2020 Early May Bank Holiday Date Change

[YamFazFan]

This is worth bearing in mind if you're planning holidays/events etc...
The early May bank holiday, which normally falls on the first Monday in May, has this year been moved from Monday 4th to Friday 8th to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

[Grahamm]

And a whole load of calendars have the Monday as the date because they were printed before the Government made the announcement!

Of course they *could* have let us have both days as Bank Holidays, but we can't let the peasants get used to the idea of not working every hour we can make them so a few people can make more profit...

[mtread]

I seem to remember that the early May Bank Holiday was introduced to recognise 'May Day' - the International Workers Day, only introduced in the UK in 1978 (by a Labour government of course). Johnson has stolen it 

[VNA - BMW Wank]

Johnson has stolen it 

And that won't be the only think he'll be taking from the workers.

[YamFazFan]

 

[fazersharp]

Johnson has stolen it 

You three rabid Marxists can not help yourselves can you. it was a genuine post to remind everyone about the change    And as for Johnson steeling it, Mrs May was the PM when it was announced in June     
 Its get gets so boring for me to have to constantly prove you both wrong all the time.

[VNA - BMW Wank]

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[Grahamm]

You three rabid Marxists

[YamFazFan]

Yep a genuine post.
I was sitting booking holidays and noticed that my pocket diary has it down as the wrong date. Apparently it's caught loads of people out already.


It never occurred to me that it was full of political connotations . Wish I hadn't bothered now

[mtread]

Careful with Easter. Apparently it's a bit religious 

[YamFazFan]

I was sitting booking holidays and noticed that my pocket diary has it down as the wrong date.

Just checked my desk diary and that has the incorrect date too.

[BBROWN1664]

 Apparently it's caught loads of people out already.

I was reading about this a few months ago. People who had booked weddings etc for the bank holiday only to have the bank holiday moved meaning most of their guests could no longer make the date.

In my opinion, we should have been given an extra day rather than move one of the few public holidays we have.

In England, we only get New Years Day, May Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday,Whitsun Monday, August Bank Holiday, Christmas and Boxing Day. 8 in total. Scotland I believe gets the 2nd Jan as well.

In other European countries (certainly in France), they get the ones above plus VE day, Ascension Day, Bastille Day (14th July), Assumption Day (15th Aug), All saints Day (1st Nov) and Armistice Day (11th Nov). (13 in total)
The downside to the French ones is that if they fall on a weekend, they don't get the following Monday off instead like we do. Oh, and they only have a 35hr working week!!

[VNA - BMW Wank]

 

In my opinion, we should have been given an extra day rather than move one of the few public holidays we have.

Agree with you 100%
Apparently, they moved it once before in 1995 for the same reason.
But for me May day is May.

Scotland I believe gets the 2nd Jan as well.

You mean people in England are working today?  Stone me!
Happy New Year folks!
 

[fazersharp]

The downside to the French ones is that if they fall on a weekend, they don't get the following Monday off instead like we do. Oh, and they only have a 35hr working week!!

And retire at 60 - or at least they did - which is what the ongoing strike is partly allbout.
 The bank holiday - we have actually had 75 years to plan yet only decided last June.

[YamFazFan]

In my opinion, we should have been given an extra day rather than move one of the few public holidays we have.

Yep I totally agree. Foccin stingy or what!.


If they were going to decide so late on, then we should have been given both days off.

[VNA - BMW Wank]

And retire at 60 - or at least they did - which is what the ongoing strike is partly allbout.
 The bank holiday - we have actually had 75 years to plan yet only decided last June.

Remember that Tory government youse English just elected?


Well Ian Duncan Smith’s think tank called, somewhat comically, The Centre for Social Justice, recommended that the retirement age in the UK be raised to 75. 



Happy days
 

[YamFazFan]

Remember that Tory government youse English just elected?

No. My constituency elected a Labour MP with a majority of almost 10,000.

[mtread]

You know I said we've had the early May Bank Holiday since 1978......The Scots have had it since 1871
That means us English are owed 107 days off backlog.
I'm taking mine now
Oops forgot. I'm retired. Every day is a bank holiday 

[fazersharp]

And retire at 60 - or at least they did - which is what the ongoing strike is partly allbout.
 The bank holiday - we have actually had 75 years to plan yet only decided last June.

Remember that Tory government youse English just elected?


Well Ian Duncan Smith’s think tank called, somewhat comically, The Centre for Social Justice, recommended that the retirement age in the UK
 

then again we do have an NHS that needs to be paid for and the French dont

[YamFazFan]

Oops forgot. I'm retired. Every day is a bank holiday 

So you mean it pisses down with rain every day in your town?

[mtread]

So you mean it pisses down with rain every day in your town?

Our little corner of Essex is allegedly the driest part of the country. 
Which could explain why I'm watering the garden all bleeding summer 

[mtread]

then again we do have an NHS that needs to be paid for and the French dont

I thought I'd heard the French were taxed to the hilt, and their NHS was better than ours?


As to retirement age, I understood the problem was that each industry has its own separate age, and Macron is trying to unify them. The French therefore typically start setting fire to stuff.

[VNA - BMW Wank]

 

then again we do have an NHS that needs to be paid for and the French don’t

Really?    France has universal health care.  France spends over 11% of GDP on health care – this is funded by the French National Health Insurance System. 



The UK’s NHS is funded largely via National Insurance Contributions.  The UK spends about 7.2% of GDP on the NHS.


France is recognised as providing the best universal care in the world.

 

[BBROWN1664]

France is recognised as providing the best universal care in the world.
 

You still have to pay for it though through "social contributions" which are quite expensive and only provide the basic cover. There are also top up policies you can buy which provide cover for more expensive hospitals etc but its not "free" like the NHS is.

[fazersharp]

France is recognised as providing the best universal care in the world.
 

You still have to pay for it though through "social contributions" which are quite expensive and only provide the basic cover. There are also top up policies you can buy which provide cover for more expensive hospitals etc but its not "free" like the NHS is.