Why should the US have all the new holidays? Here are five to make the UK a happier place | Emma Beddington

I“I am not deliberately contradictory – I am a peace person – but I decided that the days of bank holidays are nonsense. They are in my mind because May is the peak season for them, but also because the handsome and smart president Trump (listening, my son moves to the United States this summer and it will be good for visiting sometimes) Two new public holidays. No one wants to take leave for them, of course.

Inspired by this stable genius thinking in the blue headphone, I think we must do something radically better with us. Because the current Monday bank holiday system is inappropriate for the purpose. The last one was, I think we can agree, bleak: skiing on the biometric and with it, only suitable for wandering around B&S and an abandoned barbecue followed by an undesirable sofa.

The problem, in addition to the unexpected weather, is the lack of surprise and spontaneity. We know when the days of bank holidays are, so we “spend it” proactively, the palm of the amount of pleasure that we will get and the number of wonderful projects that we will break. Reality inevitably disappointed, with self -hatred, rain, family irritation, and annoying fomo. But what if you did not know when the bank holidays are coming? Imagine the suspense announced by one of them at 7.30 am on the same day – it may be more beautiful, in the event of the alert of the emergency they put on our phones. This will be the extreme equivalent of the teacher who puts the TV to the cart when you expect dual mathematics.

This represents some logistical challenges (to start, we cannot leave something important to the government: I suggest a citizen association, the jury service method, to make fun of the sport victories or the first Swift feature). But is it not worth the organizational effort to enhance the national morale? Below five days, I think we should be grabbed, dedicated.

Low -risk news drama day

Sometimes, the news cycle makes it impossible to work, but in an enjoyable way, not a deep shock (thought And CristiOn that day when Almost everyone resigned in the cabinet in Boris JohnsonOr Oscar slapThe state must submit to the inevitable and give us a holiday. How to celebrate – it is permissible to discuss discussion, deeper into subredits or Fulminate about invading public discourse – up to you. Technical note: If LSNDD is not announced in the two months before the Academy Awards, we are monitoring the coverage directly without worrying about working the next day.

Spring/Summer/Fall/Winter Day

Each season brings at least one day when the work feels unnatural and unfair. That golden autumn, which was voted by rustling kick leaves. snow! On the first spring day when the weather is warm enough to sit without a coat, watching everything excels. Heatwave Day, for a simple lizard (above all the smell of boxes and the AC office becomes attractive). With the assistance of the Met office, the Citizen Association can give us a perfect day every season to become the happiest of ourselves for animals.

Get your day

We need a number of these elements annually: one to manage public life, one for physical maintenance before summer (imagine that public transport pains and personal shame will all be superior) and the other before each of the main gift celebrations. This will really change life for me, and he is the person who has always been done because of the passage of time.

The day of mourning on the national treasure

I think I am talking about the entire nation in saying that if we go Bob Mortimer, Cathy Burke or Judy Dench in front of us, we will want to nullify the tools. A friend banned me from the signal The other name We all think about (“” You will fall on it! “) But we will need to be with their loved ones when the time comes. Stop all hours, conceal all trousers.

Fibi on the day of completion

An emergency alert on your phone looks a message to run TV. Lecturer is dragged into the Downing Street and appears Care Starmer, and faces a grave as a cemetery. “This morning, the Citizen Association alerted me: I spent a harsh night, none of our clothes look good, and we, as a nation,“ I do not feel it. ”