England seems to be falling behind it's neighbours when it comes to having bank holidays. Overall we only have 8 bank holidays a year, Portugal has 12. Not one of our bank holidays is to celebrate St Georges day.
Northern Ireland already has two public holidays to celebrate their national identity, St. Patrick's Day on 17 March and the Battle of the Boyne on 12 July.
Scotland has already introduced a Bill in the Scottish Parliament to make St. Andrew's Day a Bank Holiday. It is unlikely to be rejected by the Scottish MPs and so 30 November will become a Bank Holiday in Scotland only.
There is common agreement in the Welsh Assembly that St. David's Day should be a Bank Holiday,so it is only a matter of time before 1 March becomes a Bank Holiday in Wales.
Northern Ireland already has its own Bank Holidays, Scotland and Wales have their own 'parliaments' which are introducing Bank Holidays... which means England will be the only one without a national day of celebration.
Any day off is a great day off in my eyes, so if enough people get behind it then fingers crossed it should happen.
http://www.stgeorgesholiday.com/
even a petition on the number 10 website
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/stgeorgeevents/
Northern Ireland already has two public holidays to celebrate their national identity, St. Patrick's Day on 17 March and the Battle of the Boyne on 12 July.
Scotland has already introduced a Bill in the Scottish Parliament to make St. Andrew's Day a Bank Holiday. It is unlikely to be rejected by the Scottish MPs and so 30 November will become a Bank Holiday in Scotland only.
There is common agreement in the Welsh Assembly that St. David's Day should be a Bank Holiday,so it is only a matter of time before 1 March becomes a Bank Holiday in Wales.
Northern Ireland already has its own Bank Holidays, Scotland and Wales have their own 'parliaments' which are introducing Bank Holidays... which means England will be the only one without a national day of celebration.
Any day off is a great day off in my eyes, so if enough people get behind it then fingers crossed it should happen.
http://www.stgeorgesholiday.com/
even a petition on the number 10 website
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/stgeorgeevents/