Tony Blair: STOP BEING DEPRESSED FFS

festa5 said:
Doesn't dawn occurring at 4am in the summer also affect sleep patterns?

Tbh I'm not too bothered about winter, there's such little daylight anyway, don't think it matters too much what you do with it. But it's annoying in the summer losing 2 or 3 hours when most people are in bed.

There are parts of the year where it's broad daylight at around 5am and dark by 8.30pm, just seems such a waste given we live half the year in mostly darkness anyway.
Click to expand...
I agree with your bottom sentence and I would be all for moving the clocks forward in line with the rest of Europe. There is nothing better than sitting on a summer evening in the garden and it still being light.

Regarding dawn at 4 am, most people are sound asleep at that time and there is little impact. In any case, we all love to see the crack of Dawn but that is a new topic for another occasion. :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
 
Blair is a very rich man. When you have a good few million you can buy peace and quiet like a large detached villa in the Tuscany hills. You can choose the work you want to do no Amazon Warehouse for Tony. If you are ill you can pay for immediate medical support.
 
Last edited:
Maybe tow the UK closer to Barcelona would be my choice on how to reduce the depressing attitude? But seriously how do we manage to pucker up depressed people? Free bets on the Grand national perhaps, or maybe share the lottery prize between 50 million people — assuming it gets to £50m? Now there’s a nice windfall but I’m sure our government would tax the winners by 98 percent — and not pay out for 5 years! lol 😆
 
newyddion said:
For seven years during World War II Britain set its clocks one extra hour forward throughout the year, in order to gain even more of the same benefits that the original Summer Time change had brought: increased workforce productivity, boosted morale, saved energy and reduced danger from air raids. It worked because GMT+1 in winter and GMT+2 in summer meant most people spent more of their waking hours in the daylight. When the war ended, however, the clocks went back to their peacetime settings.

View attachment 85666
Click to expand...

I remember we tried this in the 60's and all the kids got issued with glow arm bands and bright orange school bags to walk to school with due to the dark mornings.

Britain conducted an experiment between 1968 and 1971 where it stayed on British Standard Time (BST) year-round. During this period, clocks were set one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) throughout the entire year, meaning there was no reverting to standard time in the winter. This effectively put the UK on the same time as Central European Time (CET).

The experiment was intended to study the potential benefits of lighter evenings, such as reducing energy consumption and traffic accidents. However, it was controversial, as many people in Scotland and northern parts of England complained about the darker mornings, particularly in winter.

In 1971, after a parliamentary vote, the experiment ended, and the UK returned to the system of changing the clocks twice a year — switching to GMT in winter and BST (GMT+1) in summer.
 
Norman_Conquest said:
I remember we tried this in the 60's and all the kids got issued with glow arm bands and bright orange school bags to walk to school with due to the dark mornings.

Britain conducted an experiment between 1968 and 1971 where it stayed on British Standard Time (BST) year-round. During this period, clocks were set one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) throughout the entire year, meaning there was no reverting to standard time in the winter. This effectively put the UK on the same time as Central European Time (CET).

The experiment was intended to study the potential benefits of lighter evenings, such as reducing energy consumption and traffic accidents. However, it was controversial, as many people in Scotland and northern parts of England complained about the darker mornings, particularly in winter.

In 1971, after a parliamentary vote, the experiment ended, and the UK returned to the system of changing the clocks twice a year — switching to GMT in winter and BST (GMT+1) in summer.
Click to expand...
The difference now is that we used to all make our own way to school; our parents never dropped us off or picked us up. Would it be that much of a problem for kids walking to school.
 
Have a look at the countries that are happier than us.. whose time zone just so happens to be an hour ahead of us.
main-qimg-a99277232e147fb9b466751db7dfebb1-lq

Darn sarf on par with belguim and germany, up norf in the mix with denmark and sweden
 
Expat Smoggie said:
Maybe tow the UK closer to Barcelona would be my choice on how to reduce the depressing attitude? But seriously how do we manage to pucker up depressed people? Free bets on the Grand national perhaps, or maybe share the lottery prize between 50 million people — assuming it gets to £50m? Now there’s a nice windfall but I’m sure our government would tax the winners by 98 percent — and not pay out for 5 years! lol
Click to expand...

A quid each won’t go far
 
hobblewobble said:
Stop watching the news /weather you cannot do anything about it, certainly if you are over 50 when you have lost the fight in yourself.
Read a newspaper backwards when you get to near the front do the puzzles instead of reading about death/destruction/murder/rape etc
Click to expand...
solid advice
 
Awfully made point aside, there's something going on in the UK where we have huge numbers of the work force who are ill and not returning to work.

Whilst this was in line with other nations through covid, the rates in Europe have gone back with the UK being somewhat of an outlier. It's something that we need to address.

obr.uk

How does economic inactivity compare across advanced economies? - Office for Budget Responsibility

Inactivity fell across the G7 countries in the years prior to the onset of the pandemic and the UK consistently had one of the lowest inactivity rates. Since then inactivity has risen in the UK and US, but fallen across the rest of the G7 countries. This box detailed these changes and looked at...
obr.uk obr.uk

www.theguardian.com

Longest sustained rise in people too sick to work since 1990s, says thinktank

Resolution Foundation points to legacy of Covid as it warns that near-record 2.7m people are too ill to work
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top