The Darkness Approaches Part 2

[Rickshaw Phil]

I realise I'm an odd man out here, but I don't fancy it being still dark at 9am in the depths of December.

Also, do schools finish later in other parts of the country? Round here they all kick out between 3 and 3.30pm, so the kids are all going home in the light regardless of whether it's GMT or BST, making that bit of the argument redundant.

 

[classic33]

@Hill Wimp will br thrown out, timewise when she gets back.

 

[Mr Celine]

Back in the early 70s we had 12 months of BST for several years. Much better. Got cancelled to keep a few farmers in the Shetlands happy.

I'd like to see us move to CET but gave up hope years ago.

Not just Shetland farmers, the MP for Ipswich, which being in the extreme east of the UK has most to gain or least to lose by replacing Greenwich time with Berlin time said, in support of reverting to GMT-

I respectfully submit that any hon. Member is bound to reiterate the arguments that have gone before, because the voice of the nation has spoken so clearly, but in every case I have had there has been reference to the same things—the loss of productivity, the danger, the disadvantage, the increase in accidents, and the sheer tediousness of the present experiment. Indeed, the only members of the population—apart from golfers, who were, I understand, mentioned earlier—who have felt strongly about keeping the present system are those of the criminal profession who specialise in burglary. I understand that the extra hour comes conveniently for them at one end. However, I am comforted by reflecting that what is bad for burglars may be good for the Bar. The overwhelming voice of my constituency seems to be echoed by the voice of the nation. Doubt has been thrown, perhaps with some reason, on the opinion polls. My hon. Friend the Member for Preston, North (Miss Holt) was even able to find an opinion poll which did not add up either numerically or by results. But the most recent poll—the Harris poll this morning—showed a figure of 57 per cent. in favour of Greenwich Mean Time, 37 per cent. in favour of British Standard Time, and 6 per cent.—perhaps the traditional 6 per cent.—"Don't knows". I hope that we are pushing at an open door, and I am quite convinced that we have the bulk of the nation pushing behind us.

You can read the rest of the debate at Hansard

 

[Bollo]

I work for a small company that supplies specialist software to the energy companies and wholesale consumers. For the leccy market in particular where supply and demand have to be matched in real-time, clock changes are important, so we tend to receive calls and compliance statement forms from our customers around this time of year. Today was the day of the first call and, while I was dealing with Big Six Company X's less than sparkling outsourced IT service provider, my only real thought was "****, my leg-tan is ****ed.".