Most political parties have now published their manifesto's - in various formats and with a broad range of policy priorities. Some more progressive and radical than others - usually infleunced in part at least by level of expectation of actually 'winning'. The furthest 'right' private company / party is yet to publish their manifesto yet

Both Labour and Plaid Cymru published their manifesto's today. Here is my summary of their stated approaches to drugs, alcohol, public health and other things that may have caught my eye. No view offered on any of them. There's plenty more that all the parties have to say - so this is just one narrow lens

The Green Party published their manifesto today - Real Hope, Real Change. It's available in various formats - I read the 'long draft'. Here is my summary of the document from the perspective of drug and alcohol policy commitments only. As I've been doing with the others - offered without a view. You might be

The Conservative & Unionist Party published its manifesto today (Clear Plan, Bold Action, Secure Future). My take on the document - but only through the lenses of drugs and alcohol, criminal justice & social care. Its 80 pages long - so I've either saved you some time or whetted your appetite

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