Rejected petition Remove Winston Churchill from the Five pound bank note

We want the Government to remove Winston Churchill from the five pound bank note because he was a racist man and having a racist figure being used in British money only promotes racism.

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People of colour- black people in particular- suffer from racism in many different ways including our system, which is supposed to protect us and give us equal rights regardless of skin colour.
Winston Churchill had concentration camps in Kenya so white colonial settlers could get fertile highlands.
As a diverse nation, we should not be idolising Winston Churchill and ignoring his racist past.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Bank notes are the responsibility of the Bank of England, which is independent of the Government and Parliament.

You can find out how the Bank decides who will be on bank notes here:
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/Pages/characters/selection.aspx

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 28 June 2020
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