http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Plan to bring UK clocks forward" en Sun, 31 May 2026 12:05:09 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2320#post-24515 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 22:02:03 +0000 alibali 24515@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's no reason why Scotland or Northern Ireland need to have the same time zone as England or Wales. I can see the signs at the border.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2320#post-24511 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:31:55 +0000 SRD 24511@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I grew up being 3.5 behind GMT, which meant that we were always a half hour (plus a few hours) ahead of anywhere else in the country, and we always got the news etc on the half-hour instead of the hour. Okay except for the jokes: 'the world ends at midnight,...12.30 in Newfoundland.' </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2320#post-24509 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:18:50 +0000 Nelly 24509@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yep, it does seem incongruous.</p> <p>Plus, there are lots of odd timezones around the world - I had a mate who worked in india for a while, and I am sure he was something like 4.5 hours ahead, so why we get our knickers in a twist is beyond me !</p> <p>I have always like that 'put your watch ahead' bit of travelling to europe - it always makes it more exotic. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2320#post-24507 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:16:12 +0000 chdot 24507@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Its a tricky and emotive one"</p> <p>- and some people act as though their daylight is being 'stolen'. </p> <p>And <em>some</em> people seem to believe it really would be! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2320#post-24505 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:11:58 +0000 druidh 24505@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If it's such a good idea, how come the Central Europeans haven't put <em>their</em> clocks forward already? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2320#post-24504 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:09:52 +0000 Nelly 24504@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I am unsure if my son would believe it was time for school if it was still dark !!</p> <p>For a lot of the year it would make no difference to my morning commute - i.e. it would still be dark as I leave at 6, 6.15.</p> <p>There will be a lot of people (not just here, but northern england etc) who would <strong>not</strong> be for this idea due to the dark mornings.</p> <p>However I read an article last year which put the arguments <strong>for it</strong> in a pretty compelling way.</p> <p>Its a tricky and emotive one, but the realist in me says that (given we are part of the union) if the majority of england and wales voted yes, I presume it would be carried fairly comfortably ? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2320#post-24501 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 20:43:15 +0000 wee folding bike 24501@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If god had meant us to have central European time he would have made us Swiss. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2320#post-24499 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 19:59:31 +0000 kaputnik 24499@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I prefer to think of it as putting the rest of the world's clocks back. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2320#post-24496 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 19:49:09 +0000 chdot 24496@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12517762" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12517762</a> </p>