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In the UK there are nine public holidays. ( New Year, St Patrick’s Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, May Day, Spring, August, Christmas, and Boxing Day.) Seven (inc New Year's Day) of which are plainly rooted in religious traditions and practices.

That is 78%(aprox) Religious, primarily Christian/Pagan holidays. In this secular and mixed faith nation. We propose that a new secular Public Holiday be created.

To this end we petition the Office of Prime Minister to establish February 12th as ‘Darwin Day’, a national public holiday, celebrating the Life and works of Charles Robert Darwin.

2009 sees the 200th anniversary of his birth (February 12th) and also the 150th anniversary of the publication of “On The Origin of Species” so there would be no better time to make his birthday a national public holiday in recognition of this great man

Current signatories

Stephen Rushbrook, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Keith Scott
• Alan Crowe
• Steve Payne
• Richard Hogg
• Jason Dove
• Neil Eldred
• Gemma Brunswick
• gary webb
• Paul Johnson
• Geoff Newman
• Aiden Wrenn
• Phillip Passmore
• John Sargeant
• Ed Gray
• Louise Hawkridge
• Wendy May French
• Nick Cooper
• Christina Benjamin
• Andrew Munuo
• Emily Kean
• Victoria Bartholomew
• Laura Amiss
• Randy Banks
• Roger Pinter
• robert kean
• Margarida Santos Silva
• Michael cooper
• Alan Clark
• Harry Walkeden
• Bob Churchill
• Seamus Connolly
• Chris Nash
• Catriona Clarke
• Alan Clifford
• Richard Carter
• Mark Buckland
• Colin Crossley
• Ben Squibb
• Brian Jordan
• Andrew Hollos
• Laurence Wheway
• Michael Stallard
• James W Randall
• Shaun Flynn
• Chris Shone
• Dave Cross
• pete fifield
• Robert Brooke
• Brian Johnson
• andrew blackett
• Dr Steve Wilson
• Heather Picton
• stephen bills
• Toby Barrett
• Kai Hendry
• Niall Goulding
• Karen Loasby
• diane wallace
• Lauren Drew Wallace
• Oliver Maunder
• David Cantrell
• Simon Heffer
• Chris Hardy
• Charlie Allsworth
• Chris Cumberpatch
• Kelvin Blakeway
• Michelle Phillips
• Karl Jackson
• hazel ripley
• rebecca warren
• Gareth Hill
• Adam Stocks
• Kevin Aylward
• Dr Paul A Daniels
• Mark Wilson
• Paul Coghill
• Alan Wyatt
• Scott Alexander Sumner
• Nicola Priest
• oliver potts
• Kieran Corcoran
• Eva Blake
• colin miller
• Bryan Kennerley
• Warren Howells
• Quentin Brodie Cooper
• Ethan White
• Charmaine Briscoe
• Darren Hopkinson
• Stephen Evans
• Jon King
• Chris Leonard
• Seb Bond
• William Thomas
• R Snuggs
• Kathryn Lees
• Billy Whelton
• Dave Grohl
• lauren acus
• Graeme Smart
• Sian
• John Kozak
• Billy Sands
• Peter O'Malley
• Paul Bickmore
• Rob Ager
• A Graham
• Chris Archer
• Hugh Stimpson
• patrick c walsh
• Janice Cander
• Dani Sunshine
• Robert Steadman
• Robert Aitken
• Simon Grant
• Steve Sainsbury
• Neal Shepperson
• Andrew Davis
• Rob Ollier
• Gareth Edwards
• Ben Hughes
• David Rose
• Paul Massey
• Kenneth Gilmore
• Tim Evans
• Iain Forbes
• Jim Quinn
• Geoff Jones
• Jordan Burgess
• Matthew Cole
• Andrew Gill
• Chris Jefferies
• Alex Nuan
• John Beavis
• S D B Smith
• Nick Godwin
• Nick Taylor
• Jon Turnbull
• Roger Bailey
• Jeremy Lawson
• Jane Speller
• Bernadette Kennedy
• Mike Woodhouse
• Mike Woodhouse
• Paulo Saldanha
• Margaret King
• James Robinson
• Robert Brenchley
• Peter Chambers
• David Longhorn
• Derek R Allum
• Peter McGrath
• Karen James
• Anthony Jefferies
• Gareth Thomas
• Nick Daffern
• Victoria Sharratt
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• K Davies
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• mandy shine
• Peter Wardley-Repen
• T. Lawrence
• Ian Woods
• Kieron Wilkinson
• Pompeyo Santiago
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• Philippa Wilcox
• Peter Thake
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• Dai Morgan
• Keith Davies
• Rob Davidson
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• Chris Young
• greig mclean
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• Francis Barry Burns
• Jo Wood
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• Adam Slade
• Jonathan Walmsley
• Adam Casey
• Justine Chamberlain
• Ian T. R. Craigie
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• Matt
• Erin Sheerin
• PETER HOWARD
• Stacy Orr
• Jade Harrington