BBC rebukes Radio 4 presenter for Tweets about Manchester MP BBC reprimands Radio 4 science host as he launches rant against MP who is sceptical about climate change MP welcomes ‘swift’ BBC rebuke of presenter over climate sceptic tweet BBC presenter Adam Rutherford rebuked over tweet criticising climate change sceptic A few days ago, the … Continue reading
Author Archives: Paul Matthews
Fake news, identity agendas and double standards
Yesterday, membership of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee was announced: Previously, there were 11 members of the committee, and apparently there will be three more appointments, so the announcement seems to have been somewhat botched. The identity politics brigade sprang into action following this announcement, see for example Cambridge physicist and Master … Continue reading
Honest climate scientist found
A few weeks ago, Al Gore made the untrue claim that “climate-related extreme weather events have grown far more numerous and far more destructive” in the time between his original film and the sequel. This claim was widely reported, by the BBC, the Guardian, News24, and in Gore’s Conversation with Mark Maslin. Since then, I’ve been … Continue reading
My team didn’t win, therefore democracy is broken – Part 1
A common view expressed by the arrogant, opinionated elite is that when things don’t go their way, and they know that their opinion is the correct one, this indicates that our democratic system is in crisis and needs to be fixed. This post is the first in a series on academics who have tried to employ … Continue reading
An Inconvenient Split?
In many ways, the climate debate has hardly changed since I got interested in it about ten years ago. Public opinion wobbles up and down with hardly any real change. The same tired arguments and claims come round again: every climate conference is the last chance to save the planet; the Arctic ice is always … Continue reading
Peter Stott being economical with the truth
Why can't Peter Stott say the truth about hurricanes? https://t.co/rAFzqJOizb — Bishop Hill (@aDissentient) August 11, 2017 Yesterday, Nigel Lawson was allowed onto the Today programme in response to an earlier interview with Al Gore promoting his new alarmist film. The audio is here, Gore at about 1:09:00, Lawson at 2:33:30. Gore had made the … Continue reading
Bob Ward loses again
Ward 0, Lukewarmers 3 The Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) has issued a ruling regarding a complaint by Mr Bob Ward, Policy and Communications Director at the Grantham Institute on Climate Change, about an article by Matt Ridley in The Times. After 6 months investigation, @IpsoNews completely dismissed all eleven of Mr Ward's complaints against me. … Continue reading
