Could the UK work with two different time zones?

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Could the UK work with two different time zones?
OP - February 25, 2011, 01:07 AM

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Could the UK work with two different time zones?

Plans to change UK time to improve tourism have been floated but have prompted objections in Scotland. So why couldn't Scotland and the rest of the UK have different time zones? And what are the other logistical issues?

Moving the UK's clocks forward has always been controversial. Now the government's new tourism strategy, due out in the next few weeks, is expected to suggest "double summertime" (DST).

It would see clocks move forward by an hour from GMT in the winter and a further hour in the summer, to match Central European Time, meaning lighter nights but darker mornings.

MP Rebecca Harris is championing such changes in the Daylight Saving Bill in Parliament. She says the move would allow an extra 235 hours of daylight after work every year and deliver benefits including 100 fewer deaths from road crashes annually.

It would also purportedly save £200m a year for the NHS because of fewer accidents, boost British tourism revenue by £3.5bn and reduce carbon dioxide emissions through people leaving lights and heating off, it is claimed.

It's been debated repeatedly over the years and has even been tried twice, albeit temporarily. The clocks were moved forward by an hour during World War II, to maximise productivity at munitions factories and ensure people got home safely before the blackout.

It was again tried between 1968 and 1971. But after complaints in Scotland and northern England, MPs voted to end the experiment.

Distinguished advocates over the years have included Winston Churchill and today's supporters are many and varied, from the Football Association to Greenpeace.

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Full Article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12536056

Sounds interesting, I would definitely support this!
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Re: Could the UK work with two different time zones?
Reply #1 - February 25, 2011, 01:09 AM

Already two time zones, Scotland is about ten years behind England in most things anyway

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Reply #2 - February 25, 2011, 01:20 AM

Ten years if you are in Edinburgh.

Thrity years if you are in Glasgow.
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Reply #3 - February 25, 2011, 01:24 AM

Oh FFS, Britain!!! This is just a plot to confuse the Irish.

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Reply #4 - February 25, 2011, 01:40 AM

Yes, we care that much about a failing, bankrupt little EU dependency.
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Reply #5 - February 25, 2011, 01:41 AM

I'm talking about the part which lies within the UK, Mr. Geography Expert.

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Reply #6 - February 25, 2011, 01:42 AM

They aren't Irish.

At best they are Scots, at worst, ulstermen (and women, for our feminist inclined members).
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Reply #7 - February 25, 2011, 02:15 AM

As someone who lives in a country two 4 different time zones ( and more) I can tell you to expect riots, looting, insomnia, better yet just watch the movie Insomia and you will see what it is like.

So once again I'm left with the classic Irish man's dilemma, do I eat the potato or do I let it ferment so I can drink it later?
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Reply #8 - February 26, 2011, 11:32 PM

Quote from: billy on February 25, 2011, 01:09 AM
Already two time zones, Scotland is about ten years behind England in most things anyway

haw you ya bam ye , wits wae the wacisim ?
I think your ten years ahead of us which means you are only 20 years behind the yanks whilst we are 30 years behind them. Im quite happy that it'll take us longer to become braindead fuckwits
Of course by the time you catch up with the yanks the world will have come to its senses and you'll all be claiming tenious and distant Scots ancestry.
Awa 'n bile yer hied.

Im old enough to remember the changes in scotland. Going to school in the winter and at 9 oclock it was still dark. Didnt bother me though, In the summer it started getting light about 3 am too. Im in favour of which ever one was proved to prevent more car accidents, though I cant remeber which it was

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Reply #9 - February 26, 2011, 11:45 PM

Yes, scotland time ,England time and on the border....Hammer time.
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Reply #10 - February 26, 2011, 11:54 PM

hehehe Mutha Kuffar

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Reply #11 - February 27, 2011, 01:34 AM

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haw you ya bam ye , wits wae the wacisim ?
I think your ten years ahead of us which means you are only 20 years behind the yanks whilst we are 30 years behind them. Im quite happy that it'll take us longer to become braindead fuckwits
Of course by the time you catch up with the yanks the world will have come to its senses and you'll all be claiming tenious and distant Scots ancestry.
Awa 'n bile yer hied.

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Reply #12 - February 27, 2011, 01:37 AM

Quote from: billy on February 25, 2011, 01:09 AM
Already two time zones, Scotland is about ten years behind England in most things anyway

Yeah, but we lead the way in senseless violence, drunkenness and public indecency, so, as we say...

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