Ah, Friday! It’s the 336th anniversary of the Peace of Westminster. It’s also nearly the end of (relative) peace in Westminster, as the Parliamentary Recess draws to a close.

2 Must-Read Bloggers’ Anecdotes

What are other Liberal Democrat bloggers saying? Here are two news-related stories that caught my eye from the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator:

• Sir Nicholas 1st Class Comment Reminds me of a Story of Revenge

by Dazmando at Bracknell Blog

• My UFO experience

by Jane on My New LD Blog

Spotted any other great posts in the last day from blogs that aren’t on the aggregator? Do post up a comment sharing them with us all.

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2 Local Party Stories

David Cameron: I will impose all-women shortlists

Mr Cameron said that as the general election, which must be held by June, was so close, the party was already taking advantage of rules which allowed Central Office to impose shortlists on constituency parties.

This had happened twice already, and the Tory leader confirmed that if any more Conservative MPs stood down in winnable seats in coming weeks, he would consider making the short-lists women only. [Telegraph]

Lib Dem branch suspended in rules probe

A Liberal Democrat branch in a key marginal seat has been suspended while a probe into a “breach of the party’s rules” is carried out, the party confirmed today.

The North West Leicestershire branch of the Liberal Democrats is now being run by the East Midlands regional party until further notice. [Independent]