Can anyone explain why....

Posted by: BigH47 on 27 November 2011

..if we have ALL have a day off for a royal wedding/funeral/ coronation the country stays afloat, but if those same people go on strike the country looses billions of pounds???????

Posted on: 27 November 2011 by deadlifter

It's called propaganda

Posted on: 27 November 2011 by Loki

Ditto. Same money lost. Maybe if we all went to work on the 30th they could use all those billions to fill the unpvoven but propaganda friendly notion of a hole in public sector pensions.

Posted on: 27 November 2011 by Bananahead

With a public holiday most of the country doesn't work.

With a strike other people are forced to take time off.

Teachers force schools to close which forces parents to have to say at home.

With a holiday people tend to enjoy themselves spending money at businesses that are open.

Posted on: 27 November 2011 by Bruce Woodhouse

Maybe we could make up the difference by producing commemorative strike tee-shirts and mugs, selling the TV rights around the world and making it a tourist bonanza.

Bruce

Posted on: 28 November 2011 by GraemeH

Wasn't the 'Royal' wedding used as an excuse for poor growth figures?