Madam, – We are approaching the weekend when the turning back of the clocks plunges us on a daily basis prematurely into darkness.
I will start to take the Green Party seriously when, instead of dealing with the minutiae of electric light bulbs, it focuses on maximising something that comes without cost: daylight. Switching to European time would not only benefit consumers but would help tourism, business and road safety. A study of the demand on the national grid comparing this week with next week would, I believe, show the savings that can be achieved. Must we wait, as always, for the UK to move on this issue? – Yours, etc,