EU Referendum: A sad little figure

Like so many establishment figures, [Prince Charles] cannot even begin to countenance that he could be wrong and, surrounded by sycophants and courtiers, there is no-one to tell him that. His stance is that, because he believes something – and everyone around him tells him how clever he is – everyone else should believe it.

In a way, you can almost feel sorry for him, except that there is a strong core of arrogance here as well. And it does not matter how well motivated he is – pulling the "children's future" card is so low grade as to be despicable. How dare he presume that "sceptics" are any less concerned for their own children, and that their convictions are easily the match of his.

Cicerone Then and Now « Climate Audit

Ralph (“Sir Humphrey”) Cicerone, President of the US National Academy of Sciences, has weighed in on the CRU and data sharing controversies – he’s now in favor of data sharing. While it’s nice that he’s seen the light, his previous Sir Humphrey-esque manipulation of the NAS panel terms of reference and previous failures both to ensure that PNAS set an example of excellence in data archiving or to use his personal prestige as President of NAS to request co-operation from obstructive paleoclimatologists.

Payne on the Prius - Edward John Craig - Planet Gore on National Review Online

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Id’s Out « the Air Vent

Again, there is no way Paul was the one who released the emails which were pre-collected in a group on a backup server.

Sceptical scientists now speaking out | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

From Australia, Professor Peter Ridd tells Alan Jones that warmist scientists have grossly exaggerated the danger to the Great Barrier Reef. He’s too nice to name you-know-who as one who’s made these “wild” predictions and made scientists “look like used-car salesmen”:

I actually have quite a lot of faith in the voter. They can look through the hype and almost the advertising that’s gone on at the moment to sort of push these stories.