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
- David Laws: let’s cut taxes and spending. For once, I’m unconvinced. Here’s why… (43 comments) by Stephen Tall
- Nick Clegg needs to condemn Cameron’s welfare plans in the strongest language imaginable (46 comments) by Caron Lindsay
- The 5 myths about the UK economy which it suits everyone to perpetuate (59 comments) by Stephen Tall
- LDVideo: Chloe Smith’s car-crash fuel duty Newsnight interview (24 comments) by The Voice
- Three more myths about the UK economy (26 comments) by David Freeborn
5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads
- Banks breaking the law, motivated by market forces
- So no party in my area?
- Education ‘reforms’ are fatally flawed
- Selecting candidates for 2015
- The immigration debate
5 from the LDV archive
(June 29th, 2007-11)
- Opinion: The truth about the graduate contribution (19 comments) by Craig Brown, from 2011
- People in broad church parties should think twice before attacking coalitions (20 comments) by Iain Roberts, from 2010
- Inexperienced officers in protest frontline – never again, say MPs (4 comments) by Helen Duffett, from 2009
- Nick Clegg on ‘The Big Idea’ (26 comments) by The Voice, from 2008
- “Come and help in Ealing and Sedgefield” – message from Chris Rennard (3 comments) by Mark Pack, from 2007
5 top reader search returns to get to LDV
(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)
- chloe smith newsnight
- lib dems pointing
- personal independence payment
- ed maxfield
- lib dem actions on poverty
5 recent Lib Dem tweets
Clegg: untarnished frm #Leveson, leading the way at #Rio, opposes #Olevels and is @Out4Marriage ind.pn/LfWEyd @Independent #fightback
— Lord Mike Storey (@LordStorey) June 24, 2012
Cameron wants to stop benefit for under 25s to save £2bn bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi… Cost of internet snooping plans £2bn Societal balance? #CCDP
— Jenny Woods (@DrJennyWoods) June 24, 2012
“In order to get into the House of Lords you’ve got to be the PM’s friend or have a grandmother who slept with a king” – Paddy #bbcqt
— Hannah B (@missbanana21) June 28, 2012
Two comfortable holds for the #LibDems in Chelmsford. #Labour third #LibDemWin
— Paul Westlake (@PJWestlake) June 28, 2012
Members – early bird rate end this Saturday! Register now at libdems.org.uk/AutumnConferen…
— Lib Dem Conference (@LibDemConf) June 27, 2012
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That’s it from the LDV Friday Five. Let the weekend commence in 5-4-3-2-1…


