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
- And the winner of our Liberal Voice of the Year award is… Sam Bowman (64 comments) by Stephen Tall
- Opinion: Liberals must learn the lessons of Thatcher (63 comments) by David Thorpe
- Jessops – is administration a euphemism for obliteration? (14 comments) by Mark Blackburn
- So, about that Lib Dem wipeout in 2015 then… (129 comments) by Stephen Tall
- The Eurosceptic tide is turning. Lib Dems must be in the vanguard (40 comments) by Giles Goodall
5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads
- Local by-election results
- Fairer Tax Petition Form
- What counts as BAME?
- One third of Tories now say they’ll vote UKIP
- Rolling register update
5 from the LDV archive
(18 January, 2007-12)
- Matthew Taylor quits shadow cabinet, Danny Alexander elevated (5 comments) by The Founding Editor, from 2007
- What did the Electoral Commission tell Peter Hain? (2 comments) by Mark Pack, from 2008
- Opinion: Lib Dems need to attack the Tory record on civil liberties, too (6 comments) by Terry Gilbert, from 2009
- If Lib Dems take Burnley it will “send shockwaves” around Labour (10 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2010
- Opinion: Sharing maternity leave – our most popular policy since the coalition was formed? (38 comments) by Rob Blackie, from 2011
5 top reader search returns to get to LDV
(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)
- jessops administration
- national minimum wage 2013
- albert einstein
- libdems vote against benefit
- ad lib lib dems
5 recent Lib Dem tweets
Pleased – @stevewebb1‘s radical pension reform is good news for women,carers and self employed #fairdealforpensioners #singletier
— Michael German (@mjgerman) January 14, 2013
“Free speech” doesn’t mean being immune from criticism while writing for a paper with a circulation of over a million.
— Zoe O’Connell (@zoeimogen) January 14, 2013
Camden Liberal Democrats are proud to announce that our candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn is Emily Frith ow.ly/i/1nols
— Camden Lib Dems (@CamdenLibDems) January 15, 2013
Commuters should be able to avoid peak time travel with flexi-time working hours, says minister Jo Swinson bit.ly/VhIJQV
— Layla Moran (@laylamoran) January 16, 2013
A Europe debate without the @libdems is like a debate on the Chocolate industry without Cadburys! Get it right @bbcnewsnight 🙂 #fb
— Greg Judge (@gregjudge) January 14, 2013
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That’s it from the LDV Friday Five. Let the weekend commence in 5-4-3-2-1…


