"Move along folks, nothing to see from all those leaked climate emails" say various people, such as these. And these.

Well some people want to linger to look more closely at the wreckage. Where they seem to spot three serious issues:

  • moves to prevent publication of rival views
  • manipulation/massaging of data to present a preferred result
  • deliberate activities to prevent FOI enquiries being successful (Note: if proven, a devastating blow to the credibility of the people involved and to some extent to the credibility of their climate arguments)

Seems to me from what I have read so far that there is a serious case to answer here.

Which is not to say that it can not be answered. But it sure will have to be answered.

Bishop Hill (neither a Bishop nor a hill) is very readable on the technical issues at stake.

Update: the link in my comment below does not work for some reason. So here it is: Nigel Lawson in the Times.