Samizdata quote of the day – tortured science edition
Prior to this, in November 2018, academics at Queen Mary University of London were due to publish a study in the Lancet that found schemes like ULEZ make no difference to children’s health. It took the...
View ArticleThe Royal Society of Arts succumbs to the Dark Greens
My wife is a fellow – she finds it useful to work there occasionally and attend events – at the Royal Society of Arts. I know Anton Howes, the RSA’s in-house historian (his writings on the Industrial...
View ArticleThe “fatal conceit” of Western environmental policy, ctd
“The key insight driving the environmental movement historically was that complex natural systems must be treated with respect. Crude interventions, however well-intentioned, can make things worse....
View ArticleDaily Telegraph columnist has tantrum about North Sea oilfield
Say what you like about the Daily Telegraph, which generally tilts centre-right in its politics and economics (particularly with incisive writers such as Allister Heath and Matthew Lynn), it does not...
View ArticleSamizdata quote of the day – if heat pumps and EVs were better they’d sell...
Thanks to the cult ideology of Net Zero some governments, including our own, have started trying to destroy the entire basis of human brilliance and ingenuity in a way that has no parallel other than...
View ArticleClimate fatigue
This article about “climate fatigue” by Francesco Grillo is one of the better arguments I have seen in the Guardian on the topic: “Climate fatigue isn’t a sign that Europeans are in denial – it’s a...
View ArticleTen years ago, Brian Mickelthwait predicted the response to Covid-19
Ten years and ten days ago, the sadly missed Brian Micklethwait wrote this: “What if there is a real collective disaster?” Brian quoted this article by Paul Murphy which said that the response of...
View ArticleScottish people pay taxes so that an Iranian-linked mosque can get £372k for...
The Times reports, A mosque which has been linked to the Iranian state received £372,000 from the Scottish government. Exiled dissidents claim the Al-Mahdi Islamic Centre of Glasgow has become an...
View ArticleSamizdata quote of the day – why the Tories need to burn to ash
Almost half the Conservative Party’s backbench MPs in the British Parliament belong to a Caucus promoting extreme Net Zero ideas that is funded by a small group of green billionaire foundations. The...
View ArticleA climactic climax every time
It looks like we all missed a major story: After tense and protracted negotiations, delegates at the United Nations climate conference COP28 have agreed on a deal that calls on countries to transition...
View ArticleThe Hockey Stick on trial
I think it’s about time we mentioned that the Steyn v Mann defamation trial is currently taking place in Washington D.C.. For those who have forgotten – or never knew in the first place – this concerns...
View ArticleSamizdata quote of the day – unfortunately the high-status fraudster won
A Washington, D.C. jury has found that conservative writers Mark Steyn and Rand Simberg defamed climate scientist Michael Mann. The jury deliberated for close to a full day before reaching its...
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