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Article: Bank holidays: let's be rid of this 19th-century notion

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August 28, 2007
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So you yielded to the temptation to enjoy the weekend sunshine out of town. How long did it take you to get home last night? Perhaps you were stuck on the motorway, thwarted by three lanes reduced to two, a closed tunnel or faulty lights. Perchance your travels were less ambitious, how long did you have to wait for your bus or train, as the holiday weekend gave you a sub-Sunday service? "Thank you for choosing People's Line," the voice intones pleasantly as you alight. No, no, we reply in our long-suffering British way, thank you for running a service at all.

Now, a think-tank - the left-leaning Institute for Public Policy Research - is proposing that this eight-times-a-year misery should ...

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