Extra public holiday gets parliamentary backing
May 21, 2008
A while back I wrote about a proposal to introduce a new public holiday to commemorate those who have died whilst serving in the armed forces and those currently on the front line. Today I’ve found out that this may be one step closer to being realised after a parliamentary report was published called ‘National Recognition of our Armed Forces’. The report recommended a day to recognise the contribution of the armed forces, which could be an additional public holiday or could be on a Saturday (I know which one I’m hoping for…). The date would be the end of June, rather than after Remembrance Sunday as originally thought.
As I’ve said before, I’m not sure that this is the way to increase awareness and recognition of the armed forces. Other recommendations in the report that did sound like a good idea were increasing the role of the Cadets in schools, and outlawing discrimination against military people in uniform, which was quite a big news story a few weeks ago as many military personnel have experienced verbal abuse when out in public in their uniform.
We’ll just have to wait and see what happens next…
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