Holidays
Let the rant begin. Here in Great Britain, we had a public holiday today. It was called - wait for it - The Summer Bank Holiday. We won't be having another public holiday until December 25th which, in case you didn't know, is Christmas Day. In Britain there are only eight public holidays each year but over in The USA, there are ten public holidays per year. By the way, Australians only get seven public holidays. Three of our public holidays are just called "bank holidays" but over in America, every public holiday has special significance. You have got George Washington's Birthday, Martin Luther King Day, Labour Day, Memorial Day and since 2021 Juneteenth National Independence Day which marks and celebrates the end of slavery and occurs each June 19th. Great Britain has a much longer and perhaps richer history than America and yet our public holidays appear to suggest that we are mostly concerned with when banks are closed. I would like to see another publ...