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
- Opinion: Can Corby smelt a new Coalition? (63 comments) by Toby Fenwick
- By 48% to 19%, Lib Dem members prefer post-2015 alliance with Labour to continuing pact with Tories (20 comments) by Stephen Tall
- Opinion: Liberal Democrats must stay true to our traditions post 2015 (46 comments) by David Thorpe
- There’s zero chance of Clegg cutting any boundary deal with Tories over party funding (12 comments) by Stephen Tall
- Opinion: Understanding the housing policy buzz (78 comments) by Paul Reynolds
5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads
- Tories and the Olympics
- When do we start selecting PPCs?
- Saving Local Pubs through Localism – Can it be done?
- Should we have a policy on euthanasia/assisted dying?
- Mockup of improved LD members’ site: Feedback & suggestions
5 from the LDV archive
(August 17th, 2007-11)
- Opinion: Riots, prisons and us (40 comments) by Sam Phripp, from 2011
- Goodbye to rogue wheel clampers – another Lib Dem policy to become law (35 comments) by Iain Roberts, from 2010
- Jo Swinson’s Indy Q&A (7 comments) by Alex Foster, from 2009
- Ed Davey: Georgia shows need for liberal foreign policy, not McCain-Cameron doctrine (40 comments) by Ed Davey MP, from 2008
- What would you do if you were in a seven hour meeting about the Olympics? (4 comments) by Mark Pack, from 2007
5 top reader search returns to get to LDV
(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)
- avon and somerset police commissioner candidates
- commons votes prisoners
- alliance party northern ireland liberal democrats
- disability living allowance
- tinchy stryder
5 recent Lib Dem tweets
Judge said
#PussyRiot, “offended feelings of believers, & shown “complete lack of respect” Maria, Nadezhda, Yekaterina – you are heroines!— Baroness Hussein-Ece (@meralhece) August 17, 2012
Hey! Take a small step in promoting democracy by taking a picture of yourself with a teddy bear, as part of our
#bearsforbelarus campaign— Liberal Youth (@liberalyouth) August 13, 2012
Off to BBC studios in Cambridge again – third time today – to talk about rail fares for BBC Look East. The cycling is keeping me fit!
#fb— Julian Huppert (@julianhuppert) August 14, 2012
ALDC – By-Election Result – LD hold – Thatcham TC, Thatcham South and Crookham aldc.org/elections/by-e…
— ALDC (@ALDC) August 17, 2012
There are 10 kinds of people. Those that understand trinary, those that don’t and those that think they do but will check on Wikipedia.
— Zoe O’Connell (@zoeimogen) August 16, 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…


