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. James Graham leaves the Liberal Democrats (34 comments) by The Voice
2. The Independent View: If I were in your shoes…views from the other side of the Coalition (44 comments) by Tim Montgomerie
3. Opinion: Lib Dems should support the NHS reforms to secure its long-term future (126 comments) by Andrew Tennant
4. Opinion: Liberal Left have short memories (67 comments) by Michael Taylor
5. Local council by-elections: the recovery continues, again (25 comments) by Mark Pack

5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads

1. Bradford West By-election
2. Baroness Tonge
3. Switching to renewable energy
4. School Governor elections
5. Connect – help – I want to read the manual!

5 from the LDV archive

(March 9th , 2007-11)

1. LDV readers prefer “Senate” as name for elected second chamber (15 comments) by Helen Duffett, from 2011
2. Parties select their “star performers” for General Election campaign (0 comments) by Helen Duffett, from 2010
3. Conference: media coverage (11 comments) by Alix Mortimer, from 2009
4. Diary of a Conference Virgin (aged 29 1/6): Saturday (0 comments) by Alix Mortimer, from 2008
5. Scottish Conservatives: “We’ve only got a reverse gear” (0 comments) by The Founding Editor, from 2007

5 top reader search returns to get to LDV

(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)

1. Jenny Tonge
2. happy st piran’s day in cornish
3. st piran’s day
4. brian paddick leaflet
5. mansion tax proposals

5 recent Lib Dem tweets

Labour accused the Government of an “inability to stand up to vested interests”? Really? REALLY?

— Chris Wiggin (@chriswiggin) March 8, 2012

Find rather amusing (and daft) the idea that Shirley Williams could be “used” by Clegg!

— Nick Thornsby (@NickThornsby) March 7, 2012

The Lib Dems are cutting your taxes. Tell us what you’d do with #60pounds bit.ly/Ax9gzb

— Lib Dem Press Office (@LibDemPress) March 9, 2012

Pre #ldconf lunch at Cafe Eats in the Grainger Market. Newcastle town centre is very pretty.

— Dave Page (@davepage_ld) March 9, 2012

I support the right of two people in love to get married, regardless of gender. It’s only fair. #c4em c4em.org.uk

— Lisa Smart (@Lisa_Smart) March 6, 2012

If you are a Lib Dem who tweets, and would like to be added to Ryan’s Lib Dem Tweets aggregator, drop him an email at [email protected]

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