To think England should get a bank holiday this coming Monday?

[OonaStubbs]

Since England's World Cup game with Mexico is at 1am Monday morning, it seems only fair that we should get a bank holiday Monday, since Scotland got one for their World Cup game that was in the early hours of a Sunday morning. It would be a nice thing for Keir Starmer to do as one of his final acts as PM.

Almost everyone complained except the SNP idiots.

How very funny.

I love football. Live and breathe it. You can find me down at Wembley for pretty much every England game there is.

I also love getting lost in art galleries, exploring museums and reading.

It must be fun to be so ignorant.

No, Scotland are out anyway so what's the point of all that excitement over nothing? I don't think they should have had a bank holiday for football - its a few men kicking a ball about

To be fair, they give their world cup match fees to charity.

No. Save it for when they win the world cup!!

I think a Bank Holiday is always a good idea. Boost for the hospitality industry as well.

Given the stats linking England football and domestic violence rising when they play/ lose, it seems like a fucking terrible idea to encourage an extra free day off for drinking and football

Maaaaaaybe if they got to the final and it happened on a Monday.... But nah. Not this early in the tournament.

Until you can't get the day off, have to find childcare, have to pay employees extra wages for the day, and extra days holiday and give time off in lieu of they have Mondays off etc

I notice you expect pubs and bars etc to be open on this BH that you get to enjoy 🤔🤔

Good grief what next 🙈

What a ridiculous generalisation.

Oh give over.

YABU. It's just football.

I suggest you look up “culture” in a dictionary. I’m sure you can do that, what with you being so intellectually superior.

You realise not everyone “gets the day off” even when it’s a bank holiday, don’t you? Or do you want to just close down the country for a day?

I’d never say no to a bank holiday OP. I don’t get a kick out of being a miserable twat either. Might be linked.

The cost of extra bank holidays on this country is huge, 8 each year is enough.

Scotland made its own decision. It's not a reason why every other country in the UK has to follow suit.

What extra bank holidays? The only one I can remember recently was the coronation, which was expensive for other reasons.

How can a quarter final match merit a Bank Holiday, just because it takes place during our night time?

If people are that desperate to watch it, they should take a day out of their holiday allowance. If they can't do that, tough.

We have 2 bank holidays for Christmas and 2 for Easter and a lot more people support England at football than regularly go to church.

Did you miss the bit where it's not compulsory to watch the match?

Trust me, in future years very few people are going to remember one quarter final, particularly one that we lose.

Almost nobody in Scotland save NHS and Scottish government civil servants had the day off. It was widely ignored.

You have to be on a wind up.