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. Lib Dem Peers rebel as Government defeated on Welfare Reform (40 comments) by Caron Lindsay
2. Lib Dem council candidate in trouble over online comments (3 comments) by Prateek Buch
3. Opinion: Scottish independence – bleak consequences for LibDem and Labour Westminster representation (34 comments) by David Franklin
4. How the left/right balance of Liberal Democrat voters has changed (28 comments) by Mark Pack
5. Lord German writes… A benefits system that works: the Welfare Reform Bill in the House of Lords (34 comments) by Mike German

5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads

1. Ideas for increasing membership
2. Mansion Tax
3. Young People
4. How it was before just before the merger
5. Reorganising the government

5 from the LDV archive

(13th January, 2006-11)

1. ‘Cowley Street’ may not be ‘Cowley Street’ for long (28 comments) by Helen Duffett, from 2011
2. Clegg calls for full gay equality – what will Cameron do? (51 comments) by The Voice, from 2010
3. Lord Tebbit’s praise for the Lib Dems’ tax plans (33 comments) by Sara Bedford, from 2010
4. Congratulations to Brian (0 comments) by The Voice, from 2009
5. Telegraph has it both ways (2 comments) by Alex Foster, from 2008

5 top reader search returns to get to LDV

(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)

1. duwayne brooks
2. lib dem conference 2012
3. welfare reform bill
4. national defence medal
5. david laws

5 recent Lib Dem tweets

While Ed Miliband talks about delivering fairness in tough times, the #LiberalDemocrats in Government have been doing it…

— Don Foster (@DonFosterMP) January 10, 2012

…#LibDems lifted the lowest earners out of income tax, £2.5bn extra by 2015 via Pupil Premium & extended free early years education

— Don Foster (@DonFosterMP) January 10, 2012

Good day 🙂 Renewed LibDem party membership!

— David Green (@DavidMGreen73) January 12, 2012

Had a great day talking to lots of residents today. One of my favourite bits of the job.

— Claire Thomas (@clairethomas1) January 10, 2012

following LabourHame & ToryHoose, look out for the imminent launch ofLibDemTh’uum, a group blog for all liberals north of Cyrodiil

— i am robson (@wv_v) January 12, 2012

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…