Letter: Rollover holidays

Monday 19 February 1996 00:02 GMT

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From Mr Huw James

Sir: There is, I believe, a general feeling in this country that we do not have the same number of public holidays as our friends on the Continent. Can I suggest that we use the lottery for this purpose and would it not be possible for there to be a national holiday to be announced every time there is a rollover week? This does not happen very often, as we know, but it happens randomly which would add some spark of interest. The Friday before a new rollover Saturday could be so designated.

Yours sincerely,

Huw James

Swansea

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