Helen Duffett

The LDV Friday Five: 12 November 2010

By | Fri 12th November 2010 - 5:00 pm

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. Forced to work without pay…Labour got there first, says FT (173 comments) by Iain Roberts.
  2. Phil Woolas loses court case over his election (133 comments) by The Voice.
  3. Jeremy Browne MP writes… I’m no Tory: I’m a radical, authentic liberal (70 comments) by Jeremy Browne MP.
  4. A new member writes… Why I’ve decided to join the Liberal Democrats now (60 comments) by Tony Butcher.
  5. Setting the Independent straight on candidate’s defection (41 comments) by Helen Duffett.

This week’s 5 most active Liberal Democrat online campaigns

  1. Lib Dems Against Tuition Fees
  2. I’m backing Susan for President
  3. Keep Wiggenhall Road waste site open
  4. Save Stapleford Walk-in Centre
  5. Save Our Cheques Windhill and Wrose

5 from the LDV archive

(from this week in 2006-09)

  1. A photo-shoot too far for Cameron? (8 comments) by Iain Roberts, from 2009.
  2. Doing the Database Rag (1 comment) by Helen Duffett, from 2008.
  3. Brian Paddick to enter I’m A Celebrity (26 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2008.
  4. Anyone know what the Tory party’s policy on Europe is today? (4 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2007.
  5. South East Lib Dems call for change in party policy on the Lords (6 comments) by The Voice, from 2006.

5 top reader search returns to get to LDV

(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)

  1. andrew lewin
  2. phil woolas
  3. anna werrin
  4. woolas
  5. judy evans devon

5 recent Lib Dem tweets

>> @LouiseKPhillips I love how all the journos on twitter are giving directions to Lib Dem HQ and musing why no-one is there. Not exactly subtle, chaps.
>> @SusanGaszczak Cowley St now trending on Twitter….
>> @WillTucker Flipping heck – it’s kicking off at conservative and LibDem HQs. Students aren’t going to change the gov’s mind by kicking in a few windows
>> @alixmortimer Oh you are joking #twitterjoketrial
>> @chriskeating thinks Southern Trains should add error bars. “0907 to 0925 95% of the time Train” would be more honest than 0907 Train.

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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