If you live in a country that does snow properly (Switzerland, say, or Sweden, or maybe Canada) you're going to wonder what the fuss is about. But, yes, the UK has ground to a halt. We have the
most snow we've had in 18 years, apparently.
Boris thinks people are skiving off work (how are people supposed to get to work if the buses/trains aren't running?!).
I went to work. It took me an hour to drive 3 miles.

At work things were very pretty:

A small child belonging to someone or other even constructed a snowman:

But then the snow got heavier again and we decided to close up at 3 to go home before it got any worse!