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We should at the very least click through so she can show the traffic, even if we don't have time to read the whole thing.

I don't blame people for being sceptical at all. But I think we've got to be careful not to express opinion as fact, and not to put a spin on words that goes way beyond what they actually say. I think the signs are very hopeful but I agree that we'll just have to wait and see. I hope we won't...

Wow - this guy is really focused on ME/CFS! Some excerpts from his bio (excisions indicated by ellipses): James Millar Craig Partner... James Millar Craig is a highly experienced lawyer who deals with personal injury, clinical negligence and insurance claims. About James A litigator with...

I think you're doing those scientists in the CMRC who believe that ME is entirely physical a great disservice here. It seems clear now that there are quite a few, and that they're trying to turn things around. I don't think it helps us to see the CMRC as a blob consisting entirely of BPS people...

Not in any way that makes sense.

Time for a new strapline?

I listened but don't recall anything especially earth-shattering (but I have the concentration of a pingpong ball).

A little bump for this - I think it's on in 30 minutes. Anyone going to listen?

Not all all - Esther Crawley was the deputy chair and has just been replaced by Chris Ponting. But the CMRC didn't have a hand in PACE and don't lock anyone up.

I'm a bit confused by your post. Simon was talking about Chris Ponting, who is the new deputy head at the CMRC, not its head. PACE isn't on the CMRC's books and never has been. The CMRC has never locked people up. Are we talking about the same thing?

Some sort of insect-swarm apocalypse, maybe? Stop 'em all going up your nose and in your ears...

He has about 4,000 words on the Mental Elf where it's clear he's neither - continuing to praise PACE, even when people with a tenth of his academic training are shouting its problems in his face.

Do they post recordings of these things later?

I agree it's good to have some sessions closed to protect early results and foster networking but otherwise, I'd like to see patients free to attend the talks.

I don't see why patients shouldn't attend all the presentations.

Seriously, @dave30th, why not attend?

I think it's probably very good news indeed, but we need to see what happens. But that push isn't something ever associated with the CMRC, is it?

...according to today's announcement about the CMRC's new purpose, objectives and values: https://www.s4me.info/threads/cmrc-agree-on-a-new-purpose-objectives-and-values-which-replace-its-previous-charter-march-2018-ec-also-to-leave-the-board-of-the-cmrc.2809/#post-50325 Should be interesting...

There were some good people on that, IIRC, who were critical of the bad things in MEGA. This whole thing makes me wonder if their arrival on the scene and what they said helped change things. If so, hats off to them! :trophy@

It's like Christmas! build on the momentum created by the Institute of Medicine in the US by securing a high-level report on the illness and research in the UK, and use this to seek greater investment from policy and decision-makers secure a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership...