Well great then lets fuck bank holidays off completely so we dont upset self employed people.
Im living in Spain currently, 2 months ago they announced an extra bank holiday for fathers day with about a months notice as Madrid was one bank holiday short for the year. I didnt hear anyone moan about an extra day off and as i sat on the train back from seville, which with the extra day it was worth a cheap and cheerful little trip to, i can assure you there were no tears from fellow passengers about any potential little knock on effects on the economy or if a few self employed people might be upset. Work life balance is a major issue in the UK which i can see even more in my few months here so far, i just cannot see the point in complaining about 4 more days off.
We could be talking about the torys dismantling the NHS and patients dying in corridors waiting for a bed, and how Labour can turn that around. But no lets complain about a few days off work.
Sorry, but you're losing track of what you criticised us for.
Suggesting any of us want all bank holidays fucked off isn't exactly a mature response, is it? It's just lashing out exaggeration instead of making an argument.
You're working on the assumption that it is four extra days of paid holiday for everyone, which is not necessarily the case at all, it's simply making those four days public holidays. If it was four guaranteed extra statutory minimum holiday days, they would have included that in their brief summary (you'd expect, despite their incompetence).
As for the lack of complaints on your train anecdote, what is your point? Is that representative of all of Spain? Did you canvass the opinions of self employed/freelance residents?
Go ahead and talk about how Labour can improve the NHS - noone is stopping you. It would be good to hear some proposals from Labour about that, so we have something to discsuss. The first Sunday media of an election campaign and the Leader's office want the press to focus on this back of a napkin 'policy', that's not my fault. Likewise, we can continue to talk about this holiday proposal despite you not wanting us to.
To me the proposla just looks like a platitude they hoped everyone would lap up as a good news suggestion, without giving much thought