Bengtsson Statement: No "Cover Up" in Climate Science

Lennart Bengtsson put up a statement today on The Times article. He disagrees with it:

Professor Lennart Bengtsson, professorial research fellow at the University of Reading, said:

“I do not believe there is any systematic “cover up” of scientific evidence on climate change or that academics’ work is being “deliberately suppressed”, as The Times front page suggests."

He continues:

"I am worried by a wider trend that science is being gradually being influenced by political views. Policy decisions need to be based on solid fact."

which is a very strange (naive?) thing for a climate scientist who had just joined a political organization to say.

The rest is here.

It will be interesting to see if The Times issues a correction. (Don't hold your breath.)