[Livia]

I remember when I was a kid, my parents would take us to the park on Sundays, or a museum, or out into the country. Now it seems like parents take their kids shopping.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Livia

I remember when I was a kid, my parents would take us to the park on Sundays, or a museum, or out into the country. Now it seems like parents take their kids shopping.

Yeah, I think closing shops down for one day a week would be a good thing, just to give everyone (employees and shoppers alike) a break from all that commercialism

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Yeah, I think closing shops down for one day a week would be a good thing, just to give everyone (employees and shoppers alike) a break from all that commercialism

Yeah, I agree. Sunday's lost it's religious connotation for many but I think it can still be a special day without that.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Livia

Yeah, I agree. Sunday's lost it's religious connotation for many but I think it can still be a special day without that.

Yeah it's not about it being religious at all for me, just a day for people to leave the rat race behind and just stop for a little while

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Yeah it's not about it being religious at all for me, just a day for people to leave the rat race behind and just stop for a little while

Saturday's my Sabbath, so I'm properly sunk as far as closing the shops goes!

[bots]

Originally Posted by Livia

Yeah, I agree. Sunday's lost it's religious connotation for many but I think it can still be a special day without that.

its not a special day though, or shouldn't be if religion is disregarded.

Everyone should be able to designate a family day whenever they want, providing timetables align - why does it have to be a Sunday, why not Saturday, if the majority are off then too?

The nanny state can **** off.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

its not a special day though, or shouldn't be if religion is disregarded.

Everyone should be able to designate a family day whenever they want, providing timetables align - why does it have to be a Sunday, why not Saturday, if the majority are off then too?

The nanny state can **** off.

No one's stopping you. It's just that the vast majority of people have Sunday off. I couldn't give a toss when people's special day is...but I think everyone could benefit from having one and opening the shops longer on Sundays isn't conducive to that, I reckon.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

its not a special day though, or shouldn't be if religion is disregarded.

Everyone should be able to designate a family day whenever they want, providing timetables align - why does it have to be a Sunday, why not Saturday, if the majority are off then too?

The nanny state can **** off.

Originally Posted by Livia

No one's stopping you. It's just that the vast majority of people have Sunday off. I couldn't give a toss when people's special day is...but I think everyone could benefit from having one and opening the shops longer on Sundays isn't conducive to that, I reckon.

Yeah what Livia said really, it's not so much a "nanny" state telling everyone what they can and can't do, it's more to protect the people who work in retail from the money hunger big companies working them every hour of the day

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Strange that the SNP are now opposing it in England and Wales then

hypocrites they are part of the reason we gave a conservative government as Labour in bed with this lot would have been a nightmare