Interesting - I find November, December and most of January (except the last few days or so) by far the most depressing time of year, much more so than February, even though it's often relatively cold in February.
Not only are the nights drawing out fast in Feb, but also the solar noon is quite late, so the evenings are (relatively speaking) lighter than the mornings.
Late September and most of October isn't too bad, by contrast - though obviously you do notice less daylight (and more rain, of course) compared to the summer which isn't so good.
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At a time that's very much less useful, of course.
Compare how many people are normally out and about on a Sunday morning at 7.30am, to a Sunday afternoon at 5pm, and you can see why I think that daylight at 5pm is much more useful than daylight at 7.30am !
And in any case it's not just "those who can choose their schedules" who would benefit from all-year BST. Maximise the amount of daylight in the 5-7pm period and it would extend the time of year when people could do after-work walks, or walk home from work in daylight, even if on a 9-5 schedule. (I'd agree that if you have a long commute, you're stuffed either way).
I'd actually say the converse, it's actually those who can choose their schedules who are better placed to tolerate GMT, because they can just do everything an hour earlier by clock time.
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