Bloggers4Labour Social VI ? - 6 comments

It's been a while since we last met up, but I think a Summer social event would be a good idea. No canapés in the Guardian offices for us, just a drink and a chat in the pub: what could be finer?

As usual, it'll be open to each and every Labour blogger, as well as not-necessarily-Labour friends of this site.

Venue: we've 'done' London a few times now, and Brighton and Manchester once each. How about this: given that I also need a holiday, if you'd like to suggest an alternative UK venue that you reckon will bring in a few B4L-ers, please suggest it in the comments.

Possibilities include: Birmingham, Oxford (still?), somewhere in Yorkshire, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cardiff.

Dates: tbc, but within the next month.

Let me know what you think, below.

P.S. If you ever fancy hosting your own event under the B4L banner, wherever you are, let me know and I'll try to help you organise it.

Social starts shortly - 1 comment

I'm leaving for the B4L social shortly. Here's what to look out for, if you're coming too. Directions are here.

Bloggers4Labour Social V - 4 comments

Just a reminder, this will take place on Thursday, January 25th in London.

Update (21/01): This is the plan: we're going to meet up in The Lord Moon Of The Mall [map] in Whitehall, London, from 7.00 pm.

We held the 2nd B4L get-together there last February, so I hope you won't mind if I direct you to last year's post, where you'll find directions and Google Earth maps to the venue.

It was a tad busy last year, but with a little perseverance we were able to accommodate two tables-worth of bloggers comfortably. It's a perfectly decent pub, and while it might have made a change to go to The Salisbury, a series of petty/pedantic/hostile reviews at BeerInTheEvening (which I'm no longer going to use as any kind of guide) made it too much of a gamble, considering I haven't been for a couple of years, and need to keep at least a dozen bloggers in the manner to which they're accustomed.

I hope to see as many bloggers as possible on Thursday. We had a good time, last year, and I'm sure we will again.

I've added an entry for this event in our Events Diary.

Thanks to people who've offered to help us organise get-togethers around the country. I'll be in touch shortly, so we can get some more events organised.

Brighton Bloggers / B4L Social - 7 comments

The many Brighton/Hove/Portslade bloggers out there (I can think of 7 leftish political ones off the top of my head) might be interested in the upcoming Brighton Bloggers meetup on Tuesday 23rd. I attended my first in Summer 2004 (under a different moniker) and will be going to this one, hopefully with a few guests.

On that note, there will be a 5th Bloggers4Labour social in London in January. I'm going to start out by proposing that on Thursday, January 25th we - Labour bloggers, and as many of us as possible - meet up at one of the following pubs:

• The Salisbury (a former after-work favourite), WC2N 4AP
• The Coal Hole, WC2R 0DW
• The Chandos, WC2N 4ER
• Or, moving a little closer to the equator, the Lord Moon Of The Mall (venue of our 2nd get-together), SW1A 2DY

As usual, leave a comment (or drop me a mail) to say if that's do-able, or to make other suggestions. I don't have a problem with moving forward a week, or a day or two, if that suits people better.