We should all be organising these little get togethers.

Winnable council by-election in North Kensington. Read about why this is the Lib Dem's chance to make an in-road in to West Central London.

The Convention will be a one day gathering of 1,000 people on Saturday 28 February 2009 at the Institute for Education in central London. It is being sponsored by Rowntrees, openDemocracy, Liberty and the Guardian.

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Global economic crisis, banks collapsing, government bail outs, a looming recession - suddenly you can't get away from the economic situation. On Thursday 13 November Vince Cable will be giving a talk entitled “The truth about the economy”. This is being held at the University of Reading, Palmer Building (Room 109) from 7.30 to 9.30 pm. The meeting is open to members of the public

Sunday December 21, 2008 at 6:30pm "A night of music and comedy to celebrate the rational and scientific and debunk Winterval myths spouted by religious and media ninnies."

The Reinventing the State Group are organising this series of discussion evenings to encourage participation in the manifesto development process.

The monthly Cinzano and Chat in a Whitehall pub.

Next week, Saturday 1 November, will be the Liberal Democrats' Yorkshire and Humber Regional Conference, to be held at Sheffield Cathedral Conference Centre, Sheffield Cathedral, Church Street, Sheffield S1 1HA.