Submitted on Sunday 9th June 2019
Rejected on Monday 1st July 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make ‘Victory In Europe Day 2020’ an extra Bank Holiday for the United Kingdom
The Government is moving next year's early May bank holiday back by 4 days to coincide with the 75th anniversary of VE Day
It is right and proper we celebrate this historic day but Friday 8th May should be an extra bank holiday to properly mark the sacrifice our troops made to liberate Europe
450,900 British troops died in WW2
60,000 British and commonwealth civilians also gave their lives. As a mark of respect we should honour them with a dedicated national ceremony on a day of their own.
The British get the fewest holidays in Europe. Our European neighbours who we helped liberate, celebrate far more public holidays than we do in the UK, with Spain, Italy and Russia leading the way with 12 days each.
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