Sooner stay on GMT all year around
I get fed up with the GMT, non-GMT debate.
Point 1: there is not 1 hour more or less for crying out loud. There are still 24 in the day. There are still the same number of daylight hours the day before as the day after. So that is no argument for changing the clocks. For that reason.
Point 2: It is not a problem of it being dark at a certain time. It is a problem of it being dark when you want to carry out a certain activity. There is a solution - do the thing later in the moring or earlier in the evening.
Point 3: Children are endangered walking to school in the dark. WHAT? a) very few children actually walk to school. b) Far fewer than that walk on unlit streets. There are streets round here so brightly lit it's like an orange daylight. c) younger children (junior school) are almost certainly escorted (the tiny percentage that aren't driven) and older children (senior school) should already have been taught proper road sense. d) car drivers should ALWAYS take care where there are pedestrians and more so if they are children.
Point 4: We complain about HSE 'gawn maaad' and then say kids can't be out in the dusk? Potty.