It is said that the money generated by people doing things on those days would balance out the loss in productivity. To which some bright spark said 'Why don't we have every day off then?'
I get you. The DM is not the only organ of the right to have performed a speedy about turn on this issue, just the easiest one to find googleable evidence of in a short space of time. The Conservative Party itself was arguing on the same lines at the time. Are they awful and hate filled?
And...
Just getting back to the topic at hand, I found this illuminating in The Guardian today.
"Experts at Jefferies, the stockbroker, said that if the company offset the pain by making its fixed deals more expensive – as seems likely across the industry – it would reduce the loss to £150m."
I'm...
It's not.
It's about May getting a significant majority to do exactly as she pleases, making as few solid commitments as she possibly can away with, whilst using the doomed Brexit 'negotiations' as a subterfuge.
Blinkers, you say?
2013 - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2431073/Ed-Milibands-speech-revives-70s-socialism-Fixing-energy-prices-boosting-minimum-wage-.html
"'The lights will go out over Britain': Shares in energy firms drop 5% amid warnings of blackouts from Miliband's plan to freeze...
I wouldn't worry, it's a headline grabber but I assume left in the hands of the regulator who have a very cosy relationship with the big players it won't amount to all that much.