£230 spent on Saint Georges Day over the last 5 years!
 

This is disgraceful. They take no interest in our own national holidays no more. Bloody disgraceful!

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/2008061...o-5b839a9.html

Re: £230 spent on Saint Georges Day over the last 5 years!
 

That's £230 more than they spent on the prevention of cruelty to Dragons.;)

Re: £230 spent on Saint Georges Day over the last 5 years!
 

Maybe we should name our national holiday after something better

Re: £230 spent on Saint Georges Day over the last 5 years!
 

Anyone actually think it's a good thing that, for a change, the government hasn't been spreading taxpayer's money around like confetti?

Re: £230 spent on Saint Georges Day over the last 5 years!
 

<raises hand>

Me :)

Re: £230 spent on Saint Georges Day over the last 5 years!
 

How much did they spend promoting St David's Day?

Re: £230 spent on Saint Georges Day over the last 5 years!
 

OK, OK... If we spend a few grand on St. David's day each year, can we have free prescriptions too? :)

Re: £230 spent on Saint Georges Day over the last 5 years!
 

St. George's Day isn't a national holiday and why is it the government's role to promote national holidays anyway? This isn't a banana republic where we all get prodded out to salute the Great Leader and neither do I want it to be.

George Orwell puts it rather better when discussing the British character back in the 1940s:

http://www.netcharles.com/orwell/ess...d-unicorn1.htm and it's well worth reading.

Re: £230 spent on Saint Georges Day over the last 5 years!
 

You've got your own government to give you that :D

Don't forget the free hospital parking too ;)

Re: £230 spent on Saint Georges Day over the last 5 years!
 

Well considering that St George's day is the birthday of Shakespeare I'd rather celebrate the birth of the Bard myself.

Re: £230 spent on Saint Georges Day over the last 5 years!
 

Yeah nothing should be spent promoting St Georges day in fact when it comes to the English can they please shut up keep paying the majority of the tax and get the least benefit for it thank you. Thats how this government would like it and personally i am getting a little sick and tired of it.

Re: £230 spent on Saint Georges Day over the last 5 years!
 

If we didn't spend it on St Patricks day then yes. But surely we shoud celebrate our own heritage before that of our neighbours?

Re: £230 spent on Saint Georges Day over the last 5 years!
 

Wonder how much Red Ken spent on St Patrick's day celebrations in London. Labour are a joke and the general public, particularly English people are the punchline!

Re: £230 spent on Saint Georges Day over the last 5 years!
 

It's not about celebrating Irish Heritage, it's about people liking to get drunk as well as well the whole Irish theme there is. No one cares about Saint Georges Day because there is no festival or theme to it. So who cares? What are you meant to do on Saint Georges Day?

Re: £230 spent on Saint Georges Day over the last 5 years!
 

:rolleyes: Yes, because you can't see people getting drunk any night of the week in any major UK town can you, they need an excuse for it. Nothing like this government for stupidity, 24 hour opening one year, then a year later having to run expensive ad campaigns to point out to people drinking too much will kill them.