A couple of days ago we discussed the kerfuffle of the quote supposedly attributed to Sir John Houghton that first seems to have appeared in a column by Piers Akerman.

Well, it looks like all will be revealed tomorrow as Piers posted this on his blog today. First was a question from Trevor:

Dear Piers,

Sorry to be off-thread but this is serious - can we have an post about how you were busted by both the Independent and Media Watch for inventing a quote about Sir John Houghton and the IPCC, to make him look ‘alarmist’ on climate change?

Did you invent? If so - why do you need to invent? If not, why did you pass up the opportunity both media organisations gave you to clear-up you name?

Thanks,

Trevor

To which Piers responded:

Trevor, watch this space tomorrow. Thank you.

And so - we wait to see what explanation Piers has for saying that John Houghton wrote in his book:

'Unless we announce disasters no one will listen'

Well that quote does not seem to exist in any edition of the book. How will Piers respond?