Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our 202nd weekly round-up from the Lib Dem blogosphere … Featuring the seven most popular stories beyond Lib Dem Voice according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (26th December 2010 -1st January 2011), together with a hand-picked quintet, normally courtesy of LibDig, you might otherwise have missed.

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As ever, let’s start with the most popular post, and work our way down:

1. Killer Lib Dem by Dazmando on Bracknell Blog.
Innocent until proven guilty, reminds Darren.

2. “Caroline Flint is against it” is not an argument on Mark Thompson’s Blog.
On AV: Mark wants to hear arguments, not endorsements.

3. Should I stay or should I go? by Lisa Harding on Spiderplant Land.
Lisa’s doing a little market research.

4. my name is Andrew on Michael Carchrie Campbell’s Gyronny Herald.
Living with someone who has HIV is living with HIV.

5. Mind-numbing stupidity by Nick Barlow on What You Can Get Away With.
Human rights are for all humans, no matter what the Guardian says.

6. My 2010 predictions. How did I do? by Dazmando on Bracknell Blog.
Hope Darren got a new crystal ball for Christmas 😉

7. 10 predictions for 2011 on Gareth Epps’ blog.
More of this seasonal parlour game.

And now to the five blog-posts that come highly recommended, regardless of the number of Aggregator click-throughs they attracted. These are normally chosen using the LibDig bookmarking website for party members, the site where you can highlight blog-posts you want to share with your fellow Lib Dems. Remember, though, you’re still more than welcome to nominate for the Golden Dozen a Lib Dem blog article published in the past seven days – your own, or someone else’s – using the steam-powered method of e-mail … all you have to do is drop a line to [email protected].

8. My appearance on Strictly on Mary Reid’s blog.
“Mary lets us into her little secret.” (Submitted by helenduffett via LibDig.)

9. Why is Simon Hughes’ new appointment only for six months? by Caron Lindsay on Caron’s Musings.
Caron says it should be longer.

10. What has the government done for young people? by Paul Walter on Liberal Burblings.
Here’s a list.

11. Why I Loathe The X Factor – A Christmas Special by Kelly-Marie Blundell on Disconcerted Discursives.
“The X Factor embodies the ultimate acheivements of a Marcuse scheme of social control by informal means in capitalist consumer society,” explains Kelly-Marie.

12. The President is dead, the President is dead, long live the President! by Mark Valladares on Liberal Bureaucracy.
The Lib Dems’ favourite political wife consort reflects, then gets back to work.

And that’s it for another week. Happy blogging ‘n’ reading ‘n’ nominating.

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