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 Rudi Hedman  Caterham 23 Apr 18 11.50pm |
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The prince will be called James Arthur. Being the 2nd son he’ll be allowed to mess around a little and will be preferred to be known as J Arthur.
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Pussay Patrol  24 Apr 18 11.54am |
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Originally posted by Rudi Hedman
The prince will be called James Arthur. Being the 2nd son he’ll be allowed to mess around a little and will be preferred to be known as J Arthur. Didn't he win X Factor?
Paua oouaarancì Irà chiyeah Ishé galé ma ba oo ah |
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| steeleye20 Croydon 24 Apr 18 12.39pm |
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Originally posted by ex hibitionist
fine woman Lucy Worsley - I'm not knocking people for being reluctant medievalists, but "who's the first King of England?" - strange that so few know, in other countries they'd be on the bank notes, national holiday and all that, and it's not even a straight answer. And I too have my gripes with history, esp the old thing if someone's got 'great' after their name it normally signifies they're a genocidal maniac. Like 'Great Britain' genocidal maniac fits that entirely. Makes you proud to be British.
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| Qwijibo Bournemouth 30 Apr 18 7.23pm |
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Originally posted by Badger11
I understand that Jeremy Corbyn will today call for 4 new public holidays to celebrate the national days of the United Kingdom. In principle I have no problem with this as I am the first to moan that we English do not celebrate St George's day. However I fear this is gesture politics giving the workers a day off because in reality this doesn't happen. Before I retired I took a job in a supermarket I was genuinely shocked to be told by my manager I was expected to work every Bank Holiday for the bonus of an extra £20. I offered to pay the store £20 so I could have the day off. I did some research and it turns out that bank holidays are no longer mandatory days off. In short your employer can demand you work it for no extra pay. Even if you are given the day off the employer can still deduct this from your annual holiday allowance. As we have 8 public holidays if we increase them and the employer deducts it from your allowance it means the worker has less flexibility with their remaining days Finally I would rather have a holiday in the autumn where we have a big gap between August and Christmas day. The bank holidays are often added into a holiday allowance as extra time off.
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| Badger11 Beckenham 01 May 18 8.37am |
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Originally posted by Qwijibo
The bank holidays are often added into a holiday allowance as extra time off. True when you work for a responsible employer. The bank I worked for you got 26 days leave plus the 8 bank holidays. However as I said the supermarket considered it a normal day and if your shift fell on it and you wanted it off it came out of your regular allowance. Now if Corbyn said that bank holidays were in addition to your holiday alowance he would have a point.
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