So, the manager of O'Neill's in Ship Street, Brighton, wants St Patrick's day to be a public holiday?
Well, let me tell you, Jon Beach, you are in England, not Ireland.
I am sure the Irish prime minister and Gerry Adams would welcome celebrating St George's Day with a public holiday so everyone in Ireland could drink English bitter.
It's time us English stood up and were counted, considering we are the only country in the world that does not celebrate its national day.
-M Lucas, Langdale Road, Hove
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