Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our 459th 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 (22 – 28 May, 2016), together with a hand-picked quintet, 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. Conservatives try to block police action on election expenses by Mark Pack on Mark Pack.
Is it time for a national investigation, asks Mark.

2. Independent constituents sign petition calling for defeated Lib Dem MP to stand again by Mark Pack on Mark Pack.
Stephen Lloyd is popular and much missed by Eastbourne constituents.

3. The beginning of my mayoral year by Iain Brodie-Brown on Birkdale Focus.
Mental health is new mayor’s priority.

4. Post referendum by Cicero on Cicero’s Songs.
That Tory majority could well be shaky.

5.  Leave.EU are seemingly on a mission to destroy euroscepticisim in Britain forever by Nick Tyrone on NickTyrone.com.
There must be a positive case for Leave somewhere says Nick, but we aren’t seeing it.

6. UKIP divisions continue as Hamilton is reprimanded  by Peter Black on Peter Black.
The saga of the dystopian Welsh UKIP continues.

7.  4 smart things to do in an unwinnable by-election and your chance to win £25 by Mark Pack on Mark Pack.
It’s all about standing, training, experimenting and long-term development. .

And now to the five blog-posts that come highly recommended, regardless of the number of Aggregator click-throughs they attracted. To nominate a Lib Dem blog article published in the past seven days – your own, or someone else’s, all you have to do is drop a line to [email protected]. You can also contact us via Twitter, where we’re @libdemvoice

8. I want to buy a house but I’m not going to crash the economy to do it by Ben Rathe on The Gripes of Rathe.
Ben takes on the argument that Brexit would be good for house buyers.

9. The EU Referendum is still dominated by middle aged white men and that must change by Daisy Benson on The Independent Voices .
Excluding young people’s and women’s voices “does our democracy a disservice.”

10. Politicised policing in Scotland by Graeme Cowie on Predictable Paradox.
Analysis of the events following last week’s cup final.

11. 28…years on. by Jen Yockney on Either/And.
28 years this week since the awful Section 28 became law. Jen highlights just how bad it was and the Lib Dems’ role in opposing and getting rid of it.

12. European speech to Cambridge City Council by Zoe O’Connell on Complicity.
Zoe talks about the importance of progress towards equality in re-engaging people in politics.

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

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