Author Archives: Scottish-Sceptic

I have a commeter named Cedric, who appears to see the whole world as one big conspiracy to conspire and keeps talking about Vax machines – which I don’t think is fair on the Vax machines as they were good … Continue reading →

For reasons which are quite obvious, whenever I log into the Independent I find I cannot post comments. However this one was just too good to keep quiet about: Soon children won’t know what the Met Office is! For anyone … Continue reading →

Note: Oldbrew informs me: “It’s a £3 million contract not £30m so the MetO may just about survive :/” http://www.thegwpf.com/bbc-pulls-plug-on-met-office/ I must learn to stop saying “we’ve won” – because each time I do, something even better comes along which … Continue reading →

I’m currently engaged on a very different project. So, if anyone whether sceptic or not, wishes to raise any issue or subject vaguely on climate, science, engineering or Scottishness, then I’d welcome a few paragraphs to raise an issue, interest … Continue reading →

I have a poster named Cedric who keeps going on about NASA. As his comments were off topic, I removed them from another subject but as he put in the effort to write them, I will reproduce them here:   … Continue reading →

When I was at school I seriously thought about joining the Met Office. So, I must admit I have some empathy with the old school weather forecasters who used to run the Met Office who may suffer as a result … Continue reading →

Dear sceptic (skeptics), you might know me as “Scottish Sceptic”, in real life I’m Mike Haseler, a father of three, who like so many others felt obliged to fight the non-science in what some called the “climate wars”. I believe … Continue reading →

Back in 2008 when I wrote the following post, the BBC might have got away with what Andrew Montford on Bishop Hill describes as: For such a trifling programme, Quentin Letts’ What’s the Point of the Met Office is really … Continue reading →

OK, I admit I’m just extremely pissed off with the weather! (And by the time I finished writing this I was even more pissed off with the Met Office for their dishonest portrayal of this weather) OK, there’s no evidence … Continue reading →