Remembrance Day Public Holiday in UK

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Saturday, November 17, 2007 Grumpyoldgit Ático I'm in East Sussex, UK I've made 135 posts Send private message to Grumpyoldgit	By comparison to many other European Countries, Britain has fewer public holidays and none at all for a period of some three months between the August public holiday and Christmas. Moreover, Britain does not have a "National" day. So what better way to celebrate our Nation than to have a National Remembrance Holiday falling on the second Monday in November each year to reinforce Remembrance Sunday which falls on the second Sunday in November? Such a holiday will serve to emphasise our commemoration of The Fallen who gave their lives to save Britain and also the on-going importance of the survival of our Nation. The National Remembrance Holiday will further serve to break that period between late summer and Christmas when there is currently no public holiday. If you feel it appropriate to reinforce the message of Remembrance Sunday with a Public Holiday, please sign the petition using the following link http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/remembermonday/ Thank you. Spam post? If so please click here to report it
17 Nov 2007 11:49 AM Marksfish Villa I'm in Leeds, West Yorkshire/ Puerto Rey, Vera., Almeria I've made 1329 posts Send private message to Marksfish	I already posted a reply to this in the Thalassa forum, but there doesn't seem to be many other responses, so i will post mine here as well. I believe they were looking into having another public holiday, around St George's day? I am a little confused how St George can be the Patron Saint of England, wasn't he a Turk? I agree, a bank holiday in November would be good, not only to remember those who have fallen in all military operations (not just the wars), but also those that are on active service and the injured. Whether we agree or not with the situations, these people are just political pawns and need our support. Mark _______________________ Marksfish (My fishkeeping homepage) Holiday Almeria (Apartment rental page) Reciprocal link site for holiday rental owners in the Almeria region Spam post? If so please click here to report it
17 Nov 2007 11:54 AM morerosado EOS Superstar I'm in UK / Costa Blanca I've made 5780 posts Send private message to morerosado	Agreed & signed. Please note link is this http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/remembermonday/ _______________________ Spam post? If so please click here to report it
17 Nov 2007 4:13 PM xetog Adosado I'm in Canterbury,Kent/Formentera del Segura (hopefully) I've made 227 posts Send private message to xetog	I agree. Not that it will do me much good as I am about to retire, but I wholeheartedly support our troops and only wish we could do more for them. Mike Spam post? If so please click here to report it

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