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. Nick Clegg MP writes… The Labour and Tory exodus (79 comments) by Nick Clegg MP
2. 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
3. What will happen to the Lib Dems in Thursday’s local elections? (25 comments) by Stephen Tall
4. Former Lib Dem by-election candidate Elizabeth Shenton defects to Labour (26 comments) by The Voice
5. Ukip set to win 22% this Thursday according to ComRes poll (18 comments) by Stephen Tall

5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads

1. Local elections – what the NOC doesn’t show
2. Crime is falling so vote Lib Dem?
3. Pothole Politics from Labour – should we be afraid?
4. Social care
5. The downside of biofuels

5 from the LDV archive

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1. Election results: London and looking to the general election (21 comments) by Mark Pack, from 2008
2. “People fix society, if you let them” (3 comments) by Helen Duffett, from 2009
3. Today’s Lib Dem Flashmobs – a planned, spontaneous, orderly uprising. All very liberal. (7 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2010
4. What Lib Dem members think about immigration (Part II) (11 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2011
5. 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)

1. county council elections predictions
2. ukip
3. when was the golden age
4. queen
5. 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…