The decision by the Bank of England to replace historical figures such as Winston Churchill on its bank notes with pictures of “wildlife” has already been taken apart by Charlie.

But an update is due, because for some, inevitably, this downgrade has not gone far enough.

In discussing the proposed change in The Week, we noted that the stipulation that the featured fauna should be "native" had a “regrettably xenophobic” tinge, but as sincere as our regret about this most surely was, we are absolutely mortified that we failed to point out that the range of animals being discussed -- badgers, hedgehogs ...

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