29/10/2023
The LGBTQIA Scene across the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland has enjoyed a bonus hour of partying tonight (Saturday 28th overnight to Sunday 29th) as the clocks have gone back and British Summer Time / Irish Summer Time comes to an end. (Portugal also operates on the same time zone as the UK and Ireland). Clubs and late pubs and cafes were able to open for an additional hour because at the stroke of 2am, clocks were reset to 1am. For the next five months, we are on Winter Time, also known as Greenwich Mean Time or Universal Time Co-ordination (UTC). Listeners to shortwave and international satellite broadcasts will be familiar with these times, as they are used to co-ordinate international programming. The reasons for the process of having British Summer Time is poorly understood, even by most historians of the twentieth century. First implemented in 1916, the BST time was accelerated to double summer time during the Second World War. Experiments have been held in several years in the post war era in retaining an hours advance through the year, and indeed, bringing the UK onto the Central European Time zone (CET) and aligned to France, Spain and Germany. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has argued that this will lead to fewer fatalities on roads during lighter evenings. Against this, is the fact that in the North of the UK, particularly the Highlands of Scotland, it would not get light in December and January till after 10am and thus children would have to get to school at "night", with the potential for increases in accidents. The Parliamentary debates continue periodically.
Bhain an Radharc LGBTQIA ar fud na Ríochta Aontaithe agus Phoblacht na hÉireann uair an chloig bónais sult as cóisirí anocht (Dé Sathairn 28ú thar oíche go dtí Dé Domhnaigh 29ú) agus na cloig imithe ar ais agus Am Samhraidh na Breataine / Am Samhraidh na hÉireann ag teacht chun críche. (Feidhmíonn an Phortaingéil freisin ar an gcrios ama céanna leis an RA agus Éire). Bhí clubanna agus tithe tábhairne déanacha agus caiféanna in ann oscailt ar feadh uair an chloig breise mar ag an stró 2am, athshocraíodh cloig go dtí 1am. Ar feadh na gcúig mhí atá romhainn, táimid ar Am Geimhridh, ar a dtugtar freisin Greenwich Meán-Am nó Comhordú Ama Uilíoch (UTC). Beidh taithí ag éisteoirí craoltaí satailíte gearrthoinne agus idirnáisiúnta ar na hamanna seo, mar go n-úsáidtear iad chun cláir idirnáisiúnta a chomhordú. Ní thuigeann formhór staraithe an fichiú haois na cúiseanna atá leis an bpróiseas a bhaineann le hAm Samhraidh na Breataine a bheith ann, fiú amháin. Cuireadh i bhfeidhm den chéad uair i 1916, luathaíodh an t-am BST chun am samhraidh a dhúbailt le linn an Dara Cogadh Domhanda. Reáchtáladh turgnaimh le roinnt blianta sa ré iarchogaidh chun uair an chloig chun cinn a choinneáil i rith na bliana, agus go deimhin, an RA a thabhairt isteach i gCrios Ama Lár na hEorpa (CET) agus ailínithe leis an bhFrainc, leis an Spáinn agus leis an nGearmáin. D’áitigh an Cumann Ríoga chun Tionóiscí a Chosc go mbeidh níos lú básanna ar bhóithre le linn oícheanta níos éadroime dá bharr. Ina choinne sin, is é fírinne an scéil nach bhfaigheadh sé solas i dTuaisceart na Ríochta Aontaithe, go háirithe i nGarbhchríocha na hAlban, i mí na Nollag agus i mí Eanáir go dtí tar éis 10am agus mar sin bheadh ar pháistí dul ar scoil san “oíche”, agus d’fhéadfadh go mbeadh. méaduithe ar thimpistí. Leanann na díospóireachtaí Parlaiminte ar aghaidh go tréimhsiúil.
