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
- Jenny Tonge resigns Lib Dem whip over controversial “Beware Israel” remarks (44 comments) by Stephen Tall
- Jenny Tonge resigns (10 comments) by The Voice
- Is this the most biased opinion poll question ever asked? (23 comments) by Stephen Tall
- Opinion: LibsLeft – because it’s the Left’s turn (51 comments) by Jonathan Hunt
- NHS bill: Nick Clegg outlines changes aimed at Lib Dems (40 comments) by NewsHound
5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads
- Baroness Tonge
- Great book on campaigning
- Renewers letters
- Tory Youth Campaigning
- Health: Our manifesto vs HASC Bill etc.
5 from the LDV archive
(2nd March, 2007-11)
- LibLink: Olly Grender – Who Da Man ……….. Date (6 comments) by Nick Thornsby, from 2011
- Lib Dems select Nick Griffin’s biographer to fight BNP in Barking (4 comments) by Helen Duffett, from 2010
- Vince on Sir Fred Goodwin (5 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2009
- The day Ming told Charles his office was a “f****** shambles” (and other stories) (1 comment) by Stephen Tall, from 2008
- Lib Dems start spring conference with election victory (0 comments) by Mark Pack, from 2007
5 top reader search returns to get to LDV
(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)
- jenny tonge
- coalition for marriage
- methuen liberal trust fund
- workfair
- david laws
5 recent Lib Dem tweets
Too brilliant. Nadine *actually* thinks Richard Reeves is a secret admirer. See the update politicshome.com/uk/article/476…
— alixmortimer (@alixmortimer) March 1, 2012
Okay, slightly scared there are now 6 other people currently sharing my Google doc of Lib Dem donations 2001-11 bit.ly/AqWETY
— Stephen Tall (@stephentall) February 24, 2012
698 pardons granted since 1982. Why not #Turing?theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2012…
— John Leech(@johnleechmcr) March 1, 2012
When we get to £10,000 tax threshold, that means an extra month’s wages for someone on that wage. #sldconf
— Caron Lindsay (@caronmlindsay) March 2, 2012
A bag-carrier’s guide to surviving Twitter – a guide for the politically active on how to brave the storms totalpolitics.com/blog/309122/a-…
— Martin Shapland (@MShapland) March 2, 2012
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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