Clocks go back in winter. Where parts of the UK with the shortest days get dark in the early pm. So we make bst 4pm hit at 3pm In winter ensuring children are home before dark… As the days get longer in summer we set it forward again to stop us haveing sunlight at 11pm in the part ofvthe UK with the longest days.
Remember before the railways standardised UK time in the 1800. Different cities set clocks to match their own midday. When the UK standardised to allow tail times to be managed. The whole nation using the same clock/time created odd issues with day time at the extreams.
Clocks go back in winter. Where parts of the UK with the shortest days get dark in the early pm. So we make bst 4pm hit at 3pm In winter ensuring children are home before dark… As the days get longer in summer we set it forward again to stop us haveing sunlight at 11pm in the part ofvthe UK with the longest days.
Remember before the railways standardised UK time in the 1800. Different cities set clocks to match their own midday. When the UK standardised to allow tail times to be managed. The whole nation using the same clock/time created odd issues with day time at the extreams.
Removing British Summer Time would leave GMT unchanged, so the clocks would be the same in Winter as they are now.
Leaving parts of the nation dark before 3pm in the middle of winter.