Make the extra day in a Leap year February 29th a Bank Holiday / Public Holiday.

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Make the extra day in a Leap year February 29th a Bank Holiday / Public Holiday.

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A special day in the calendar February 29th has many of its own traditions, but is also the celebratory day of the Leap year. This year will celebrate many things; The Olympic and Paralympic Games, European Football Cups. You, the British public should be given the day as a bank holiday to celebrate

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February 29th is also the accepted day a woman can propose to a man as well as other great traditions - http://www.timeanddate.com/date/leap-day-february-29.html

Saint Oswald, Archbishop of York Died on February 29th in 992. He would wash the feet of the poor after lent everyday and celebrating this as his day would be a way that that the state could give back to the British public - http://aclerkofoxford.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/st-oswald-of-worcester-monastic.html

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