The petition missed a trick, would be better campaigning to cancel winter or move the UK nearer to the equator. He might have managed more than 30 signatories! :-)
Otherwise we are stuck with seven hours of daylight in December, here in Edinburgh at least - far South of the UK gets about 1.5 hours more light than the far North in winter.
Not sure moving by an hour what little daylight we get in the middle of winter would be a particular advantage or disadvantage - it’s still dark most of the time!