Sorry Charles,

But I’ve got a different take after having watched this clip. What I saw was the commentator deferring to Prof. Andrew Watson. It’s not a scientific refutation for Prof. Watson to simply say that he disagrees with Prof Hulme and that’s that. That there is a disagreement between 2 respected scientists gives weight to Morano’s question. Now it may be that Morano is an “arse…” - he does seem to strike me as a bit pompous although I haven’t followed his career as you’ve done, but the question was legitimate. The moderator did not require a scientific defense from Prof. Watson. Morano’s (rather Hulme’s) charges are owed that much. Unless, of course, those charges are misrepresented. But Watson never responded with that retort, did he? He simply blew it off.