The LDV Friday Five: 17 December 2010

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: Richard Huzzey – “I resign” (224 comments) by Richard Huzzey
  2. Tuition fees: How Liberal Democrat MPs voted (78 comments) by Helen Duffett
  3. Opinion: why I still support the Lib Dems (75 comments) by George Kendall
  4. Tim Farron: Why would any sane progressive give Labour a second glance? (61 comments) by Helen Duffett
  5. Opinion: Planet Earth to Grayson (62 comments) by Richard Kemp

This week’s 5 most active Liberal Democrat online campaigns

  1. Save RAF Leuchars (231 signatures)
  2. Tim Farron MP – Save our cheque (43 signatures)
  3. Save Brent’s Libraries! (17 signatures)
  4. Save Coleford Recycling Centre Petition (10 signatures)
  5. Save Bradford on Avon Swimming Pool (5 signatures)

5 from the LDV archive

(17th December, 2006-09)

  1. The Lib Dem HQ take on the party’s poll ratings (15 comments) by Tom Smithard, from 2009
  2. Steve Goddard on what Peter Tatchell’s resignation means for Oxford East (4 comments) by Steve Goddard, from 2009
  3. Yet another political award – this time from some proper serious people (0 comments) by Alix Mortimer, from 2008
  4. Labour legalises saltires on number plates. Again. (1 comment) by Hywel Morgan
  5. CommentIsLinked@LDV: Nick Clegg – ‘Politics is broken’ (1 comment) by The Voice

5 top reader search returns to get to LDV

(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)

  1. richard grayson
  2. colin firth no longer supports lib dems
  3. yes to fairer votes
  4. richard huzzey
  5. oldham east and saddleworth by election

5 recent Lib Dem tweets

>> @ExtraBold If Ed Milliband wants our ideas today, why couldn’t he agree with them on the 10th May when it mattered? #labourfail

>> @nickcarthew Most journos couldn’t be ‘bothered’ with the LDs before the GE so now have a steep learning curve & are making lots of wrong assumptions.

>> @phil_reilly Just got my pay slip and worked out I would be paying nearly £50 less per month for my student loan under the new system. #justsaying

>> @thomasbrake After great day in Oldham & Saddleworth, ran into Prezza at m/way services. He turned down our offer of real ale and fled to his jag.

>> @andyreeves I will be holding a raffle at our wedding, just to warn everyone

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…

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