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A protester dressed as one of the furry mammals followed the Foreign Secretary with placards that read “I am innocent” and “176,000 badgers shot by Defra.

"@DailyMailUK aka the #DailyFail strikes again! Absolute ignorance and snideness as per! On the plus side it’s bought our attention to a brilliant scientist @ChloBrim," wrote one person.

"Unbelievably irresponsible and ignorant person asks why meteorologists are worried. I want to scream," wrote one person.

"The criminals that have our democracy by the throat are currently overseeing the destruction of everything that is needed for society and the state to function."

Is this what a "DefCon 8 level 3 killer death heatwave warning" looks like, Jeremy Clarkson?

"It is the job of the media to bring forward these issues into the public domain, something which they continually fail at.”

The peak that year was 35.9C. That has already been beaten by the current temperatures and on Tuesday it could go as high as 41C.

“It was really scary to see how quickly the fire spread. Just in the blink of an eye, a new bush began burning. It was a matter of seconds.”

"DefCon level 8 would actually be very low risk, you turnip," wrote one person reacting to Clarkson's comment about the current heatwave.