Climategate: the whitewash continues

The Royal Society (Motto: Nullius in Verba Unless It's About Global Warming In Which Case We're Happy To Believe Whatever Unsubstantiated Drivel We're Fed By Michael Mann, Phil Jones, et al) has announced who'll be chairing its "independent" inquiry into the science behind the Climategate scandal.

And guess what? The man could scarcely be more parti pris if they'd given the job to Al Gore.

His name is Lord Oxburgh and, as Bishop Hill reports, he is:

* President of the Carbon Capture and Storage ...