Opinion

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Opinion

Talking therapies: Bristol deserves better

Patients seeking help with their mental health face a ‘one size fits all’ approach provided by a private company. They deserve better

Norma Wilson

Opinion

East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood: Good intentions aren’t enough

Sara Melasecchi
Sara Melasecchi

Opinion

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Being a Crip is a radicalising experience

Teodor Hykel
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This Better Work

Tech workers need unions too

With mass layoffs and poor working conditions becoming widespread across the sector, it’s time for techies to get organised. 

Daniel Watson
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Opinion

School exclusion, child imprisonment and a state of punishment

Chris Bagley
Chris Bagley
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No to Section 60

Humiliation, trauma and mistrust: why we must scrap Section 60

John Pegram
John Pegram

Opinion

Recent floods show once again that it’s high time to formally recognise the rights of the River Avon

Rivers are rights-bearing beings that deserve to have a voice in our decision-making structures – and to be treated as life-sustaining ecosystems, not vessels to carry away human waste.

Becca Blease
Becca Blease

No to Section 60

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‘We need to move the dials’: Avon and Somerset Police must show real change on institutional racism

The police have been gaslighting us for generations – and officers’ use of intrusive stop-and-search powers is still blighting Bristol’s young Black boys, a local racial justice advocate argues.

Desmond Brown

Opinion

‘Bristol can lead the way in pushing for legalising cannabis’

Cannabis is now legally regulated in a growing number of countries around the world, but the UK is being left behind.

Steve Rolles
Steve Rolles

Opinion

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‘Bristol’s council housing failings are shocking – but are just the tip of a massive national iceberg’

Decades of underinvestment in council homes by central government have led to unacceptable living standards for tenants, in our city and across the country. A national solution is needed.

Paul Smith
Paul Smith (Elim Housing Association)

Opinion

Scotland will open the UK’s first safer drug consumption facility – Bristol should be next

Glasgow, where the UK’s drug death crisis is worst, has overcome opposition from Westminster to open a potentially life-saving overdose prevention centre. What does this mean for other cities wanting to tackle drug-related harms?

Martin Powell
Martin Powell

Opinion

‘Freedom of information laws have been working for nearly 25 years – but warning lights are flashing’

In 2000, the Freedom of Information Act gave citizens the right to access material held by public authorities. We need to recognise the democratic benefits of this vital tool, or risk losing them, an expert warns.

Ben Worthy
Ben Worthy
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