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Isn’t this a good example of what you once referred to as a “circle jerk”? It occurs to me that had The Thing Were Are Not Discussing ever been made public, it would almost certainly have been less effective as propaganda. If keeping it private was a calculated decision, rather than a legal...

Does anyone know if anyone has ever made a formal complaint about this? If not, is it worth considering, or would it be counterproductive at this stage?

Can someone please explain to me how this is classified as an RCT? A + B v A isn’t my understanding of a controlled trial.

Worth remembering that Prof Chalder and many other authors of BPS studies are not medical doctors.

When I first read this blog my heart sank. But on reflection I think it could turn out to be a real positive. What has been lacking for so long is public dialogue about the problems with the science - media coverage of the issues and public debate between academics with opposing views. If this...

I'm sure I needed one for my Lancet letter - as well as having to register with their EES system. Perhaps I only needed to provide my ORCHID ID after the letter was accepted. But Dolphin has a lot more experience than me, so I'm clearly wrong about it being needed for all science journals.

@Michiel Tack Thanks for doing this. I think you will probably have to submit your letter as a manuscript – although you might want to double check that. Technical info for submissions to the journal here: https://www.editorialmanager.com/jobm/default.aspx I would recommend getting an ORCHID...

It’s interesting that you use the example of Fermat. One of the reasons that Fermat’s Last Theorem held such fascination for mathematicians for so long was because Paul Wolfskehl bequeathed the equivalent of $2million in his will to anyone who could solve it. The Wolfskehl Prize was eventually...

Further to my post above, I see that the Science and Tech committee inquiry into research integrity is now complete: https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/science-and-technology-committee/inquiries/parliament-2017/research-integrity-17-19/ This is MP from...

I watched two things on Parliament TV this week: the ME debate, and a friend of mine who was giving evidence to one of the select committees. Whilst I am sure that the ME debate was another positive step towards achieving our objectives, I was also struck by the difference in the quality of the...

Thanks for taking the time to respond, Claire. There would appear to be some irony in the fact that AfME are calling for the suspension of CBT and GET (at least, I am assuming AfME is supporting the motion in today’s Parliamentary debate – I’ve not checked) and yet it appears to be unwilling to...

This bit could be interesting (from http://www.niceconference.org.uk/agenda):

I have emailed the MEAction toolkit to all my family and friends asking them to spend 2 minutes to complete the form to ask their MP to attend the debate. I find that people are much more likely to respond to these sort of requests by email than on social media, where it’s eaiser to miss or...

This issue has now been fixed by MEAction. The form now requests full address and postcode.

Yes, I gather that @dave30th and @Jonathan Edwards also met Carol Monaghan in the autumn, so she should be very well informed. I also understand that a new briefing document for MPs is being prepared which deals specifically with the issues raised in the Motion. However, there is a difference...

Let’s persuade Carol Monaghan to ask the PM something about ME on Wednesday at Prime Minister’s Questions:

It’s taken me so long to write this comment that most of it has probably been said already but here is my take for what it’s worth: Sadly politicians and other public figures are subjected to abuse and threats on social media all the time. That is deeply regrettable but it has become a fact of...

But, as @Jonathan Edwards pointed out in his submission to the Scottish Parliament, the value of PACE is that it provides evidence that the BPS theory is wrong:

I would add ME Research UK and #MEActionUK to that list, and possibly the Tymes Trust too, with MREUK and CureME leading the biomedical research and IiMER organising the international conferences. MERUK and MEA already support the biobank, which may need to remain a separate entity, but MEA...