Rejected petition: Don’t remove Churchill and others from UK bank notes.
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The Bank of England plans to remove famous historical UK persons from bank notes and replace them with animal images. Whilst claiming this is to “enhance security” a FOI request found that a DEI inspired survey of 119 wokerati was the real motivation.
We must not cede our history
Keep Churchill
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
Banknotes 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/what will be on banknotes here:
https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/banknote-charactersWe only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.