Should a record setting year or string of them be cause for alarm? Personally I don't think so. - Anthony Watts

The warming propaganda machine has lost its momentum and is desperate to get it back. They want to silence Lord Monckton and remove him from the field. To that end they'll say anything. ... Yet when granted a fair forum for debate, it is Monckton who triumphs.

I've been saying this all along… the sun is the Big Kahuna of climate change on earth.

Of course we all know that the human race has historically done better during warm periods. While we've seen a slight warming in the last century, we've also seen a worldwide improvement in the human condition. Warm – what's not to like?