Saturday, 31 January 2009

Lobby for a new public holiday: Darwin Day (12th February)

An Early Day Motion has been put down in the UK parliament regarding the establishment of a public holiday in honour of Charles Darwin. Early Day Motion, proposed by Ashok Kumar, reads as follows:

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EDM 377

200th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF CHARLES DARWIN

Kumar, Ashok

That this House notes the extraordinary achievements of Charles Darwin; notes that 2009 marks both the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species; welcomes proposals for the creation of a Darwin Day in recognition of the ground-breaking work of the British scientist responsible for the theory of evolution by natural selection; and calls for Darwin's birthday, 12 February, to be designated a public holiday in honour of one of the fathers of modern science and one of Britain's greatest, if not the greatest, scientific minds.
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At the time of writing 59 MPs had signed this motion; see here.

If you are a UK resident, you can identify your own MP, including their email address, by going to the They Work For You website. Please write and ask them to support Early Day Motion 377.
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