A petition was launched last Sunday on the change.org site to demand the establishment of a new national holiday in the United Kingdom. The date chosen would be September 8, the day of the death of Elizabeth II. The Internet user who authored the petition relayed by the HuffPost argues by using the words of Emmanuel Macron in his tribute speech to the Queen of England. “For you, she was your queen, for us she was THE queen”, declared the President of the Republic in his speech, speaking of the “most constant symbol of Great Britain”.
Britons in deficit on public holidays
Enough to make many Britons want to create a public holiday “for our nation to come together and celebrate both the life of the Queen and our gratitude for the institution of our royal family”. But that’s not all: the desire to have an extra day off is also very present, the creator of the petition complaining that Great Britain has only 8 public holidays, compared to 11 in France and 14 respectively. in Spain. “I think we need a new holiday,” concludes the author.
Arguments that have reached a large audience, since more than 130,000 people had already signed the petition on Thursday. Change.org even points out that it will become one of the most popular on the website when it has exceeded 150,000 signatures.