I don't agree, there have been some small patern changes this month and three of them have resulted in small cold spells for parts of the country. The first produced an unexpected snowfall in the West Country, The second brought snow to the North and East Angela, and even to London and the southeast one morning. The last was a short wave that blocked the Easterly we were expecting, we still had a cold snap that brought snow to the North East and even to some places down south though those falls were very slight.
Sorry I think I misunderstood what you wrote the first time I read it. I do agree that althought the strat warming will eventauly change things, there is at this stage no real way of knowing if that will be good for cold for us or not.