Defeat the vampyres

It seems to me that there is an entire stratum of society across many different countries that exists solely to feed off the lifeblood of what I shall call, for the sake of a convenient hook, the long-suffering taxpayer. From governments to quangos to supranational bodies (like the UN, the EU and the IPCC) there seems to be no end to the profusion of snappily-named or cutely-acronymed organisations looking to stick their hands into your wallet, either directly or via an obliging tax collector. Many well-known charities have been co-opted into promoting some thieving claptrap, other “charities” are created on a near-daily basis to help the government promote some pious-sounding agendas that really amount to nothing more than a collective denormalisation of the things you enjoy to protect you … from yourself!

And when you examine them with even the most cursory attention, it’s readily apparent that they provide nothing of any value: they neither generate any value to the world, nor do they assist in any such busyness. Like the Dracula of legend, they are flawed organisms, incapable of sustaining themselves and can only maintain their existence by leaching vital nutrients from those who go about the world making it go around. Like Dracula, they are adept at draining their victims at such a low level that the victim doesn’t realise anything is wrong until it’s too late. Like Dracula, they are adept at identifying those who can be “turned” to further their ambitions of controlling their food supply. Like Dracula, they are adept at hypnotising their pray with softly spoken words, lulling their intended victim into a trance-like state and removing their defences, one at a time. And like Dracula, the only respite from these fiends is the ghastly but blessed relief of true death.

Those who dare to talk about these vampyres are regarded as cranks, lunatics at the edge of reason or beyond …

Those who dare criticise them are set upon viciously by their “familiars”, their willing acolytes and useful idiots.

And so the situation for those of us who dare to speak out about this plague upon humanity is precarious. Fortunately, like those who would hunt the Dracula of legend, we have a powerful weapon: sunlight.

As we have seen with the shameful behaviour of MPs and their blatant theft from the taxpayer, shining a light onto their shameful behaviour has started to shake the foundations of Parliament. Dozens of MPs have resigned or will be resigning at the end of this Parliament. Many Lords have been caught committing flagrant theft. The effect on relations between the electorate and the ruling class has been corrosive although sadly not yet terminally so. Sadly, none of those caught stealing appear to be going to jail. Yet.

And so we turn to the latest outbreak of sunlight on vampyrism: Warmaquiddick. (I find the more common term, “Climategate”, rather deathless.) The reaction of “warmists” has been more revealing than the emails and the code (both of which have been extremely damning.) Rather than proudly showing how the released data proves their case, we have had “deniers” being told to “shut up”, being called “assholes”, vague and unsubstantiated allegations of “deniers” running campaigns to smear “warmists”, including this laughable article in the Guardian, which claims that a break-in at a climatologist was the work of deniers out to take the work of climatologists out of context. The IPCC has claimed that their science is “robust” and that the work is based on the collaboration of so many scientists that the work of UEA can be discounted and the results would be exactly the same.

I have not heard a single “warmist” suggest that walking through the leaked programs and data would lead any reasonable person to the conclusion that alarmist projections are valid.

I have not heard anyone express any outrage that UEA has been faking data to get their hands on a slice of the generous pot of taxpayer money that supports “warmist” research.

And critically, the allegation of that IPCC research is based on the work of many scientists is a fallacy. The peer review process that was used to such great effect to justify “warmist” science may have consisted of many scientists but the actual science was generated by very few of them. And a significant percentage of them have been implicated in this scandal. The fact that the peer review process appears to have been completely corrupted by this same group of scientists means that even those “thousands of scientists” now carry a big question mark over their integrity – even if they were not involved.

In other words, even if the emails said “Gosh, isn’t that Steve McIntyre a wonderful bloke” and “As you can see, the raw data clearly shows the planet is warming”; and even if the code was not full of fudge factors and curious manipulations; and even if the data files did not have censored, not-for-publication data sets that flatly contradicted the theory of anthropogenic global warming – even if all of those things were the case, the reaction of those who depend on “warmism” continuing as the dominant position on climate change would set off alarm bells.

These vampyres are not reacting like people who are confident of their position. They are reacting like any vampyre who is faced with the white-hot light of the sun would react: with fear and terror.

So, wherever you are, keep shining lights into dark corners. You never know, you might burn a vampyre.