OtherEnds 27 Sept 21h 24m left
Should the UK make British Summer Time (BST) permanent and end clock changes?
The UK advances clocks by one hour to British Summer Time (BST) on the last Sunday in March and reverts to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) on the last Sunday in October. The government states that the current system optimally uses available daylight and has no plans to change it. A parliamentary petition to make BST permanent year-round has been active since May 2026 while sleep experts recommend permanent GMT instead.
6 Opinions
If sleep experts recommend GMT, keep it on that. The UK has been flitting back and forth BST, GMT, since 1916. It was done to make the most of daylight hours in the North. We can't stop the change in England and not in Scotland, that would be weird, not that anyone has suggested it. I'm going to be somewhat cheeky and suggest we let Scotland make the decision, as they are North.
It's bad enough in Scotland as it is. Keeping BST all year would be a terrible idea. However, there's no reason we couldn't just stick to GMT.
Ugh. Yes. Preserving an obsolete tradition is peak British inertia. Quite honestly, I don't care if we have permanent GMT or BST. Just pick one.
Goddamn it's depressing when the clocks go back.
Change of time, waste of money and effort, unnecessary confusion and kind of showing how the government is powerful - they can change the time😂.
Permanent GMT would be far better. It is supposed to be light in the morning and dark at night. We aren't farmers living by candlelight anymore.