I also live in the UK. The last few years I’ve been tempted to buy a portable AC. Just as I go to spend £300, the weather turns and I decide to spend money on other stuff (like food)
We had that heat wave just after Easter this year, much earlier than I remember, that was the final straw. Bought one on marketplace for £180.
Every night going to bed the sheets are crisp and cool. I sleep like a baby.
The biggest downside? Damn those things are pricey to run





First, New York elected Zohran Mamdani. Now praying is banned in federal buildings. It’s literally printed on the federal currency, “in god we trust”. We must unite as conservatives to fight the wave of socialism attacking our very foundations.
/s jk I’m a European and have no skin in the game, but I’m pretty sure I’ll see newspaper articles with similar bullshit in the not too distant future.