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The LDV Friday Five: 9 September 2011

By | Fri 9th September 2011 - 5:00 pm

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. Four Lib Dem MPs vote against NHS Bill; three vote for Dorries on abortion (47 comments) by Mark Pack
  2. Brian Paddick selected as Liberal Democrats’ London Mayoral Candidate for 2012 (16 comments) by Helen Duffett
  3. Chris Fox to step down as Liberal Democrats’ Chief Executive (18 comments) by Helen Duffett
  4. Liberal Democrat conference and security checks #ldconf (30 comments) by Mark Pack
  5. Opinion: Should I stay or should I go? (40 comments) by Nick Tyrone

5 sample LDV Members’ Forum threads

  1. Nick announces influence on education policy
  2. where are the libdems now on Europe?
  3. Why we should thank Nadine Dorries
  4. Is technology moving faster than the Electoral Commission?
  5. Accreditation

5 from the LDV archive

(9th September, 2006-10)

  1. Welcome to Lib Dem Voice (12 comments) by The Founding Editor, from 2006
  2. Opinion: Time to listen to the people (10 comments) by James Graham, from 2007
  3. Chris Bones answers your Party Reform Commission questions (0 comments) by Stephen Tall, from 2008
  4. #ldconf 101 – attending as a voting member of conference (2 comments) by Alex Foster, from 2009
  5. LibLink: Stephen Gilbert – Why we must be fighting for full same sex marriage equality now (9 comments) by Stephen Gilbert, from 2010

5 top reader search returns to get to LDV

(excluding Liberal Democrat Voice or its variants)

  1. al-sadek hamed al-shuwehdy
  2. sadek hamed al-shuwehdy
  3. chris fox
  4. nadine dorries
  5. paul mckeown

5 recent Lib Dem tweets

  • @JennyWillott Hello – I am the MP for Cardiff Central and I have just joined Twitter!
  • @brianpaddick London Fashion Week 16 – 21 Sep. Liberal Democrats Conference Birmingham 17 – 21 Sep. What’s a gay Lib Dem to do?
  • @caronmlindsay I am watching last night’s #bbcqt on iPlayer on iPad. Only one woman. Again.
  • @Laurie1984 How I’ve missed that rare thrill when you try a trades button to get into a block of flats and it actually works.
  • @alexwilcock The day Paddy Ashdown changed my life – what every Party Leader should tell their troops: http://bit.ly/qSHNWD

    • 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…

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