Helen Duffett

The LDV Friday Five: 2 July 2010

By | Fri 2nd July 2010 - 5:00 pm

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. Should Lembit Opik be the Liberal Democrat candidate for London Mayor? (70) by Mark Pack
2. Government moves right, political agenda moves elsewhere (71) by Mark Pack
3. Two Lib Dem MPs rebel over VAT (82) by Mark Pack
4. Lines of attack against the Lib Dems becoming clearer (145) by Iain Roberts.
5. Opinion: Observer’s dishonesty doesn’t disguise party challenges (24) by Chris White.

5 from the LDV archive

1. Nick Clegg on the Freedom Bill by Mark Pack, November 2006.
2. 76% say London mayoral candidate should be from grassroots by the founding editor, January 2007.
3. LDV readers say: Miliband would be most effective Labour leader by Stephen Tall, October 2008.
4. Huhne and Clegg set out their views on coalition politics by the Voice, November 2007.
5. Jo Swinson writes… Experiences of a Female MP: Overcoming the Ultimate Old Boys Club by Jo Swinson, April 2009.

5 top reader search returns to get to LDV

(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)
1. “richard ian hill” progressive vat
2. cix lib dem
3. nick clegg repeal laws
4. lib dem bastards
5. colin firth lib dem

5 active LDV Members’ Forum threads

Hancock and Russell?
Election 2015
PPC Questionnaire
London Council elections 2010
Candidate narratives versus private lives

5 recent Lib Dem tweets

>> @chriswiggin I never realised being a Liberal Youth Vice Chair would be quite so exciting, and it’s only my second day!
>> @gm_stone Bye-elections since the General Election: Cons 34.1% Lib Dems 29.3% Lab 28.5% Others 8%
>> @joswinson perusing a catalogue that came with a wedding magazine; somewhat overwhelmed at the amount & range of crap they try to sell to brides
>> @julianhuppert RT @fareyseries My MP reads and understands xkcd. On what level is this not awesome? (Go @julianhuppert!)
>> @peterblackwales is going to start calling certain long-serving BBC reporters ‘veterans’ to see how they like it

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…

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