would you like more holidays ?

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Recurrent meme from The Guardian, apparently we still lag down the scale in terms of number of bank holidays as compared to the rest of Europe, even with the additional ten countries. There is a campaign website to rectify this asking you to vote for a preferred day, personally I think an autumnal bank holiday would be best, but it is not as straightforward as it seems. Funny sniping from the CBI too, puffing about keeping Britain competitive, "We all like the idea of more time off, but most people understand that can't come without cost" — live a little!

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As always, we Brits get about half the facts right... there is a shocking revelation that if a public holiday falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, in many countries in Europe, you don't get any extra day off at all. And yes, this year Christmas Day is on a Saturday...

However, even taking that into account, we still are bottom of the list, with most countries getting 11 or 12, so asking for one extra does not seem excessive.

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