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
- Jo Shaw quits Lib Dems in protest at leadership’s pro-secret courts position (25) by Stephen Tall
- Losing one of our best….an appreciation of Jo Shaw (91) by Caron Lindsay
- Vince Cable on Labour’s opposition day debate on Mansion tax (62) by Helen Duffett
- Do Liberty want rid of their Liberal Democrat members? (52) by Caron Lindsay
- Opinion: The real split in today’s Liberal Democrats – and how to fix it (42) by Gareth Epps
5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads
- Something has to be done about party morale
- Huhne & Pryce
- “Bedroom Tax”
- Secret courts being rushed through
- With Ukip stealing vital Tory votes, Lib Dems reassess 2015
5 from the LDV archive
(15th March, 2007-11)
- Can politicians ever aspire to a real work/life balance? (24) by Stephen Tall (2011)
- Lords reform: cynicism wins the day (0) by Mark Pack (2010)
- NEW POLL: do you support a minimum price for alcohol? (27) by Stephen Tall (2009)
- Opinion: Tories changing? Not at all (19) by Christopher Leslie (2008)
- 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)
- green book
- mansion tax
- matthew huntbach
- reading east
- assisted suicide
5 recent Lib Dem tweets
On one side, victims of phone hacking. Milly’s parents. On other, David Cameron, Rupert Murdoch & the Daily Mail. So who should we support?
— Keith Nevols (@Keith_Nevols) March 15, 2013
.@nick_clegg with pupils #sldconf twitter.com/willie_rennie/…
— Willie Rennie (@willie_rennie) March 15, 2013
#sldconf Only Lib Dems can build a stronger economy in a fairer society enabling everyone to get on in life. Clegg
— Caron Lindsay (@caronmlindsay) March 15, 2013
It’s “frankly absurd” – twitter.com/LibDems/status…
— Liberal Democrats (@LibDems) March 9, 2013
Filled in my #ldconf feedback form. “Best thing about conference?” I put “No accreditation”.
— Zoe O’Connell (@zoeimogen) March 14, 2013
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That’s it from the LDV Friday Five. Let the weekend commence in 5-4-3-2-1…