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
- Can we stop apologising for being in government yet? (65 comments) by Mark Valladares
- Andrew Wiseman writes: Seeking your views on Conference accreditation (68 comments) by Andrew Wiseman
- How would you answer the question about the Lib Dems the Indy asks all with an open mind to consider? (39 comments) by Stephen Tall
- Opinion: Why are we waiting? (65 comments) by David Allen
- “Hard to believe she’s just 16!” The headline that sums up the morality of the Daily Mail (16 comments) by Stephen Tall
5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads
- Free school meals, Universal credit and Pupil Premium
- No more referendums please
- What’s it like on the doorstep at the moment
- How to record undecided
- Federal Executive Report 26/03/12
5 from the LDV archive
(April 20th , 2007-11)
- Nick Clegg’s speech in Sheffield on the difference that Liberal Democrat councils are making (9 comments) by Nick Thornsby, from 2011
- Can the surge last? Lib Dem bloggers give their views … (49 comments) by The Voice, from 2010
- Can we click it? (Yes, we can) – Politics and the internet (3 comments) by Helen Duffett, from 2009
- Vote for your “Night Mayor” (3 comments) by Alex Foster, from 2008
- Lib Dems advance as Nationalist bandwagon runs out of steam (1 comment) by Mark Pack, from 2007
5 top reader search returns to get to LDV
(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)
- purdah
- clegg revolt
- brian paddick leaflet
- david walter
- toby fenwick
5 recent Lib Dem tweets
The Police are wasted on Cannabis. fb.me/1FCWw6N3w
— Charlotte Henry (@CH4BH) April 20, 2012
Postal voters of London: a vote today for @LondonLibDems on the ORANGE BALLOT paper is a vote to stop racist #stopandsearch
— Robin Meltzer (@robinmeltzer) April 20, 2012
Political activism: nobody warned me about the piles…. of paper, that is!
— Jenny Woods (@DrJennyWoods) April 15, 2012
This week’s by-elections report from ALDC – 6th time lucky?: bit.ly/HZwnIb
— ALDC (@ALDC) April 20, 2012
Ok I get that littering is a problem, but is threatening people with daleks really the answer? twitter.com/binny_uk/statu…
— Ben Mathis (@binny_uk) April 14, 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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It would please an awful lot of old people like me if you changed your standard introduction to this article to:
“It’s Friday, It’s five to five”
PS: To be fair WIkipedia says of Crackerjack:
“The show was introduced with the phrase “It’s Friday, it’s five o’clock. . . It’s Crackerjack!” or sometimes with “It’s Friday, it’s five to five. . . It’s Crackerjack!” “
As a possibly even older reader, I’d be interested in ….
a Monday Moan
a Tuesday Trifle
a Wednesday Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
a Thursday thought
I used to love Crackerjack!