James Delingpole was on the Richard Bacon show on BBC Radio Five Live yesterday (audio here from 1:16:20). It's combative stuff, as you would expect from an avowed right-winger appearing on the Beeb.
James mentions my GWPF report and is challenged on his suggestion that the Society gave no thought to its support for AGW. He suggests that my report said this. This is not quite correct. I suggested that the Society didn't actually consult the fellows before supporting the movement.
I think in terms of getting over a reasonable case of what the sceptic argument is, James did well. It was nice to see the silly "97% of scientists support AGW" claim nailed.
Bishop Hill
I'm just scanning the text of Delingpole's book, and I can't actually find the bit where he says that the Royal Society gave no thought to supporting the AGW movement. Can anyone find it?