You are very welcome to come along to our garden party and bring friends along with you.

Our guest speaker will be looking at a problem our politicians cannot seem to solve, the never ending war in Afghanistan.

Paul Reynolds is involved in Liberal Democrat policymaking - Policy Working Groups on Globalisation, and on International Development. He is also regularly a UK delegate to ELDR (European Liberal Democrats) and Liberal International. In 2009 Paul successfully launched a campaign to change Lib Dem policy on Afghanistan.

In his professional life Paul works as a political and economic adviser to government leaders and political parties in poor and middle-income counties, having worked in more than 60 countries worldwide to reduce poverty. He also engages in charitable work. Despite his anti-war stance Paul was appointed Political Adviser to Coalition forces (SAO) in Iraq in 2003, appointing the first post-war regional government there. In 2008 Paul worked as adviser in Afghanistan with UK forces, the British Ambassador and DfID. Paul has worked in other conflict zones including Haiti, Sri Lanka, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, East Timor. Paul works with sister parties of the Lib Dems in overseas countries.

To help us organise this event we are offering a cheap advance booking rate of £5 via our website; http://www.hackneylibdems.org.uk/events.php

OR pay £10 on the day.

Newington Green is easy to get to by bus from Old Street (21, 141), Angel (73, 341, 476), Finsbury Park (236) and Manor House (141, 341)