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The LDV Friday Five: 15 July 2011

By | Fri 15th July 2011 - 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. Opinion: Nick Clegg didn’t suck up to Murdoch – that’s why his minions tried to destroy him (28 comments) by James Percival
  2. Stephen Gilbert MP writes: UK housing policy in crisis (22 comments) by Stephen Gilbert MP
  3. In Praise of Nick Davies, the British Bernstein & Woodward to Murdoch’s Nixon (8 comments) by Stephen Tall
  4. Opinion: Liberal Democrats didn’t just avoid Murdoch, we tried to cut him down to size (37 comments) by James Percival
  5. Brian Paddick writes: The Lib Dem Guide to phone hacking (10 comments) by Brian Paddick

5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads

  1. That old time zone issue
  2. Switching to renewable energy
  3. Generation Y – the key to community politics?
  4. News Corporation – Vince was Right – Dare we say it?
  5. Someone should send this guy a membership form…

5 from the LDV archive

(14-15 July, 2007-10)

  1. What a difference three months makes #nickcleggsfault (16 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2010
  2. Opinion: With Liverpool in my mind (26 comments) by Ed Randall, from 2010
  3. CommentIsLinked@LDV: Chris Huhne – Fresh questions for the News of the World (0 comments) by the Voice, from 2009
  4. Channel 4 News: Zac Goldsmith has “questions to answer” about election spending (17 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2010
  5. Nick gets the Twitter-bug (0 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2009

5 top reader search returns to get to LDV

(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)

  1. nick davies
  2. lembit opik
  3. john russell lib dem
  4. andrew reeves
  5. nick davies guardian

5 recent Lib Dem tweets

  • @hamishmccallum Clegg and Miliband both pretending to drink a pint on @TheIndyNews front page tomorrow – new drinking buddies perhaps? yfrog.com/kedckgaj
  • @KirstenBayes Vince Cable is now legally called Vince Murdoch-Destroyer. Fact. Odd name for a minister but what can you do?
  • @oakeshottm Now Murdoch’s got no friends it’s just like Vichy France in 1945-no one could remember supporting Marshal Petain either…
  • @tomstubbs #ff to @nick_clegg for fighting news international tooth and nail for years
  • @ibrahimtaguri #LibDems look to expand fundraising operation with two new posts tinyurl.com/5sfv9ls

    • 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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