Well it is nearly the end of the week and time to enjoy the August Bank holiday. This is the last bank holiday until Christmas and I always wish there was one between now and the festive season. There have been discussions about this subject in the past. It is arguable that the moving nature of Easter means that there are almost too many bank holidays in April and May (especially when there is a Royal Wedding). (This has not however stopped people from campaigning for a further bank holiday to celebrate St George's Day)
I would like there to be a bank holiday in November. Why not have one around Bonfire Night and have fireworks to celebrate the occasion? Alternatively we could have one around Rememberance Day? There will be arguments against having a bank holiday around these dates. They could come from the Catholic population in the UK unhappy that Guy Fawkes' capture is being celebrated or from people of a pacifist persuasion who feel that having a day off at the time of Rembrance Day is a glorification of war.
Such arguments are not without validity so I would suggest a solution - we get the Queen (as bank holidays are declared by royal proclamation) to randomly choose a date from the period 15 October - 15 November out of a hat. This date would be the bank holiday (subject to it not being at weekends). That way we would get the bank holiday that most (because not everybody wants a bank holiday) people want and hopefully it will be an inoffensive way of choosing it (although anti-monachists may be against this method).
By the way let's still keep the Easter and May Bank Holidays!
Have a good weekend!
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