"nightjar" wrote in message
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On 04/09/2019 17:44, Brian Reay wrote:
On 04/09/2019 17:34, nightjar wrote:
On 04/09/2019 12:58, tim... wrote:


"nightjar" wrote in message
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I got the impression that the main objection was that he hadn't taken
the Jewish population into account when setting the date,

how many non-Jews have even heard of this holiday (let alone know when
it is)

Nor had I, but if you are running the country, you, or at least your
civil servants, ought to know about the impact of a decision on all the
major religions practised in it.



0.4% of the population are Jewish.

We have the world's fifth largest Jewish community.

Even as someone with a Jewish heritage I consider your point nonsense.

Are you suggesting that the government should ignore minority groups?

it certainly needs to ignore minority groups "holidays"

If it didn't, the whole calendar would be blacked out

tim