Weekly blog to take a slightly different turn over the next couple of editions

Blog earlier this week as I'm actually going to be off for a few days. Visiting friends in Italy. Looking forward to relaxation, sunshine and laughter. Also looking forward to break from an already inept election campaign - that continues to make me laugh and scream in equal measure. Labour seem to have got themselves tied

The election has been called, we now (temporarily) have no MP's as the campaigns have started with varying degrees of ineptness and chaos. But at least we know it'll pass and there will be a new Government in July - with a mandate and a programme of work that has been courted publicly. The last

One of my most enjoyable engagements since entering the self-employed world of consultancy almost 4 years ago (yikes) was with the Hepatitis C Trust - working on some stakeholder engagement, strategic planning and communication messaging. Having spent most of my career in the drug treatment sector where organisations constantly (and unnecessarily) tied themselves in knots

Almost completed my first week of not being a Vespa owner

That sums up my week

Starting in an unusually upbeat tempo - and so long as I avoid too much observation and commentary on the current state of politics it could stay that way. If only that were possible

The last desperate lashings of a government that has lost its moral authority & knows it is limping towards irrelevance is firmly in the spotlight once more. Others are more articulately expressing outrage about the attacks on the sick & disabled and clampdowns on 'sicknote culture'. But I couldn't help noticing that at the same time

The weekly round up of stuff that is in my head - in no particular order. Submitted last years' tax return - one bit of bureaucracy I always used to leave until the last minute. Now pleased to have it out of the way for another year. Been focused largely on two ongoing pieces of work

Met with an old friend this week - he's my age but his children are quite a bit younger and are at various stages of leaving home: moving back to the States, going to University or travelling on their gap year. 'I just worry that that's it - we've had the best times and now