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

[Butterflyfluff]

Just that really?

What if every country who qualifies decided to do this?

What about other sports?

Most people won’t actually get a holiday, not heard from my employer yet but I don’t expect we will get it.

So what if people in Scotland get an extra bank holiday. It doesn’t affect you in any way either positively or negatively.

Do you always grudge someone getting a perceived ‘perk’ that you don’t?

God forbid the plebs have a day off from the mill.

I think it is typical SNP nonsense, pandering to the saltire painted faces lowest common denominator.

I hope the Scottish Government also provide additional investment for domestic abuse support. Alcohol fueled abuse of women increases significantly when Scotland lose - as they will.

That’s going to backfire if it transpires that only public sector workers ending up getting it.

They’ve already announced most in our city won’t have it. So it will be a nation of exhausted, hung over and cranky people plodding into work. With lots and lots of mysterious illness.

I don’t care about football one bit but the excitement from my kids’ friends and their families is lovely. We got a pointless bank holiday for some royalist thing so not sure why this is so terrible.

We didn't get one on Wales when we qualified! Mind you we don't even get one for St David's Day.

Good for the Scots …. When did we al become so bitter

Not sure why you assume it doesn’t affect me. From a work point of view it actually does. And it has nothing to do with me not getting a day off!

Fun sponge

They're excited and celebrating. Its not doing you any harm. I think its really nice.

What difference would it make to you what a country you don’t live in does?

I don't begrudge the Scots an extra day off, but it is the most ludicrous reason I have ever heard of for a Bank Holiday.

I also object to football or other sporting events being declared as 'breaking news' or a 'news flash'. A group of men (or women for that matter) running around a pitch with a ball is not really 'breaking news'.

Funnily enough, I was saying exactly the same to Richard Tice the other day ....

Presumably a day when all elective surgery is cancelled. That will hurt thousands of people.

Chill. It's only going to be once every 40 years or so.

I'm Scottish. Most won't get the holiday. Several councils have already said they aren't closing etc. it will be like St Andrews day - a public holiday in name only

im a football fan and will be watching, but I agree with you. It is silly. And most employers will carry on as normal.

its almost like it's an election year....

I don't care about this one but I wish we get Jan 2nd in England like the Scots! .

that is, unfortunately, a good point.

What would happen if every country did this?

The sky would fall in; the dead would rise from their graves to attack the living; and house prices would fall by 0.1%.

Lighten up, OP.

Better than having one for a royal wedding.

Rude!

Anything that brings communities together has got to be good especially these days.

No more ridiculous than getting a bank holiday when the Queen died or when Will & Kate got married. Good luck to the Scots! It means a lot to so many of them