Watch Out–It’s Going To Be Warm This Week!
By Paul Homewood
h/t Ian Magness
Well that did not take long then!
The government has issued its first warning under a new system designed to alert people to the dangers of heatwaves.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the Met Office have issued the first heat-health alert in six regions: London, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, South East and South West.
It will be in place from 9am on Friday until Monday morning.
Dr Agostinho Sousa of the UKHSA said: "In the coming days we are likely to experience our first sustained period of hot weather of the year so far, so it’s important that everyone ensures they keep hydrated and cool while enjoying the sun."
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/met-office-heatwave-warning-which-alerts-have-been-issued-152044468.html
No, BBC, Tornadoes Are Not Getting Worse
By Paul Homewood
The BBC are up to their tricks again!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-65700588
According to the video:
“Greater warming is creating more severe storms, making tornadoes more likely to form on any given day”
As we know, the facts say the opposite – there are now fewer tornadoes than in the past, and on average they are getting weaker not stronger:
Seeing Red On Climate
By Paul Homewood
Dr John Robson’s latest monthly roundup:
How Will Labour Replace North Sea Oil Tax Revenues?
By Paul Homewood
https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2023/06/06/the-madness-of-labours-oil-and-gas-ban/
There are many reasons why Labour’s proposed ban on new North Sea oil and gas development, but one of the most powerful is the loss of potential tax revenue.
According to the OBR, North Sea revenues will top £43 billion during the the next five years:
The madness of Labour’s oil and gas ban
By Paul Homewood
This war on domestic fuel production would be catastrophic for ordinary Britons.
It could almost be over for the UK’s North Sea fossil-fuelled energy miracle. Despite it contributing over £350 billion to the exchequer since 1967, with a further £10 billion forecast for 2023-24, it seems a future Labour government wants to call time on the oil and gas industry. Keir Starmer confirmed last week that Labour would ban all new drilling licences in the North Sea.
At a time when there is huge demand for reliable, secure sources of energy, and at a time when fossil-fuel industries are growing elsewhere in the world, Labour wants to severely hobble the UK’s oil and gas sector. This would be a colossal mistake.
Labour’s £28 Billion A Year Green Energy Plan
By Paul Homewood
Labour’s ‘bonkers’ green energy plans will drive up mortgage rates and make Britain more reliant on foreign oil and gas, ministers warned last night.
Treasury analysis suggests that the idea of investing £28billion a year in tackling climate change could increase interest rates by 0.75 per cent, piling misery on millions of homeowners.
The study said a rise of that level would see the standard interest payments on a £200,000 home loan go up by £83 a month, almost £1,000 a year.
Tornado Report For 2022
By Paul Homewood
https://www.spc.noaa.gov/wcm/#data
NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has now published the full data for US tornadoes last year.
First a recap though. Over the years, the ability to observe and measure tornadoes has increased out of all proportion to the situation 50 or so years ago. This is what NOAA said in 2015:
BBC upheld just 25 complaints of bias in five years
By Paul Homewood
h/t Ian Magness
I’m surprised it’s as many as 25!!
The BBC’s internal watchdog has been dismissed as “unfit for purpose” after it emerged that just 25 complaints of bias have been formally upheld in the past five years.
In the same period, the BBC received 1.7 million complaints, of which more than 600,000 are likely to have been about bias, based on previous data.
Campaigners said it “defies belief” that the BBC’s Executive Complaints Unit (ECU) found that an average of just five complaints of bias each year had any substance.
The Government is currently examining the effectiveness of the complaints process as part of a mid-term review of the BBC’s 10-year Royal Charter. Critics are calling for a complete overhaul.
Tim Davie, the BBC director-general, has promised to improve impartiality at the broadcaster, which has been dogged by accusations of bias in recent years. The new data suggest much more progress is needed.
News-watch, a monitoring organisation set up by David Keighley, a former BBC journalist, has submitted a 95-page report to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which is in charge of the mid-term review.
It is among those calling on the Government to order a rethink of the whole complaints process, suggesting the BBC should not be “its own judge and jury”.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/05/bbc-coimplaints-bias-25-upheld-out-of-17m-report/
By Paul Homewood
Recently, much light has been shone on the way LGBTQ+ campaign groups have been able to influence school sex and relationships classes. Lurid examples of highly sexualised and age-inappropriate content have shocked parents. Now, the Prime Minister has ordered a review of the curriculum, much to the disgust of teaching unions and campaigners.
But lessons in gender identity and sexuality are not the only way in which schools have become politicised. And LGBTQ+ activists are not the only ones looking to influence future generations by shaping what children are taught. Step forward Dale Vince.
The power to determine the curriculum is the power to influence what the next generation knows and thinks
Dubbed ‘Britain’s most successful hippy’, Vince founded the renewable energy company Ecotricity, currently estimated to be worth £100 million. He hit the headlines after donating over £1.5 million to the Labour party and offering to double public donations to Just Stop Oil. Good for him. Having made his money, Vince is, of course, free to spend it however he sees fit.
But Vince is now seeking new ways to bring his eco-message to the world. Top of his list is education; he is funding the development of an eco-curriculum to be implemented in 12,000 UK schools. Vince wants to see environmental considerations embedded into all aspects of school life with lessons ‘focusing on the energy we use, the way we travel, what we eat and the importance of making room for nature’. Last year, his ‘greening up the national curriculum’ project was trialled in 15 primary and 10 secondary schools. Currently, more than 100 schools are said to be ‘engaging’ with resources developed by Vince’s self-styled ‘Ministry of Eco Education’.
GMB Chief Attacks Labour’s Energy Policy
By Paul Homewood
The UK’s energy sector needs “plans not bans”, according to a union leader.
Gary Smith, GMB general secretary, warned it would be a “huge mistake“ to put all the nation’s eggs in one energy basket.
Mr Smith travelled to Washington earlier this year to meet members of the Biden administration to talk about US energy policy before discussing his findings with Labour to help inform the party’s energy strategy.
He told the GMB’s annual congress in Brighton that unions wanted a Labour government, adding it was clear that the party was getting ready for power.
Our future requires a mix of energy sources – new nuclear, renewables, hydrogen, and oil and gas
Gary Smith, GMB
“Energy is key. The energy we are going to need in the future isn’t guaranteed. We still import too much from the rest of the world.
“We have to fix and secure our energy supply if we are to face down threats from authoritarian regimes in the world and find a workable way to achieve net zero.
“But our future requires a mix of energy sources – new nuclear, renewables, hydrogen, and oil and gas.
“It would be a huge mistake to put all the nation’s eggs in one energy basket.
“Earlier in the year I met with trade union comrades from the USA and members of the Biden administration.
“I heard how they are transforming their economy and country, bringing manufacturing jobs home and securing their energy future through a balanced mix of resources. All as part of the journey to net zero.
“They believe in plans not bans.”
NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT 