Posted on 06/28/2026 10:18:15 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Schools, offices and hospitals in London should be fitted with air conditioning as heatwaves in the capital become more frequent, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said.
It comes as the mayor unveiled Heat Ready London — a city-wide strategy designed to help the capital adapt and better prepare for extreme heat events.
Climate projections suggest London could face two to three times more heatwaves in the next 20 years, with around one million homes at serious risk of overheating, alongside 1,361 schools, 60 hospitals and 351 care homes.
A report from City Hall urges stronger protections for people most vulnerable to extreme heat, alongside measures to retrofit buildings, expand access to cooling spaces, and strengthen the resilience of infrastructure.
Last year, London Fire Brigade had its busiest summer since the extreme wildfires of 2022.
Firefighters attended around 83 wildfires across the capital between June and August, more than double the total number of wildfires recorded in 2023 and a 32% increase on 2024.
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Yeah, just don’t ask us where we gonna get the power to run them.
I graduated from HS in 1984 in Nashville. I don’t remember us having A/C in any of my schools. (My HS was built in 1923, so that definitely wasn’t a thing back then).
Unicorn farts.
I’m proud to be an American
Where at least I have AC
And I won’t forgive the carbon scam
That tried to take that right from me
I’d gladly sit down in my room
And enjoy that sweet cool air
‘Cause there ain’t no doubt
I love this chill
God bless my Frigidaire!
A guy could have more than one girlfriend with that.
>> Yeah, just don’t ask us where we gonna get the power to run them.
Stupid navel-gazing a-holes.
LOL! Excellent work!
“...o, Elwood.”
damn straight !!
According to Google, most of this song occurred as a meme in the Summer of 2022. Grok says it was from a X.com post in the Summer of 2025. Since it is the first thing I think of when Europe gets to complaining about heat waves I altered a line to mention the Carbon Scam .
LOL!! =>
“Electric London bus bursts into flames during heatwave”
25 June 2026
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06/25/electric-london-bus-fire-heatwave
The first phase of my High School in Eugene, Or was built in 1949. No A/C. The only new buildings when I arrived in 1969 was a library, science wing and gym, each with A/C.
It was notable at the time for the cafeteria kitchen equipment having come from a scrapped battleship, and local wood products companies donating all of the finished wood materials, which continued for the next 30 years until eco freaks killed logging in Oregon.
Let me guess, the London mayor visited the US, and like those who came to watch the World Cup, he saw how comfortable we are by comparison, at this time of the year?
Does the term ‘fair weather socialists’ apply?
We had a sprinkler at home and a few minutes cooled us off. We weren't stupid enough to bake ourselves. Shade and common sense was our friend.
Somebody should ask Mayor Sadiq where he’s going to get the extra electricity to power all his new ‘air-conditioning’ units... Because it isn’t going to come from wind and solar... And especially solar... Because the sun never shines in the UK.
The only alternatives with enough power generation will be fossil fuels and nuclear... Both of which he likely detest with his typical left of liberal Socialist passion.
Official statistics group heat-related fatalities as "heat-associated deaths" rather than strictly "heat stroke" alone. Last summer, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) recorded 1,504 heat-associated deaths across England during five heat episodes. - BBC
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During the winter of 2024 to 2025, there were 2,544 deaths in England associated with cold weather. Rather than literal freezing, these fatalities were primarily caused by the worsening of circulatory diseases—such as heart disease—triggered by dropping temperatures. - Government of UK.
We had windows.
We could open them.
Classrooms on each side of the hallway opened windows and doors for a cross breeze.
Probably illegal these days.
I’m assuming you are kidding. I’m in Yorkshire and my solar panels’ WORST year was when they only covered my entire electricity consumption for at eight full months of the year since installation in 2019. Batteries store what’s exceeded and overflow is sold back to the grid.
For the last month, consistently, I’ve been exporting twice as many kilowatt hours as I’ve been consuming, with the batteries covering 8pm to midnight. In a good year I’m only paying for daytime electricity on particularly miserable days between late November and early February.
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