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Abolish Bank Holidays

(with more holiday at a time of your choosing in lieu)

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Tim Leunig
May 07, 2024
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a man in a red jacket standing on a beach
I wonder if it was a bank holdiay when James Moore took this photo for Unsplash?

Yesterday was a bank holiday. Which is why this post is late. 

Of course, apart from the banks, almost everything else on the High Street was open. Leisure facilities were open. The trains were running - which isn’t true for me today, thanks to ASLEF members striking. 

In cont…

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