There’s going to be a new face on the £50 note and these 21 reactions are on the money
The government had planned to scrap £50 notes – presumably because they’re only used to pay ransoms in films – but in a shockingly unprecedented u-turn, decided to keep them and give the public a chance to choose who will be on them, other than Her Maj, obviously. First female prime minister of the UK, Baroness Thatcher, has been mooted as a possibility, alongside Princess Diana, Stephen Hawking and David Bowie.
This is how Twitter reacted to the whole thing.
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I suppose if they put Thatcher's face on the £50 note it'll stop young Conservatives from burning them in front of the homeless.
— Gary Bainbridge (@Gary_Bainbridge) October 15, 2018
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https://twitter.com/Ned_Donovan/status/1051834680763400195
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I see there’s a campaign to get Thatcher onto £50 notes. Presumably the push is coming from Young Conservatives wanting to set fire to them in front of homeless people? pic.twitter.com/kIzitM7JEn
— Mark Cockerton Don’t Visit Rwanda (@CockertonMark) October 15, 2018
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The only positive of having Thatcher on the 50 is that most of the millions she fucked over for good will never see one anyway.
— barney farmer (@barneyfarmer) October 15, 2018
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https://twitter.com/amateuradam/status/1051973000340344832
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Proposed new £50 note? Peace&Love pic.twitter.com/N69xSj5vhG
— Justice4Sen (@SenJustice4) October 15, 2018
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PUT BREXIT ON THE NEW NOTE. PUT A RABID DOG. PUT A GARBAGE CAN ON FIRE. https://t.co/QBPUKD2lou
— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) October 15, 2018
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https://twitter.com/CHIMPSINSOCKS/status/1052077602607902721
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The only paper I’d have her on would be 3 ply and highly absorbent. pic.twitter.com/SQGE8ziRUg
— The Kwisatz Hackenbush (@DocHackenbush) October 15, 2018
10.
OK Tories. I'll cut a deal. You can have Thatcher on the £50 if we can have Karl Marx on a twenty. And Ed Miliband on a tuppence.
— robmanuel (@robmanuel) October 15, 2018
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https://twitter.com/SportsBreakfast/status/1051907563321733120