{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/264046.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":264046,"parliament":{"period":"2017-2019","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2019-11-06T00:01:00.000+00:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Keep the Mon 4 May Bank Holiday: Create a new Fri 8 May VE Day Public Holiday.","background":"The Government has announced that the planned Bank Holiday on Mon 4 May is cancelled and will be replaced with a holiday on Fri 8 May.  This forces the cancellation of existing community celebrations and fails to recognise their importance. Fri 8 May should be an extra holiday to commemorate VE Day","additional_details":"The 75th anniversary of VE Day is an important day of national remembrance; people will want to commemorate & should be able to. \r\n\r\nThe existing May Day Bank Holiday celebrates quintessentially British life with long held community traditions across the country; Maypole,Jack in the Green, etc. \r\n\r\nThe principles so many fought and died for clash with the thought of damaging these traditional community events; both are too important to force people to choose between two such vital occasions.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":20,"created_at":"2019-06-09T11:27:29.074Z","updated_at":"2020-02-26T22:51:40.110Z","rejected_at":"2019-07-01T16:02:00.547Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2019-06-09T11:45:02.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/242483\r\nhttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/263926"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}