Earlier this year I did a post on the amount of estimation done to the GHCN temperature record by GISS before generating zonal and global averages. A graphic I posted compared the amount of real temperature data with the amount of estimation over time. To read the graphic, consider 2000 as an example. As of

A government minister calls on bankers "to come back into the real world" after RBS directors threaten to resign over bonuses.

Health Care Bill: What's Good For The Goose Is Good For The Gander On Tuesday,  the Senate health committee voted 12-11 in favor of a  two-page amendment  that would require all Members and their staffs to enroll in any new government-run health plan. It took me less than a minute to sign up to require our congressmen and senators to drink at the same  trough! Three cheers...

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley faces calls to come clean on the Government’s funding for the health service, as Labour challenged him with hard proof of a real terms decrease in NHS spending during the course of the Parliament.

As the political claque indulge in their endless prattling, with ever-more detailed scrutiny of their own navels, the real world goes on. In that real world, real people die because these wastrels cannot concentrate on the jobs for which they are paid, one of which is to ensure that our troops are properly equipped, fighting to a workable strategy which has half a chance of success, and that the p...

As the political claque indulge in their endless prattling, with ever-more detailed scrutiny of their own navels, the real world goes on. In that real world, real people die because these shit-for-brains wastrels cannot concentrate on the jobs for which they are paid, one of which is to ensure that our troops are properly equipped, fighting in to a workable strategy which has half a chance of succ...

Everyone and anyone is this morning talking about how the Government will reduce VAT tomorrow to 15% from 17.5%. This was of course proposed by Ken Clarke earlier in the week. Crucially though this will only be temporary and will be clawed back at a cost of around £12.5 billion. However, I personally think that for those of us that live in the normal and real world this sort of tax cut is, like t...

David James has written an article for today's Wales on Sunday titled "Politicians say the silliest things". Now, he may be right in principle, but in the real world of politics, he's talking ********. His proposition seems to be that anyone standing for election to one tier of Government, should not express opinions, or campaign on matters that are the responsibility of other tiers. My ...

Commenting on today’s World Health Organisation (WHO) report that reveals the shocking health inequalities across the UK, Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary, Norman Lamb said: "The stark truth is that after 11 years in government, Labour has failed to tackle the deep disadvantage that scars much of our country and results in growing inequalities in health. "The WHO makes it clear that ...

A three-year investigation into public health published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has discovered large health inequalities in Britain.