Prof Julia Slingo, the Met Office’s Chief Scientist was not happy with the BBC either. The BBC’s report was not perfect but it was in essence correct. Journalists have a duty to be correct, not to be liked or approved of. This goes to show that in general one should not let scientists be journalists. To say the Earth will continue to be at record warm levels similar to that seen over the past decade is a long-winded way of saying ‘the next five years will see the same global temperature as the past ten’ (actually the past 15 years.) In other words no significant warming for two decades. Roger Harrabin is right, and Julia Slingo is spinning. -- David Whitehouse, The Global Warming Policy Foundation, 14 January 2013
