On 18 Jan 2012, at 15:05, Zefram wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16611058
Mr Rees-Mogg has tabled an amendment to the proposed legislation suggesting the "the county of Somerset as defined by the Lieutenants Act shall revert to the customary time used prior to the Great Western Railway time established in 1840".
It looks as though we will be spared Jacob Rees-Mogg's eccentric Europe/Taunton. Rebecca Harris' Daylight Saving Bill was talked out at its report stage today. It is just possible that the government will give it some of its own time, but I think that is unlikely. So another attempt to move the UK's clocks fails. I doubt it will be the last. The BBC news report on this is at <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16649868>. The report stage debate is currently at <http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmtoday/cmdebate/c_01.htm>. That URL is always for the current day, so will change to Monday's business on Monday. The Hansard report for this debate will then be linked from the Daylight Saving Bill page at <http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-11/daylightsaving.html>. -- Peter Ilieve peter@aldie.co.uk