Jane Austen 'waiting in wings' to feature on UK banknotes

[HVC]

The English hate the English more then anyone else. Except maybe the Irish... and Scottish.

[mongers]

The English hate the English more then anyone else. Except maybe the Irish... and Scottish.

[CountDeMoney]

It's true, man.  For a bunch of antisemites, you sure act Jewish.

[HVC]

The English hate the English more then anyone else. Except maybe the Irish... and Scottish.

you're right, I forgot the welsh . You guys just don't play well with neighbours.

[Razgovory]

I don't get the Churchill idolization in this country.

He hated Hitler and Stalin, what's not to love?

He has some nice things to say about both of them at certain times.

[Razgovory]

Yeah, I'm not being anti-Churchill just for the sake of it, but such a major historical figure deserves a more nuanced legacy/profile rather than mythology. 

Though I doubt many on this forum have an hagiographic view of him, but I think some kinds of transatlanticists of the John McCain ilk do.

Sure, he drank like a fish, had a disassociated relationship with his parents in childhood, yadda, yadda, yadda.  But fuck man, he helped win the war.

He meddled a lot often to the detriment of the war.  The Malaysian thingy could have gone better.  His biggest contribution was smoothing over US-UK relations and even Soviet-UK relations.

[Josquius]

It's just ridiculous, one of the criteria should be that the person is uncontroversial (suck it creationists) but what can be more controvercial than a racist, xenophobic, imperialist, mass-murderer?

That disqualifies just about all Prime Ministers from before 1960, it's an absurd standard.

Saying Brits are a superior race and brown people aren't too bright, in the 19th century when everyone was doing it- no big deal.
Saying it in the mid 20th century- even at the time that wasn't acceptable let alone today.

[Admiral Yi]

Here's a clue, 'we' choose who goes on our banknotes not you guys

You can't be serious.  You've just cut yourself out of 95% of discussion topics on Languish.

[The Brain]

New Swedish notes are on the way, and it has been retardedly decided that only artists (in a broad sense) of the 20th century will be on them. The only exception of sorts is Dag Hammarskjöld.

The most ridiculous is opera singer Birgit Nilsson on the 500 SEK note. Really? If there had been any justice or non-retardism Anders Chydenius (18th century economist, political writer, MP, pioneer in the field of economic and political freedom) would have been on it.

They are all in living memory, and I have seen two of the people in the flesh (Astrid Lindgren and Ingmar Bergman).

[Gups]

Saying it in the mid 20th century- even at the time that wasn't acceptable let alone today.

Sure it was. Black people ranked only just above the Irish in those days. Of course, the gap is much bigger in these more enlightened times.

[The Brain]

Saying it in the mid 20th century- even at the time that wasn't acceptable let alone today.

Sure it was. Black people ranked only just above the Irish in those days. Of course, the gap is much bigger in these more enlightened times.

[Gups]

I think Austen's a great choice, certainly better than Churchill.

Chruchill is on the next £5 note.

[The Brain]

John >>> Winston

Trickin' ain't easy.

[Razgovory]

Saying it in the mid 20th century- even at the time that wasn't acceptable let alone today.

Sure it was. Black people ranked only just above the Irish in those days. Of course, the gap is much bigger in these more enlightened times.

When was Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood speech?

[Gups]

When was Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood speech?

Between the end of the Chatterley ban and the Jacksons first LP