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
- RIP Nikki Thomson (14 comments) by Sara Bedford
- Who’s up, who’s down? How party members rate the performances of leading Lib Dems (36 comments) by Stephen Tall
- Tim Farron MP to restand for Party President (23 comments) by The Voice
- Tuition fees: new IFS publication says new system “substantially more progressive” (42 (real) comments) by Mark Pack
- Lib Dems should back a judge-led inquiry into financial scandal (51 comments) by Stephen Tall
5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads
- What made you become an active Lib Dem then?
- So no party in my area?
- Lib dem MEPs and ACTA
- Selection of European Parliamentary Candidates for 2014
- Use of the whip on planning decisions
5 from the LDV archive
(July 6th , 2007-11)
- Opinion: Nick Clegg should call for an independent inquiry into phone hacking 8 comments) by Richard Flowers, from 2011
- Should our MPs give Clegg more support in the Commons? (34 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2010
- CommentIsLinked@LDV: Anthony Lester – End the legal uncertainty over assisted suicide (0 comments) by The Voice, from 2009
- Glasgow East latest (22 comments) by Andrew Reeves, from 2008
- 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)
- stephen tall tuition fees
- “evan harris” atheist
- chloe smith newsnight
- nikki thomson
- 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…


