When I saw that Rishi Sunak took a helicopter to travel 110 miles so he could announce deregulation of pollution from new housing developments, I thought we’d reached ‘Peak Sunak’. It was mind-boggling that he or his advisers would have thought this was a good idea. Every day we hear depressing news about the climate passing tipping point and the Prime Minister acts like he couldn’t give a toss.
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I quite enjoyed the women’s World Cup. There were some good games and of course England did very well. Ultimately, they got stuffed in the final (if you can be stuffed 1-0) but they showed great team spirit to get as far as they did. They got the rub of the green against Nigeria in the last 16 but not in the final.
But did it grip the nation in the way the media tried to make us believe? I think it spiked an interest but personally, I was ...
Britain is bracing itself for two days of warmish weather to hit our shores. In scenes that some forecasters are predicting will be a bit like August, people have been advised to wear a T-shirt and take their jackets off.
Hotter than Finland
The normal temperatures and dry conditions are set to blast into Britain on Wednesday and Thursday before it becomes dreary and miserable again on Friday. With temperatures set to be warmer than ...
What a crap summer. Okay, June was hot, but in late spring, April and May were cold. July is a write-off and so is much of August. Britain is stuck under a conveyor belt of low-pressure systems that isn’t going to shift.
Rao and August Heatwave Twaddle
When I have been out with the dog recently, I often hear people talking of a heatwave in August. I wonder where they get this misinformation from. Then I see all sorts of nonsense on ...
In a way, it was fittingly English that the most exciting Test Match in years should end up ruined. There were England, on the cusp of something special, then it rained. Not just for a few hours but nearly two days.
Rain Wrecks Once in Century Opportunity
England were, without doubt, in the ascendancy. Having reduced the deficit to 1-2 in the series, they were dominant over a tired and listless looking Australia. The stage was set for a ...
