Just make st george’s day a holiday. Take us in line with the scots and irish.
edit: seems the Scots bank holiday is a lie!
If we’re going to get another bank holiday, right after Easter and the May bank holidays seems like a bit of a waste. August or September please.
There are bank holidays in January, March/April, May, August, and December. We don’t need one in fucking June.
Edit: to clarify, my issue is with it being in June. Have one in October or November instead.
As much as I’d like this, this is a non-story.
“Industry that would benefit financially from an extra bank holiday says there should be another bank holiday”
Corbyn offered to make St George day a bank holiday, kind if surprised the Daily Mail didn’t claim it was a blatant underhand attempt to distract the Tory Front Bench..
God please no – work in a pub. Still recovering from Easter weekends rush.
If 4 day weeks were a thing we probably wouldn’t need to desperately scrounge for one more day of respite.
Edit: thank you for my first Reddit award, kind stranger!
I say we just do a 4day week but do an extra 2 hours each day. Economy would be booming.
Why? It’s not like it’s beneficial to any employee, it just forces you to take one of your legally mandated holidays on a particular day.
Some EU countries get 13 we get 8! even Scotland get more? wtf?
I’d like the first Monday of every month to be a bank holiday. Evenly spaced out with no religious/historical connotation (ignoring how the calendar was decided and it not being lunar based). Also gives people with families to spread their holiday better across the Summer having July, Aug and September depending on when their local schools go out/back in.
I would still keep New Years, Christmas and Easter as well as we need to have the occasional longer break.
I can just imagine what Jacob Rees Workhouse would say to this suggestion…
October / Autumnal Equinox bank holiday would be fuckin great.
Bonfire night should be a national holiday, it’s just so unique and british
Once Betty pops her clogs and the monarchy is abolished, an annual Republic Day to celebrate democracy would be the best option
Bank holidays are dumb. They are meaningless. Workers do not have the right to take bank holidays off, so they’re bloody pointless.
In other countries, designated holidays come with a right to refuse work on those days. In the UK, it’s a mere suggestion. The vast majority of workers still have to work.
Adding more holidays does nothing for anyone.
No thanks bank holidays only benefit a small percentage of people whilst the rest have to work, bank holidays get in the way of peoples medical treatments as well we should just scrap them
I reckon halloween/all saints day/bonfire night would be a good time to have one. It might not be sunny, but there’d be loads of extra fireworks displays and halloween parties on the Sunday night, I’m sure.
There’s also a bit of a gap after christmas isn’t there? Perhaps a mid feburary (Valentine’s/Ash Wednesday?) might be a good time to have one as well?
Bank holidays only benefit the middle and upper class. Any job with any genuine importance will still be mage to work. Scrap them.
I don’t give a fuck quiet frankly, surely more important things to cover than this bollocks
As someone that works in hospiliatily, it makes no difference to me as I rarely get bank holidays off and all it means is “Oh, shops close early.” I can see why people want an extra bank holiday but personally, i’m indifferent to it. That and christmas makes me want to headbutt the wall repeatly.
According to Yougov 49% of 65+ say no. Why do old people have to be such vindictive cunts on things that don’t impact them?
Of course the hospitality industry would campaign for an extra bank holiday, they still make their staff work it and get a lot of extra business. What about the majority of firms that lose business?
As a non-religious person, Diwali or Eid please!
Preferably Diwali, seems more sociable and more festivities. Plus great food!
Sadly this wouldnt make any difference for me. “Bank holidays” dont exist according to my company.
I realise I will be very much outvoted on this one but…
Speaking as a retail manager, please for the love of God, it’s bad enough dealing with you lot on the Bank holidays we have already!
Corbyn was planning to give us 4 extra bank holidays
Late June or July. Would be better. May has too many especially when it’s a later easter.
In April for the cherry blossom
In June for Turing’s birthday
Maybe bonfire night.
But never ever to ‘thank the Queen’ or celebrate a victory no one’s heard of against an enemy who is now a friend. Never that.
I’d vote for 2nd of Jan and then Scotland can get whichever one we get that they don’t. No-one want to go to work on 2nd of January, we’re all still usually a bit hungover (except the past two years).
>In an open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi
Sunak, signatories said that making the holiday permanent would “provide
a moment every year for individuals and communities to come together,
to thank those who have contributed in ways big and small to making our
country a better place to live”.
So not them then.
Would be a better idea if Bank Holidays were mandatory. Seems like a lot of people don’t get them to me.
Wales: “Can we have a bank holiday to honour our patron saint?”
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Just make st george’s day a holiday. Take us in line with the scots and irish.
edit: seems the Scots bank holiday is a lie!
If we’re going to get another bank holiday, right after Easter and the May bank holidays seems like a bit of a waste. August or September please.
There are bank holidays in January, March/April, May, August, and December. We don’t need one in fucking June.
Edit: to clarify, my issue is with it being in June. Have one in October or November instead.
As much as I’d like this, this is a non-story.
“Industry that would benefit financially from an extra bank holiday says there should be another bank holiday”
Corbyn offered to make St George day a bank holiday, kind if surprised the Daily Mail didn’t claim it was a blatant underhand attempt to distract the Tory Front Bench..
God please no – work in a pub. Still recovering from Easter weekends rush.
If 4 day weeks were a thing we probably wouldn’t need to desperately scrounge for one more day of respite.
Edit: thank you for my first Reddit award, kind stranger!
I say we just do a 4day week but do an extra 2 hours each day. Economy would be booming.
Why? It’s not like it’s beneficial to any employee, it just forces you to take one of your legally mandated holidays on a particular day.
Some EU countries get 13 we get 8! even Scotland get more? wtf?
I’d like the first Monday of every month to be a bank holiday. Evenly spaced out with no religious/historical connotation (ignoring how the calendar was decided and it not being lunar based). Also gives people with families to spread their holiday better across the Summer having July, Aug and September depending on when their local schools go out/back in.
I would still keep New Years, Christmas and Easter as well as we need to have the occasional longer break.
I can just imagine what Jacob Rees Workhouse would say to this suggestion…
October / Autumnal Equinox bank holiday would be fuckin great.
Bonfire night should be a national holiday, it’s just so unique and british
Once Betty pops her clogs and the monarchy is abolished, an annual Republic Day to celebrate democracy would be the best option
Bank holidays are dumb. They are meaningless. Workers do not have the right to take bank holidays off, so they’re bloody pointless.
In other countries, designated holidays come with a right to refuse work on those days. In the UK, it’s a mere suggestion. The vast majority of workers still have to work.
Adding more holidays does nothing for anyone.
No thanks bank holidays only benefit a small percentage of people whilst the rest have to work, bank holidays get in the way of peoples medical treatments as well we should just scrap them
I reckon halloween/all saints day/bonfire night would be a good time to have one. It might not be sunny, but there’d be loads of extra fireworks displays and halloween parties on the Sunday night, I’m sure.
There’s also a bit of a gap after christmas isn’t there? Perhaps a mid feburary (Valentine’s/Ash Wednesday?) might be a good time to have one as well?
Bank holidays only benefit the middle and upper class. Any job with any genuine importance will still be mage to work. Scrap them.
I don’t give a fuck quiet frankly, surely more important things to cover than this bollocks
As someone that works in hospiliatily, it makes no difference to me as I rarely get bank holidays off and all it means is “Oh, shops close early.” I can see why people want an extra bank holiday but personally, i’m indifferent to it. That and christmas makes me want to headbutt the wall repeatly.
According to Yougov 49% of 65+ say no. Why do old people have to be such vindictive cunts on things that don’t impact them?
Of course the hospitality industry would campaign for an extra bank holiday, they still make their staff work it and get a lot of extra business. What about the majority of firms that lose business?
As a non-religious person, Diwali or Eid please!
Preferably Diwali, seems more sociable and more festivities. Plus great food!
Sadly this wouldnt make any difference for me. “Bank holidays” dont exist according to my company.
I realise I will be very much outvoted on this one but…
Speaking as a retail manager, please for the love of God, it’s bad enough dealing with you lot on the Bank holidays we have already!
Corbyn was planning to give us 4 extra bank holidays
Late June or July. Would be better. May has too many especially when it’s a later easter.
In April for the cherry blossom
In June for Turing’s birthday
Maybe bonfire night.
But never ever to ‘thank the Queen’ or celebrate a victory no one’s heard of against an enemy who is now a friend. Never that.
I’d vote for 2nd of Jan and then Scotland can get whichever one we get that they don’t. No-one want to go to work on 2nd of January, we’re all still usually a bit hungover (except the past two years).
>In an open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi
Sunak, signatories said that making the holiday permanent would “provide
a moment every year for individuals and communities to come together,
to thank those who have contributed in ways big and small to making our
country a better place to live”.
So not them then.
Would be a better idea if Bank Holidays were mandatory. Seems like a lot of people don’t get them to me.
Wales: “Can we have a bank holiday to honour our patron saint?”
Englad: “Never. But you like the Queen right?”