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
- LDV poll: 34% of Lib Dem members say Nick Clegg should stand down before 2015 (70 comments) by Stephen Tall
- Opinion: Liberal Democrats should make the case for an elected head of state (93 comments) by William Summers
- Talking to Labour: the only news is that Labour still aren’t serious (29 comments) by Mark Pack
- Changes to your local party boundaries are coming (17 comments) by Andy Strange
- Hunt out to dry? Clegg refuses to back Tory culture secretary as Lib Dem MPs push inquiry (12 comments) by Stephen Tall
5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads
- Will Jubilee days off affect the ‘downturn’?
- Lib Dems suffer plunge in party membership??????
- Raise Personal Allowance to the level of Min Wage
- Police Authorities and proportionality
- Stiglitz: why the rich would benefit from being taxed more
5 from the LDV archive
(8 June, 2007-11)
- Opinion: How can we build a liberal movement? (10 comments) by Rob Blackie, from 2011
- Opinion: What the Deputy Leader should do (18 comments) by Tim Farron MP, from 2010
- How the Euro results prove PR works (25 comments) by The Voice, from 2009
- Nick Clegg: “Long live the pound” (11 comments) by Tim Leunig, from 2008
- Opinion: A stench that starts at the very top (2 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2007
5 top reader search returns to get to LDV
(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)
- toby fenwick
- jeremy hunt
- richard huzzey
- wetherspoons tory donors
- when was the golden age
5 recent Lib Dem tweets
I’m really looking forward to the 5 month long BBC series of incessant programmes and features dedicated to Republicanism coming up #balance
— Mark Thompson (@MarkReckons) June 2, 2012
Another day off thanks to #SirJohnLubbock with his #BankHolidaysAt1871
— Eric Avebury (@EricAvebury) June 4, 2012
After 2 years of attacking the Lib Dems, Ed Miliband realises a collapse of their vote would actually help the tories twitter.com/ChrisDunne19/s…
— Chris Dunne (@ChrisDunne19) June 6, 2012
In Labour you do not make policy. Policy makes you.
— Martin Shapland (@MShapland) June 6, 2012
Dear Proctor & Gamble, quite apart from the gender stereotyping, you are not “sponsors of Mums.” They pay YOU for your products.
— Ben Mathis (@binny_uk) June 7, 2012
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That’s it from the LDV Friday Five. Let the weekend commence in 5-4-3-2-1…


