Bloggers4Labour Social III: Venue - 3 comments

No venues were suggested, so I've made an executive decision - the Bloggers4Labour faithful will meet at Williamson's Tavern, Mansion House, London, this Thursday 24th August.

I can't say I've been to the place before, but it gets good reviews, offers food, real ale, and a fair amount of leg-room, and is surrounded by decent train stations.



For Multimap purposes, the address is 1 Groveland Court, Off Bow Lane, EC4M 9EH. Mansion House tube is a stone's-throw away, while Cannon Street and London Bridge mainline stations are easily walkable.

I'll arrange to get there on or before 7.00 pm (I only work 10 minutes away) and will indicate my presence with the renowned costermonger-style logo:



If you haven't been to one of the past meetups, I think it's fair to say that the people are extremely friendly and, well, refreshingly normal: politics will be discussed, as will many other topics, and I suspect there will be very few takers for three-hour discussions about the rights and wrongs of the recent Lebanese conflict. I'll be interested to hear any ideas you may have for the site and for expanding or developing our network.

Once again, all B4L bloggers are invited, B4L Forum members, and indeed any local Labour officials who happen to be in the vicinity.

If you can't make it, there'll be another meetup in Manchester in a month or so.

Update: This is entirely optional, but I thought it might be a nice touch if people coming on Thursday made a small charitable donation, say, £10, either before or after the event. Just a thought - nobody's going to check, and I don't have any particular charity in mind. The genesis of this particular idea came from my trawling of the divine Gillian Anderson's site. When she asks us to "give a bit back", what mortal could disobey?