Banking Crisis

 

 Brand tells us why he don't like Bank Holiday Mondays

TV funnyman Russell Brand sparked outrage last night when, on the first leg of his UK tour, he controversially announced moving one of the May Bank Holidays to around October in order to " even things up a bit." No stranger to controversy, the former addict and MTV presenter then went on to suggest that Bank Holidays were at heart "boring" and that the British people shouldn't be subjected to double the boredom in one calender month.

Brand's comments have provoked a fierce backlash on social media, with none other than the Managing Director of B and Q wading into  the debate. " To say that the Bank Holidays are boring  are way off the mark" he argued, " we offer a service on Bank Holidays whereby the British Public can come and buy equipment to finally finish off those long awaited DIY tasks and then when they get home place the equipment in the garage for a further year while they go and watch The Shawshank Redemption on tv".

However in  some quarters, Brand's comments have found favour, Cliff Dawson, head of  pressure group MOTH (Move One of The Holidays) was pleased to see a high profile celebrity figure taking up the issue. " Russell's comments, welcome as they are, will only work to put more pressure on the government to address this issue. In the old days the last bank holiday of May was traditionally reserved for all the play off football finals. But with the scheduling on Sky all over the place , this just leads to confusion. The traditional two Bank Holiday system is out of date and  needs to be revolutionised"

Supporters of the revolution argue that moving the second Bank Holiday to October will not only extend the school half term by a day but, as Russell observed, even out the bank holidays allowing the banking industry more of an un-interrupted run when it comes to losing our money

So far an online petition run by MOTH has collected 80,000 signatures, 20,000 short of their target of 100,000 which will allow the issue to be raised in the House of commons.

Russell Brand was yesterday unavailable to comment on proposed plans to scrap Maundi Thursday