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The delusions plagueing Britain’s warming summers

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

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A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. Britain’s summers are getting increasingly hotter, but people’s expectations haven’t adjusted to the new reality.

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