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Well it's only an anecdote but I have a friend who suddenly discovered that he was mildly gay and was desperate to find a cure so underwent conversion therapy. It made him so serverely gay that he's now bedbound.

If I may continue my paranoid ramblings from earlier (I do think the most likely explanation is that Sharpe wrote "by" instead of "but" - but since when did a more plausible explanation stop a good conspiracy theorist ...) it appears that Sharpe could try to sow discord amongst sufferers, divide...

I was wondering whether the "by" belonged to the "led" before it, as in "led by ...". Hard to tell what it means, we shouldn't have to work it out.

Sorry to keep posting, but I was just slicing my banana into my muesli when the penny finally dropped. @dave30th - that'll be you he's talking about. Congratulations, Michael Sharpe has invented a whole new category just for you. He already has one for @Tom Kindlon et al (biased ME sufferer)...

And who are these non-patient activists who are trying to discredit science? How did they infiltrate us? And why? And does this get us off the hook now, or what?

Despite being poorly expressed, I think I have just realised what he is trying to say. Is the "(by not patients in general)" a claim that patient activist groups are being led by trouble-makers who are not genuine ME patients? If so, this is a new claim. So far being an ME sufferer has been a...

Perfect is "If I'd done my homework, I'd have passed the test" whilst knowing that the first 'd is for had and the second 'd is for would. And if they get that right I ask them "If you hadn't had pumpernickel for breakfast, what would you have had to have had?"

Of course it's entirely possible that Turdie Chalder said "it's ok Michael, you don't have to write my name, just write the PACE authors, that'll be fine, really", assuming that at least he'd be able to spell PACE properly.

Quite. Scientific writing is a thing - I have a friend who teaches courses on it. You would expect precision and accuracy to be second nature to Michael Sharpe if he was half the scientist he claims to be. It's also interesting that the briefing was not signed by the other PACE authors, just...

I am happy to unashamedly stickle. Especially when Michael Sharpe constructs a sentence that I could use to teach my beginners with: There is / there are, much and many, has and have, singular / plural, present perfect - all the classic mistakes Germans make when they start learning English...

I stand corrected by my honorable friend.

Am I the only person appalled by Michael Sharpe's lack of attention to detail when it comes to grammar? I've noticed on twitter that when he gets petulant his spelling and grammar go out of the window, but this in a letter to an MP: I would frankly feel insulted to receive such a slovenly...

The BPS brigade is engaged in a contest to grab as much territory as possible from as many illnesses as possible, so for them illness iteself is a "contested field".

Well there's a new list of names to watch out for.

And for me.

I remember Janet telling everyone on PR she was sure we'd have something by last Christmas. Since then I've taken her predictions with a pinch of salt. I really don't mean to start a discussion about PR or Janet, but I think it's important that the issue of giving false hope is addressed openly...

Quite agree, although you spelt "hoes" wrong.

Finally managed to catch up and listen to episode 6 today. @Trish you were already a big hero of mine, but that interview was cape-worthy. Everything you said was bang on the money. Not quite as posh as I expected, but still quite the lady. I do my listening in the car, and I was so engrossed...

I disagree. It is possible to view the universe as a cold dark place where random shit happens and be philosphical about it. In fact I think you have to be. Oh, I see, that kind of random shit. Well yes, if someone shoved a turd through my letterbox I would be unlikely to pause to consider the...

Can't help noticing that this has a familiar ring to it.