Originally Posted by Rob (Post 35186677)

I suspect that May Day is seen by many in the tourism industries as the real start of the season. Easter is just too early for temperatures to be reliable to get people thinking of outdoors. So removing that holiday, and making it later in the year is just shifting the season back and forth a bit. No real gain.

But from a bank holiday perspective why have Easter, may Day and the end of May holidays in such short succession. A date later in the year would spread things out.

Oh and to the unions, business leaders and such like who all say moving the holiday would be disruptive, I doubt it would be a sudden occurence and there would be a couple of years notice, whcih would give far more planning time than the holiday suddenly announced for the Royal Wedding, that is undoubtedly distruptive when so many will now be trying to skive that whole week.

Originally Posted by The Daily Mash

ENGLAND faces the tantalising choice of a national holiday that celebrates either the slaying of a fictional animal by a made-up saint or the violent deaths of a great many French people.

Ministers believe the May Day bank holiday has become bloated and inefficient while also failing to give people 24 hours off work in a sufficiently English manner.

They now want a national debate on whether England should have a holiday on April 23, in commemoration of a legendary Syrian for whom there is not a shred of historical evidence, or October 21, marking the day when undereducated men from across Europe died to satisfy the armchair whims of a handful of egomaniacal sociopaths.

The government said Trafalgar Day could also be a 'British celebration' based on the assumption that Scottish, Northern Irish and Welsh people enjoy the death of a Frenchman as much as anyone.

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35186725)

"skive" - such an emotive term....:D

Some of us have booked the three days between the two long weekends off as annual leave, so are off work for eleven days.;)

Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35186951)

yes and one of us was called a conniving old git when he booked it but what can i say the leave rota was empty some one had to do it :)

Originally Posted by Sirius (Post 35187860)

There was some sour grapes in our office but that was because they had not seen it and booked it themselves :LOL:

Originally Posted by handyman (Post 35189491)

Not having a calender to hand what are those dates? I could use some time off and don't have much holiday entitlement left :-)

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 35189508)

Good Friday 22 April, Easter Monday 25 April, Royal wedding 29 April plus May Bank Holiday Monday 2 May gives you a clear 11 days out of the office at the cost of 3 days' leave (Tues-Thurs, 26-28 April).

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 35189514)

We will be watching it here, not least because we have two daughters who are into Disney princesses in a big, big way, and this is a rare chance to see a girl becoming a princess in real life. :D It also happens to be our youngest's birthday, so a great excuse for an extra-big party.