Insulate Britain is in bed with the establishment

It’s no surprise that one of its activists is married to a TfL boss. The tabloids have had a field day with the revelation that an Insulate Britain activist is married to a director of Transport for London (TfL). Cathy Eastburn of Insulate Britain has been busy trying...

Is there a plan?

Podcasters Alex McCarron (Escape from Lockdown) and Paul Rodriguez (State of the Markets) have a debate on the ideas in currency about whether all things Covid (and more) are the fruits of a 'plan' or not. Arguing that there is a plan was State of the Markets co-host,...

It’s not enough to criticise only XR’s ‘methods’

The fortnight of Extinction Rebellion (XR) protests on London’s streets are drawing to a close. As with earlier protests, significant news coverage and comment has been driven by XR’s trademark tactics: although seemingly making demands of government, directing its...

They’re all Extinction Rebellion now

Politicians, technocrats and scientists have all signed up to an irrational green agenda. The Extinction Rebellion (XR) protests on London’s streets are drawing to a close. As with its earlier protests, XR’s trademark stunts these past two weeks have drawn vast...

What the IPCC climate report doesn’t tell you

Humans have never been more safe from the impact of extreme weather than they are today. Today, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the first tranche of its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). This report, focusing on the ‘physical science...

Is the climate really getting more disruptive?

Climate policy, not climate change, poses the biggest risk to our daily lives. The UK Met Office released its annual State of the UK Climate report last week. Presenting the report, meteorologist Alex Deakin said that ‘understanding and observing the weather closely...

Are we finally getting cold feet about Net Zero?

The government’s green agenda is a disaster waiting to happen. There are press reports of growing tension between the UK treasury and the government over its Net Zero agenda. According to the Mail on Sunday, chancellor Rishi Sunak ‘baulked’ at the estimated cost of...

The lockdown fanatics are moving on to climate change

The likes of Independent SAGE crave a permanent state of emergency. Sir David King is a former UK chief scientific adviser to successive New Labour governments, and the founder of Independent SAGE, the self-appointed group of experts offering scientific advice to the...

The crippling cost of Net Zero

Green technocrats are utterly indifferent to the lives of ordinary people. The International Energy Agency (IEA) published a special report last week, setting out its proposals for achieving ‘Net Zero’ carbon emissions. One of its headline demands is that gas-fired...

Do we really want to go to war for the climate?

The British defence establishment is spoiling to become the global climate police. Senior politicians and officials seem to be carving out a new green role for Britain’s armed forces and so-called ‘intelligence’ agencies. According to these reports, troops and spies...