Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our 267th 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 (25-31 March, 2012), 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. My imminent defection by Chris Sams on The Ginger Liberal from Medway.
Chris is here to stay.

2. My Disappointment With Tim Farron Grows by Jason Kay on Neue Politik.
On Tim Farron MP’s co-signing of that letter to the Advertising Standards Authority.

3. Throwing away the key… how not to run internal elections by Mark Valladares on The view from Creeting St Peter.
Mark critiques Unlock Democracy’s online campaigning rules.

4. Those who scream loudest might not represent the majority – why the death of the Lib Dems has been greatly exaggerated by Neil Monnery on The Rambles of Neil Monnery.
There is opinion beyond the internet, argues Neil.

5. Burning All My Books by Terence Eden on Terence Eden has a Blog.
Terence cleverly contrasts the physical size of a book with the digital space it takes up.

6. We Should Not Be ‘The 40%’! on ALDC’s by-election commentary.
“Always, always, always stand a candidate!”

7. Clegg needs to act unilaterally on party funding – now by Mark Thompson on Mark Reckons.
Mark says it’s time for Nick Clegg to speak out after the ‘Cash for Cameron’ scandal.

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. Interviewing the Party President by Harry Matthews on The Libertine.
“4 young bloggers got the chance to interview Tim Farron at party conference, and Harry Matthews tells the story. This was an innovative event, a great idea to bring the President closer to the online grassroots. Tim gives honest and fascinating answers to a range of challenging questions on both Government and party issues.” (Submitted by cjw500 via LibDig.)

9. A strange announcement from the all-party Christians by Daniel Furr on Too Liberal.
“Agree with Daniel that it’s wrong to advertise that prayer can cure you.” (Submitted by LouiseShaw via LibDig.)

10. And then they came for our Jammy Dodgers by Carl Minns on Thoughts from Hull.
“Fair points and this is the thin end of the edge….” (Submitted by Louiseshaw via LibDig.)

11. What voters think of the Liberal Democrats, post-Budget by Neil Stockley.
“Crucially, the job of reviving the Lib Dem brand won’t be achieved in a few weeks. This is going to be at least a three year campaign, which won’t succeed unless the entire party is involved.”

12. The proud Lib Dem tradition of losing deposits by Paul Walter on Liberal Burblings.
Paul leads the choir in a Glee Club favourite.

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

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