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Shuttered businesses, kids ordered to stay away from school, operations cancelled, job centres closed, public transport services wiped out, eco fear porn exploding across the and government officials casually warning ‘thousands will die’.
Not Armageddon; not even a relatively mild virus this time.
Nope, the UK is grinding to a halt, with the tacit permission of those in power, because of two-days of temperatures many parts of the world must deal with on a weekly basis.
Now I dislike the extreme heat as much as the next big guy, especially given the reluctance from British businesses, workplaces, taxi drivers and eco zealot officials to embrace air conditioning, a standard luxury in much of the western world.
But what I hate even more is the health establishment determined to baby and terrify us thanks to their unhealthy obsession with power and control.
‘For the vast majority of us, this IS a lovely hot day,’ Dan Wootton writes.Pictured: Brits enjoying the sunny weather this afternoon at Charlton Lido in south east London
Festishising fear is now the norm — brilliant for TV ratings but appalling for a nation seemingly so ready to retreat into our homes and leave the hard work to others.
One of the worst offenders has been Tracy Nicholls, chief executive of the College of Paramedics, who warned yesterday: ‘This isn’t like a lovely hot day where we can put on a bit of sunscreen, go out and enjoy a swim and a meal outside.This is serious heat that could actually, ultimately, end in people’s deaths because it is so ferocious. We’re just not set up for that sort of heat in this country.’
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What utter irresponsible alarmism.
For the vast majority of us, this IS a lovely hot day where we can put on a bit of sunscreen, go out and enjoy a swim and a meal outside just like we do while on a European summer holiday with absolutely no consequences to our health — and certainly without dropping dead.
There’s also the Met Office insisting that ‘in general’ it would be better to stay indoors, somewhat overstepping their traditional job of providing the temperature and weather conditions then letting us decide how to live.
So what I felt was needed was a bit of Churchill-like swashbuckling motivation from our Conservative political leaders to encourage the great British working spirit in the 99 per cent of us able to cope with the heat to keep the country open.
Instead, I got Cabinet minister Kit Malthouse sent out to suggest this week ‘may be a moment to work from home’.
There we have it: Stay at Home!
Of course!I knew it!
I mean, it’s the answer to every sort of minor crisis these days.
When the hell are we going to grow up and learn? It’s staying at home that has damned us to our current predicament of a cost-of-living crisis, soaring taxes and millions who don’t fancy getting a job.
Sunseekers on Bournemouth Beach today.The Met Office has said ‘in general’ it would be ‘better to stay indoors’