Please forgive the title: an oxymoron as blatant as Military Intelligence, Fun Run or “We’re from the government and we’re here to help you.” And yet the UK government really seems to be helping, at least to a significant, if transient, percentage of voters: Definitely time to listen to some cynical comedians then. Note the … Continue reading
Edmund Burke once wrote: “Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.” I just hope he would have made it to the end of this thread. Let’s add a beautiful, tranquil backdrop. That’s all very well, Mr BrainyQuote, but what work can we usefully do about climate alarm and its resultant, seemingly all-powerful, … Continue reading
This post consists mainly of tweets with, for me, some interesting connections. Firstly, ‘gender critical’ feminist Linda Bellos at Westminster Magistrates Court in September 2018, my tweet using the words of climate sceptic Clive James in support of Linda and friends, and the BBC reporting on climate sceptic Piers Corbyn at the same court yesterday. … Continue reading
As Cliscep goes deep into endorsing WW2 analogies, with Gove as Goebbels just the latest, I propose Jaime Jessop as Captain Mainwaring: Mainwaring sincerely believes he’s fighting the good fight but what he says is totally counterproductive. This applies to James Delingpole’s tweets I embedded two days ago as well, in my view. Persuasive not. … Continue reading
This was Jaime Jessop five days ago: It’s become a war now and it seems Trump is the only Western leader willing to fight it on our behalf – and his of course. They are gunning for him. Jaime was pointing to a Daily Mail story succinctly titled Twitter boss Jack Dorsey apologizes for blocking … Continue reading
GIYF if you don’t know what the first word means. And now Google Is Your Friend is arguably what the first word means. Maybe the first word should have been bootstrapping. Sigh. The title came to me in the last few days as I thought about how each of us can best preserve our sanity … Continue reading
Some thoughts on the last week. Nothing controversial. Ahem. Climate Last weekend I rejoiced in XR losing hearts and minds so, for balance, here’s our favourite XR alumnus with friends: Nuclear for Net Zero? Well, it’s a lot better than any other version. IMHO. Feel free to disagree. Covid A couple of previous paragraphs of … Continue reading
Ok, I’m in optimistic mood. But this post is to give space to discuss the latest in the UK, both on climate and anything else people see as a crisis. Today: Extinction Rebellion facing ‘organised crime’ curbs Tuesday: Tony Abbott rails against Covid ‘health dictatorships’, saying some elderly should be left to die naturally Both … Continue reading
I want to argue that the Covid-19 pandemic looks like a real crisis in a way that man-made global warming (AGW) doesn’t. And that our aim as climate sceptics should be to make AGW look like a real crisis. Not to make AGW be a real crisis – that I think is not within anyone’s … Continue reading
Whatever skills and expertise are required for that, Michael Gove thinks they are needed in the civil service and in government: That same determination to instil and cultivate deep knowledge should apply across Government. Too much current Civil Service training is about vapid abstractions such as ‘Collaborating Better’ rather than about what works in classroom … Continue reading
