A Conservative MP has branded people who are taking precautions against the soaring temperatures during the current heatwave as "snowflakes" and "cowards". John Hayes, previously a minister UK Government's climate change department, at the claims that fear of the heat is ""indicative" of modern Britain and "the state in which we now live".
Forecasters predict a record-breaking 40 degrees of heat on Monday and Tuesday, with the Met Office warning that people should stay inside and avoid the sun. But Sir John, a Brexiteer who voted against reintroducing 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 are frightened of the heat.
"It is not surprising that in snowflake Britain, the snowflakes are melting. Thankfully, most of us are not snowflakes. The idea that we clamour for hot weather for most of the year and then shut down when it does heat up is indicative of the state in which we now live."
