ClimAxed! ClimExit! Make the climate great again! Hulk actor, Mark Ruffalo was one of the first out of the gate, claiming Trump “will have the death of whole nations on his hands”. Right Mark, of course he will. Perhaps stick to an acting role where you’re just pretending to be smart. For half the time … Continue reading
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Trump, Brexit and Climate Change: Silencing ‘The Mob’
The floodgates are open. The tears are flowing out. Reality floods back in. For the regressive elements who have captured many of the institutions across the West, including academia and the media, their walled garden has been breached. The depth charge of the Brexit vote shook and cracked the foundations. An all-out assault followed. … Continue reading
100 Months to Flog a Dead Horse (and a Book)
The final countdown, the title somberly states. So begins the “100 months to save the world” series in The Guardian, penned by Andrew Simms exactly 100 months and two days ago. Ostensibly the purpose of the series was to chronicle our doom over the ensuing 100 months whilst uselessly flailing about with ridiculous policy suggestions … Continue reading
Belief in the Ignorance of Experts
It has been a bad couple of years for experts in the UK. First the academics, polling companies and media talking heads called the 2015 general election wrongly. And then just a few months ago the academics, polling companies and media talking heads again called the EU Referendum vote wrongly. To my knowledge, not a … Continue reading
Trampling over everything
There has been plenty of discussion here already on COP21. Before we collectively start to naturally tail off our commentary on the annual climate jamboree however I wanted to mark something I consider to be one of the most symbolic and underreported COP21 related events. Geoff remarked on November 14th that out of respect for … Continue reading
Our New Normal – the cult of Sustainability takes over Higher Education
Earlier this year the National Association of Scholars (NAS) published a damning report detailing the comprehensive takeover of Higher Education establishments across the West by the ‘Sustainability’ movement. Continue reading