Shift to CET

[timwilky]

for those who watched Tonight, tonight you know what it is all about.

For the rest, there appears to be a group of nutters proposing that the UK adopt CET. Their argument being nobody get up in the morning, therefore add an extra hour of darkness to give an extra hour of daylight in the evening.

I get up at 6.00 am. but my daughter gets up at 5.00am in order to get the 6:10 to work. I have to walk the dog and then leave for work about 6:20 am.

why should our already half a year of darkness in a morning be extended. Have you tried to walk/clean up after a dog in the pitch black. How about we give the ice time to thaw a little before we set off etc.

Nutters who do not see the morning want more evening. How about we counter with a proposal to set the clock to -1 so we can have more light in the mornings

[Bluefish]

light in the evenings when we have finished work is better imo, don't care if it's dark 8am. If you leave for work at 5-6am course it's bloody dark, it's the middle of the night ;)

[B1k3R]

Just the slow ebb into euroville. Not too fussed about the dark providing we keep the £ and pint. I did vote no though.

Lets all go on the dole and we wont care anyway!

[Drumming_Animal]

I like the long evenings, but its nice to have it as a summer thing.
One hour wont make much difference, leave it as it is, we're British, keep it that way.

[andrewsmith]

it didn't work in the 70's why its going to work now!

I like the current system

[Sean_C]

Leave it as it is.
I'm looking forward to summer as I don't see the sun from when I leave for work at 05:30 and get home again at 18:00.

[tigersaw]

I'd prefer an extra hour of daylight in the evening. I get up at 4:30 anyway, so its always dark going to work. It would be nice to come home in the daylight a bit more often.

[Stig]

We had this topic not so long ago. I think it was around the time the clocks went forward (or back, never can remember which way round it is) the last time.

I currently leave the house in the dark and get home in the dark. I've had enough of the dark. Leave it how it is now.

[andrewsmith]

We had this topic not so long ago. I think it was around the time the clocks went forward (or back, never can remember which way round it is) the last time.

I currently leave the house in the dark and get home in the dark. I've had enough of the dark. Leave it how it is now.

we did when it was mentioned in the press then

[Ed]

We should have BST all the time, ie GMT +1.

[Bri w]

We should have BST all the time, ie GMT +1.

I'd go with that, or leave it at GMT. Can't see the point in changing it as they do.

[-Ralph-]

More daylight in the evening please, makes it easier to get the gardening, car washing, and all that stuff during the week, and leave the newer longer days free at the weekends for riding bikes.

I'm a weekend warrior nowadays, so like to get salt & muck washed off properly in the daylight on a Sunday afternoon before it goes back in the garage for a week, at the moment that means cutting Sunday rides short and heading home for about 4pm.

[benji106]

I would prefer to have lighter evenings really, Im not a morning person, get out of bed with the minimum time neccasary to get ready and go to work so would not make any use of light in the mornings. would be nice to have more light in the evenings as the only time I have any time to do anything in daylight this time of year is the weekends. On the other hand kids got to walk to school and its icy enough in the mornings already so just leave it as is gets my vote.

[El Saxo]

Leave it as it is. TBH I don't care about dark/light in the evenings, I've got used to the way things are after 30 years on this planet. I work 11hr days so it's generally dark when I go in & dark when I go home anyway except in summer.

What does bother me is if we change to CET it will probably cause me a load of extra work in my job! :lol: I already have enough work to do every year looking after customers' systems to ensure that the BST/GMT change doesnt c0ck things up, and I've just about got it down to a smooth routine by now. Changing to CET would cause me a load of grief cos I'd have a ton of reprogramming to do! :evil:

Disclaimer: If I get a new job anytime soon then by all means, go nuts & change everything, I won't give a flying one then! :lol: