[News] British Summer Time

[Driver8]

We could of course all just get up an hour later in Winter.

Earlier.

 

[Milano]

Kids going to school in the dark, nice.

 

[beorhthelm]

methinks a bit of spoof. though it was being talked about, and delayed (again) because there's more benefits to switching daylight hours. few years back US changed when they did it to some billions of energy savings, but they still do it.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Way too dark in the evenings, so I am all for it. I can put up with going to work in the dark, but to come home in the dark is demoralising.

In December there is approximately 8 hours of daylight, so you have a choice of 8am-4pm or 9am-5pm.
No matter what you do with the clocks it will still be dark.

 

[The Clamp]

It’s a policy which doesn’t really solve anything but grabs a few headlines and becomes a problem loads of other people have to sort out. What about that makes you doubt it?

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

In December there is approximately 8 hours of daylight, so you have a choice of 8am-4pm or 9am-5pm.
No matter what you do with the clocks it will still be dark.

Ha! I work in a school, and some days I can get away before 5!

 

[The Clamp]

Will we get charged for the “extra”‘daylight? They’d charge you for looking in the mirror, this lot.

 

[Swansman]

Kids going to school in the dark, nice.

They'll be fine.. over here they go to school in the dark, they are in school in the dark, and they go home in the dark... and yet the kids are alright.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

They'll be fine.. over here they go to school in the dark, they are in school in the dark, and they go home in the dark... and yet the kids are alright.

And your testament to that….

 

[Yoda]

In December there is approximately 8 hours of daylight, so you have a choice of 8am-4pm or 9am-5pm.
No matter what you do with the clocks it will still be dark.

And that's only if you are lucky enough to be in the South like most of us are. Try up North and Scotland where they only get approximately 7 hours on the shortest days.
8:45am-3.45pm or 9.45am-4.45pm

 

[LamieRobertson]

In December there is approximately 8 hours of daylight, so you have a choice of 8am-4pm or 9am-5pm.
No matter what you do with the clocks it will still be dark.

9 til 5 suits me fine ..let’s go for it


The outrage on the back of one tweet….political lines have predictably been drawn

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Blame the industrial revolution. People used to get up at dawn and go to bed when it dark. Factories decided set hours to be worked.

Most factories are indoors anyway so not sure how daylight helps them - I'd heard it was to benefit the Farmers who work the land in all daylight hours in winter.
However, tractors now have super LED lighting and so are better equipped to work in hours of darkness.

All a bit meh for me.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

On a purely selfish basis I really hope it's true. Being only 8 hours ahead instead of 9 makes a big difference for watching the football over here.

 

[bhafc99]

On a purely selfish basis I really hope it's true. Being only 8 hours ahead instead of 9 makes a big difference for watching the football over here.

Second selfish vote here! Even though it's just an hour, 11pm kick-offs are so much more bearable than midnight ones.

 

[sparkie]

Cosplay Thatcher can't snatch the milk so has to snatch GMT instead, lol.

 

[VAL1850]

Mansfield moving 3pm fixtures to 1pm to save on floodlight costs, others may follow..

https://www.mansfieldtown.net/news/2022/september/walsall-kick-off-time-brought-forward/

 

[Notters]

So Greenwich Meantime is no longer good enough for this country, and the government wants us to line up with Europe through the winter!

You know the EU voted to stop changing the clocks the years ago, right?

 

[Perfidious Albion]

Didn’t we do this back on the 60s - 70s … it was dark and miserable in the morning and Scotland complained that up in their North it was not light until mid morning.. I’m against it, if true..

 

[Swansman]

You know the EU voted to stop changing the clocks the years ago, right?

We still do it though

 

[Swansman]

Didn’t we do this back on the 60s - 70s … it was dark and miserable in the morning and Scotland complained that up in their North it was not light until mid morning.. I’m against it, if true..

Send each Scottish kiddo to Kiruna one December in their lives, and they'll never complain again...