The people at MySociety (who do theyworkforyou and fixmystreet) have set up this interesting national organisation Democracy Club.  It describes itself as

'a non-partisan hub for for armchair activists. We suggest small ways in which volunteers can hold our representatives to account.'

As you know we try not to do party politics on this site (there's plenty of that on the internet elsewhere) but we do do scrutiny and accountability.  Democracy Club is i think mainly web basedd but has it's first face to face meeting for central london just down the road in Holborn on Thursday evening bringing together people from a range of London constituencies.  Their text follows:

Central London democracy club meeting

Democracy Club is a non-partisan project that aims to inform the electorate and support more engagement with political issues.

We aim to cut through the spin and gather a record of each candidate's position on local and national topics along with information on who candidates are and what they say and do.

We are meeting this Thursday to progress those aims by talking about the forthcoming election, the issues that will affect it in central London.

As voters, having greater clarity on what election candidates actually stand for helps us to hold them to account.

Together we are making a difference. The more of us there are, the more difference we make. We hope to see you on Thursday, or if you can't come, then please sign up at http://www.DemocracyClub.org.uk

Democracy Club Meeting on Thursday 25th February 2010 7pm – 10pm

Venue Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square. London WC1R 4RL

Venue Details:
* Nearest station is Holborn (Central and Piccadilly) approx 3 min walk
* Convenient bus routes: 1, 8, 25, 38, 55, 59, 68, 91, 98, 188, 243, 521
* Entrance is on Red Lion Square, google map: http://tinyurl.com/yf8t4n5

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