Stop the Bank of England removing British historical figures from our bank notes

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Background

It has been announced that the Bank of England will remove depictions of the greatest British men and women from bank notes, in favour of pictures of wild animals. This is part of a continued effort to sanitise British history and culture.

Additional details

There can be no higher honour for service to the United Kingdom than to be depicted on bank notes. An honour currently held by our greatest sons and daughters, like Churchill and Austen. Removing this honour, seemingly to avoid the potential to offend a tiny theoretical minority, would be nothing less than shameful. If we cannot take pride in Churchill, what can British people take pride in?

Source: UK Government & Parliament Petitions service. Petition ID: 764004.