Before news of his appointment, some euro-sceptic Tories had already attacked the prospect of the former chancellor's return.
There's nothing like living in France, to turn a loyal pro-European into a devout Euro-sceptic.
The sceptic question arose because both men have spoken strongly against wind power.
WHO, can be counted upon to enter almost any health debate as a sharp-tongued sceptic.
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Sweden's great and good, ignoring traditional political divisions, are lining up to woo a euro-sceptic people.
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Months of legal wrangling had sapped enthusiasm for the project (Mr Knott-Craig was an early sceptic).
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One prominent British global warming sceptic derided European governments for their "warming waffle".
His declaration of this belief caused, he admitted, profound shock to those who knew him only as a sceptic.
After last week's Commons defeat it has become a test of his negotiating skill, fiscal prudence and Euro-sceptic virility.
Gavin Schmidt, a scientist at NASA and the keeper of realclimate.org, an anti-sceptic blog, wrote that that e-mail was very ill-advised.
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But Philip Stott, professor of biogeography at the University of London, UK, a longstanding climate change sceptic, sounded a different note.
Though he remains a sceptic, he provides a wealth of information to let the rest of us make up our minds.
Whether you find this a relief or a frustration is a good indication of whether you are a Euro-sceptic or a Euro-enthusiast.
But it's not just the developing world that leaves sceptic voices aside.
IR Mr Taylor is not a sceptic about economic models of social norms.
Like so many blue-collar white men, Hank is now a political sceptic.
The last thing he wants is an aggrieved band of Land bosses, some already fairly euro-sceptic, making noisy common cause with Mr Stoiber.
No, I'm talking about Conservative Euro sceptic ( and presumably British nationalist) Conor Burns, born in the Royal Victoria Hospital but now representing Bournemouth.
From the Francophobic Jiblog to the Bush-sceptic Gekido's Lair, there's a feeling that anything that empowers bloggers must be a good thing.
But Olympic sceptic Simon Jenkins, a Guardian columnist, said it was easy to complete the "crazy project" on budget, if the budget was continually increased.
Even the arch climate sceptic Richard Lindzen agrees it will warm by one degree or so, but maintains we can be fairly relaxed about that.
In secret filming, former cabinet minister Peter Lilley seemed to say he thought the Chancellor George Osborne had deliberately manoeuvred climate sceptic ministers into key positions.
These views are the exact opposite of the leadership, of a party that is arguably even more euro-sceptic than it was when it was last in power.
The editor-in-chief of the Guardian, Alan Rusbridger, is a leading sceptic of paywalls and has vowed to keep most of the content of his newspaper free online.
So what's happened since last week's post, flagging up and analysing the contents of documents obtained through subterfuge from the leading US climate sceptic lobby group?
Some of its approaches are unlikely to convince the sceptic.
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