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It would make sense in London as it would still be light at 9:00 am if the UK stayed on DST, though Aberdeen would get light at 10:00 am.
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I'm old enough to remember the '68-'71 GMT+1 all year round experiment.
Hated it. Walking through the dark to school Ughh.
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If you watch children's TV programs they explain the problems of what happened before GMT was introduced. Anyway every area could set their own time zone which was fine until the railways came.....
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Originally posted by Lance View PostI think we should be on GMT+2 all year round. In fact all Western Europe should also be on that same zone. That was my view as part of a deeper trading relationship with Europe. Bring Paris, London, Frankfurt, berlin etc into a common time zone. Geographically it works just fine with a longitude difference of 13 degrees that is less than one hour in the daily rotation. Adding Dublin makes it just over one hour.
But now we’re brexiting **** facts and logic. Might as well just forget time and clocks now we’ve taken back control.
GMT is British. That’s why UTC has taken over in all realistic terms as basing the time around London is an anachronism.
Different parts of London had different times before that.
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Daylight Saving Time - Really?
Originally posted by WTFH View PostSo, do we scrap Greenwich Mean Time in favour of summertime all year round because that works better for the retired?
This whole con by the Mail and it’s believers is that GMT is not British. Sorry, as usual you are wrong.
But now we’re brexiting **** facts and logic. Might as well just forget time and clocks now we’ve taken back control.
GMT is British. That’s why UTC has taken over in all realistic terms as basing the time around London is an anachronism.Last edited by Lance; 29 October 2017, 09:00.
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So, do we scrap Greenwich Mean Time in favour of summertime all year round because that works better for the retired?
This whole con by the Mail and it’s believers is that GMT is not British. Sorry, as usual you are wrong.
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Originally posted by ladymuck View PostLast time I checked, Scotland was part of the UK. I don't believe IndyRef2 has happened yet.
I salute your pedantry but it doesn’t alter my position.
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Originally posted by Lance View PostScotland can keep it if they wish. There’s very little reason for the UK. We are considerably less than an hour in angular rotation from Paris so arguably we should be on their time zone.
Of course not being on GMT ever would give the brexiteers palpitations so it’ll never happen.
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This is solely to ensure thatmummyMrs SB can get back home in time to get her chubby ass plonked onthe sofaATW in time to devour the day's servings of freak-show TV.
FTFY
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