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. Vince Cable: we will force a referendum vote in Parliament (30 comments) by Vince Cable MP
2. Clegg leadership plot: Gove’s ‘crazy grenade’ detonates, briefly, before Tories revert to arguing about Europe (31 comments) by Stephen Tall
3. Ukip surge to 18% in latest ICM poll: Lib Dems at 11% (38 comments) by Stephen Tall

4. Where Ukip won (or almost won) on 2nd May 2013(14 comments) by Stephen Tall
5. Liberal Democrat MPs to be given free vote on all aspects of Same Sex Marriage Bill (18 comments) by Caron Lindsay

5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads

1. Royal Mail selloff
2. An unusual book
3. Future Conferences – Where and When?
4. County Council Green party leader defects to Tories
5. Good job not every Labour constituency Party is like this:

5 from the LDV archive

17 May, 2007-11)

1. Phil Willis MP to stand down at next election (7 comments) by The Founding Editor, from 2007
2. Would it be better for Labour to win or lose in Crewe & Nantwich? (1 comment) by Mark Pack, from 2008
3. European Parliament uses social networks to promote elections (1 comment) by Helen Duffett, from 2009
4. Who’d be a Lib Dem press officer? (19 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2010
5. David Cameron’s support for an elected House of Lords (2 comments) by Nick Thornsby, from 2011

5 top reader search returns to get to LDV

(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)

1. lib dems 2010 manifesto council tax
2. ukip
3. universal credit
4. local election results 2013
5. liberal democrat autumn conference 2013

5 recent Lib Dem tweets

British Parliament is set to allow same sex marriage. But spare a thought for 78 countries where just being a gay man is illegal. #IDAHO

— Stephen Williams MP (@swilliamsmp) May 17, 2013

Congratulations @willie_rennie2 great years as leader and counting. Lets get out there on campaigning to celebrate I’m in #Donside today

— christine jardine (@CAJardine) May 17, 2013

Just heard Peter Bone MP referring to “pesky” Lib Dems. Proves we are in the right. Baddies in Scooby Doo were always caught by “pesky” kids

— Ann-Marie Barker (@CllrAnnMarie) May 12, 2013

@crockartmp raises the importance of tackling mental health in schools; mental illness commonly first arises in adolescence #bigMHdebate

— Sophie Bridger (@SophieBridger) May 16, 2013

The SNP are acting like stereotypical teenagers. They want to leave home but still want Mum to do their washing and make their tea. #growup

— Sandy Carmichael (@carmichae2) May 16, 2013

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