Daily Mail
"Not since the late David Kelly has a select committee witness looked so queasy. A pale, shaky Professor Phil Jones was appearing in front of MPs to discuss allegations he concealed scientific evidence. His voice quavered, hands shook, eyes darted as though he was watching a video of Wimbledon on fast-forward. At times he seemed actively resentful of the (pretty mild) questions thrown at him by the Commons Science and Technology Committee. Repeatedly he talked about his research as a 'product'. Is that not a term better suited to business than academia? Professor Jones is to global warming what Richard Dawkins is to atheism: The great prophet, the visionary who led millions of souls towards a form of non-religious faith. ....Others, watching the tremulous Professor Jones, will have been less impressed. He may be right about man-made climate change. But you do rather hope that politicians sought second, third, even 20th opinions before swallowing his theories and trying to change the world's industrial output."
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