John Hayes, who was previously a government minister in the department of climate change, suggested that fear of heat was all wrong with modern Britain and “the state we live in now”. It comes as heat was forecast to reach a record 40 degrees on Monday and Tuesday, amid warnings from the Met Office that people should stay indoors and avoid the sun. But Sir John, a Brexit campaigner who voted against bringing back Covid restrictions told the Telegraph: “This is not a brave new world but a cowardly new world where we live in a country where we fear the heat. “It’s no surprise that snowflakes are melting in snowflake Britain. Fortunately, most of us are not snowflakes. John Hayes was a former energy and climate change minister (AP) “The idea that we clamor for warm weather most of the year and then shut down when it warms up is indicative of the situation we live in now.” Sir John has previously been described as a climate change skeptic and recently contributed to a report calling for climate action to be delayed. 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Kami Rita Sherpa has successfully scaled Mount Everest 26 times, setting a new Everest climbing world record and breaking his own record EPA “The extreme heat we are predicting right now is absolutely unprecedented. “We’ve seen when climate change has led to such unprecedented extreme weather events around the world, it can be difficult for people to make the best decisions in these situations because nothing in their lives has led them to know what to do. they are waiting “Here in the UK we are used to treating a warm spell as an opportunity to go and play in the sun. This is not the weather. Our lifestyles and infrastructure are not adapted to what is coming. Please heed the warnings they are issuing as serious as you would a red or orange warning for wind or snow. “Stay out of the sun, keep your home cool, consider adjusting your plans for the warning period.”
