Was Margaret Thatcher the first (political) climate sceptic?

[Derek]

Hi All,
I will have to revise my opinions of Lady Thatcher, she has been portrayed somewhat biasedly,
by the ensueing left wing bandwagon (AGW) she helped create..

Was Margaret Thatcher the first climate sceptic?
Telegraph.co.uk
By Christopher Booker
Published: 5:24PM BST 12 Jun 2010

Excerpt,
" In 2003, towards the end of her last book, Statecraft, in a passage headed "Hot Air and Global Warming",
she issued what amounts to an almost complete recantation of her earlier views. "

and,
" she questioned the main scientific assumptions used to drive the scare,
from the conviction that the chief force shaping world climate is CO2,
rather than natural factors such as solar activity,
to exaggerated claims about rising sea levels.
She mocked Al Gore and
the futility of "costly and economically damaging" schemes to reduce CO2 emissions.
She cited the 2.5C rise in temperatures during the Medieval Warm Period as having had almost entirely beneficial effects.
She pointed out that the dangers of a world getting colder are far worse than those of a CO2-enriched world growing warmer.
She recognised how distortions of the science had been used to mask
an anti-capitalist, Left-wing political agenda which
posed a serious threat to the progress and prosperity of mankind. "

Yup, it seems she did listen to Lord Monckton and Lord Lawson - EVENTUALLY........

[Richard111]

Some interesting insights to 10 Downing Street during Margaret Thatcher's time by Christopher Monckton of Brenchley:

Margaret Thatcher – the world’s first climate realist