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. Rebecca Taylor MEP writes…Electronic Cigarettes: No smoke, but lots of fiery debate (24 comments) by Rebecca Taylor MEP
2. Julian Huppert writes…Update on the Defamation Bill (15 comments) by Julian Huppert MP
3. Ding Dong & Mrs T. It’s simple: don’t buy it and don’t ban it (47 comments) by Stephen Tall
4. Paddy Ashdown pays tribute to Margaret Thatcher (and shows Nick how it’s done) (87 comments) by Stephen Tall
5. Lib Dems’ libel reform retreat points to a wider Coalition problem (14 comments) by Stephen Tall

5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads

1. Compulsory schooling / training to age 17/18?
2. What’s the best use of limited resources?
3. Gains in the Counties
4. Changing the name of your county division
5. Lib Dem principles and policy

5 from the LDV archive

(19 April, 2007-12)

1. Calling all marathon runners (1 comment) by The Founding Editor, from 2007
2. Opinion: On Immigration and Being Yellow (both ethnically and politically) (9 comments) by Edwin Loo, from 2009
3. Unofficial Lib Dem Facebook fan group exceeds 100,000 members (7 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2010
4. Nick Clegg sells second home, returns profit to the taxpayer (19 comments) by Helen Duffett, from 2011
5. Conference Accreditation Consultation – what Liberal Democrat bloggers are saying (5 comments) by Caron Lindsay, from 2012

5 top reader search returns to get to LDV

(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)

1. minimum wage 2013
2. thatcher never travelled by train
3. queen
4. labour isn’t working
5. paris brown

5 recent Lib Dem tweets

When you get your payslip this month take a moment to compare it to last month’s. @libdems have cut your taxes. youtu.be/npd_e2juZOQ

— Phil Reilly (@phil_reilly) April 16, 2013

Good 2:1 in the dissertation I wrote whilst helping @mike4eastleigh. Who says you can’t campaign and study!

— Sarah Harding (@SarahAHarding) April 16, 2013

Suppose I should take it as a compliment that the local Labour Party website is shamelessly ripping off our campaign 🙂

— Chris Lovell (@chrisjlovell) April 17, 2013

Steve Johnson, the last Conservative councillor in Watford, moves to the LibDems, due to Coservatives” ‘right wing drift’.

— Sara Bedford (@sarabedford) April 18, 2013

This weekend i hope I will find out how many people are friends of .@ircymru #wldconf

— Sam Bennett (@Bennett_Sam) April 19, 2013

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…