Page 5 | To think it’s ridiculous that an extra Bank Holiday has been announced in Scotland because they’ve qualified for the World Cup?

Butterflyfluff · 2026-02-13T16:20:06+00:00

Just that really? What if every country who qualifies decided to do this? What about other sports?

Bluedenimdoglover · 15/02/2026 15:44

Oh well, you can't please everyone .... Good luck Scotland!

Alliod40 · 15/02/2026 15:41

Ireland got one because we behaved through covid..we are only delighted with it

Duvetdayneeded · 15/02/2026 15:40

Great, England subsiding Scotland again.

beencaughttrollin · 15/02/2026 15:32

Tony Blair used to declare Bank Holidays UK-wide when England qualified for various sporty things. Scotland having a holiday because Scotland qualified seems more logical and moderate to me.

MeouwKing · 15/02/2026 15:31

After England win the World Cup, Starmer's successor will have to give England and Wales a bank holiday.

dopaminego · 15/02/2026 15:28

Logicalthink · 15/02/2026 14:36

Fkn neds

😂

Differentforgirls · 15/02/2026 15:06

Logicalthink · 15/02/2026 14:36

Fkn neds

I hate that term. There but for the grace of God.

XDownwiththissortofthingX · 15/02/2026 14:49

Samewrinklesnewname · 14/02/2026 13:07

I’m Scottish in Scotland and agree with the OP.
it’s a piece of nonsense, basically the lunatic SNP trying to buy votes in the Scottish election and unfortunately some idiots are that easily bought.
I work in the public sector and hope we don’t get it-public services are on their knees and can’t afford this

Fortunately for miserable torn-faced unionists, there is an election in May, so plenty of time for Anas Sarwar/Findlay/whoever is in charge of the LibDems these days to sweep to power, cancel the BH, and let Scots yoons bask in the misery they seem to relish.

Bloody nationalists, doing things Scots might like eh? How dare they. Someone might smile or something.

TheLovelinessOfDemons · 15/02/2026 14:42

Scotland qualifying for the world cup is a huge deal. Why shouldn't they have a bank holiday?

ColinOfficeTrolley · 15/02/2026 14:41

Bet you're a joy at parties OP. Jesus h Christ. What effect does it have on your life at all!!!!

Robbie82 · 15/02/2026 14:39

How about just letting people have a bit of joy out of something.

Logicalthink · 15/02/2026 14:36

Fkn neds

alpenguin · 15/02/2026 10:50

So what?
Scotland doesn’t get the August bank holiday yet we have to suffer the knock on effects of England shutting down for the day, the radio programmes all changing from regular to prerecorded guff and constantly going on about it on tv for the weekend.

This bank holiday won’t affect many people. It’s tokenistic but it’s kind of nice to have an even in theory national bank holiday for something that happens very rarely. It’s a recognition of the event

Differentforgirls · 15/02/2026 10:44

Samewrinklesnewname · 15/02/2026 10:36

@Differentforgirls not at all! As a shift worker it meant that we lost out on potentially 4 days extra pay a year-double time on public holidays, but shift workers are in the minority in the organisation so it was a decision made for the benefit of the Monday-Friday workers.
Our shift pattern is pretty much set in stone, so it’s not a case of being rostered on bank holidays at a manger’s whim-your shifts are your shifts.

I’d be the same as you.

Samewrinklesnewname · 15/02/2026 10:36

@Differentforgirls not at all! As a shift worker it meant that we lost out on potentially 4 days extra pay a year-double time on public holidays, but shift workers are in the minority in the organisation so it was a decision made for the benefit of the Monday-Friday workers.
Our shift pattern is pretty much set in stone, so it’s not a case of being rostered on bank holidays at a manger’s whim-your shifts are your shifts.

Differentforgirls · 15/02/2026 10:31

Samewrinklesnewname · 15/02/2026 10:25

No, we had some (I think it was 4 but can’t swear to it) “local public holidays” (as opposed to bank holidays) converted to annual leave some years ago.
We get 1/2 January, Good Friday/Easter Monday, and 25/26 December
Emergency Service so 24/7 organisation so if you’re rostered to work a bank holiday the 9 times out of 10, you work it, ans d get the day back, which to be honest can be a good thing

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Sorry missed your edit. Back in the day if you worked a public holiday you got double time and a day in lieu!

Differentforgirls · 15/02/2026 10:30

Samewrinklesnewname · 15/02/2026 10:25

No, we had some (I think it was 4 but can’t swear to it) “local public holidays” (as opposed to bank holidays) converted to annual leave some years ago.
We get 1/2 January, Good Friday/Easter Monday, and 25/26 December
Emergency Service so 24/7 organisation so if you’re rostered to work a bank holiday the 9 times out of 10, you work it, ans d get the day back, which to be honest can be a good thing

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Are you happy with that? We had two converted. Both Fridays in May and September.

So we get 10 plus the 2 extra AL.

Samewrinklesnewname · 15/02/2026 10:25

Differentforgirls · 15/02/2026 10:21

Six? Are you only working 17.5 hours?

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No, we had some (I think it was 4 but can’t swear to it) “local public holidays” (as opposed to bank holidays) converted to annual leave some years ago.
We get 1/2 January, Good Friday/Easter Monday, and 25/26 December
Emergency Service so 24/7 organisation so if you’re rostered to work a bank holiday the 9 times out of 10, you work it, ans d get the day back, which to be honest can be a good thing

Alpacajigsaw · 15/02/2026 10:23

It’s a big thing for football fans in Scotland, qualifying for us is akin to winning for a lot of other nations!

Most people won’t get it anyway. I work for an English company and we get English holidays we we won’t get it.

Differentforgirls · 15/02/2026 10:21

Samewrinklesnewname · 14/02/2026 13:15

I get 6 bank holidays a year like most people I know, public or private, and I “buy” an additional week’s annual leave every year-basically a week unpaid with the cost spread over the year.

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Six? Are you only working 17.5 hours?

SugarPuffSandwiches · 14/02/2026 13:38

HoppityBun · 13/02/2026 21:38

I’m English and I have no interest in any sport. My response is: good for the Scots, and good luck to them. These things mean a lot and a day off is a day off.

Same, English and have no interest whatsoever, hate football but appreciate others like it and if it gives a bit of a morale boost/lift to people, that's a good thing to me. Can't get worked up about some people enjoying themselves even if it is watching others booting a football around the field and staying up late to do so then spending the next morning in bed hungover 😁

MirrorMirror1247 · 14/02/2026 13:37

Butterflyfluff · 13/02/2026 20:48

The more you try to convince us that it's ridiculous, a joke or pathetic, the more out of touch you seem.

That’s really not the case.

The more you try and imply this is in any way important, the more out of touch you really are.

Every 4th country has qualified - it’s no big deal.

It's a big deal to we Scots! I'm not even that big a follower of football and I'm chuffed that we've qualified! Surely you can see that qualifying for the first time in nearly 30 years is something to be celebrated? A bank holiday has been chosen as the way to celebrate. We wouldn't begrudge England an extra BH if they won!

ChaToilLeam · 14/02/2026 13:31

Stop being such a misery! I don't even like football, but I'd rather the Scots got a holiday for that than some Royal nonsense.

SugarPuffSandwiches · 14/02/2026 13:30

YANBU
(Only because I'm not in Scotland and want an extra bank holiday too)
Seriously though, why not? Who's it harming?

Awrite · 14/02/2026 13:21

I hope you are only pretending to be this miserable. For your sake that is.