Big thank you to everyone who organised this ride - my kids so appreciated a chance to feel free out on their bikes in the neighbourhood. It would be amazing if our streets were always safe enough for them to cycle 🚲🚲🚲

The way @lewisgoodall.com described people who use drugs@ the start of the episode was especially dehumanising, implying they were barely or no longer human, as a result of their drug use. Messages like this entrench stigma. Please take more care when making programmes about already marginalised ppl

Commend this for anyone interesting what a public health, rather than a criminal justice, focused approach to the harms of drug use might look like

Not perfect, but this recent episode of Inside Health provides a much more informed and nuanced view of the causes of drug related deaths in the UK, recent trends and possible solutions www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

There is a great deal of evidence that criminalisation and stigma cause more harm than drug use itself, and this episode played into the worst tropes (even clipping Farage in support of its narrative)

I really disliked the way Lewis quizzed people dependent on opioids about the frequency of use (given their dependency, they will need to use regularly to avoid agonising withdrawal) and really led the Las Vegas interviewees into sensationalising life in the tunnels

The idea that the majority of bar goers on inner Cowley Road are coming by car is wild…

It’s striking that every time anyone runs a story about the harm the Cowley LTN is causing to businesses their sole source is… Mr Pugh.

Son’s middle name is Gordon on the demand of his then 2 year old sister

Following with interest. Neither quite fit your bill but I enjoyed both of these

www.penguin.co.uk/books/312884...

blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...

www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/2502053...

Ooh! Have been going down Holloway Road to work recently to avoid all the York Way roadworks but NO MORE! Look forward to rolling down this!

Going next week and cannot wait!