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'''Bishop Hill''' is a ] operated by ], a British ] and author of '']'' (2010).<ref name="Ridley_2010-02-03_Spectator" /> Montford describes it as one of the main websites for global warming sceptics in the UK.<ref>House of Commons Science and Technology Committee. , The disclosure of climate data from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, Session 2009-2010, www.publications.parliament.uk, retrieved 6 May 2010.</ref>

The blog first became prominent as a political blog and was mentioned in ]`s book, "Guide to Political Blogging in the UK" <ref name="Iain Dale">{{cite book|last=Dale|first=Iain|title=Iain Dale's Guide to Political Blogging in the UK|publisher=Harriman House Publishing|isbn=978-1905641628|page=269}}</ref> Caroline McCracken-Fleshe has also cited the blog in her book, "Culture, nation, and the new Scottish parliament" <ref>{{cite book|last=McCracken-Fleshe|first=Caroline |title=Culture, nation, and the new Scottish parliament|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kJ-IAAAAMAAJ&q=bishop+hill+blog&dq=bishop+hill+blog&hl=en&ei=05jxS_LaHtmOsAbPmO2CBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAQ|year=2007|publisher=Bucknell University Press|isbn=083875547X, 9780838755471|page=279}}</ref>

The blog has come to public attention several times in connection with the global warming debate. In November 2009, ] wrote in a ''Daily Telegraph'' blog that Bishop Hill had reported the funding of the ] charity&mdash;to the tune of £700,000 over two years&mdash;by the British ].<ref>Delingpole, James. , a ''Daily Telegraph'' blog, 29 November 2009.</ref>
In February 2010, the ''Daily Mail'' reported that Paul Dennis, a British climate scientist, had posted an account on Montford's blog of Dennis's interview with police concerning their investigation into the ] in November 2009 from the University of East Anglia's ].<ref>''Daily Mail''. "", 5 February 2010. The ''Daily Mail'' writes: "It is understood Mr Dennis has been instructed not to talk to the media, but he posted his account of the interview on a British website run by climate change sceptic Andrew Montford."</ref>

Also in February 2010, ], the editor-in-chief of '']'', resigned from the Independent Climate Change Email Review&mdash;hours after the panel was launched to review the release of the emails&mdash;after Bishop Hill and Britain's ] publicised an interview Campbell had given in 2009 to China Radio International, in which he said there was no evidence of a coverup.<ref>Batty, David and Adam, David. , ''The Guardian'', 12 February 2010.</ref> The interview was posted on the Bishop Hill blog. Channel 4 News reported: "The interview, posted on the Bishop Hill blog, run by climate sceptic Andrew Montford, will come as an embarrassment to the enquiry's chair Sir Muir Russell".<ref>Clarke, Tom. , Channel 4 News, 11 February 2010.</ref>

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