The Met Office is bracing for chaos. Red heat warnings are set to spread across the UK. The source?
A blistering European furnace. Temperatures could hit 40C. That’s not a drill.
This is the second such event in as many years. The last one killed over 600 people. Infrastructure buckled.
Trains stopped. Roads melted. The government is on edge.
Whitehall sources tell me contingency plans are being dusted off. But is it enough? The NHS is already under pressure.
Ambulance services are stretched. Care homes are worried. The political game is real.
Ministers will want to be seen in control. But nature doesn’t care about focus groups. The real battle is in the data.
Polling shows the public is scared. They want action. But what action?
The net zero timeline is already a flashpoint. Backbenchers are restless. Some see this as an argument for faster decarbonisation.
Others worry about the cost. The PM is caught between science and his party. Expect briefings and counter-briefings.
This is day one of a crisis. It will define the summer. The red alert is a signal.
Not just for the public. For the political class. The heat is coming.
And so is the fallout.
