Feb 12, 2018 at 9:59 AM | Radical Rodent
Climate Scientists have stated with 20/20 hindsight, that their predictions for Global Warming, did include the weather getting colder. If you hold the Hockey Stick with the uptick blade pointing down, then this would be true.

This is within normal confidence limits approved by Peer Reviewed Climate Science, and why politicians have lost confidence in Peer Reviewed Climate Science. New financial limits may be introduced on Climate Science by politicians, to minimise exposure to taxpayers, before Global Warming gets too cold.

Ross Lea, from extracts from Wikipedia:

"Mordaunt was born in Torquay, Devon and studied philosophy at the University of Reading. Before entering parliament, she worked in business and communications, working in the private, public and charitable sectors, including as director of communications for Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council. She is currently the only female MP who is a Royal Naval Reservist."

"Mordaunt was appointed as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government in July 2014.[5][6] In May 2015, prime minister David Cameron appointed her Minister of State for the Armed Forces at the MoD, the first woman to take this post.[7] In July 2016, the new Prime Minister Theresa May, appointed her to a newly created Minister of State position at the Department for Work and Pensions. She was appointed Secretary of State for International Developmentin November 2017 following the resignation of Priti Patel."

"When receiving The Spectator magazine's Parliamentarian of the Year award in November 2014, Mordaunt revealed that she had delivered a speech in the House of Commons just before the Easter recess in 2013 on poultry welfare so as to use the word "cock", as a forfeit for a misdemeanour during Naval Reserve training.[27][28] Mordaunt used the word “cock” six times and “lay” or “laid” five times. Following her admission, she was accused by Labour MP Kate Hoey of trivialising parliament."

Definitely one to watch, and for her opponents across the political spectrum, both inside and outside Westminster, to be wary of.

According to Wikipedia, she was named Penelope after the Leander Class Frigate. I believe that under Naval tradition, Penelope should be pronounced to rhyme with Antelope, and vice versa.

Feb 12, 2018 at 8:04 AM | Kleinefeldmaus

David Viner believes it is unfair that he is singled out.

From 2014, here are another 105 failed predictions, that prove him right. Climate Science has remarkable consistency in making predictions, that they then deny were predictions, rather than admit to faked-up science, faked-up scare stories, and faked-up political propaganda.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/04/02/the-big-list-of-failed-climate-predictions/

They are frozen stuck to their Stick, a beginners mistake in Ice Hockey. The Iced Hockey Stick Lolly has been stuffed into Climate Scientist's pockets for too long, and it is turning into a "Sticky" mess.

Climate Scientists still deny that the bent stick should have been thrown away 20 years ago.

This is the spell checked version with typos corrected.
Stewgreen, I agree Physics.org is rubbish if I did not get it free I would not bother. How any scientific journal can swallow the Global Warming junk beggars belief.
golf charlie, I was impressed with Penny Mordaunt MP on Andrew Marr show: someone to watch I think. I think May is in danger of repeating Cameron's mistake and not being fully prepared for no deal. At the very least credible preparation for "No Deal" is a very strong bargaining chip. I think we should quit now and not pay a penny piece.

More misleading headlines from the BBC - this one from the section of their website with the dubious claim to involve science (imported from their India section):

"The Indian state leading in clean energy"

Click on the headline, and the story itself has a slightly different headline:

"Viewpoint: The Indian state to become a global leader in clean energy"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-42971504

So, is it leading in clean energy or is to BECOME a leader? There's quite a difference.

But there's more - the article opens with this paragraph:

"India's southern state of Tamil Nadu is poised to become a global leader in wind power, according to a new report. But first the state must overcome its addiction to coal, writes Nityanand Jayaraman."

Further into the article there's this:

"There are other challenges too. Wind power can be generated only from May to October. Even during those months, production cannot reach its peak because the state does not have a large enough grid to convey excess electricity to other states. So, they will have to slow down generation from other sources.

This also means the state is unable to import cheap power from other states during the remaining seven months when wind power is not feasible. Work is afoot to change this but its not guaranteed that the improvements will ensure that the grid can cope with the predicted generation.

Integrating power from seasonal sources like wind requires a smart grid - one with a sophisticated system of supply and management that can adjust to variations in demand. On this count too, Tamil Nadu has a long way to go."

It's difficult to imagine a headline that less accurately describes the substance of the article. More fake news/propaganda from the BBC.

Stewgreen, I agree Physics.org is rubbish if I did not get it free I would not bother. How any scientific journal can swollow the Global Warming junk beggars belief.

golf charlie, I was impressed with Penny Mordaunt MP on Andrew Marr show: someone to watch I think. I think May is in danger of repeating Cameron's and not being fully prepared for no deal. At the very least credible preparation for "No Deal" is a very strong bargining chip. I think we should quite now and not pay a penny piece.