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
- Rebecca Taylor MEP writes…Electronic Cigarettes: No smoke, but lots of fiery debate (24 comments) by Rebecca Taylor MEP
- Julian Huppert writes…Update on the Defamation Bill (15 comments) by Julian Huppert MP
- Ding Dong & Mrs T. It’s simple: don’t buy it and don’t ban it (47 comments) by Stephen Tall
- Paddy Ashdown pays tribute to Margaret Thatcher (and shows Nick how it’s done) (87 comments) by Stephen Tall
- Lib Dems’ libel reform retreat points to a wider Coalition problem (14 comments) by Stephen Tall
5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads
- Compulsory schooling / training to age 17/18?
- What’s the best use of limited resources?
- Gains in the Counties
- Changing the name of your county division
- Lib Dem principles and policy
5 from the LDV archive
(19 April, 2007-12)
- Calling all marathon runners (1 comment) by The Founding Editor, from 2007
- Opinion: On Immigration and Being Yellow (both ethnically and politically) (9 comments) by Edwin Loo, from 2009
- Unofficial Lib Dem Facebook fan group exceeds 100,000 members (7 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2010
- Nick Clegg sells second home, returns profit to the taxpayer (19 comments) by Helen Duffett, from 2011
- 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)
- minimum wage 2013
- thatcher never travelled by train
- queen
- labour isn’t working
- 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
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That’s it from the LDV Friday Five. Let the weekend commence in 5-4-3-2-1…