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@Cyn1calCrusader When I was young it was 2 hot days then a thunderstorm. No storms now

So, jokes aside, to understand why the heat is worse in the UK than say Arizona for example, the answer is quite long... First it's the Humidity, it's far higher here. The UK's island location and prevailing south-westerly winds bring moist sea air, so heatwaves are often humid rather than dry. In contrast, many of the hottest US states (e.g., Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico) have dry desert heat where sweat evaporates quickly, so you actually feel cooler despite higher temperatures. Even humid US regions (like the Southeast) usually have widespread air conditioning to offset it. Second, the buildings and Infrastructure that we have all are designed to Trap Heat, not Release It. UK homes are built for cold, damp winters: thick brick/stone walls, heavy insulation, small windows, and designs that retain warmth. During a heatwave, they turn into ovens, solar gain through windows builds up, and there is poor ventilation or passive cooling features like overhangs, shutters, or light-coloured roofs. Plus, poor air conditioning: Only about 5% of UK homes have AC (vs. ~90% in the US). It's not standard because it's rarely needed most of the year, but during spikes it's a nightmare. Also, retrofitting is expensive and tricky in old terraced houses or listed buildings. This extended to public transport, schools, offices, and even hospitals as they often lack cooling. Finally, most importantly, we have zero acclimatisation. Meaning it's just as hot at night as it is during the day. Britons aren't physiologically or culturally used to sustained heat. We're properly white! So, a sudden jump from typical UK summer temps feels extreme, and the body struggles more without gradual adaptation. Heatwaves often bring "tropical nights" (temps staying above 20 °C), so homes don't cool down overnight. You can't sleep, recover, or anything which just compounds fatigue, dehydration, etc. Drier US heat often cools significantly at night. That is all topped up with the fact that we have longer summer daylight at the UK's higher latitude meaning more hours of solar heating. Hope this long explanation that no one wanted clears this right up...

@HimothyReports I was walking home from West Ham after the Mildmay stopped due to a fire. Random Arsenal fans just came and shouted in our face "Arsenal!!" The only singing I heard was "we hate Tottenham"

I know the Arsenal fan in the car, he’s one of my closest friends. He didn’t say anything to provoke the spurs fans. All he did was point to the Arsenal scarf after the spurs fans were saying “fuck arsenal”. It was banter.

@afc_richard Typical Arsenal!

Genuine question…. I’m not naive, there were alot of loyal Gooners with high credits absent yesterday because it sold out high, yet tickets were finding their way into the hands of celebrities and influencers. But, how did they all get post game pitch access? 🤮🫣

@dacodac Arsenal fans caused the buses to be diverted. Will happen again this weekend. Thankful I don't live there!

Arsenal and Spurs in opposite directions as always

@IMoutain @King0243_PJC This is why they are all screwed up.

@King0243_PJC It contradicts the spirit of the RF, to get rid of children and send them away passionately. Where is family unity in all this? if the child must remain on hold afterwards When the child becomes a man and wants to leave the palace to get away, it is a crime; he should be banished

£10,000+ a term for a 12-year-old to sleep in a different room while millions of families struggle to heat their homes. The sheer, tone-deaf extravagance of the royal family is an absolute insult to regular working people. Completely out of touch.

He even said he wanted to avoid criminalising them unnecessarily. UNNECESSARILY!!! Mind you, they did the most criminal things!!

@BasilTheGreat UK courts care more about the feelings of predators than the trauma of their victims.

@EzmereldaSorbet @BasilTheGreat This judge needs his hard drive, phone, and any cloud storage checking.

@Lea_EFC But people defend Moyes!

Everton are the first Premier League team to lose at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in 2026

@henrywinter And I'll say it again. You had Brady in your studio in August and didn't question her.

@royalfamilyrevd The Royal Family are an entitled waste of our money. Its fucking scandalous the lives they lead and pretend to be of the people by attending primary schools etc. Kate is not the only person to have cancer but she receives 5 star ultra care that costs us hundreds of thousands

@Digitaltattie @james_rands @MischasMum @supertolerant I'm 73, first time I had pizza I was 26 in London visiting friends. First Mcdonalds in California on holiday around the same time.

@james_rands @MischasMum @supertolerant Because each town had one Indian and one Chinese. We had a Wimpy bar. When KFC opened in Glasgow we literally drove there to see what it looked like, but never ate there. I didn't see a McDonald's until I went to university. I'm in my 50's so this is not ancient history.

I was young in the 80s/90s in the UK. I don’t remember my parents ever going out to eat, except when we were on holiday (in the UK). I don’t think they ever took me to a fast food restaurant, or ordered takeaway food. People today have no clue how working people lived. /1

@AwayDaysFB They put Gooners celebrations to shame. Plus they still have to win the playoff final!

Middlesbrough fans taking over Trafalgar Square tongiht. Some incredible scenes 👌🏻

@liam43102 England is at a disadvantage because we had the first trains. Bridges and infrastructure are smaller because they are older!

For the one millionth time, you cannot “overbook” a train. We have a walk up railway. Think of it like a bus, not a plane. Passengers with flexible tickets pick their train. Seat reservations are free. If we had a reservation only railway, those standing wouldn’t be travelling.

@VerminusM They were all created by the British. The Brits did that not only in the Middle East, but also in Africa and India! Artificial divisions that generated tribal wars!

@Aeraeus @lucyjaynewhite1 We don't have an English manager. Fact!

@lucyjaynewhite1 I totally agree. National team's should hold participants representative of that nation ... Imagine a Japanese football team with African players, you can't.

Harry Maguire, who is English and Northern Irish… … has been demographically replaced in the England World Cup team by an African named ‘Addji Keaninkin Marc-Israel Guéh’ born in Ivory Coast. What’s the point in a ‘national’ football team if someone who is NOT from that nation can join? Maguire should play for England. Guéh should play for Ivory Coast. Common sense. I’m sure Maguire isn’t even allowed to contest this decision because, as his shirt says in the photo below, ‘no room for racism’.

@itvnews I used to enjoy watching her program. Quite educational in a way. A lot better than the rubbish stuff about buying property nowadays.

Judith Chalmers, host of ITV's Wish You Were Here...? has died aged 90 itv.com/news/2026-05-2…

@moving_charlie If someone messes you around at the moment just pull out or lower your offer. It’s a buyer’s market.

No. This is why you must ALWAYS do a last minute inspection before exchange. So many sellers pull this last minute shenanigans and if they do, you have to adjust the price accordingly. Mickey-takers.

@BushidoUK @SusieMGoss If you don’t have a seat it should cost a lot less!

@GWRHelp @SusieMGoss How are you allowed to sell more tickets than you have seats. this should be illegal

Hi @GWRHelp, what compensation are you offering to passengers who’ve paid £90 to travel on the massively over-booked, standing room only 19:04 train from Paddington to Plymouth? How can you force people to stand for hours when tickets cost so much? Disgusting!

@dshensmith ADHD and autism seem like some sort of get out of jail free card. A lot of thought needs to be given to this!

I imagine a great many people might seek to have this sentence reviewed as unduly lenient gov.uk/ask-crown-cour…