{"id":63139,"date":"2026-03-11T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=63139"},"modified":"2026-03-11T12:00:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:00:01","slug":"i-wish-that-this-were-fake-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=63139","title":{"rendered":"I Wish That This Were Fake News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On March 11th, <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2026\/03\/11\/britain-to-remove-churchill-from-banknotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The National Pulse<\/a> posted an article about some changes Great Britain is making to its banknotes.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The Bank of England has announced a controversial plan to remove historic Britons, including wartime Prime Minister Sir Winston <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2025\/01\/21\/trump-once-again-restores-churchill-bust-to-oval-office\/\">Churchill<\/a> and author Jane Austen, from banknotes. Instead, the new series will feature animals native to the United Kingdom.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Victoria Cleland, the chief cashier at the Bank of England, claimed that while the main goal is to improve counterfeit resilience. \u201cNature is a great choice from a banknote authentication perspective,\u201d she said, although it is unclear why a banknote featuring a picture of a badger should be harder to counterfeit than a banknote featuring a picture of Churchill.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>This change marks the end of more than 50 years of showcasing historic Britons on currency. Robert <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/analysis-post\/kassam-farage-must-proceed-with-caution-the-likes-of-robert-jenrick-cant-be-trusted\/\">Jenrick<\/a>, Shadow Chancellor for Nigel Farage\u2019s Reform Party, criticized the decision, saying, \u201cIt says it all that Rachel Reeves is replacing Winston Churchill on our banknotes with a squirrel,\u201d in reference to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer\u2019s Chancellor of the Exchequer (Treasury Secretary).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Notably, Starmer <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2025\/02\/24\/britains-leftist-government-removes-portraits-of-churchill-wellington\/\">removed<\/a> around five portraits of Churchill from the parliamentary estate after entering office, including a picture of the wartime leader standing next to the Cenotaph, Britain\u2019s main national <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2024\/02\/18\/ukraine-loses-city-of-avdiivka-russias-biggest-victory-since-failed-counteroffensive\/\">war<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2023\/12\/18\/the-iconic-arlington-confederate-memorial-is-being-torn-down-today\/\">memorial<\/a>, in 1945.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The current leadership of Britain has forgotten the role that Winston Churchill played in allowing them to become leaders of a free country rather than become a part of the German Empire.<\/p>\n<p>It is possible that Winston Churchill will be replaced by a picture of a squirrel. We have reached peak insanity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 11th, The National Pulse posted an article about some changes Great Britain is making to its banknotes. 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