THE lies, the untruths, the paranoid statements, the political point-scoring, the abuse of power, the secretive communications and the cover-ups - not to mention the huge cost to the taxpayer.

No, I don't mean the Chilcot Inquiry.

Though let's face it, that liars' convention should have been sponsored by Dulux given the amount of whitewash being used.

Nope. On this occasion my ire has been drawn to the rather inconvenient truths that have been uncovered, or should I say forcibly squeezed, from those whose main purpose in life has been to hysterically overstate the facts on the supposed threat of man-made global warming.

Leaked emails now claim that Professor Phil Jones and his University of East Anglia team - who report to the all-seeing, all-believing Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - have been for years covering the real facts of global warming.

In order to keep the reality hidden from sceptics, especially Climate Audit, he allegedly asked for emails to be deleted, data altered and on one occasion convinced the university not to release information to Climate Audit because of "the types of people" they were.

How many other shenanigans he's been up to one can only guess.

But any attempt to cover up vital data on such a sensitive and important subject has now convinced me and many others that global warming is just global paranoia.

Three years ago I sat, watched and listened carefully to Al Gore as he explained in layman's terms how we were in a global crisis.

That we had to change our ways or quickly go the way of the dinosaurs.

That the planet was choking itself to death with pollution and large areas would become new deserts.

That the ice was melting and sea levels rising at an unprecedented rate.

That the water salinity was becoming so diluted, marine life was threatened and would die out, species after species would soon become extinct and ultimately so would we!

Gore was very convincing and I left that room totally bricking it, terrified of what was to befall our planet and my children's children.

I was convinced that he was right and I and many others were wrong and guilty of stupidly ignoring his very inconvenient truth.

Plus I had also watched The Day After Tomorrow!

Not now. Prof Jones' leaked emails have finally convinced me that climate change is one huge global con.

The glaciers haven't all melted nor are they likely to in the next 100 years, the polar bears are not dying off but may have in fact multiplied, the salinity of the oceans isn't likely to change any time soon, sea levels are not rising any faster than they normally would and deserts are not forming over Southern Europe.

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The real data seems to suggest that whatever is happening to the world is not man-made but a natural cycle.

Don't get me wrong, I am all for greener and cheaper fuel alternatives.

I am also for cleaner air, cleaner seas and saving our rainforests.

I like polar bears and penguins, I do not want our planet turned into one big polluted tip.

But I do expect those charged with explaining what is happening to the Earth to conveniently tell the truth whether they like it or not.

And not hide or delete the data and be inundated with demands under the Freedom of Information Act.

So if they really want to gain our respect and support then they should stop acting like some oily politician, stop ducking and diving, tell the truth and get on with their vital jobs.