The_Kincardine Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 1 minute ago, Granny Danger said: Mondays should be a public holiday. There's a good argument for Fridays too. I assume you mean every week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Just now, The_Kincardine said: I assume you mean every week? Of course. I wouldn't want to discriminate in favour of one over another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Here is the official position of the St Andrews holiday: Quote http://www.gov.scot/Topics/People/standrewsdaybillThe St Andrew's Day Holiday (Scotland) Bill was approved by Parliament on Wednesday November 29, 2006. Its aim is to promote St Andrew's Day on November 30 as a national celebration of Scottish identity and culture across the whole of Scotland. What the Bill does not do It does not automatically create an additional day off work or school It does not oblige employers to change their existing pattern of holidays It does not add to the total number of designated local holidays in any year What the Bill does do The Bill added a date - November 30, or the following Monday should November 30 fall on a weekend - to the schedule of bank holidays in Scotland It provided the legal framework in which the St Andrew's Day bank holiday could be substituted for an existing local holiday from another date in the year It gives employers the discretion to choose St Andrew's Day as an alternative option, replacing a holiday taken at another time Each organisation and company is free to take its own decision about what to do. Whether you decide to have a holiday, or not to, or to replace an existing one. A decision is not bound in any way by the legislation Ministers are keen to encourage employers to consider the possibility of a St Andrew's Day holiday on November 30. The Scottish Government has made St Andrew's Day a holiday for all Scottish Government staff and thereby leads by example. Of course there are a pair of variations between Scotland and England & Wales... they in their Anglicanism take Easter Monday, we in our Presbyterianism do not and now take January 2nd instead. Also we take the end of August whereas they take the start of August (this may have its origins in the harvest?). NI has 2 more public holidays than England & Wales or Scotland - St Patricks Day and 'the Twelfth' (Battle of the Boyne Day). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 How's that going down in Brum? It was pretty popular. It wasn't really a proper haggis meal, they have that on Burns Night (well, Burns Day really... I'm not working in the evening).It was chicken stuffed with haggis wrapped in bacon. Very nice but could've done with a bigger portion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 1 hour ago, The_Kincardine said: So what are the worst examples of nationalistic tokenism? Quote My Team : The Rangers (Note the Nazi salute in the final pic.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Waving to a friend, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 5 minutes ago, vikingTON said: (Note the Nazi salute in the final pic.) Oh yah wee scamp. Thinking this was all about Rangers. Not surprised you're confusing local praxis with governmental fiat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 52 minutes ago, Highlandmagyar said: 1971 Correct. Not far off BWV. Liechtenstein didn't get round to it till 1984. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 I was seething when I my last employer switched my fixed public holiday Monday in May to this absolute non event. Not even the closest Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 6 minutes ago, The_Kincardine said: Oh yah wee scamp. Thinking this was all about Rangers. Not surprised you're confusing local praxis with governmental fiat. I don't think you know what 'jingoism' means tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 2 minutes ago, vikingTON said: I don't think you know what 'jingoism' means tbh. And then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppino Impastato Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 http://wingsoverscotland.com/the-patron-saint-of-north-britain/#more-90118 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 2 hours ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Halloween would be alright. We need an Autumn/Winter day off. October 31st is a holiday in many predominantly protestant bits of Germany. It's the anniversary of Martin Luther pinning his famous 95 theses to the door in 1517 In the more Roman Catholic bits they get All Saints Day (The 1st November) instead of Reformtag There might be issues adopting either in Scotland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 48 minutes ago, topcat(The most tip top) said: October 31st is a holiday in many predominantly protestant bits of Germany. It's the anniversary of Martin Luther pinning his famous 95 theses to the door in 1517 Wittenberg. I'm happy I can still recall my church history 32 years on. Disappointed no one;s mentioned flag-burning or cinema anthems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 1 hour ago, Peppino Impastato said: http://wingsoverscotland.com/the-patron-saint-of-north-britain/#more-90118 Has Wings Over Bath forgotten that the SNP pledged to keep the Queen as Scotland's Head of State after independence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Wittenberg. I'm happy I can still recall my church history 32 years on. Disappointed no one;s mentioned flag-burning or cinema anthems. If you burn a flag in the cinema they kick you out so you don't feel obliged to stay for the anthem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todders Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Has Wings Over Bath forgotten that the SNP pledged to keep the Queen as Scotland's Head of State after independence? And whats the relevance of that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Well in the spirit of jingoism then it has to be Nov 5th, Shirley? Not July 12th?[emoji48] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 Just now, DeeTillEhDeh said: Not July 12th? Already done in TFS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 54 minutes ago, Todders said: And whats the relevance of that? Look at the last picture on that post and the comment underneath it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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