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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Monkey

Why are we here?

Around five million workers - about one in six of the UK's workforce - will pull a post New Year's Eve sickie today. Black Wednesday, as it has been dubbed by employers, will also see one in 1,000 people quit their jobs and one in 10 skive to bargain hunt at the January sales, according to the Daily Express. Time for MediaGuardian.co.uk to relocate to Scotland, Monkey thinks - if we were in Edinburgh we would all get January 2 off as an extra bank holiday to help us ease into 2008.

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