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. LDV debate: The Lib Dem leadership (151 comments) by The Voice
2. Jo Swinson appointed new Equalities Minister (16 comments) by Nick Thornsby
3. The Independent View: Whose sex life is it anyway? (23 comments) by Simon Walsh
4. In depth: Was the 2003 invasion of Iraq illegal? (45 comments) by Toby Fenwick
5. Tim Farron MP writes… My thoughts on the Cabinet reshuffle (30 comments) by Tim Farron MP

5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads

1. Campaigning for Obama
2. The Thick Of It (BBC1, 21:45) – Now with added ‘Lib Dems’!
3. Single amputees athletes versus double amputee athletes
4. Software patents back in the European Parliament
5. Confidence and Supply

5 from the LDV archive

(September 14th, 2007-11)

1. Opinion: “I don’t like them, you don’t like them… We have to have them” (14 comments) by Dinti Batstone, from 2011
2. Opinion: it’s time for us liberals to fight back (118 comments) by Daniel Furr, from 2010
3. CommentIsLinked@LDV… Nick Clegg: Scotland needs to dare to be different (1 comment) by The Voice, from 2009
4. Newsflash: LIBDEMS NOT LIKE TORIES (3 comments) by Alex Foster, from 2008
5. Paddy running for President? (3 comments) by The Founding Editor, from 2006

5 top reader search returns to get to LDV

(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)

1. liberal democrats, special conference 2010
2. old mps expenses rules
3. matthew huntbach liberal democrat
4. jo swinson
5. illegal immigrants uk amnesty clegg

5 recent Lib Dem tweets

From Oct gay men with pre 1967 convictions will be able to get their criminal record expunged. That is 45 ago. Well done@lfeatherstone !

— David Smith (@davidinossett) September 10, 2012

Delighted to hear that @joswinson is new Equalities Minister. I can haz #equalmarriage now please? 🙂

— Will Howells (@willhowells) September 11, 2012

.@willie_rennie & @joswinson congratulate Susan Murray on a great result in Campsie and Kirkintilloch North by-election bit.ly/ROXhqZ

— Scottish Lib Dems (@scotlibdems) September 14, 2012

“I don’t believe liberalism is some subset of the Labour party” Nick Clegg #nickcleggmeets

— Harry Matthews (@hmatthews92) September 13, 2012

Dear Lib Dem HQ, may I say how useful pocket Coalition policy guides are for grassroots supporters. libdems.org.uk/what_we_stand_…

— Paul Hindley (@PaulHindley2210) September 13, 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…