Only a fifth of Britons oppose putting animals on the bank notes instead of Churchill
Only a fifth of Britons oppose putting animals on the bank notes instead of Churchill– politicalbetting.com
With historical figures set to be replaced on banknotes with wildlife. How does voting intention vary by which animal people would most like to see on a bank note? ??Bambi fans must vote Labour as the party leads among those who fancy a deer on their cash.
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And with that I’ll be off, those half-price pints of Guinness at the local Irish pub aren’t going to drink themselves! Cheers.
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/winston-churchills-granddaughter-dismisses-right-wing-fury-over-banknote-change-404024/
Hares are the superior leporid.
The 23% who want vermin foxes on notes can do one though
The fusion and quantum computing money is UK government funding.
He should really be campaigning for better punning opportunities. So, for example, should Scottish notes have thistles on them so when we accept them we can say "thistle do nicely?'
Or five pound notes feature heroic figures from the past, notably Lady Godiva? While ten pound notes could feature Wyn Evans. Recast the £20 note as £25 and have Valegro on the front of it.
One has to wonder how much it's a "it's happening under Starmer's government, so I strongly oppose it" reflex. Something that Kemi's Conservatives are too prone to doing as well.
Still the lawyers and consultants will doubtless get even richer. Yet again.
£50 notes should have a stag and a hind on them, so anything you buy with them is two deer.
We should bring back £1000 banknotes and have rhinos on them, both to honour the slang term for money from the eighteenth century and because it would give numismatists the horn.
One pound notes should be for 105 pence and have a certain type of fowl on them.
Good morning, everyone.
I'm sure this will be a vicious debate but I'd go for:
Pigeons, foxes and rats
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/withdrawn-banknotes
They were…
'Micro-penis Mark Levin is a real piece of work' says Megyn Kelly.......(It's not size it's what you do with it says Anna)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYvMm5v1Qj4
They were demonetised after the Allies found the Nazis had produced around £300 million of near-perfect fake notes, especially £5 notes, which they used to fund the theft and extortion of all Europe, plus enormous amounts of espionage activity (because people trusted the British pound rather more than the Reichsmark or their own local currencies). It was called Operation Bernhard. This was made materially easier by the fact the old notes were printed on one side of simple paper, and although they had watermarks they were not standard from note to note making them pretty much useless as a security measure.
As a result, the Bank of England had to hurriedly design new notes with some half-decent security features.
Either that or Dolomedes.
You a fan of the GSC @Brixian59 ?
Why can't they just share the hedge?
Put a true leader on all the money.
See the greatest speech ever https://youtu.be/XEECxN5P1nw?si=hP-TdNZMizrkZ_RV
We have £100 notes up here, they do occasionally turn up over the counter. We're way ahead on the wild shit on banknotes thing: mackerel, bridges, castles.
You should be ashamed, Mr. Eagles, of your blatant numismatiphobia. Huzzah for hard currency!
South Sea Bubble - Hedgehogs
Great Depression - Hedgehogs
People named Piers - Hedgehogs
https://en.numista.com/219935
Operation Bernhard features in the new Peaky Blinders film which I will not be bothering with.
1) Cashback
2) Section 75 protection for purchases over £100 on credit cards.
1) I like collecting variant coins, so tend to pay for smaller things in cash.
2) I also usually use a credit card online.
3) I do have real concerns about the risks of abolishing real money.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c15xeyny73wo
Their example is a salutary warning of the dangers of unlimited credit.
Katja Hoyer
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Merz is one of the most unpopular German chancellors ever. What's he done to lose trust? Nothing. That's the problem. Voters don't want strategic political caution. They want change. If Merz won't deliver it, they'll look elsewhere, I argue @Bloomberg
👇
https://x.com/hoyer_kat/status/2033829405085007934?s=20
As has been pointed out before, hes on the side of the public ref involvement but they are more likely to think hes handling it badly. Maybe thats allowing all the bombing from our bases he stopped them bombing from.
The public support help on oil but want much much more.
Suggests no appreciablec war bounce
"It's Little Unfair" of Iran to Fight Back.
-Donald Trump
https://x.com/hippyygoat/status/2033647783899500577
At least Zack is heading to the top of the opinion polls. Some undiluted Marxist student politics government would be welcome in this World of Trumpian insanity.
A week on and already $100 oil seems just to be a thing - I wonder if we'll be thinking that in a month or two.
On topic - a misstep by Ed Davey if I'm honest. It's not an issue about which to get excited - I don't care, the value of money will always be more better than what is on the notes and coins.
As a Lib Dem supporter, I'm worried "noises off" are prompting him to feel he needs to get an improved public profile and to respond to anything and everything - that might be okay for a rent-a-quote Government or Opposition backbencher but leaders need to pick their ground better. I do think he's done better on opposing Trump and there's a constituency (72 if not more) who will probably support that.
I'm also interested in what's happening to Merz - he too is learning the toughest lesson of politics and leadership. Sometimes it doesn't matter if you're doing the right thing because frightened, angry people will always say you're doing the wrong thing.
I'm in a minority here (as usual) - I think Starmer is doing reasonably well - but the problem is the contempt is so embedded among some it will always come out as opposition. Even when Starmer gets it right, plenty will say he's getting it wrong and that's probably going to be the case to the minute he leaves 10 Downing Street and some will be still having a go as his car reaches the Palace.
Beatrix Potter was a substantial economist.
Merz's position is sensible and he is heading for re election as Chancellor comfortably
Those arguing Brexit was good for the industry are bonkers.
https://x.com/SebJohnsonUK/status/2033499266715369549
Prior to 2026 the UK had never minted a Unicorn in Defence.
It has now minted two in two months.
One of them hasn't even announced it publicly.
The first is UK-Ukrainian UFORCE, which develops autonomous systems across air, sea and land, and has supported more than 150,000 missions during the war in Ukraine.
It has just raised a $50m seed at a $1bn+ valuation.
The second is
@roark_aerospace
. The company intentionally keeps an incredibly low profile and chose not to announce its recent $210m Series B.
It did $197m of revenue last year and is on track to do $400m this year.
It is great to see the UK finally waking up to the need to build and back defence companies.
Ive never liked him and i know im a bit of a waspish wasp, however to explain where i think the contempt comes from....
There is zero accountability with him. Nothing ever crosses his desk, nothing is his fault. Or, worse, he says 'i take responsibility' (mandy appointment) and then has his CoS removed and says the "process' wasnt robust enough. Then follow a more robust one! If theres a rickety bridge over a gorge with no handrail you dont just assume its safe because 'thats the process for crossing'
Nothing crosses his desk, everything is a chance to talk about his alleged hardships, everybody else pays and process trumps all, even results.
His inability to deal with problems because he has to follow process will be his epitaph. He will walk to his own political demise because there was a signpost telling him he must
A quantum computer will do a number on your energy bill, but should, in the long run, be cheaper than conventional supercomputers, so, no, relatively speaking, they do not require massive amounts of energy.
Where are pine martens, stoats, lobsters ("a Peter") and the great Lurch that has been wandering the dark woodlands and blasted heaths of Nottinghamshire (we do have them) for 20,000 years making a ceaseless moaning noise - The Anderson. And of course the Hairy Beaver, beloved of fake journalists (but that is allegedly German).
I DEMAND A 30p NOTE !!!, so I can purchase Lemon Herberts one at a time.
Starmer was wildly unpopular by 5/7/24. It has taken Merz a little longer for the shine to come off.
You clearly need to go into regulation writing.
@PolliticsUK
🚨 Westminster Voting Intention:
➡️ REF: 25% (+2)
🟢 GRN: 19% (=)
🌳 CON: 17% (-2)
🌹 LAB: 17% (=)
🔶 LDEM: 14% (=)
From
@YouGov
From 15th - 16th March
Changes with 10th March
*standard YouGov adjustments"
https://x.com/PolliticsUK/status/2033810027908092069