Letter: Free to choose our own holiday dates

Sir: Where this can be done without inconvenience, there is a perfectly good conservative, business reason for harmonising holidays throughout the EC: every holiday in any country, that is different from the majority, loses two days of business and communication with the rest of the single market. Many holidays are fixed for national or religious reasons, but others could be harmonised to the advantage of everyone. These include May Day and Whit Monday.

Yours sincerely,

KEN GARDNER

Windsor

Berkshire