I couldn't agree more. I live in Thailand. It's good we don't have daylight saving time. But I can't wait until we get rid of the other.

I don’t understand why people have such an issue with DST. Longer summer evenings where you can wander around with light late into the evenings are glorious.

you'd get the exact same amount of light over a 24 hour period no matter what the time on your clock said.

What would be a better option? A presidency like in the US?

In the UK the Royal approval rating is something like 80%. In the US the Presidential approval rating is by design something like 50% because they’re party-political.

Our head of state represents us more satisfactorily than theirs. Doesn’t that make it a better system in practice?

> What would be a better option? A presidency like in the US?

If you want to have a purely ceremonial head of state, it could still be an elected elder statesman rather than an aristo "by god's grace" and "divine" right. I.e. the German/Austrian/Italian presidential model where the president exercises about as much real power as queen Liz (i.e. a once-a-year state of the union speech).

Or you go entirely without - since Liz refuses to use her corrective powers even in such blatant cases of procedural abuse like the proroguing of parliament, then the post is useless and the Prime Minister might as well be Head of State officially.

In practice, people living under these options like it less than the British people like the Queen.

For example elected elder statesman such as Higgins: approval rating around 70%.

Prime Minister: approval rating around 34%.

The Queen has an approval rating around 80%, sometimes as high as 90%.

I suspect that's partly because the Queen is a symbol of Britishness, and partly because Elizabeth has been a really good constitutional monarch. (And I say that as an ardent Republican. I'd certainly elect her our first ceremonial president).

Charles, on the other hand... I suspect that the monarchy is always only two mediocre monarchs from abolition.

> Daylight saving time is a practice about just as obsolete as the monarchy.

> Neither of these have any relevancy in a modern age.

The affect of light in the modern age is diminished?

DST does not, can not, and would not change the amount of light anyone receives in a place over a 24 hour period.

But since it regulates how activities are scheduled, it does impact how you enjoy those hours, for ex. when it comes to waking up.

It changes how dark or light it is at 8am