In the light of the Climategate scandal which is still being mostly unreported by key parts of the British media, the people of Britain have themselves decided to take the matter up politically.
A petition on the 10 Downing Street website reads:
"The Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia is a “leading centre” for the investigation of “manmade global warming” and government policy relies on the integrity of these statistics. Several claims have been made: that data was “cherry picked” to make the 20th century temperature rise look exceptional in historical terms; emails suggest the unit has colluded in “tricks” to “hide the decline” in a high profile scientific journal, and this unit has colluded in active, secret and highly political campaigning through the website “realclimate”.
The preparation of climate statistics require many judgements: stations move & sites become surrounded by urban sprawl (urban heating) & a judgement must be made of the size of the offset to apply to the global temperature record. The University accepts most emails are genuine so it appears the Unit has been acting in a highly partisan way incompatible with that of a neutral body preparing and interpreting government data. We call on the PM to suspend all further use of the climate research unit until all pertinent allegations have been investigated and any action (if any) has been taken."
If you want to sign this petition, you will find it by CLICKING HERE.
Those wanting further analysis of Climategate could start by checking the latest post from Melanie Phillips on The Spectator.
Meanwhile, Hilary Benn has apparently added his name to that recent barmy suggestion that we all have to become vegetarians to save the planet from climate change.
We can't be bothered to read such nonsense, but it may or may not involve cows farting. Obviously, vegetarians do not fart. Ever. Or something.
Gosh. The world has gone mad. Official.
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Those wondering what Lord Christopher Monckton thinks of ClimateGate should CHECK HERE. Clue: Part of it involves an official request for prosecution...
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