Okay just to clarify the facts. Our friend Jim felt that due to their AGW stance that Julia Sligo and John Hirst were named in the honours list. I agreed with him but facts have to back that up so I emailed UKMO and asked how many previous UKMO individuals had previously been awarded . The answer came back 15 in 20 years and that included the latest two so that leaves thirteen in 19 years and then two in the twentieth year.

That tends to make me still agree with Jim.