£50 Note

[mushroom25]

well well. how much will virtue signallers froth at the mouth if Mrs Thatcher makes it on to the £50 note?

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/nov/26/margaret-thatcher-eligible-scientist-50-note-bank-england

[jno]

a sliightly old story. Given that her scientic achievement was to pump air into ice cream, so fooling people into getting less than they thought they were, I think there would be inflationary implications.

[bhg481]

Being part of a team which developed soft-scoop ice cream hardly makes her a leading scientist.

[Old_Geezer]

I don't recall her doing much to advance science. Did I miss the Nobel she won ?

[douglas9401]

Her prize was no Belgrano.

[Ken4155]

Haven't we already done this in another life?

[Gromit]

She is on the long list of 800 names.
My guess is she will miss the cut to the shortlist.

The £50 note is of little use and largely irrelevent for everyone except the very rich, so Thatcher would be very apt.

[dannyk13]

Not bothered one way or another as it is very unlikely that I will ever own one.

[mushroom25]

//My guess is she will miss the cut to the shortlist. //

er, actually she didn't. she's on the list and that's why this is in the news again today. this report is a little more explicit -

https://metro.co.uk/2018/12/25/stephen-hawking-margaret-thatcher-make-shortlist-new-50-note-8282759/

[Mamyalynne]

As shortlists go it's a long one at 992 names.

Doesn't bother me who's on it, they'll still spend, though Ada Lovelace was my choice.

[retrocop]

Danny
Tha should of joined Met int stead of county mounties oop North. :-)

[Jackdaw33]

Because most outlets will not accept them, what's the point? When was the last time you had or even saw a £50 note? Trying to pass one you have to go through the 3rd degree or the Spanish Inquisition.

[ToraToraTora]

TGL is eligible but by no means the favourite. That's Hawking or Turing. TGL will be on the lady Godiva when it is next replaced.

[ToraToraTora]

I suspect this post is primarily here to induce a vitriol fest from the usual suspects.

[bookbinder]

Anyone who doesn't like Margaret Thatcher's face being on a £50 note can send me a sackful of them at any time. I shall be happy to take them off their hands.

[Old_Geezer]

If I get one I'm prepared to flog it to you for £55.

[bookbinder]

OG: I can't accept just one, it's not economically viable, but I'll pay for the postage on the said sackful. All contributions gratefully received (but more than one, if you don't mind!).

[Baldric]

Would love to see it happen, best PM of my lifetime.

[Old_Geezer]

You realise that there's been others since ?

[Baldric]

Of course, but none as effective.

[New Judge]

"Because most outlets will not accept them..."

I wouldn't say most, but certainly quite a few. Which is very odd. I use fifty euro notes when on the continent quite a lot and have never had any trouble having them accepted.

Mrs Thatcher was a PM about whom people have many different opinions. Which is also very odd. She without doubt saved this country from the certain fate of penury and ignominy which it would have certainly suffered had things continued the way they were. Some respondents to this question suggest they are never likely to own a £50 note. Had Mrs T's policies not been visited on the country when they were it is likely they would never be likely to own many fivers. I'm with Balders and believe that Lady Thatcher was the greatest Prime Minister of my lifetime. More than that, looking at the current bunch of clowns masquerading as politicians, she is unlikely to be challenged for that title any time so