PETITION: A new face for the new £50 note

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Re: PETITION: A new face for the new £50 note

Post by Boro Boy » Sat Oct 20 2018 12:58pm

macliam wrote:Stop proving my point

You sound a very angry man

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Re: PETITION: A new face for the new £50 note

Post by macliam » Sat Oct 20 2018 1:06pm

Not at all - but I don't suffer fools gladly.

This thread has lost all relevancy. You may come back preaching if you like, but I'm out.
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Re: PETITION: A new face for the new £50 note

Post by Boro Boy » Sat Oct 20 2018 1:11pm

macliam wrote:Not at all - but I don't suffer fools gladly.

This thread has lost all relevancy. You may come back preaching if you like, but I'm out.
Not preaching, just expect civility

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Re: PETITION: A new face for the new £50 note

Post by pabenny » Sat Oct 20 2018 5:37pm

Boro Boy wrote:.. just expect[ing] civility
Almost a week ago, you started a new thread with a question about capped transactions. I gave a fairly full reply which Kevchess echoed. Now I don't need a constant stream of thanks, but there is no sign that you even returned to that thread, let alone found the comments useful.

So, if you want to talk about expecting civility, perhaps you should have a word with the person in your mirror.
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Re: PETITION: A new face for the new £50 note

Post by Boro Boy » Fri Nov 02 2018 1:09pm

At last the official nomination list is available to accept votes on the Bank of England website: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknot ... ominations

The pole is accepting votes for deceased scientists; low and behold Margaret Thatcher (apart from being the First Female Prime Minister) is also a deceased scientist so open for nomination. :thumbup:

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Re: PETITION: A new face for the new £50 note

Post by macliam » Fri Nov 02 2018 2:08pm

Boro Boy wrote:At last the official nomination list is available to accept votes on the Bank of England website: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknot ... ominations

The pole is accepting votes for deceased scientists; low and behold Margaret Thatcher (apart from being the First Female Prime Minister) is also a deceased scientist so open for nomination. :thumbup:
Note the report on the BBC website
"There were also petitions, both rejected, to either put Margaret Thatcher on the £50 note, or to ensure her portrait was not on it. Although a chemist before she entered politics, it is still highly unlikely that the former prime minister will make it onto the shortlist.
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The committee which draws up the shortlist will now include space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock, author and genetics expert Emily Grossman, editor of the British Journal for the History of Science Simon Schaffer, and theoretical and particle physicist Simon Singh.
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So, I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you......
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46063097
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Re: PETITION: A new face for the new £50 note

Post by kevinchess1 » Fri Nov 02 2018 10:45pm

My vote would be for Stephen Hawking
But I suspect Alan Turing would be favourite
Or Sciencey McScience face
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Re: PETITION: A new face for the new £50 note

Post by Boro Boy » Mon Nov 26 2018 6:37pm

Look like Margaret Thatcher is one of the contenders: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/news/ba ... spartanntp :thumbup:

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Re: PETITION: A new face for the new £50 note

Post by macliam » Mon Nov 26 2018 7:25pm

Boro Boy wrote:
Mon Nov 26 2018 6:37pm
Look like Margaret Thatcher is one of the contenders: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/news/ba ... spartanntp :thumbup:
I'd go for Ada, at least she did something worthwhile..........
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Re: PETITION: A new face for the new £50 note

Post by gle1975 » Mon Nov 26 2018 8:06pm

I'd vote for Stephen Hawking. Although I'd prefer him on a lower denomination that is used more.

On the Belgrano topic(!) from what I have read I think it was justified to sink it as the Argentinian navy were planning a big attack. But it was a stupid war where a fascist regime (Argentina not Thatcher!) sent in some conscripts to the Falklands. Britain was right to retake it with the army.
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