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. Opinion: Clegg has not betrayed us! (146 comments) by Mat Smith
2. We all know the Lib Dems U-turned on tuition fees, so why’s The Guardian indulging in half-truths? (127 comments) by Stephen Tall
3. What Lib Dem members think of the Coalition, the Lib Dems’ direction, and Nick Clegg’s leadership (123 comments) by Stephen Tall
4. Opinion: The Four Boxes – why the student occupation should be denounced (118 comments) by Zoe O’Connell
5. False claims of betrayal do the NUS no credit (92 comments) by Iain Roberts
This week’s 5 most active Liberal Democrat online campaigns
- Lib Dems Against Tuition Fees
- Don’t Choke Chelmsford
- Save Stapleford Walk-in Centre
- Save Bradford on Avon Swimming Pool
- Stop the drop-off charge
5 from the LDV archive
(19th November, 2006-09)
1. What should Gordon do – go now, or hold on? (12 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2008
2. Government department in ‘no lost memory sticks’ shocker (3 comments) by Helen Duffett, from 2008
3. The morning after the lunch-time before (35 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2007
4. Opinion: Let’s stop talking about policy! (29 comments) by Martin Land, from 2007 (Discussion of whether the Liberal Democrat leader should be elected on the basis of policy – very interesting in hindsight this week)
5. Top of the Blogs: The Golden Dozen #39 (7 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2007 (do click through and enjoy Anders Hanson’s spoof: “Those blog comments we all love to read”)
5 top reader search returns to get to LDV
(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)
1. anna werrin
2. nick clegg
3. tim farron
4. simon hughes 10% housing benefit
5. evan harris
5 recent Lib Dem tweets
>> @willhowells Pop fact: new Lib Dem baroness Sal Brinton used to work at the BBC on Doctor Who.
>> @OllyGrender A million reasons for LibDems to be cheerful: A million adults to get their own social care budgets http://bit.ly/9Hlt6d
>> @DuncanStott Cameron, how do you expect the economy to recover by giving away bank holidays willy nilly?!
>> @kathbancroft Bet @spectator wishes they’d chosen another Peer of the Year…or maybe not?
>> @ALDC A Crox to Bear… – ALDC’s commentary on all by-elections that took place on November 18th: http://t.co/62vABqt
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That’s it from the LDV Friday Five. Let the weekend commence in 5-4-3-2-1…


