While it seems mad to have a public holiday for the football final, it's no more bonkers than the public holiday we have for a horse race.
I can see why they did it though. There's nothing between the Queen's Birthday and Horse Day in November. We do Labour Day much earlier in the year than much of the rest of the country. So there was a clear gap where a public holiday would go down well and sod-all excuse, so...
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Date: 2015-10-03 09:49 am (UTC)I can see why they did it though. There's nothing between the Queen's Birthday and Horse Day in November. We do Labour Day much earlier in the year than much of the rest of the country. So there was a clear gap where a public holiday would go down well and sod-all excuse, so...