A bit of a mix up, shurely...

I thought Doris Lessing had won this year's Nobel Prize for fiction, but it appears they have now given it to Al Gore instead.

Stewart Dimmock, champion of commonsense (2)

It was all a damp squib. Under judicial review rules, judges can only say whether the government complied with its own rules; if the judge finds it didn't, the government just changes its own rules. As WOAR pointed out in the comments on my previous post.

Meanwhile, The Thought Police has been having a go. Apparently:

- This is "another attempt by the well organized and ruthless climate denial lobby". Wot? The 'climate denial lobby'? Nobody's disputing the existence of 'climate', for f***'s sake.

- By extension ... "A similar case could be made for issuing guidance on films about the Holocaust ...". Right. So because he doesn't like the tone of a pseudo-scientific film, he must be racist scum who deserves to die, a bit like Ahmad Inadinnerjacket, you piece-of-shit, Szamko*?

- Stewart Dimmock stood as a candidate for The New Party, whose Philosophy And Principles seem fair enough to me as they are writ.

- Ah, here we go, the chap is only a lorry driver ... so clearly his opinions count for nought against those of a cosseted son of a US Representative and Senator. As an aside, may I point out that at UKIP's conference, we passed a Branch Motion in favour of charging foreign lorries for using UK roads?

* CV: "Ex-student of history, now a refugee from the academy - trying to put those hard learned research skills to some practical use"

Stewart Dimmock - champion of common sense

According to today's Metro*, Stewart Dimmock has sort of won his Court case, saying that Al Gore's film should not be shown to all schoolchildren as it is brainwashing.

The judge** agreed that the film "contained statements about climate change for which there was insufficient scientific evidence".

So far, so good, unfortunately, the Department for Children, Schools and Families have now decided that the film will be shown in a "more balanced way".

What the f*** does that mean? Either you show it or you don't!***

* Update - LFB has found the link on the BBC website here. Interesting how the right-wing Metro reported this as a victory for Mr Dimmock but the left-wing BBC presented it as a victory for Al 'Lying F***wit' Gore, who according to something that Tim W uncovered, has bought himself a beachfront property, despite his claims that sea levels are going to rise by 22 feet. What a complete f***ing bastard.

** It appears that not all judges are bastards, liars or f***wits.

*** WOAR gives a full explanation of how little this means in the comments. As ever, ta muchly for that, WOAR.