Category Archives: Politics

Power resilience

Posted on 20 October 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Hearing this morning of the major fire at the Didcot B Power Station, and learning that due to several other problems on the UK grid, we are already likely to have problems if there is a cold spell in January, … Continue reading →

Posted in bbc, Politics, Scotland, Wind | 1 Comment

Why do academics get involved with policy?

Posted on 8 October 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

I was reading an article and came across this: Sid Richardson College senior Maddie Camp said she thinks it is important to examine skeptics’ viewpoints to make progress on climate policy. Why is this academic getting involved with policy at … Continue reading →

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Is the Global Warming scam the work of terrorists?

Posted on 2 October 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Following an article on the Toad’s website, in which they ask what would happen if a terrorist group threatened to increase world food output via more CO2, reduce winter deaths and generally make us all much richer by burning more … Continue reading →

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BBC bias – now it's Scottish nationalist alarmists complaining

Posted on 17 September 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

If you haven’t been living in outer Mongolia away from any modern media, you will probably already know that the BBC are completely biased on climate. True they’ve stopped reporting global warming alarmism recently, but that is because they’ve all … Continue reading →

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English tourists ‘cancelling holidays to Scotland’ due to "ill feeling"

Posted on 17 September 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

SCOTTISH holiday companies have been faced with cancellations from English tourists worried that there may be “ill feeling” towards them after the referendum – no matter what the result. Companies providing holiday accommodation north of the border say dozens of … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Scotland | 6 Comments

The nasty side of Scotland revealed.

Posted on 17 September 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

For a country the size of Scotland (5million) it may surprise people to know just how many high profile climate sceptics there are: Lord Monckton, Andrew Montford of  Bishop Hill and myself. Why? Scotland likes to portray itself as being … Continue reading →

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Jokers set up fake Scotland-England border control

Posted on 16 September 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE: Three days before one of the biggest events in Scottish history a group of pranksters have decided to inject a little light-hearted humour into proceedings by setting up a border control post. (Scotsman) Giving the gag an authentic … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour, Politics | 2 Comments

This is why Scots will not be voting yes!

Posted on 15 September 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Intimidation, violence and repression of any dissent – it sounds like some Nazi dictator. This however is the reality of the Scottish “independence” campaign. We haven’t yet got to Brown shirts roaming the street beating up anyone who disagrees with … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Scotland | 3 Comments

Israel a pariah State

Posted on 3 August 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

If any other country had stolen the land on which it exists, had then incarcerated the previous inhabitants in a huge prison and then killed thousands of them for daring to resist their detention, the world would rightly have reacted. … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Politics | 7 Comments

Neil Craig, the Lone wolf howls no more

Posted on 12 July 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

It is with sad regret that I have to announce the sudden death of Neil Craig, friend, SCEF committee member, prolific blogger, and strident “voice in the wilderness” who gained the nick name “the lone wolf”. Excellent letter from Mr … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Sceptics | 5 Comments