Venturing into one of the longest-running and most contentious debates in British politics, the Prime Minister promised to look at “double summertime” proposals due to be debated in the Commons later this year.
The plan, which would mean lighter evenings but darker mornings, is being backed by Conservative MPs, road safety campaigners and environmentalists.
Rebecca Harris, a Conservative backbencher, has tabled a bill asking the Government to “conduct a cross-departmental analysis of the potential costs and benefits of advancing time by one hour for all, or part of, the year.”
That could mean putting the clocks forward by two hours in summer for a “double summertime” effect.
Alternatively, the British time zone could be permanently brought forward in both winter and summer, putting the country in the same time zone as most of continental Europe.
Any change would mean lighter evenings, with sunset in midsummer put back to after 10pm in many parts of the country.

No.

Just no.

If anything, stop fiddling and leave us all at GMT.

Yeah, Why not, when the clocks are due to change, move them half an hour and just leave them there Backup this perception of brits being eccentric.

I say we should move time-zones to match with europe.

If the Scots don't like it, well let them have what ever time-zone they want. I reckon they'd change it to match England's sooner or later anyway for convenience as much as anything.

What is this "double summertime" [LIFTED] about? Call it what it [LIFTED] is - Central European Time.

Of course, I've answered my own question - if they mention the word "European" they're frightened everyone will run a country mile.

I'm all in favour of CET. If Scotland doesn't like it, they can stick with GMT.

A move to CET isn't going to be very helpful.
Where's the advantage for our business?
Part of the attraction for the US firms in the UK is that they're likely to be able to get in touch with us during the end of our working day.
In one job, we had an office in Miami, us in London, another in Amsterdam. The times that Miami could talk to Amsterdam were few and far between (Holland would be too late in the day).

It's just an hour, but why bother having a business on a small island off the coast of Europe, when it'd be easier and probably cheaper to just set up on the continent if the time's the same?

If it matters that much finish at six and not five. We're going way beyond the concerns of business here, we're talking about the positive effects on mental & physical health and quality of life.

Miami's only 5 hours behind us, giving a useful-ish over lap. Imagine working with an office in LA.
I'd be sat in the office at 6pm, Miami's only 5 hours behind us, at the moment. If we were all required to be in the office on the same project, my staying till 6 means the Dutch staying till 7pm - ain't going to happen as they have this curious idea that they only work the hours they're meant to. Overtime is not a popular draw.
The extra hour we enjoy is popular with the US banks as well, who've already been thinking about moving into Europe out of London as it is.

Which positive affects are you referring to?