UK clocks out of step with the rest of Europe

Anatole Kaletsky would like to see the UK join the European time zone. "Government apologists say that the case for changing our clocks remains unproven, but this is simply false. All serious analyses of the road accident statistics have clearly concluded that shifting an hour of darkness from the afternoon to the morning would have a dramatically favourable effect. ... The business arguments for joining the European time zone are also compelling, since an hour's time difference creates genuine business obstacles. For example, it is almost impossible to reach morning meetings in Paris or Brussels from London. In fact, the time difference makes even telephone communication surprisingly difficult. Continentals typically go to lunch at noon, which is 11am in London, and return at 1.30, which is just when offices in London shut down for lunch."

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