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The LDV Friday Five: 15 March 2013

By | Fri 15th March 2013 - 5:45 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. Jo Shaw quits Lib Dems in protest at leadership’s pro-secret courts position (25) by Stephen Tall
  2. Losing one of our best….an appreciation of Jo Shaw (91) by Caron Lindsay
  3. Vince Cable on Labour’s opposition day debate on Mansion tax (62) by Helen Duffett

  4. Do Liberty want rid of their Liberal Democrat members? (52) by Caron Lindsay
  5. Opinion: The real split in today’s Liberal Democrats – and how to fix it (42) by Gareth Epps

5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads

  1. Something has to be done about party morale
  2. Huhne & Pryce
  3. “Bedroom Tax”
  4. Secret courts being rushed through
  5. With Ukip stealing vital Tory votes, Lib Dems reassess 2015

5 from the LDV archive

(15th March, 2007-11)

  1. Can politicians ever aspire to a real work/life balance? (24) by Stephen Tall (2011)
  2. Lords reform: cynicism wins the day (0) by Mark Pack (2010)
  3. NEW POLL: do you support a minimum price for alcohol? (27) by Stephen Tall (2009)
  4. Opinion: Tories changing? Not at all (19) by Christopher Leslie (2008)
  5. Lembit for London (14) by the founding editor (2007)

5 top reader search returns to get to LDV

(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)

  1. green book
  2. mansion tax
  3. matthew huntbach
  4. reading east
  5. assisted suicide

5 recent Lib Dem tweets

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That’s it from the LDV Friday Five. Let the weekend commence in 5-4-3-2-1…

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