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Churchill's granddaughter happy with his picture being replaced on £5 note
BBC News ^
| March 13, 2026
Posted on 03/16/2026 10:09:06 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Sir Winston Churchill will be replaced on the £5 note by an animal, the Bank of England has said.
Emma Soames, granddaughter of Sir Winston, told BBC Newsnight she was happy with the idea and she rejected Reform UK leader Nigel Farage's characterisation of the change as "wokery".
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: animalsarentwoke; churchill; emmasoames; nigelfarage; tuckersidea; unitedkingdom; wokery; zipitfarange
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To: MinorityRepublican
Effin’ stupid wokery is what it is.
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posted on
03/16/2026 10:16:32 PM PDT
by
dinodino
( Shut it down anyway. )
To: MinorityRepublican
The rise of humanism. That humans are just animals and have no spiritual aspect.
To: dinodino
It’s appropriate since animals from 3rd world hellholes are effectively running that country.
To: MinorityRepublican
To: MinorityRepublican
She is probably happy Great Britain is being filled with Islamists too.
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posted on
03/16/2026 10:28:43 PM PDT
by
tennmountainman
( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRobr 12-2-2023 DITTO)
To: MinorityRepublican
By the way a pound is about 20 shillings or three quarters of a parsec.
To: MinorityRepublican
Little miss wokie denies that its wokie
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posted on
03/16/2026 10:45:01 PM PDT
by
Bob434
(NYWAYS)
To: Telepathic Intruder
How do you convert those to farthings, hectares,
furlongs, fortnights, and Olympic swimming pools?
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posted on
03/16/2026 10:51:43 PM PDT
by
Repeal The 17th
( I am obsessed with not being obsessed with anything.)
To: tennmountainman
“ She is probably happy Great Britain is being filled with Islamists too.”
I know what to do! Put a picture of Mohamed on the £5 note!
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posted on
03/16/2026 10:52:00 PM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.”)
To: Telepathic Intruder
>
By the way a pound is about 20 shillings or three quarters of a parsec. Also the weight of a proper pint of stout.
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posted on
03/16/2026 10:52:47 PM PDT
by
dayglored
(This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
To: dayglored
Approximately 3.5 on the Mohs hardness scale.
To: MinorityRepublican
Would the UK remove a non-white person from the bank notes? We all know the answer
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posted on
03/16/2026 11:12:07 PM PDT
by
mitchjackson1972
(End usury - It's OK to be white - https://ussliberty.org/)
To: Repeal The 17th
I haven’t thought about it. I’m only worried about Scoville units right now.
To: VanShuyten
I know what to do! Put a picture of Mohamed on the £5 note!You want to anger the Muslims? That would be completely haram.
To: MinorityRepublican; All
Translation: she is so frightened to defy any agenda of the current Regime that she thinks she must pretend to go along with this.
To: VanShuyten
Put a picture of Mohamed on the £5 note! It would be too tempting then to use the bill to wipe one's bum with it.
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posted on
03/17/2026 12:03:10 AM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
("Our property is protected by two pitbulls. They love visitors, especially with marinara or garlic.")
To: MinorityRepublican
Are they putting the Grand Mufti on the 5-er instead?
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posted on
03/17/2026 12:08:47 AM PDT
by
Bullish
(My tagline ran off with another man, but it's okay... I wasn't married to it.)
To: MinorityRepublican
I’m sure the Muslim “newcomers” would approve, as long as the animal was a goat or a camel.
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posted on
03/17/2026 12:36:09 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(I voted for Trump the Fighter, not a wussified wimp!)
To: MinorityRepublican
Not sure what she really thinks. It’s the BBC.
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posted on
03/17/2026 1:17:23 AM PDT
by
virgil
(The evil that men do lives after them )
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