Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire

The mainstream media are attempting to convince the public that July 2023 was the hottest month on record but is this true?

Here in the UK, back in the sweltering heat of July 1976, neighbours resorted to sleeping on the lawn under the shade of trees rather than brave baking upstairs bedrooms. When I say ‘lawn’ I mean a brown and cracked expanse where the grass used to be. Those who ventured upstairs at night found comfort by sleeping on top of their beds under wet towels. Showers and baths were verboten, so in the morning those who felt the urge to freshen themselves had a bucket or two of recycled ‘family’ water to sit in. Youngsters took the rare opportunity not to scrub behind their ears. To this day I’m not quite sure why we had to scrub behind our ears but that’s us Brits for you!

Wind the clock forward 47 years to July 2023 and our household voted to put the central heating back on for an hour each day to take the chill off. As the month progressed sweaters were issued, hot meals were ordered in preference to salads, short trousers were abandoned, and I resorted to wearing my Norwegian 100% woollen s…