On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 16:00:15 +0100, Ian
wrote:


What's up Doc?

Nothings up... I just get a little frustrated at playing the bad guy
all the time - but I suppose we're the last bad guys left now...

If Bank of England notes were legal tender only in England, and we were
talking about `English' as opposed to `Britons' I would have little or
no hesitation in agreeing with you.

Ah... now I'm not sufficient an economist to really know the
difference but I believe the important point here being that the BoE
notes are not legal tender in Scotland. Of course the Scots notes
aren't either... My notion of Britons extends to inhabitants of the
British Isles as a geographic land mass. Of course I'll acknowledge it
is a much wider inclusive term and feel at ease when the concept of
British Indians etc etc is discussed.

However when talking of Britons, or things `Brit' then perhaps we should
differentiate between Britain and England. They are not mutually
interchangeable. It is not that there is a problem with England having
notes, or Scotland, or Northern Ireland.

I know this - the original article did refer to Britons but the
content was very much English. We both picked up on that

Glaswegians are `Britons' and I can assure you that if the survey was
conducted in that particular 100% British environment (indeed it
probably has less `foreigners' as a percentage of current population at
any given moment of time than London), the results (within a 3% error
margin) would be totally unrecognisable when compared with the original
survey.....now why is that I wonder? :-)

Because David Beckham didn't play for Rangers?


Personally speaking, i'd rather see Bugs Bunny on tenners before anyone
else mentioned.


Thought Bugs would make it on to the Dollar bill first surely?


Those Americans don't know how to go about honouring true celebrity in
an apropriate manner. They need us to show the way. In any event, it's
about time we had someone like Adam Smith on both US and UK Bank Notes.

...talk about the wealth of nations? You need to refer to a Scot!!

Ah... but wasn't the last Act of Union a result of England wanting to
bail out a bankrupt Scotland? (tongue firmly in cheek of course...)

Mind you I see Robert the Bruce of the Scottish notes... not sure how
well putting the Duke of Cumberland on an English fiver would go
down... But when you're English its not meant to be a problem right?