You're probably right, Paul. But then up pops the Hammond creature again on Radio 4 this morning, talking intelligently, or as near as damn it. What is a chap to think?
Meanwhile, the belching of Grimsvötn grows more severe, and the ground of northern Scotland is being covered in fine ash.
Hammond gets it, but not so others. Here's an Independent science blog headline from today:
"Smaller ash particles will mean less chaos"
http://tinyurl.com/3q4dwsc
Oh dear.
Francis
On 24 May 11, at 08:45, Paul MacBeath wrote:
> Given the level of Hammond's interventions on other subjects (most
> notably speed cameras), it's probably best to view this as a
> one-off...
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Dr Francis Sedgemore
journalist and science writer
www.sedgemore.com
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