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I do feel better after that.

I can confirm this, because for the last five years I have alternated between grumpy and f***ing furious and it hasn't stopped me improving. Wessely "showing" that improvement and mood are independent is only amazing to those who promote / fall for the whole positive thinking bullshit in the...

I think he's found a way to say "Rod Liddle seriously misrepresented our research" without saying "Rod Liddle seriously misrepresented our research". What a rude way to start - how about "Congratulations on your opinion piece" or some other polite noise to break the ice?

Shows how much he knows about ME. In the unlikely event that he's ever approached / followed by an ME sufferer, all he has to do is walk at a brisk pace for a few minutes and he'll leave them behind him collapsed on the floor.

In the ME world people turning up and shouting "Tally Ho! Follow me!" are two a penny. We've had it from Sarah Myhill, Valerie Elliot Smith, and now Steve Topple, to name just three that come to mind from recently. Sarah Myhill is into all kinds of stuff I don't agree with, VES has her own brand...

Last thing we need is to get roped in to his journalistic in-fighting. It's not all about them. Whilst his writing on ME has been excellent, I have reservations about it being blended with his political views. Not necessarily because I think he's wrong about anything, and there certainly is a...

Oh good, a pep talk.

Shame it has to be about Rod Liddle, he'll love it and it'll give him something to bounce back off. Media people talking about media people in the media. Still, Frances Ryan did what she could and who knows, it may end up being more effective than an analysis of the facts around ME and Michael...

Drop by. Quickly go there for a brief visit.

Poor Claire Fox, hoping in vain to be trolled so she can join Michael Sharpe's small gang of victims. I'm trying to imagine a sadder ambition in life, but I can't. All it should take is one UK mainstream journalist to realise that Michael Sharpe's narrative is completely implausible. People...

What a bland article written in a well-meaning but clueless tone. Doesn't distinguish between chronic fatigue / chronic fatigue syndrome. A few excerpts to give the flavour: Ok, I'll try to have five minutes' rest every hour, and avoid the temptation of having a lie in if I feel tired...

Glad I didn't waste my second free article on Rod Liddle, so I can read this now :).

Fremdschämen.

He thinks he's doing a good job if he provokes and gets a reaction. That's his only criteria.

I don't even feel the need to read this. Which shows how far we've come - 3 years ago I'd have gone through it with a toothcomb and written a furious rant about it. Now I can't even be arsed raising my left eyebrow.

Hopefully there will be bodyguards on duty in case any BPS activists are planning to turn up and politely disagree. The problem for Wessely, Sharpe & Co isn't that researchers are leaving the field, but the opposite. An increasing number of new scientists and researchers are entering the field...

@Trish's comment in top position now when ordered by "most recommended" :)

It's displayed now. Should be upvoted to top position I say.

Buggered if I'm reading it, but I'd be happy to make a blind bet that it's another gift from Michael Sharpe. Not many of the other PACE authors put their name to it.

Yes, including from Michael Sharpe (e.g. his letter to Carol Monaghan accusing her of conduct unbecoming of an M.P.). Perhaps in the interests of balance the reuters journalist could do an article on the abusive letter-writing campaigns of Michael Sharpe and colleagues. It's not like there's a...