foreign snow invasion

a horrible thought: is the snow migrating from eastern europe into britain, thereby destroying the green shoots of an economic recovery? londoners had 2 days to prepare for the snow (weather forecast!) and yet they decided to just cancel the public transport. as well as public services such as rubbish collection. and they closed many schools. they would shut down hospitals, too, if they could. then again, in times where short-time work even happens in football (an englishman at milan), who can be surprised?