it means about as much as our National Anthem does to most people - bugger all
Lets change our Anthem to something that stirs passion , something about our Country and not a person.
Lets celebrate St Georges Day as passionately as the Irish celebrate St Patricks Day
oh wait .......... the country is full of foreigners - we are not allowed to celebrate our own country for fear it will offend some ethnic minority
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Jeremy Corbyn announced the other day that each of the UK Patrons Saint Days would be made Bank Holidays. Sounds like a good move towards your suggestion.Nesty wrote:it means about as much as our National Anthem does to most people - bugger all
Lets change our Anthem to something that stirs passion , something about our Country and not a person.
Lets celebrate St Georges Day as passionately as the Irish celebrate St Patricks Day
oh wait .......... the country is full of foreigners - we are not allowed to celebrate our own country for fear it will offend some ethnic minority
As for not being allowed to celebrate, LOL, what have you been reading?
If St George's Day is made a bank holiday it would probably just replace May Day bank holiday, so what's the point? I'd rather have 2 in May than 3 in April. I'd rather have all tbh, but that won't happen.
Most seem to celebrate St Patricks Day just as a p!## up...is there any Irish pride in it? And as for all the others...
Most seem to celebrate St Patricks Day just as a p!## up...is there any Irish pride in it? And as for all the others...
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Corbyn's plan is for four additional bank holidays, in addition, not replacing existing ones.Shade wrote:If St George's Day is made a bank holiday it would probably just replace May Day bank holiday, so what's the point? I'd rather have 2 in May than 3 in April. I'd rather have all tbh, but that won't happen.
Most seem to celebrate St Patricks Day just as a p!## up...is there any Irish pride in it? And as for all the others...
RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote:Corbyn's plan is for four additional bank holidays, in addition, not replacing existing ones.Shade wrote:If St George's Day is made a bank holiday it would probably just replace May Day bank holiday, so what's the point? I'd rather have 2 in May than 3 in April. I'd rather have all tbh, but that won't happen.
Most seem to celebrate St Patricks Day just as a p!## up...is there any Irish pride in it? And as for all the others...
So we would have March 1st, March 17th, April 23rd, May 1st, May 31st + 2 at Easter. That gives 7 in 3 months and just one in November between Aug 31st and Xmas. It would be better to spread them throughout the year.
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His proposal is that all four would celebrate all four saints days, to help unify the UK by virtue of sharing cultural holidays.Shade wrote:Ridiculous. Surely the holidays would be just a bank holiday in that country, rather than the whole of the UK? Either way, I think there are bigger things for him to be worrying about.
This was just one line, so you can rest assured the main things he is worried about stagnating wages, record food bank use and poverty, record house prices and unaffordability, underfunded NHS amongst others.
we have had stories in the papers regarding not being allowed to have England car flags, not allowed to call it Christmas etc etcRegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote:Jeremy Corbyn announced the other day that each of the UK Patrons Saint Days would be made Bank Holidays. Sounds like a good move towards your suggestion.Nesty wrote:it means about as much as our National Anthem does to most people - bugger all
Lets change our Anthem to something that stirs passion , something about our Country and not a person.
Lets celebrate St Georges Day as passionately as the Irish celebrate St Patricks Day
oh wait .......... the country is full of foreigners - we are not allowed to celebrate our own country for fear it will offend some ethnic minority
As for not being allowed to celebrate, LOL, what have you been reading?
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Don't believe everything you read in newspapers?Nesty wrote:we have had stories in the papers regarding not being allowed to have England car flags, not allowed to call it Christmas etc etcRegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote:Jeremy Corbyn announced the other day that each of the UK Patrons Saint Days would be made Bank Holidays. Sounds like a good move towards your suggestion.Nesty wrote:it means about as much as our National Anthem does to most people - bugger all
Lets change our Anthem to something that stirs passion , something about our Country and not a person.
Lets celebrate St Georges Day as passionately as the Irish celebrate St Patricks Day
oh wait .......... the country is full of foreigners - we are not allowed to celebrate our own country for fear it will offend some ethnic minority
As for not being allowed to celebrate, LOL, what have you been reading?