One thing about British politicians, they tend to deliver fiery speeches. Here’s one just like that. He must have had some experience with an MP bench position in London.
This is from the European Parliament, Strasbourg – 20.01.2010
► Debate: Council and Commission statements – Outcome of the Copenhagen summit on climate change
Speaker: Godfrey Bloom MEP, UKIP (Yorkshire & Lincs.), EFD group. Watch the video:
Credits:
Video: European Parliament Audio Visual
I should add that I don’t agree with everything said here, and I’m unsure what he is claiming about the NZ database. I posted this purely for entertainment purposes. – Anthony
h/t to Pierre Gosselin
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Glad to hear clapping at the end of his speech! He needed a bit more time to mention E.M. Smith’s discoveries.
More trouble brewing in Oz over “emissions” trading. http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,26614314-953,00.html.
Perhaps the guys down there can fill in some background?
Now that’s “calling a spade, a spade”. Short and to the point, easy to dance to, I rate it about a 95.
CO2 in PERSPECTIVE
The 2 minute video below visually quantifies co2 in the atmosphere and puts the “human-produced” portion into perspective. co2 ain’t gonna do it…
Warmists must be thinking that less is more, similar to Homeopathy where the fewer molecules in solution have the more powerful influence… and the dilution with no molecules at all is the ultimate in strength.
Warmist ideas, like Homeopathy theory, would predict that methane is even more the culprit of warming than co2 and n2o accordingly even more a problem than methane…. Warmists and Homeopathy will fit in the same can… a can of nuts… allnuts.
Wow! That was a fantastic speech. It’s true, the Brits beat us Americans hands down when it comes to animated policy debates in the legislature. I especially like it when the other MPs say weird things like “Here! Here!”… LOL
Thanks for that nice bit of inspiration as I attempt to wake up with my morning coffee.
God save the Queen!
I must however make one small correction to that MP’s claim that Texas has had the first snow in 100 years. Um, as someone who was just living in Dallas for the past five years I can tell you that his claim is way wrong! At least three of the past five years that I was living there had snowy winters. Some of it was pretty heavy too.
Poor Texas, a wonderful state that is so misunderstood.
Excellent, passionate, outraged scepticism; well done that man. He refers to a new ‘scandal’ regarding the ‘massaging’ of the New Zealand climate data – but there doesn’t seem to be any mention of that anywhere on the WUWT pages; does anyone have any information into what has happened in NZ today.
“When are you all going to WAKE UP?!”
Indeed!
Can we get that guy with Monckton to do a one two punch on our congress?
Given a few more minutes he could have told us what he really thinks. I got the feeling that because of his polite English upbringing he was holding back. Perhaps, WUWT could permit him to post here – being told in advance he might get ‘snipped’ if he really lets loose.
A little background for non-UK based readers – Godfrey Bloom was elected as a member of UKIP (United Kingdom Independence Party) which wants Britain to leave the EU. So, for that heresy alone, he would already be viewed as an extremist/outsider/denier within the EU parliament. His pithily expressed views on the AGW ‘scam’ will reinforce that view among many other MEPs.
However, I’m pleased to see an MEP doing the good work of trying to get his colleagues to hold the Executive (in this case the Council of Ministers and the EU President) to account for their part in over-promoting the CO2 ‘alarmist’ agenda and ignoring the many other factors involved in climate change. If only there were more like him.
We need to call out the fraudsters by name and connect them with false reports.
Get this Krudd cleaned up.
@ur momisugly Daniel H (above): What do you mean “God Save The Queen”??? This clip is from the EUROPEAN Parliament – this is not “British” politics. We in the UK merely bow to the orders of our unelected masters in Europe. We are nothing more than a small group of European contituants. We don’t actually have our own politics anymore. Our PM Gordon Brown has no real power (thank God, to be fair). His job is to rubber stamp the rulings of the EU (and sell those rulings to the UK as if it’s something we had a choice about). The Queen is equally pro-European, and has signed away all our sovereignty to the EU.
So please, none of this “God Save The Queen” rubbish. She, like those in our government, is a traitor.
God save Godfery Bloom, MEP.
To Daniel H: They are shouting “Hear. Hear”. Not so weird once you know that. (Sorry to make the world a little more ordinary for you.)
“Scam! Scam! Scam!”
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!
/Mr Lynn
@Stephen Fisher, actually the executive is the European Commission, which also serves as part of the legislative body, whilst the council of ministers serves as anothe rpart of the legislature, and the so-called EU president simply presides over Council of Ministers meetings and is largely a figurehead office. The thing that needs to be remembered about the EU is that it hides its true function by slicing it up and spreading it around, so you have no one body or person you can point to and say “these people are responsible”. It is the bureaucrat’s wet dream.
It sounds like Godfrey Bloom has been taking advice from the great Lord Monckton, in calling these fraudsters what they are. Essentially he is saying “You’re a conman, you’re a crook. Now SUE me if you dare!”
Of course none of them will ever sue, because then it would all come out in court. These people belong in prison. The problem is, this corruption goes right up to the very top.
Only thing I would change is:
“when are you all going to wake the f*** up”
Great Speech! I like it!
BTW The DMI Arctic temperature is about 4 or 5 degrees K below average. As other have pointed out before, it seems like when it’s cold there it’s warn here and vice versa. In my neck of the woods (metro Detroit area) its a bit warmer than average. Daytime temps are about normal but nighttime temps are warmer than average. A week ago it was colder than average here and warm there. Maybe it just depends on which way the wind is blowing, kinda like a politician’s opinion.
Nothing like quoting a person from the UKIP.
If you had done your homework, you would have known that not a single UKIP person in the European Parliament has been in the House of Commons because not a single UKIP person has ever been won election to the House of Commons. So – – no, he does not have any experience as a backbencher in London.
(It has to do with single-seat constituencies vs. proportional representation.)
(How ironic that the UKIP can only get elected to a body it despises.)
Yikes! It would be nice if you had your political history and understanding of electoral systems in place before you posted the views of an ultra-rightwing politician. Even the British Conservatives Party is generally hostile to UKIP – especially its leader David Cameron. This may be in part due to recent defections by a few Conservatives to the UKIP.
Still, with single-seat ridings, and three major parties already standing in most elections and UKIP polling in single digits, it will be a long time before any UKIP MP goes to London. There’s a big difference between turn-out for the European Parliament elections which most Brits view as a joke and national elections which Brits take seriously.
It is not “here, here”, I believe, but “hear, hear”. My understanding is that “hear, hear” is an excamlation of agreement and understanding. “I hear you and agree”.
View from the Solent
It means we’re screwed. Rudd, the current Prime Minister, should have been guaranteed a second term with the in-fighting that has been going on within the opposition for the last couple of years. But now he’s backed this AGW horse so relentlessly, he’s opened the door for the opposition to make him a one-termer – a practically unimaginable concept only 6 months ago.
Tony Abbott (the current opposition leader) was never in with a shot for any leadership role due to a number of reasons, not least of which is his conservative catholic views that don’t sit well with many women voters. But that all changed late last year when the ETS (Emissions Trading Scheme) was being rushed through the senate in a bid by Rudd to bring his trophy to Copenhagen.
Abbott, noticing the discontent with many of his constituents, pounced on this opportunity to seize power from the then opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull who was acting like a traitor to his own party (and still is, mind you). It’s interesting to note that Turnbull was a former chair and managing director of Goldman Sachs Australia.
Now Bob Brown (the leader of the Greens party), who first opposed the ETS due to its modest reduction targets, is obviously seeing that the chance for any action could be lost and is going to settle for lesser targets. He also sees that a desperate Rudd may be willing to make some Greens concessions. So the ETS may get through now, despite Tony Abbott’s opposition.
Many have suggested that Rudd’s long-term goal is a position in the UN. You could be forgiven for thinking that he’s using his current position as a jumping board to his ultimate goal. He’s a very crafty politician and Australians are far too trusting, in general.
While some of our papers have bets both ways, the televised news is almost exclusively alarmist in regards to AGW. It’s sad, but I think we’re a lost cause down here. I think Tony Abbott wants to put up a good fight — and he’s certainly giving them a scare — but we’re just too indoctrinated with the AGW nonsense and our relatively young nation that hasn’t experienced any real hardship is not prepared to hold our government accountable.
Daniel H. saying wierd things like “Here Here!”, what they said was “Hear Hear!” and meeans “I agree! No doubt someone out there knows the origin of the expression but that someone ain’t me.
i think bloom meant to say houston and just generalized when he said the first snow in texas in 100 years. Snow in dallas, may not be common but snow in houston is. Texas is a pretty large state for our non american friends on this site
I agree , though with the comments about the EEC/dictatorship. You have far more choice about state law as individual states within the US than we do as a “country” under the oppressive EU. We have to follow all their ridiculous laws.
The head of the much hated BNP (British National Party) also gave a good speech:
[snip – I originally allowed this, but upon further research, I discover Mr. Griffin is a racist, thus I will not have his voice heard here. – Anthony]