In the weeks leading up to me fixing ConservativeChitChat with another fresh install of WordPress after the previous one self-destructed (again), there was much discussion of the Bank of England’s plans to remove Winston Churchill and other British heroes from our bank notes, and replace them with “wildlife”.
The Bank of England is considering removing Winston Churchill from the £5 note and replacing him with “wildlife themes.”
Churchill led Britain through its darkest hour in WWII… and now we’re talking about swapping him for animals on a banknote.
Are we really so uncomfortable… pic.twitter.com/63X3JbDuWP
— Benonwine (@benonwine) March 11, 2026
From what I could see across social media, most normal people seemed against the idea, with only leftie idiots supportive of the move.
After a brief period of thinking, I came to the conclusion that we should keep British heroes on our bank note, but could probably include animals as part of the UV Security markings on the notes (and maybe work them into the background image too).
Keep the likes of Churchill on the £5 note, and other British legends on the other notes…… put animals in the UV Watermark:
– Lion of England / White Lion of Mortimer
– Unicorn of Scotland
– Red Dragon of Wales
– Griffin— ConservativeChitChat (@ConservativeCCh) March 22, 2026
If people want animals on our money, put them on the reverse of our coins.
In particular we could do with a bit more variety on the reverse of the new £1 coins introduced in 2017.