Margaret Thatcher has been included on the Bank of England’s list of candidates who might be pictured on the new £50 note, which will celebrate the UK’s contribution to the field of science.
This would be wonderful. The wailing and gnashing of teeth, the rending of garments, the protests, the meltdowns and the tears from the righteous would be such a joy to behold.
I can’t wait. Although the people who will get upset at this have probably never had a £50. It will again be other peoples money they have an issue with
My temptation here is to think that she has been included on the long list by some tittering bolshie uncivil servant, so that she can be deliberately (and posthumously) snubbed by being cut before reaching the short list.
Just remember, that this sort of approach doesn’t always work out the way you want it to. Look at the original election of Jeremy Corbyn for example…
If I was a betting man I would put money on anyone on the list it would probably be Dorothy Hodgkin or Rosalind Franklin, mostly because they are women scientists who have not resided at 10 Downing Street.
If one of the female candidates was BAME (Black, Asian, and minority ethnic) then she would be a shoe in, but as it is they were ONLY smart and diligent.
Pretty sure Guido had a petition going for her inclusion that got a decent number of signatures. No doubt you are right that she will be dropped, though.
Good, but not good enough. Fifties are too rare for most of us; if it had been the fiver or tenner, well there you would be talking.
As you say, there is little chance while there are ‘better role-models’, especially ne’er-do-wells.
Some have joked that the Thatcher haters are never likely to see a fifty pound note anyway. When I think about it, neither am I. Nowadays I only use cash for minor transactions and use debit or credit cards for anything big.
Boaty McBoatface?
Whether Left or Right, if rational, one should agree Margaret Thatcher (Scientist, Mother, Housekeeper and Prime Minister) transformed UK and World for the better. EU & World embraced and copied much that she did.
The only comparable in C20 UK was Winston Churchill.
Sadly, Carney’s SJW wife will decide and soy boy Carney (like Trudeau) will appease – result black/RoP female.
Oi! What about David Lloyd George? The 20th Century wasn’t just about Winston and Maggie you know!
@John Galt
His appeasment and “academics” support rule him out. Done & dusted by BBC & C4 Eulogising him.
As for May: worse than North, Blair, Heath and Wilson.