MAY DAY-MAY DAY-MAY DAY!!
The Cameron millionaire cabal are hell-bent on getting rid of anything that has a connection with the culture of the ordinary people, anything that the ordinary people can call their own, an event that brings them together and reminds them of the struggles of the past. Everything has to be corporate culture, good for the economy or steeped in nationalism and power. May Day has always been our day, a day when we the ordinary people of the world can come together and celebrate our past struggles, our working class heroes, our history, our culture. It is our day, a day of fun, family, reunion and solidarity. We must stand up and stop this bunch of public school millionaire thugs from trying to erase anything that unites the ordinary people across all borders and cultures. We don't want another symbol of state or corporate power to take the place of what is ours. If a bank holiday in October would "help the economy", then let's have one, there is nothing wrong with another holiday, we don't get as many as our continental neighbours.
The Government is currently running a “pre-consultation” on moving the May Day bank holiday, potentially to October.
The idea is that a later bank holiday might help stimulate domestic tourism. Whilst this could be true, the loss of domestic tourism in May would be greater than the gain – just ask any of the big retail companies and trade associations currently lobbying against the move.
Or is this more a move to placate Tory back benchers who've long wanted to remove a public holiday with an association to May Day? It's surely a bad idea to mess around with a tradition dating back to the middle ages over a political whim.
The Government’s consultation ends on Thursday 9th June. If you want to join us in defending May Day (and calling for an additional bank holiday whilst we're at it!) please use this online action to add your own submission to the pre-consultation.
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