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. RIP Nikki Thomson (14 comments) by Sara Bedford
2. Who’s up, who’s down? How party members rate the performances of leading Lib Dems (36 comments) by Stephen Tall
3. Tim Farron MP to restand for Party President (23 comments) by The Voice
4. Tuition fees: new IFS publication says new system “substantially more progressive” (42 (real) comments) by Mark Pack
5. Lib Dems should back a judge-led inquiry into financial scandal (51 comments) by Stephen Tall

5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads

1. What made you become an active Lib Dem then?
2. So no party in my area?
3. Lib dem MEPs and ACTA
4. Selection of European Parliamentary Candidates for 2014
5. Use of the whip on planning decisions

5 from the LDV archive

(July 6th , 2007-11)

1. Opinion: Nick Clegg should call for an independent inquiry into phone hacking 8 comments) by Richard Flowers, from 2011
2. Should our MPs give Clegg more support in the Commons? (34 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2010
3. CommentIsLinked@LDV: Anthony Lester – End the legal uncertainty over assisted suicide (0 comments) by The Voice, from 2009
4. Glasgow East latest (22 comments) by Andrew Reeves, from 2008
5. Ealing Labour: we don’t want you to know who our candidate is (20 comments) by Mark Pack, from 2007

5 top reader search returns to get to LDV

(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)

1. stephen tall tuition fees
2. “evan harris” atheist
3. chloe smith newsnight
4. nikki thomson
5. personal independence payment

5 recent Lib Dem tweets

A quick heads up to anyone going to #ldconf – today is the first day you can book both legs for trains to Brighton on 22/09 & 26/09 #LibDems

— Andrew Tennant (@10anta) July 6, 2012

@guardianstyle If it’s a Lib Dem, it’s always “chair”, never chairman or chairperson (except in Scotland, where it’s “convenor”)

— Richard Gadsden (@po8crg) July 4, 2012

#whoinspiredyou My physics teacher Doug Cameron. I went on to become a physics teacher & a teacher trainer thereafter inspiringthefuture.org

— Don Foster (@DonFosterMP) July 2, 2012

ALDC – By-Election Result – LD hold – Kingston upon Thames LBC, Grove: bit.ly/N2EKBe

— ALDC (@ALDC) July 6, 2012

Looking forward to World Pride tomorrow. MEPs this week insisted the EU do more to tackle homophobia internationally tinyurl.com/buvyuwn

— Sarah Ludford (@SarahLudfordMEP) July 6, 2012

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That’s it from the LDV Friday Five. Let the weekend commence in 5-4-3-2-1…