2. How solid is the Tories’ ‘extreme and ragbag’ Euro grouping? (8 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2009
3. Sir Cyril Smith on his 80th! (1 comment) by David Hennigan, from 2008
4. Opinion: It’s deja vu all over again (0 comments) by Chris Keating, from 2007
5. Harman beats Johnson to Labour Deputy spot (23 comments) by Richard Huzzey, from 2007

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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

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

1. Andrew Reeves passes away (37 comments) by Mark Pack
2. Response: Chair of Federal Conference Committee on increased security measures (153 comments) by Andrew Wiseman
3. Opinion: Why you should be taking Lembit Opik seriously (57 comments) by Richard Clare
4. Opinion: The problem with Lib Dem conference security arrangements (27 comments) by Dave Page
5. The perils of projecting the impact of boundary changes from previous election results (12 comments) by Mark Pack

5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads

1. Inverclyde Byelection
2. Tim Farron at glee club
3. Pension age increase and unemployment in the over 50s
4. Vince Cable speaks to the GMB
5. Freedom of speech

5 from the LDV archive

(10th June, 2007-10)

1. Nick Clegg declares “Ich bin ein Berliner” (10 comments) by The Voice, from 2010
2. The results of the other Lib Dem Parliamentary contest – Lords Dholakia and Alderdice elected (4 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2010
3. Judgement Day for Boris Johnson’s first year in office (3 comments) by Helen Duffett, from 2009
4. NEW POLL: should the Lib Dems support AV? (36 comments) by Stephen Tall , from 2009
5. Key communications staff to leave Lib Dems (0 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2008

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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

1. Opinion: The need for a radical manifesto (43 comments) by George Potter
2. Lib Dems appoint three senior Campaigns heads (15 comments) by Helen Duffett
3. Chris Huhne’s election expenses: once again, nothing to see here, move along (59 comments) by Mark Pack
4. Better news for Chris Huhne; more bad news for Guido (15 comments) by Nick Thornsby
5. What Guido Fawkes didn’t tell you about the Eastleigh meeting last night (38 comments) by Mark Pack

5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads

1. Election Expense Return Forms
2. London Mayor candidates
3. Birmingham Security Arrangements
4. Cost of Living
5. Radio 4 bumped off Freeview by Gaelic TV

5 from the LDV archive

(3rd June, 2006-10)

1. What does the Deputy Prime Minister do? Nick Clegg’s new responsibilities (6 comments) by Helen Duffett, from 2010
2. Deputy leadership contest: Hughes “backed by more than 50% of Lib Dem MPs” (12 comments) by Helen Duffett, from 2010
3. Vince Cable tops popularity poll; Clegg ahead of Cameron (0 comments) by Helen Duffett, from 2010
4. Who’s winning the expectations battle? (6 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2009
5. Official: Tory councils cost you more (6 comments) by The Voice, from 2009

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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

1. Opinion: However unfair it is, Chris Huhne should step down (100 comments) by Simon McGrath
2. Chris Huhne’s election expenses: once again, nothing to see here, move along (54 comments) by Mark Pack
3. Dealing with the political weather: three lessons to learn (15 comments) by Mark Pack
4. Revealed: The Liberal Democrats’ new HQ (26 comments) by Helen Duffett
5. Tim Farron writes: Enough doom and gloom, we have the greatest opportunity in the history of our party (42 comments) by Tim Farron

5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads

1. Terrible squandering of a campaign resource
2. Lib Dem Regional Seats to be “declared vacant”
3. Do Liberal Democrats believe in the Schengen Zone?
4. PR
5. Alternatives to councillors’ surgeries

5 from the LDV archive

(27th May, 2006-09)

1. Clegg unveils 100-day plan to abolish Lords and reform voting (20 comments) by The Voice, from 2009
2. Lib Dems tackle UKIP head on (3 comments) by Alex Foster, from 2009
3. Why Liberal Democrats should change their tune on elected mayors (25 comments) by Dorothy Thornhill, from 2008
4. Opinion: Margaret Hodge should go (9 comments) by Steve Cooke, from 2007
5. Opinion: It’s only a boat (3 comments) by Laurence Boyce, from 2007

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