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Forecast Fiasco: The Met Office’s Growing Credibility Crisis

BY J J STARKY Meet Penelope Endersby, chief executive of the Meteorological Office (Met Office) Penelope Endersby has led the Met Office since December 2018. The agency operates as a trading fund under the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, supplying climate data that shapes government policy. It manages hundreds of temperature stations across Britain, frequently cited in policy announcements, and serves as the UK’s … Continue reading Forecast Fiasco: The Met Office’s Growing Credibility Crisis

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Government Waste

Scrap the Met Office

BY ALEXIA JAMES The Met Office, the UK’s ‘national weather service’, positions itself as an essential entity, yet it increasingly feels like a government-funded dinosaur lumbering through a tech-savvy age. With claims of offering over £1 billion in value to the economy, the institution looks less like a beacon of scientific accuracy and more like a costly façade that exists to justify its bloated budget. … Continue reading Scrap the Met Office

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