No. 10 tells Peter Andre: siestas wouldn’t work here

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Peter Andre on stage
Peter Andre performs at Fantasia on 31 July 2021 in Maldon, England
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Downing Street has told Peter Andre that British people could not be trusted to have a continental-style siesta because they would all go to the pub and get drunk. Speaking to Times Radio, the pop star said that when he raised the idea of introducing afternoon naps to improve productivity with a friend at No. 10, they gave his idea a thumbs down. “He said that when [UK workers] go the pub they can have quite a few drinks and they are not going to come back to work in the afternoon. And I thought that I kind of get that.” A Downing Street spokesperson denied the claims.

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