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re: British police are threatening to ARREST people who use air conditioners
Posted on 6/27/26 at 4:46 pm to Placekicker
Posted on 6/27/26 at 4:46 pm to Placekicker
B/S
Posted on 6/27/26 at 5:04 pm to Placekicker
Anti idling laws have been in force in the UK for years. Stupid, but not new, and not about the AC.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 5:06 pm to Placekicker
I asked AI about this. Its response:
Basically it is London's version of an HOA Karen. Someone on the city council didn't like him installing an outdoor condenser and told him to remove it. It had nothing to do with some "global warming" mandate or anything - it was just an aesthetic and noise issue. Again, basically London's version of an HOA. He installed two big condensers on the outside wall of his apartment and there are rules against such installs if you don't have certain approvals, etc.
AC is not illegal in the UK, especially if you own the land. But they are pretty strict in a lot of areas about the aesthetics of outdoor condensers, how loud they are, and how close to neighbors they are installed. Remember the UK is pretty small, even on private property you are often right next to people. Installing a big arse condenser right next to a neighbor's bedroom window or something could be an issue.
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No, British police are not turning up to arrest people for using air conditioning. Home air conditioning is 100% legal in the UK, and the police have absolutely no interest in your thermostat.
Who was involved? It wasn't the police; it was a local city council planning inspector in Camden (North London).
What was the issue? An apartment resident installed two large, permanent external AC condenser units on the back wall of their flat without getting the proper architectural approvals first. Because apartments in London have incredibly tight restrictions regarding building aesthetics, noise, and structural alterations, the local council ordered the resident to remove them.
The "Open a Window" Comment: In a spectacularly out-of-touch bureaucratic report, the council planning inspector denied the retroactive application, claiming there was "no justification" for the heavy machinery and suggested the homeowner simply open their balcony doors and windows to cool down instead.
The Outcome: The homeowner formally appealed the council's decision, won the appeal, and got to keep their air conditioning units. No one was fined, no one was arrested, and the police were never involved.
Basically it is London's version of an HOA Karen. Someone on the city council didn't like him installing an outdoor condenser and told him to remove it. It had nothing to do with some "global warming" mandate or anything - it was just an aesthetic and noise issue. Again, basically London's version of an HOA. He installed two big condensers on the outside wall of his apartment and there are rules against such installs if you don't have certain approvals, etc.
AC is not illegal in the UK, especially if you own the land. But they are pretty strict in a lot of areas about the aesthetics of outdoor condensers, how loud they are, and how close to neighbors they are installed. Remember the UK is pretty small, even on private property you are often right next to people. Installing a big arse condenser right next to a neighbor's bedroom window or something could be an issue.
This post was edited on 6/27/26 at 5:08 pm
Posted on 6/27/26 at 5:13 pm to AUstar
You mean OP bit on fake news again?
Posted on 6/27/26 at 5:16 pm to Placekicker
The UK has migrants murdering its citizens on a regular basis. One migrant just tried to behead a man in the street. Another migrant stabbed a kid and the police put the stabbing victim in handcuffs while he was bleeding out dying. Instead of doing something about these out of control migrants they are worried someone might use an air conditioner because it’s abnormally hot over there right now. I just do not know how much longer the UK and Europe makes it. I thought they would decline over a period of years until they just faded away into becoming another Middle East. This story makes me wonder if it will actually take a period of years before they collapse and fail.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 5:16 pm to TigerintheNO
Glenn beck didn’t make the story up. It’s been circulating over the last few days.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 5:17 pm to notsince98
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It is about exerting power and making people suffer. Nothing more nothing less.
And identity politics, as well as making people bend the knee to that particular ideology.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 5:22 pm to Placekicker
Churchill would be proud…..NOT
All in all the Brit’s would be better off if Hitler conquered Britain and the rest of Europe……
Would be no rape gangs, no leftist policies ..
All in all the Brit’s would be better off if Hitler conquered Britain and the rest of Europe……
Would be no rape gangs, no leftist policies ..
This post was edited on 6/27/26 at 5:25 pm
Posted on 6/27/26 at 5:23 pm to Jake88
Dude. Google. It’s your friend. News stories about this are all over. Of course our mainstream media isn’t covering it… or the rolling back of policy welcoming illegals, or the huge frequent mass protests in Western Europeans against illegal immigrstion and criminal migrants… or the horrific Rape gang report.
Our media here are a bunch of fricking criminals and traitors. Truly one of the worst enemies within, here.
Our media here are a bunch of fricking criminals and traitors. Truly one of the worst enemies within, here.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 5:24 pm to Great Plains Drifter
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At this point it boils down to whether British citizens will ever finally draw a line and take a stand for themselves. They are going to have to overcome their own fear and be willing to risk their own futures to take such a stand though. They won’t be able vote their way out of this.
We can ask the same thing of patriotic Americans here… because we’re not far behind Europe with all this insanity.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 5:25 pm to StormTiger
British and European sources are reporting it too, nerd.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 5:28 pm to Placekicker
Could you imagine what would happen here if the government allowed the police to arrest Southerners for using our air conditioners in the summer? There wouldn’t be a police station or government building left in the Southeastern United States. The revolt that would happen would make the Revolutionary War and Civil War look like reenactments.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 5:34 pm to BTROleMisser
quote:See the later post by someone else. Seems it's bullshite. It's all over the bullshite internet because they all use the same bullshite source.
Of course our mainstream media isn’t covering it…
Posted on 6/27/26 at 5:34 pm to BTROleMisser
quote:Which ones?
British and European sources are reporting it too, nerd.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 5:59 pm to RollingwiththeTide
That’s also a ridiculous comment, you are safer in almost every part of the uk than you are in America…it makes me laugh that you people here think it’s unsafe in the UK when you walk around towns and cities in the US where the murder rate and violent crime rate is ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE higher than almost all of the UK…but again - continue to let the media scare you of everything.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 6:02 pm to Placekicker
If I wanted to kill off a good part of the population who sucks up healthcare resources I would probably let the heat do it in the summer.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 6:11 pm to StormTiger
quote:They know that. Criticism is posted about that daily.
US where the murder rate and violent crime rate is ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE
Posted on 6/27/26 at 6:28 pm to StormTiger
I didn’t say anything at all about the US crime rate. I didn’t say the US doesn’t have our issues here. The conversation was about the UK. I also through Europe as a whole in because they have the same problem with migrants the UK has. Stop trying to put words in my mouth. The truth is even the best run countries will always have trouble with crime to a degree. There will always be murders and rapes and other forms of violence because there is no way to totally eradicate evil and mental illness. As bad as violent crime can get in certain areas of the US at least we don’t have people walking around trying to cut someone’s head off at random.
Posted on 6/27/26 at 6:42 pm to RollingwiththeTide
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