The week that was in Bristol politics and updates

I’ve been quiet over here as I have started a newsletter on Substack. I don’t mean to abandon this site though. I will get better at updating.

My latest on Substack can be read at the following link: https://joannab.substack.com/p/the-week-that-was-in-bristol-politics

I’ve begun a weekly look at the politics discussed on Twitter the previous week. The first column includes the £58,000 paid to Newbury roofers for two roof gardens on disused toilets at the Bearpit, the mayor’s £1500 dinner, the Bristol West MP’s lack of apology, Craig Cheney’s criticism of the auditor’s report on Bristol Energy, and who decided about the Colston State.

A victory for ME sufferers could be a victory for women and those with Long Covid

At the beginning of summer, I went to see my female GP about long Covid symptoms.

Out of every 5–6 weeks, I would (and still do) lose three of them to fatigue, aches, sleeplessness, and brain fog. All I could do was lie on the couch. I’d had to drop a lot of my exercise, including my HIIT classes at F45.

It was in the middle of a 45-day fitness challenge, that I first had my fatigue crash. I was doing daily classes, and after three one week, on the fourth day, my resources seemed to have entirely run out.

I told my doctor that I was starting to do what I called progressive exercise this time around; NICE calls…