It’s Friday. It’s five o’clock (ahem, ish). Here’s a fistful of lists that sum up the LDV week:
5 most-read stories on LDV this week
- Nick Clegg’s illiberal hat-trick: now immigration joins ‘secret courts’ and media regulation on the pyre (134) by Stephen Tall
- Boris has a right Mair in live BBC interview (18) by Stephen Tall
- Opinion: Taking minimum wage work out of tax would deliver the Living Wage (15) by Adam Corlett
- Secret Courts now a reality after Lords amendments fall – how did Liberal Democrats vote? (49) by Caron Lindsay
- Nick Clegg’s speech on immigration: the good, the bad and the ugly (32) by Caron Lindsay
5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads
- Date of 2014 Local & Euro Elections
- “Bedroom Tax”
- David Milliband
- Secret courts being rushed through
- Clegg visa policy…
5 from the LDV archive
(2007-11)
- The story Iain Dale won’t tell you (13) by Mark Pack (29 March 2007)
- Paul Walter on Nick’s first 100 days (9) by Paul Walter (28th March 2008)
- At last, it’s the Eric Pickles cock-up on YouTube (8) by Stephen Tall (30th March 2009)
- When was the golden age? (9) by Iain Roberts (27th March 2010)
- Simon Hughes writes… Educational Maintenance Allowance: a grown-up replacement (8) by Simon Hughes MP (29th March 2011)
5 top reader search returns to get to LDV
(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)
- isabel hardman
- national minimum wage 2013/14
- mike hancock mp
- the queen
- rock salmon
5 recent Lib Dem tweets
“Secretary of State must step in and lift the unjustified suspension of children’s heart surgery in Leeds”gregmulholland.org/en/article/201…
— Greg Mulholland MP (@GregMulholland1) March 29, 2013
Disappointed I’m too old for @liberalyouth #GoldGuard Sure some of you springier chickens will love it though on.fb.me/10gYurV
— Elaine Bagshaw (@esbagshaw) March 29, 2013
The digital edition of @adlibmag is on its way. And it’s interactive too. libdemvoice.org/ad-lib-digital…
— Phil Reilly (@phil_reilly) March 28, 2013
UKIP want a 33% flat tax. For lowest earners, thats a +33% income tax, for highest it’s a 12% decrease. Will #BBC ask Farage about this?
— Baroness Hussein-Ece (@meralhece) March 28, 2013
Curious about how Lib Dem members have viewed the Coalition in the past 3 years? Well here’s the spreadsheet for you: bit.ly/XpBUPZ
— Stephen Tall (@stephentall) March 29, 2013
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That’s it from the LDV Friday Five. Let the weekend commence in 5-4-3-2-1…