BST should be extended in England and Wales; Scotland can have its own devolved arrangements, should a longer BST period raise problems with mornings becoming too dark north of the border. BST ought to be extended until at least mid-November and to start again by no later than mid-February in England and Wales.
If I get elected in 2009, one concrete result that I will try to bring home is a major change to ‘British Winter Time’: the outdated practice of putting the clocks back to Greenwich Mean Time, each October. It is unfortunately an EU rule that keeps our clocks back right through late into springtime: as an MEP, I would work to overturn that rule.
Putting the clocks back for 5 months or more each year means more lights on for more of people’s waking hours: it therefore creates unnecessary carbon emissions. And it is proven that many people suffer from light- and sunlight- deprivation in winter months: if we stayed with the clocks forward for more of the year, we would make a lot of people’s lives better.
There is also fairly strong evidence that keeping the clocks forward for longer would reduce road casualties.
This is a really clear one: it is time to let there be more light in people's waking lives!
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Does anyone think that farmers or allotment holders take any notice?? If you've got a job to do that requires daylight you do it when there is daylight irrespective of what the "clock" says.