Take the day off work  - on Monday, 23 April 2007.

Celebrate St. George's Day!

England lags far behind the rest of Europe in the number of bank holidays we get. A bank holiday on St George's Day would be a great opportunity for all the English (regardless of colour or religion) to recognise the things that bind us together - rather than concentrating on our differences.

Everything from cricket to curry could be celebrated on our national day.

Northern Ireland already has a bank holiday on St. Patrick's Day, the Scottish Parliament is making St. Andrew's Day a bank holiday (click here for details) and the Welsh Assembly agrees that St. David's Day should be a bank holiday (click here).

Help us to persuade the government to give England a bank holiday on St George's Day. Take the day off work on Monday, 23 April 2007. If enough of us take a holiday on the same day it will be a powerful message to those in charge.

Click here and pledge to take the day off work!

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