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
- The Economist’s political map of the UK: the north/south divide revealed (35 comments) by Stephen Tall
- How a spreadsheet error has wrecked the world economy… or not (74 comments) by Joe Otten
- How Thatcherite are you? (27 comments) by Stephen Tall
- Opinion: Cash for coffees and rights for shares (53 comments) by Alexander Ehmann
- Julian Huppert MP writes…I agree with Nick. He’s right to kill the Snoopers’ Charter (14 comments) by Julian Huppert MP
5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads
- Dave Smithson leaves Lib Dems
- The Lib Dem record on civil liberties
- Mailchimp and data protection law
- Uploading From Minivan not Working – Thoughts?
- Bitcoin. A currency for money laundering and tax avoidance?
5 from the LDV archive
(26 April, 2007-12)
- Something for the Weekend: Ticket to ride (1 comment) by Will Howells, from 2008
- Eastleigh Labour PPC defects to Liberal Democrats (22 comments) by Helen Duffett, from 2009
- ‘Cleggmania’ sees surge in Lib Dem donations: have you given yet? (9 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2010
- Deaf Councillor David Buxton asks council for more support (3 comments) by Helen Duffett, from 2011
- The story of the Cabinet Minister hiding behind a tree (3 comments) by Caron Lindsay, from 2012
5 top reader search returns to get to LDV
(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)
- eastleigh lib dem shortlist
- communications data bill
- mrs justice thirlwall
- defamation bill
- rock salmon
5 recent Lib Dem tweets
Back in Scotland with @george_osborne to launch paper on currency implications of independence and why we are better together
— Danny Alexander (@dannyalexander) April 22, 2013
“@libdemvoice: Lib Dems: ‘Building stronger economy’ [BBC] –m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…” It appears @ryancoetzee even has the BBC on message.
— Ben Rathe (@benrathe) April 24, 2013
The stock market is like a horse: OMG! A THING happened. A. THING. It’s the END OF THE WORLD! *flail*Oh, no, it’s OK; it was just a bird.
— Sarah Brown (@auntysarah) April 26, 2013
Congrats @slsingh @senseaboutsci et al on success of Defamation Bill. Thanks from all of us for taking up the fight. #LibelReform
— Judith Bunting (@JudithBuntingLD) April 26, 2013
Good news @nick_clegg has vetoed plans to record every website you visit and who you email #snooperscharter bit.ly/13xe6t2
— Chris Richards (@theChristophe) April 26, 2013
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That’s it from the LDV Friday Five. Let the weekend commence in 5-4-3-2-1…