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Michael Sharpe skewered by @JohntheJack on Twitter

Discussion in 'General ME/CFS news' started by Indigophoton, Apr 9, 2018.

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  1. Sean

    Sean Moderator Staff Member

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    Being positive doesn't exclude being mightily pissed off. Anger is a powerful motivator.
     
    Sean, Jun 21, 2018
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    Think you got a point there. Destroying PACE is very positive for us and very negative for him. That's where we once again are at a stand-off. The one person's positive is the other's negative.
     
    Solstice, Jun 21, 2018
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  3. Art Vandelay

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    The apparent change of heart is interesting. Maybe he's suddenly realised that his old mate, Simon 'I had nothing to do with PACE' Wessely, won't hesitate to throw him under the bus if things go really pear-shaped?
     
    Art Vandelay, Jun 21, 2018
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    Michael Sharpe 2002, Functional Symptoms and Syndromes, in UnumProvident, Trends in Health and Disability 2002, Chief Medical Officer’s Report, https://web.archive.org/web/20030126154618/http://www.unum.co.uk/downloads/CMOReport.PDF, p.15-21:

    p.18,
    Social Factors:
    p.19
    p. 19, Obstacles to recovery


    p. 21: By the insurance industry
     
    MSEsperanza, Jun 21, 2018
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  5. NelliePledge

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    well clearly he hadnt had a change of heart when he accused Carol Monaghan in an email this week of conduct unbecoming of her position o_O
     
    NelliePledge, Jun 21, 2018
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  6. Cheshire

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    A new one (more politely asked)

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    Answering spoonseeker:
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    Cheshire, Jun 21, 2018
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  7. Andy

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    Finger's crossed that Steve Topple at the Canary gets to hear that little nugget of information.
     
    Andy, Jun 21, 2018
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  8. Cheshire

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    Well, obviously none of the MPs talking in Parliament today seem to have read the paper, so I'm expecting a few more tweets from Sharpe.:whistle:

    Or is he starting to understand that times are changing?
     
    Cheshire, Jun 21, 2018
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  9. Sasha

    Sasha Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    MP talking now named Michael Sharpe and called on him to apologise for this.

    Not the only MP in the debate to giving Sharpe a verbal kicking for this.
     
    Sasha, Jun 21, 2018
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  10. Indigophoton

    Indigophoton Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Steven Brine, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Primary Care, ie, the one who was there to speak on behalf of the government in reply to Carol M et al, wants to be copied in to the email apology that he wants Sharpe to send to Carol M.

    He thinks Ricky Gervais should apologise too (UK comedian, who made an unfortunate joke about ME).
     
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    Indigophoton, Jun 21, 2018
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  11. Indigophoton

    Indigophoton Senior Member (Voting Rights)

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    Indigophoton, Jun 21, 2018
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  12. Trish

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    Well said, Olivia Rowe.
     
    Trish, Jun 21, 2018
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  13. NelliePledge

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    Sharpe one of the naked :sick:PACE emperors has well & truly been pointed at and derided in Westminster today :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
     
    NelliePledge, Jun 21, 2018
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    "Have you read Hansard?"
     
    Lucibee, Jun 21, 2018
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    https://twitter.com/user/status/1009492024490414090


    Another adjustable rhetoric of the BPS narrative of ME/CFS

    "Before I / PACE entered the stage, there was nothing". "I" says Sir Wessely, when presenting himself as the good guy - meaning the late 80s when he began his "CFS"-carreer. "PACE" says Prof. Sharpe - ignoring that they both had entered the field and did harm to ME-sufferers before.
     
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  16. NelliePledge

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    thank you this gave me a belly laugh
     
    NelliePledge, Jun 21, 2018
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    "We can't control what's in the media" ...and yet according to the TSC minutes, Team PACE worked with the MSC, The Lancet, Barts and the Science Media Centre to try their best to do just that. Which suggests that they must have thought it was possible to have at least *some* influence on the media coverage...
     
    Stewart, Jun 21, 2018
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    Cheshire, Jun 21, 2018
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    Sharpe says that PACE was about CFS not ME. That is fair enough. It was CFS that was in the title.

    It was Sharpe who wrote up the criteria for CFS. If anyone knows the intended relationship of ME to CFS, he should. Perhaps someone on Twitter could enquire of him, and ask him why this was not made clear in the paper. I have read that paper.
     
    chrisb, Jun 21, 2018
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    Will there be a sequel with the next generation (starring Esther Crawley)?
     
    MSEsperanza, Jun 21, 2018
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