Leave British Summer Time until March next year. Give us double BST in 2021.

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

Do not put the clocks back in October. If we get another spike in Covid-19, people could be queuing for vaccines in car parks in the pitch dark. SAD in lockdown would be a nightmare. Trying to get the economy back on track would be easier. Double BST next year would be a reward and an incentive.

We have been blessed with a bit of an Indian summer, which is set to to finish next week. I suffer slightly from SAD myself, and the mere thought of the clocks going back is enough to depress me. Historically, Europe and/or the Scots have opposed this, and I believe that Europe is actually stopping DST? We are no longer in the EU, so that shouldn’t be an obstacle any more, and Scotland, I’m sure, could have a separate vote. We could always change our clocks at the border!

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Retain British Summer Time [BST] for Winter 20/21

Timeline

20 Sep 2020	Petition opened for signatures
8 Oct 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17

Status Rejected

Rejected 8 Oct 2020

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