Right-wingers getting prickly over hedgehogs replacing Churchill on bank notes must be today’s funniest overreaction

Conservative Commentariat really showing themselves up as total loons over this

So banal, so predictable https://t.co/LgeErFBN2O

— Dan Richardson (@DangleSpanners) October 8, 2026

Hedgehogs aren’t heroes?! What?!

They literally taught millions of children the green cross code https://t.co/lKRRI6gMRo

— Jake! (@JakeAGriff) October 8, 2026

If it were announced that bees, owls, and hedgehogs were replacing historic figures on bank notes *except* for Churchill, I predict MattGPT and his fans wouldn’t bat an eyelid… mostly because they don’t care or know who Adam Smith, JMW Turner, or Elizabeth Fry (who Churchill… https://t.co/p0cxgKqRPB

— Podszus (@crpodszus) October 8, 2026

Not everyone is quivering and demented and scared of everyone who looks different, you muppet. The nation is not put in danger by hedgehogs on notes. https://t.co/fdfVZ2Y1jI

— Bob Morgan 🇬🇧🇺🇦 💙 (@Bbmorg) October 8, 2026

‘Anyone who lived behind the Iron Curtain will find all of this eerily and scarily familiar.’

These @GBNEWS ‘experts’ are beyond ludicrous.

The Bank of England was founded in 1694. The ‘tradition’ of portraying historical figures on banknotes dates from 1970. https://t.co/t55LcSluaD

— Oliver Kamm (@OliverKamm) October 8, 2026

Upset about a bank note!

And to think she pretends to be a serious person! https://t.co/p4TEQE5HyA

— Ed Tucker (@Teddybreath) October 8, 2026

Of all the things to get angry about!

What a bellend! https://t.co/7Oak9uLOdO pic.twitter.com/m9CwDid0oi

— Ed Tucker (@Teddybreath) October 8, 2026

STOP THE NOTES? https://t.co/cqWLECe8UG

— Kieran Maguire (@KieranMaguire) October 8, 2026