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Topic: Holiday in Scotland for WC qualifying
21. Author: DJAS Date: Tue 6th Jan 2026. 09:23 Don’t really get it. Games Saturday night/Sunday morning. More beneficial that it was the Thursday after the Wednesday 11pm game. Predictor league winner 2012/2013 Reply
22. Author: wee eck Date: Tue 6th Jan 2026. 09:36 Public holidays are typically on a Monday for a fairly obvious reason. Reply
23. Author: Rusty Shackleford Date: Tue 6th Jan 2026. 11:47 wee eck, Tue 6 Jan 09:36 Public holidays are typically on a Monday for a fairly obvious reason. So that the bloated public service sector can cost us even more money? Reply
24. Author: NMCmassive Date: Tue 6th Jan 2026. 12:35 Rusty Shackleford, Tue 6 Jan 11:47 wee eck, Tue 6 Jan 09:36 Public holidays are typically on a Monday for a fairly obvious reason. So that the bloated public service sector can cost us even more money? Yes. COYP Reply
25. Author: wee eck Date: Tue 6th Jan 2026. 12:49 Because it makes for a three-day weekend is what I as thinking. Maybe others would like to debate the subject on the Politics Forum. Reply
26. Author: ubisanman Date: Tue 6th Jan 2026. 12:53 Probably just somewhat realistically thinking ahead about all the sickies and school absences that are going to happen anyway. Reply
27. Author: kelty_par Date: Tue 6th Jan 2026. 13:09 Why is it when things like that are announced folk complain about "the cost" but when we get bank holidays for Royal weddings, they are described as being "a boost for the economy"? Reply
28. Author: Pars11 Date: Tue 6th Jan 2026. 13:25 Bank Holidays are called that for a reason, the banks are on holiday. Just because you work for the government or indeed the banks themselves does not entitle you to a paid holiday. I doubt many employers will do anything other than sanction a unpaid day off for those who claim it. This initiative is a cheap stunt by the SNP to curry favour with the voters, it costs them nothing and they certainly will not be funding any compensation payment for the day off. Bluebell Polka Reply
29. Author: veteraneastender Date: Tue 6th Jan 2026. 15:02 Having a bank holiday on a Monday doesn`t produce an uninterrupted long weekend off work for our local Bank of Scotland staff - it`s open until lunchtime on Saturdays. A daft idea from Swinney. Reply
30. Author: wee eck Date: Tue 6th Jan 2026. 15:08 It would still be longer than usual! Aren`t you lucky having a bank that`s open on Saturdays! Reply
31. Author: jake89 Date: Tue 6th Jan 2026. 15:12 It`s not a "proper" bank holiday, but a suggested one. Reply
32. Author: veteraneastender Date: Tue 6th Jan 2026. 18:01 SusieQ, Mon 5 Jan 23:07 AdamAntsParsStripe, Mon 5 Jan 21:06 I know most will still be working but who the hell would turn down a paid bank holiday just to complain we don’t need one? It`s not really a reward / celebration if "most will still be working" 🤔 After the Brazil game / we get knocked out, I can understand but it really is pointless what / when it`s being suggested. What happens if we do another Peru / Iran / Costa Rica?!! A day of mourning instead?! A (n extra) day off after the Denmark game would have been extremely helpful tho 🤪🥳🤣 That went through my head as well - if we don’t beat Haiti then Swinney will have massive red face 😱 Post Edited (Tue 06 Jan 18:02) Reply
33. Author: veteraneastender Date: Tue 6th Jan 2026. 18:03 wee eck, Tue 6 Jan 15:08 It would still be longer than usual! Aren`t you lucky having a bank that`s open on Saturdays! We are lucky having a bank, period. Reply
34. Author: P Date: Tue 6th Jan 2026. 18:29 Paraguay had a holiday for qualifying but I don’t believe any other country is proposing a holiday for simply turning up to the first match and no wonder since the proposal is an absolute cringe. Aside from anything else there are no solely Scottish banks left so no chance anyone is getting that day off unless there is one for England and I can’t see them looking for a ‘participation award’ bank holiday. Also means it’s unlikely many UK companies will do it so now you are getting down to smaller businesses to swallow an unexpected and likely unwelcome overhead. Everyone loves a free day off but this is just populist nonsense. Reply
35. Author: wee eck Date: Tue 6th Jan 2026. 18:37 If you believe social media, SNP supporters are all workshy scroungers who are on benefits so I don`t understand the politics behind this. As an OAP I`m disgusted as I`ll get no benefit whatsoever from it. How about a special World Cup Allowance for pensioners, John, so we can afford to upgrade our tellies for the tournament? Reply
36. Author: AdamAntsParsStripe Date: Tue 6th Jan 2026. 19:07 veteraneastender, Tue 6 Jan 18:01 SusieQ, Mon 5 Jan 23:07 AdamAntsParsStripe, Mon 5 Jan 21:06 I know most will still be working but who the hell would turn down a paid bank holiday just to complain we don’t need one? It`s not really a reward / celebration if "most will still be working" 🤔 After the Brazil game / we get knocked out, I can understand but it really is pointless what / when it`s being suggested. What happens if we do another Peru / Iran / Costa Rica?!! A day of mourning instead?! A (n extra) day off after the Denmark game would have been extremely helpful tho 🤪🥳🤣 That went through my head as well - if we don’t beat Haiti then Swinney will have massive red face 😱 Not really. I see it as a celebration of us getting there rather than a pre ordained celebration of a victory against Haiti. Zwei Pints Bier und ein Päckchen Chips bitte Reply
37. Author: jake89 Date: Tue 6th Jan 2026. 19:20 wee eck, Tue 6 Jan 18:37 If you believe social media, SNP supporters are all workshy scroungers who are on benefits so I don`t understand the politics behind this. As an OAP I`m disgusted as I`ll get no benefit whatsoever from it. How about a special World Cup Allowance for pensioners, John, so we can afford to upgrade our tellies for the tournament? You boomers just want it all, don`t you? You don’t know you’re born, honestly. Sitting there moaning about a bank holiday like it’s the end of civilisation. You want to try watching Scotland play football in the proper days, son. Proper days. Before your fancy HD telly and your heated seats and your half-time statistics served up like a restaurant menu. I’ve stood on terraces so cold the pie froze solid before you’d finished your first bite. 90 minutes of sideways passing, one hopeful punt, and then conceding to a team whose population could fit in a medium-sized Tesco. A 0–0 draw away from home? That was a result. That was something you talked about all week. “Hard place to go,” we’d say, as if that explained everything. It explained nothing. Reply
38. Author: Rigger Al Date: Tue 6th Jan 2026. 21:22 If its a public holiday ,will the people who have to work get overtime pay rate Reply
39. Author: PARrot Date: Tue 6th Jan 2026. 21:27 DBA, Mon 5 Jan 22:28 neils, Mon 5 Jan 21:11 It`s just vote buying, we are entitled to complain. Vote buying? No one is voting based off getting a 1 day bank holiday. Just another excuse for the usual suspects to repeat "SNP Bad" for no reason tbh. Exactly this. Conspiracy theorists just can`t help themselves. Reply
40. Author: jake89 Date: Tue 6th Jan 2026. 22:39 PARrot, Tue 6 Jan 21:27 DBA, Mon 5 Jan 22:28 neils, Mon 5 Jan 21:11 It`s just vote buying, we are entitled to complain. Vote buying? No one is voting based off getting a 1 day bank holiday. Just another excuse for the usual suspects to repeat "SNP Bad" for no reason tbh. Exactly this. Conspiracy theorists just can`t help themselves. TBF, some people are voting Reform even though having them in power will negatively affect their lives. People can be very narrow minded when it comes to voting. So extra day off or send some Asian care workers back to wherever they`re from? Reply

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