Submitted on Sunday 28th June 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 9th September 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Remove Winston Churchill from the Five pound bank note
We want the Government to remove Winston Churchill from the five pound bank note because he was a racist man and having a racist figure being used in British money only promotes racism.
People of colour- black people in particular- suffer from racism in many different ways including our system, which is supposed to protect us and give us equal rights regardless of skin colour.
Winston Churchill had concentration camps in Kenya so white colonial settlers could get fertile highlands.
As a diverse nation, we should not be idolising Winston Churchill and ignoring his racist past.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Bank notes are the responsibility of the Bank of England, which is independent of the Government and Parliament.
You can find out how the Bank decides who will be on bank notes here:
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/Pages/characters/selection.aspx
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