According to Sky News: The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is calling for a "national conservation"(sic) on when new public holidays should be held, and what they should celebrate.
The TUC, who were clearly misquoted and really don't want to 'conserve' the current bank holiday status-quo but talk about changing it, have decided that now is a good time to bring this up as Britain is hit by a series of wildcat strikes and heading into an economic crisis.
Workers in England and Wales currently only get 8 bank holidays a year, so the TUC has called for this to be increased by 357 just to make things easier, to save energy as all industry would be shut down, and to reduce traffic congestion as then every day would be a bank holiday.
They would also like bank holidays to celebrate something more significant than a bank being shut, since most of them have closed their branches anyway, and to be renamed.
FNN has some suggestions for new patriotic 'Royalty' days:
- Meghan and Harry Podcast Day
- Prince Andrew Neverland Day
- Prince Edward Green Beret Day
Edward's Green Beret day is particularly inclusive since it celebrates all those, including me, who failed to get a coveted Green Beret and allows anyone who chooses to march in solidarity to the tune of Steeleye Span's All Around My Hat.
This conversation is clearly needed to reward our 'nation of grafters' who apparently work harder than the Japanese who get a whopping 15 bank holidays a year and still manage to save a lot of money.