Rejected petition Make ST Georges Day a Bank Holiday in England

it shouldn't be a crime to celebrate being English , the Irish celebrate St Patricks Day without being labelled racists

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Why is it being made into a racism to be proud being English?
Black , white, yellow, brown ? Doesn't matter lets get back to being proud of being English and celebrate St George every April 23rd
please sign and please direct all your English friends to this petition

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/119457

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Date submitted 26 June 2016
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