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Daily Express Spot The Difference

Posted on December 04, 2010 by

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I especially love the line about "plunging Scotland into darkness for half the year", as if what our arbitrary human clocks say actually makes any difference to how much daylight there is.

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  1. El Stevo says:
    4 December, 2010 at 3:05 pm

    It says most Scots are firmly opposed, which is news to me. Most of the polls I've seen have a slight majority of Scots in favour.

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  2. Rev. Stuart Campbell says:
    4 December, 2010 at 3:50 pm

    Yeah, same here. People seem to have been converted over the last year or two by a slew of reports saying moving the clocks forward would save lives in Scotland as well as everywhere else.

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  3. jerry says:
    4 December, 2010 at 4:06 pm

    What time are kids going to school in Scotland for it still to be dark?

    PS I can't post on here from my Touch, can't get text into this editor

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    • Rev. Stuart Campbell says:
      4 December, 2010 at 4:41 pm

      In winter it can easily be dark beyond 8am in many parts of Scotland.

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  4. Probably False says:
    6 December, 2010 at 4:37 pm

    You should have called this "Scot the Difference". Or not. I mean, whatever man, it's your blog.

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