I see Winston Churchill is making the news again – quite the feat for a man who died more than 60 years ago.

The recent headlines related to an entirely confected outrage by little Englanders working themselves into a frenzy over banknotes.

It seems the Bank of England, as it periodically does, is swapping out historical characters like Shakespeare and Churchill who currently feature on their banknotes, to be replaced by animals from the natural world, such as beavers.

The reason is to make the notes more difficult to counterfeit, and animals were the preferred choice of the British public consulted in a survey.

That didn’t prevent the usual suspects screaming “this is an outrage” against the memory of Churchill, the man they see as the quintessential British Bulldog.

I doubt they considered that their disingenuous outcry was the equivalent of sticking up two fingers – and not in the Churchillian-style – to the wishes of the voting public.

And anyway, when was the last time you used a fiver? So many transactions are now cashless, with card or phone the preferred method.

But back to Churchill. Courier readers will be aware of his long association with Dundee as the Liberal Member of Parliament for 14 years from........

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