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. A Christmas Carol. Stave One: Mensch’s Ghost (5 comments) by Andy Boddington
2. Y’know those stories about the death of the Lib Dems? Turns out, they might’ve been exaggerated… (57 comments) by Stephen Tall
3. Did you know the Lib Dems have lost half a million voters to Ukip? Here’s what I think it means. (48 comments) by Stephen Tall
4. Ad Lib: If you’re reading this, it’s not for you (33 comments) by Mark Pack
5. Nick Clegg’s speech: Governing Britain from the centre ground: building a stronger economy in a fairer society (47 comments) by The Voice

5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads

1. The 2015 General Election Campaign – the great and the good?
2. Equality and Diversity in Parliament
3. Christmas presents for deliverers
4. Monarchy
5. Ideas for some books to read for recreation or inspiration.

5 from the LDV archive

(21 December, 2007-11)

1. Who’s Who in Team Clegg (5 comments) by The Voice, from 2007
2. ‘Tis the season for predictions… (8 comments) by Helen Duffett, from 2008
3. Televised election leaders’ debates are on (4 comments) by The Voice, from 2009
4. Opinion: the lone maverick won’t change drugs policy. An army of moderates might. (20 comments) by Ewan Hoyle, from 2010
5. Times: Lib Dems are right to maintain identity and policies in Government (1 comment) by Caron Lindsay, from 2011

5 top reader search returns to get to LDV

(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)

1. mark valladares
2. albert einstein
3. scottish independence
4. ad lib lib dems
5. china

5 recent Lib Dem tweets

Now that was an awesome Letter from the Leader from @nick_clegg. Love it when he gets all bitchy.

— Eilidh (@petiteliberal) December 15, 2012

Daily Mail bemoans ‘baleful influence of Lib Dems in every nook & cranny of govt policy’. What better badge of pride for progressives?!

— Giles Goodall (@GoodallGiles) December 19, 2012

Thanks to the Liberal Democrat Pupil Premium scheme my primary school will get an extra £11,700 and high school an extra £51,300 next year!

— Conor McKenzie (@ConorMcKenzie) December 19, 2012

Gratified to see crossword books in the Sport section of WH Smith. Maybe I’m more of an athlete than I thought.

— Christian Moon (@ChristianMoon1) December 20, 2012

You wouldn’t get a debate about Chartalism in the comments of an article about welfare on Labour List or ConHome. @libdemvoice all the way.

— Mike Bird (@Birdyword) December 20, 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…