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
- Nick Clegg MP writes… The Labour and Tory exodus (79 comments) by Nick Clegg MP
- While David Cameron and Owen Jones unite in favour of universal benefits, I want us to get explicit about why redistribution matters to society (27 comments) by Stephen Tall
- What will happen to the Lib Dems in Thursday’s local elections? (25 comments) by Stephen Tall
- Former Lib Dem by-election candidate Elizabeth Shenton defects to Labour (26 comments) by The Voice
- Ukip set to win 22% this Thursday according to ComRes poll (18 comments) by Stephen Tall
5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads
- Local elections – what the NOC doesn’t show
- Crime is falling so vote Lib Dem?
- Pothole Politics from Labour – should we be afraid?
- Social care
- The downside of biofuels
5 from the LDV archive
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- Election results: London and looking to the general election (21 comments) by Mark Pack, from 2008
- “People fix society, if you let them” (3 comments) by Helen Duffett, from 2009
- Today’s Lib Dem Flashmobs – a planned, spontaneous, orderly uprising. All very liberal. (7 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2010
- What Lib Dem members think about immigration (Part II) (11 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2011
- Nick Clegg says big question marks hang over Rupert Murdoch (14 comments) by The Voice, from 2012
5 top reader search returns to get to LDV
(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)
- county council elections predictions
- ukip
- when was the golden age
- queen
- robin lynn
5 recent Lib Dem tweets
Lots of No Overall Control councils today. Unconvincing results for Tories & Labour. Looking like hung parliament territory in 2015.
— Phil Reilly (@phil_reilly) May 3, 2013
A huge thank you to all the Lib Dem candidates. We made some important gains and our vote is holding up well in our parliamentary seats.
— Charles Kennedy (@charles_kennedy) May 3, 2013
LIB DEMS GAIN DURHAM SOUTH FROM LABOUR!!! very studenty seat
— Joseph Donnelly (@Joe_P_Donnelly) May 3, 2013
Lib Dem Energy Sec Ed Davey urges Gove to put Climate Change back on the agenda. Too right! m.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/…
— Layla Moran (@laylamoran) May 3, 2013
It’s not the end; it’s not the beginning of the end. But it might be the end of the beginning of the fight back.
— Paddy Ashdown (@paddyashdown) May 3, 2013
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That’s it from the LDV Friday Five. Let the weekend commence in 5-4-3-2-1…


