May Day n/g

[valenciagill]

UK has a bank holiday next Friday , why isn't it this coming Monday ?
I googled it and it's called 'early May holiday'.
Since when has this been happening ?

 

[LancsGordoRoad]

UK has a bank holiday next Friday , why isn't it this coming Monday ?
I googled it and it's called 'early May holiday'.
Since when has this been happening ?

I believe it`s something to do with the VE Day (75th anniversary) - BH moved to the VE day.

 

[Vambogills]

May Day looked at Easter and thought 'Bollocks to that. You move every year and no one knows what day you fall on so this year I'm doing a little shimmy up the calendar myself!'
Or some rubbish like that.

 

[bathnightattheminogu]

Because it’s VE Day I believe VG

 

[GRSGimmer]

It is to celebrate international racism - it is called VG Day.

 

[valenciagill]

It is to celebrate international racism - it is called VG Day.

There's no need for that

 

[valenciagill]

Thanks for the explanation folks , I was genuinely puzzled for a while.
May Day is a BH here in Spain , on the actual day. When the 1st falls on a Saturday or Sunday , tough !

 

[Vodapadi Beef Sache]

Big VE celebrations planned for next Friday ..... my street has organised a street party with a social distancing twist .... should be interesting ....

 

[OneSirKeefy]

We’ve got Monday off over here, and it’s called Labour Day.

 

[Jerryattrick]

We’ve got Monday off over here, and it’s called Labour Day.

Most places call it Labour day but the UK did not want it to sound like commie day lol.

 

[Nobby_66]

Call it what you like, it falls within my normal shift pattern so I'm calling it "Double bubble Day"

 

[PhilK66]

We’ve got Monday off over here, and it’s called Labour Day.

I guess that VJ Day is more relevant to Aussies come August?

 

[The Roone]

I guess that VJ Day is more relevant to Aussies come August?

Why my dad was out there to the end as were a lot of Brits. It has just been ignored by the press for years. I asked my dad who was in the Merchant Navy where he was on VE day and he told me he was en route for the far east. he came back in 1947.

 

[Buddha]

May 1st is International Workers Day, ffs!

I know everything is different this year cos of the lockdown but in normal years the 1st of May is a public holiday in most countries irrespective of whether it is a Monday or not. It's International Workers Day on the 1st so on the 1st the workers down their tools and have a holiday. It really isn't that difficult to understand.

Yet this bloody country doesn't seem to recognise or respect this fact. Instead they move the 'bank' holiday to the first Monday after the 1st. Why? Because this is less disruptive for banks and businesses!!!

I think they missed the fcking point.

 

[Jerryattrick]

May 1st is International Workers Day, ffs!

I know everything is different this year cos of the lockdown but in normal years the 1st of May is a public holiday in most countries irrespective of whether it is a Monday or not. It's International Workers Day on the 1st so on the 1st the workers down their tools and have a holiday. It really isn't that difficult to understand.

Yet this bloody country doesn't seem to recognise or respect this fact. Instead they move the 'bank' holiday to the first Monday after the 1st. Why? Because this is less disruptive for banks and businesses!!!

I think they missed the fcking point.

As i posted earlier, they did not miss the point but wanted to add an extra bank holiday. They would not have had enough votes to pass through parliament if it was linked to a ‘labour’ or workers day.