"Will" wrote in message
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But Philip then why are Defra investing £100Ks in the Met Office to
investigate
the likely impact of global warming on severe weather events. Clearly the
weather is important for Defra.

Will.

If the Haskins report is acted upon there might not be a Defra in two years

(relevent to the point you made only to point out that this sort of money
might be spent for reasons other that proper science:-))

Jim Webster