On Sunday, 20 December 2015 22:14:07 UTC, John Hall wrote:
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David Mitchell writes
On Sunday, December 20, 2015 at 6:27:01 PM UTC, JohnD wrote:
Sadly I missed marking the day, but I see from the SRSS tables (London) that
the evenings started - to the nearest minute - to draw out last Wednesday
(16th). Good to know psychologically if not visibly noticeable.

I noticed this looking at data for France. In Correze, where I'm
headed, it's now 1711, which, to my mind, really does make a huge
difference psychologically and is preferable to lighter mornings.
I hope that one day in the UK we'll move from putting the clocks back
in Autumn for a year and then move onto double summer time.
Yes I understand the arguments against, but surely there are more in favour.

Sticking to BST in winter was tried for a couple of years back in (I
think) the 1970s. It seemed to be unpopular, especially in Scotland
where it wasn't getting light till about 9AM, so was scrapped. I think
casualties on the roads may also have gone up, because most people's
journeys to work were at times when they were travelling in the dark
both morning and evening, whereas under GMT at least in southern England
many people were travelling to work in the light. (And that probably
applied even more so to schoolchildren.) Of course schools and employers
could have shifted their start and finish times to avoid that, but if
they had then there wasn't really any point in sticking with BST through
the winter.

Personally, I hate getting up in the dark, so would much sooner have
light mornings than light late afternoons / early evenings.
--
John Hall
"Honest criticism is hard to take,
particularly from a relative, a friend,
an acquaintance, or a stranger." Franklin P Jones

I can understand it being unpopular in Scotland but it was quite popular in England and Wales and I think it would be now, to judge what people say to me. I would very much like it. There is no reason why the Scots couldn't revert to GMT in the winter, no sensible reason, that is. Obviously Westminster is still trying to hang on to Scotland but God knows why, given that it's almost a one-party state.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.