A timely reminder from Polly Toynbee's greatest fan of the Vichy Tories' record on AGW laws – Telegraph Blogs

I feel sure we would all like to thank the Cameronian Party for that pro-active record on AGW crusading and the further impositions it has planned for us. The appropriate date for expressing our gratitude is Thursday, 6 May.

Letters: Polite request for scientific data | Science | The Guardian

It's true that most data sets contain a huge amount of value-added from the researchers who have "cleaned" the data (removing obviously incorrect values, filling in gaps, smoothing implausible discontinuities etc) and have constructed new variables. But the collection of the source data is taxpayer-supported. And the public consequences of making a mistake with the data are huge. So scientists are weakening the peer review process they think is such a "crap shoot" by denying others access.