Read here. We've been very harsh on American scientists and the incredibly bad predictions they have made on the climate front, and in other areas. But as the WUWT article points out, the UK scientists have been exceptionally bad at the prediction business. Laughably so.
"...I discussed the current theory that global warming is going to turn England into a tropical paradise. And ten years ago we were told by The Met Office that “Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past.” But five years ago the theory was that global warming will turn England into a frozen wasteland."
Their ruling elites are even worse at climate prediction. Our favorite dumb-ass prediction is the following, made by this "elite":
"The spectre of a 4C [degrees] warmer world, with alligators basking off the coast of Sweden, a vast desert surrounding the Mediterranean and a largely uninhabitable mainland Europe."Combine the just awful prediction record with the fraud and malfeasance of Climategate, which put the stake into Copenhagen, and we're talking about serious incompetence from the former empire of excellence in science.
Updated, read this: Sophisticated Incompetence Is Britain’s New National Characteristic