Robert Chapman 💙

@KSchnickelfritz Perhaps they can send us to the frontline in future, all dressed up as assisted dying.

Starving sick and disabled people shall henceforth be referred to as “freeing up money”.

This week we were informed by DHSC, alongside other organisations, that DHSC and NHS England have delayed discussions on commissioning a specialised service for very severe ME until April 2027. This means yet another year without NHS care for people with very severe ME. (1/3)

They STOPPED teaching the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ANGLO-SAXON 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 STORY. Here’s a brief introduction to it. 🧵 Fifteen hundred years ago, England didn’t exist. Angles. Saxons. Jutes. Open boats across the North Sea. They carved the island into seven warring kingdoms. ⚔️ But they built. Churches. Laws written in English, not Latin. Shires, your county was drawn by their hands over a thousand years ago. Then the Vikings came. And nearly ended everything. By 878, every kingdom had fallen. Every king had fled or died. Except one. A 28-year-old hiding in a marsh called Alfred. He fought back. Built fortified towns. Retook London. Wrote a legal code. Translated books into English. He wanted a nation that could think, not just fight. His daughter commanded armies. His grandson became the first King of all England. 927 AD. 👑🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 In 1066, the Normans destroyed them. For 200 years, the English were ruled by people who didn’t speak English. But the Normans couldn’t kill what the Anglo-Saxons built. The language survived. The shires survived. The common law survived. The idea that a king answers to his people. That survived. It became Magna Carta. Parliament. The jury. Us. Every word you’re reading right now is rooted in Anglo-Saxon English. Next year, England turns 1,100. Most people don’t even know it has a birthday. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 We’re going deeper. Follow so you don’t miss it. 🇬🇧🙏 What were you taught about the Anglo-Saxons at school? Or were they just… skipped?

@JessKBerman I have been taking PC+ for more than 1,000 days, waiting to hit the tipping point. No discernible outward improvement, hoping change happening at a cellular level. Belief. Consistency. Dedication. Hope. I don’t do giving up.

Nobody posts about day 47 of the same routine. But that’s where the change actually happens. The wellness industry loves to promote a good transformation story. Dramatic before and after pictures. Testimonials highlighting the breakthrough moment. A checklist featuring the proven protocol that changed everything. But they never talk about the boring middle. The days when nothing felt different. The weeks when progress was invisible. The quiet repetition that doesn't make good content, but makes incredible results. Here’s the thing most people overlook: Your cells don't respond to one perfect day. They require steady inputs over time. The membranes you're trying to repair? They have to rebuild one phospholipid at a time. The mineral balance you're trying to restore? It not going to stabilize overnight. The energy you're chasing? It comes from thousands of small deposits, not one big intervention. Cellular biology doesn't reward intensity. It rewards consistency. Can you experience life-changing transformations? Absolutely. We’ve got hundreds of case studies to prove it. But the transformations people want — more energy, clearer thinking, better resilience — don't come from dramatic gestures. They come from a lifelong dedication to showing up every single day, even when it “feels” like nothing is changing.

What's going on with our mitochondria? ⬇️ 1/6 #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MECFS

@VladVexler Dear Vlad, back at you and all those you hold dear, thank you for being present this past year, your courage and selflessness I find most comforting on my own journey with ME.

Dear people with ME and LC, I am thinking of you over this Christmas period. I know it can be a heartbreaking period because it’s a time when you take stock, a time when you expect magical moments which may not come, a time when you share in a fleeting magical moment only to be blasted into suffering and cessation again for 98% of the time, a time when you want to be well more than ever - even if you have been sick for 30 years, a time when you want to be with loved ones but can’t, or a time when you need the understanding of loved ones but don’t have it, a time when you are grateful to be alive but shocked by how hard and viscerally unjust every day of your illness is. You know this list could continue for ten pages. All my love to you and your carers and loved ones at Christmas. #peME #LongCovid

@ItsMarkWebster Rank since they added sweetener.

@BethRigby @EdConwaySky @SkyNews The budget: when rich people get to play with poor people’s lives.

BUDGET PRIMER: @EdConwaySky with all the charts you need to understand this Budget. I particularly like the Fiscal Drag pink slug section. All you need to know in 10 mins… Tune in tomorrow when Ed & I will unpack this mega Budget on @SkyNews from 11am news.sky.com/video/fiscal-d…

What’s with the collective denial?

And it’s only going to get worse. When you live your life in the chronic ill health space this is all so frustratingly obvious.

As a society in the algorithm era we are encouraged (manipulated) to point the finger and blame each other, the endless squabbling is dangerous, there has always been another way…

New official figures – hidden by government and opposition parties – have exposed months of lies by politicians and the media about “spiralling” spending on social security and the need to cut benefits. #DWP #ReformUK #Conservatives #Labour disabilitynewsservice.com/new-official-f…

Last night I captured over 60k photos of the largest supermoon of the year using two telescopes to reveal the hidden color in 119 megapixels. I call the print "Artemis Beckons", after the next crewed lunar mission. See the reply for the up close details and explanation 👇

@KemiBadenoch @Conservatives Weekly minimum wage £488.40 (40 hours), weekly ESA £140.55.

If sickness benefits pay more than the minimum wage, it’s no wonder some lacking confidence don’t take the risk of getting a job. Britain needs them back in work, for their sake and our economy. Only @Conservatives have the plan & backbone to get Britain working again.

@bbcjohnmurray @morrisonclinton @bbc5live @BBCSounds @BBCSport What is the stadium like to watch football in? You visit so many stadiums throughout Europe so would be interested to hear your views. Napoli, Roma/Lazio play in big open bowls are they comparable?

Commentary imminent alongside @morrisonclinton live from East London. #WHUNEW from 14.00 GMT @bbc5live @BBCSounds @BBCSport

@cfs_jo Hoping Ant takes his own advice and leaves the UK for the foreseeable.

People like Ant are the problem. He’s despicable. “Not safe in your own country” 🙄 Politicians of all parties need to start stomping on this rhetoric before we have a serious backlash from the hard of thinking roundabout painters/hotel yellers.

@barneyronay We are stuck in the no man’s land between the Brighton, Bournemouth’s et al and the City, Liverpool, Arsenal’s of the Premier League. We end up overpaying for just below elite level players when we should be outmuscling the Brighton and Bournemouths for hidden gems.

Tottenham: the never-ending story theguardian.com/football/2025/…

@FraserNelson Tax wealth not work.

Does the UK's best-paid 0.1% really pay more income tax than the entire bottom 50%? I've been (rightly) asked for proof, as this figure is not normally published. Here is the HMRC's Freedom of Information response, and the full story:- comment.press/taxelgin

Last week, Atlanta Hawks star Kristaps Porziņģis shared his diagnosis of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). bit.ly/3WVp65Z

@CMO_England Please, please, please have a look at the provision for diagnosis and care for those of us with ME/CFS, thank you.

Training is central to doctors providing the best care for patients. The Medical Training Review, out today, is a diagnostic report with input from many doctors, medical students and patients. It shows we need to rethink many aspects of training. england.nhs.uk/publication/th…