It’s All Greek to Me
Posted by jonathanfryer on Saturday, 21st April, 2007
Harold Margolis — who prints a lot of Liberal Democrat literature for London and beyond — turned his beautiful Georgian house and garden in Southgate into a Saturday night taverna, to host Enfield LibDems at a well-attended Greek evening, as a fund-raising social, complete with taped bouzouki music. The taramasalata, moussaka, Greek salad and baklava were washed down with wine and ouzo served from the summer-house. The ethnic choice was highly appropriate, given that Enfield is home to one of the biggest Greek and Greek Cypriot communities in the diaspora. But a number of local parties in London have discovered that theming an evening with one of our partner EU member states proves popular, often attracting armchair party members, spouses or friends — and sometimes representatives of the themed communities themselves — who might not normally attend a political speaker’s event or a run-of-the-mill social. And now that there are 27 EU member states, one is spoilt for choice. I look forward to the first local party that manages to stage a Latvian evening. Is anyone up to the challenge?
Links: http://enfieldlibdems.org.uk and www.ggcce.org.uk
Duncan Borrowman said
Glad you had a good evening. I had booked to come long ago with the family, as it all sounded like it was going to be great fun. Unfortunately the GLA selection rules mean all 23 of us have to be invited – and that could have overswelled the ranks. So the understanding good people of Enfield Lib Dems regretfully informed me I couldn’t come – my thanks to them for their understanding. But I have promised to come along to an event soon – and have offered to give them a talk on campaigning to make up for it!