Cyclone Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Book makers may well be open longer, but I'd hazard a guess that they simply hire more staff. The vast majority of people have contracts for a fixed number of hours/week, the rest are probably paid hourly, so either way the implication that it's some sort of dastardly government plot to get more work out of people is clearly nonsense. Edit - of course, altering what my clock says won't actually change how many hours of daylight there are in the summer, so I still can't see how it will cause anyone, even a clerk in a betting shop, to work longer. If we were talking about altering the rotation of the earth to make the day 25 hours long, then maybe I could see the point, but clocks do not determine how much daylight we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anywebsite Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Well, they don't start racing at 4am, so there would be more time for racing. Other sports & entertainment would get a similar boost in trade, that's all part of the argument for it. Those businesses would create more jobs, so some of the people working in those jobs may not be forced to work extra hours, but they'd all be working more anti-social hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Nobody would be forced to work though, and since we have a huge unemployment problem I'd suggest that making extra jobs available, even if they aren't 'perfect' would be a good thing, for the economy, the people who currently can't find work, for the country! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 It's not difficult to print in big words "Changing to CET will save the lives of CHILDREN" though. No, it's not difficult. It also doesn't work. We found that out during the last three-year spell we were on double summer time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Maybe anyone who doesn't understand should be pushed in front of a car during day light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anywebsite Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 No, it's not difficult. It also doesn't work. We found that out during the last three-year spell we were on double summer time. kids go home from school in daylight now, they finish around 3pm, it's never dark at that time. they set off in the mornings in the dark, that will get worse if we change the time zone. i really don't see how it could save lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Must have just been a coincidence when it was trialled for several years before then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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