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. Eastleigh by-election: my first thoughts (80 comments) by Stephen Tall
2. Three things the Liberal Democrats must learn from Eastleigh (50 comments) by Caron Lindsay
3. Nick Clegg’s son to go to state secondary school (204 comments) by Caron Lindsay
4. 7 ‘rebel’ Lib Dem MPs back party policy as rest vote for secret courts (59 comments) by Stephen Tall
5. Secret Courts..what does the party do now? (96 comments) by Caron Lindsay

5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads

1. Well Done Mike Thornton
2. What could have happened in Eastleigh
3. “Bedroom Tax”
4. Spring conference in Brighton, too? Why?!
5. Swiss crack down on executive pay

5 from the LDV archive

(8 March, 2007-11)

1. Mark Littlewood, Liberal Democrat head of media, resigns (3 comments) by The Founding Editor, from 2007
2. Diary of a Conference Virgin (aged 29 1/6*): Friday (5 comments) by Alix Mortimer, from 2008
3. Governor Howard Dean addresses Liberal Democrat Conference (0 comments) by Alex Foster, from 2009
4. Lib Dems launch Campaign for Body Confidence (3 comments) by The Voice, from 2010
5. Shirley Williams sets the record straight on NHS reform (30 comments) by Mark Valladares, from 2012

5 top reader search returns to get to LDV

(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)

1. eastleigh by election results
2. mike thornton
3. minimum wage 2013
4. eastleigh by election
5. minimum wage 2013/14

5 recent Lib Dem tweets

This time a Lib Dem win is not a protest vote – it is a successful defence in Government.

— Greg Stone (@gm_stone) March 1, 2013

Great to see Mike taking his seat, almost 51 years after I did the same on.fb.me/WLBh4g

— Eric Avebury (@EricAvebury) March 5, 2013

The temptation to blame immigrants is to blame someone else instead of looking to find the faults in our own society. #bbcqt

— The Rt Hon Trouble (@TheWeeYin96) March 7, 2013

A fact for #weather anoraks:in the UK snow is statistically more likely at Easter than at Christmas

— Ian Bond (@CllrIanBond) March 7, 2013

I’m looking forward to chairing the independent inquiry into Liberal Democrat party processes & complaints announced this morning.

— Helena Morrissey (@MorrisseyHelena) March 8, 2013

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