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23 Apr 17
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St George, St Davids, St Paddy and St Andrews day - across the UK.
Didn't realise that the Scots already have one more BH than England and Wales, and N Ireland have 2 more!
Didn't realise that the Scots already have one more BH than England and Wales, and N Ireland have 2 more!
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idiots, 3 more holidays within 2 months of each other, to go along with the 3 there already is at that time
 though i do think 20 statutory holidays is about 3 too few |
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Did he mention how the costs would be covered ?
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Labour Party
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IS Corbyn said it would be cost neutral as the lost productivity would be matched by increased spending on the day off.
Im thinking of writing to him and suggesting another 200 Bank holidays using that logic. |
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idiots, 3 more holidays within 2 months of each other, to go along with the 3 there already is at that time
He should propose one for October 28 - St Jude.  |
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Dot,
That's bang up there with labour's borrow your way out of debt lunacy they used to insult us with. |
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Things are much better now. Giving it all away.
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giving what away ?
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holidays create wealth
where would we be without christmas and easter spending ? |
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cant see the point - folk don't like holidays .
everyone moaning like hell over Christmas and can't wait to get back to work  we're a working country not a holiday island |
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Did he mention how the costs would be covered ?
what costs? |
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The 2 billion+ per day we lose every bank holiday is lost productivity maybe
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"Didn't realise that the Scots already have one more BH than England and Wales, and N Ireland have 2 more! "
If that's true I'm not sure how well these are observed. E.g. How many companies in Scotland take St Andrews Day off (which was no doubt created for political reasons)? Banks aren't required to close, and employers don't need to give it as a day off (and AFAIK ignore it). So it's AFAIK a holiday on paper only. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Andrew%27s_Day#Bank_Holiday |
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TBH who want's extra days off when the weather is cr*p anyway? How about one for VE day or VJ day when the weather is likely to be nicer.
Givce two fingers to Merkel and her fourth reich at the same time, or Nintendo and their quest for world domination usign the WII. |
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we could have a brexit day too
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Honestly what are you going to do with an extra day off on a cold dark wet day on the 30th Nov or a rainy day in april anyway?
Get bladdered and post your favourite oven chip on chit chat. It just costs the NHS money in liver disease. |
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Get bladdered and post your favourite oven chip on chit chat.
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"holidays create wealth
where would we be without christmas and easter spending ?" Do you advise Corbyn on economic policy donny? |
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Easter spending? I spent zero on Easter this year. Same as last year. Do any of you spend any extra money at easter?
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Labour love a good strike.
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With personal debt in the UK a growing concern, Corbyn proposes a measure that he thinks would see people spending even more.
Keep 'em coming Jeremy. |
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this is the kind of issue that really shows up the so-called "populists" for what they really are - they're not looking to improve the lives of the ordinary man at all they're just privileged capitalists looking to protect and increase their wealth
you've been conned |
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Ibrahima Sonko
giving what away ? Money. If you're employed your employer will give you money without your doing anything for it. But looking a bit further down the road. If you are an employer you'll need to put up your prices to compensate for having to pay people who aren't producing anything and the self employed will need to put up their prices because they need to earn the same amount per annum but now with less actual working days. |
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Totally agree bix.
So people spending money they dont have is good for the economy, i would of thought the biggest gainers of extra bank holidays would be the companies who have goods to sell. |
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great....
if it all goes t1ts up just get the bankers to pay for it all.... They already owe billions from their last f#ckup. |
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Would cost the NHS half a billion quid.
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that's ok then because nearly that much extra will be going to the NHS each week after we leave the EU
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4 more Bank Holidays hardly going to be a vote winner, and he badly needs massive support. But he did seem calm and thoughtful on Marr, although priorities all screwed up. One very annoying thing about May, she keeps saying, "let me be absolutely clear" ...... and then proceeds to be anything but !
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Has anybnody mentioned the hard working families yet?
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What about us lazy bastards?
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WELL IT SHOULD BE ALL THE SAME
WE ARE ALL UK |
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donny osmond
Date Joined: 02 Mar 08 Add contact | Send message 23 Apr 17 12:49 Joined: 02 Mar 08 | Topic/replies: 69,704 | Blogger: donny osmond's blog holidays create wealth where would we be without christmas and easter spending Quiet don't let Jeremy have any good press |
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Lloyds sold off at a profit. £400m in dividends. returned to the tax payer. Nothing special but it was something.
Hardly any mention on the news. |
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Scotland Bank Holidays
Date Day Holiday 1 Jan Sun New Year's Day 2 Jan Mon New Year Holiday 3 Jan Tue New Year Holiday 14 Apr Fri Good Friday POSTMEN WORKED IN SCOTLAND BUT NOT ENGLAND 1 May Mon May Day 29 May Mon Late May Bank Holiday 7 Aug Mon August Bank Holiday 30 Nov Thu St Andrew's Day 25 Dec Mon Christmas Day 26 Dec Tue Boxing Day |
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Remember you will still have the choice to work so no one can complain at this
You will get time and a half or double time Either work it or take the day off I know would do |
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I know what i would do*
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Easter holiday (variable) Good Friday Ayr, Dumfries and Galloway, East Dunbartonshire, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Inverclyde, Kilmarnock, Paisley, Stirling, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire
Easter Monday Ayr, Edinburgh, Falkirk, East Dunbartonshire, Glasgow, Inverclyde, Kilmarnock, North Lanarkshire, Paisley, Stirling, South Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire Scotland split Easter we work around it Not hard with so many people on this Island |
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Also look at all the days
Saint Days I thought we wanted out culture back you know the Christian one everyone keeps banging on about ? |
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If you are self employed or on zero hour contracts a Bank holiday is a days wage lost.
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