I think it's symptomatic of this country, Pete.
When it's a little bit warm the press moans for us and the powers that be like to tell us what we can and can't do.
When it's a bit cold and snows the powers like to tell us what we can and can't do and the press moans for us.
When it rains a bit ........ you get the picture?
That vast, vast majority just get on with things.
Having said that, problems do occur when the temp is high or low compared with what is the norm, not the rest of the world. They are talking of 760 extra deaths attributable to problems exacerbated by the heat already. In France almost 15000 died in the summer of 2003 and they would probably consider what we are having as coolish.