"I have nothing to offer..."
Sir Mervyn King, governor of the Bank, announced the plan today. From 2016, Nichill will be portrayed on the £5 note along with a picture of Westminster, the scene of so many of his triumphs.
It is expected that people will soon start to refer to the £5 note as "Nichols," which is, curiously, how Americans refer to their 5-cent coin. It is believed that the two will soon be worth roughly the same.
Mervyn King went on to hint that other church leaders may feature on future banknotes. "Welby, Sacks, ... why even Kieran Conry or Giles Fraser could be chosen!" he quipped.
Vinston Nichill himself received the news humbly: "In the battle for a red hat, this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."
Happy citizens in Warwick Street, the scene of one of Vinston's greatest triumphs.
hey bruvver, can you spare a nickol? xx Jess
ReplyDeleteWirral are we withering, one wonders?
ReplyDeleteLay off Wirral! We don't want any Nichills here!
ReplyDeleteChloe
Until ++Vin is featured on the Vatican Euro, I think a Red Hat is not in the cards.
ReplyDeleteOf course, Pope Francis may decide to convert Vatican currency to the Peso. As the Argentine peso is worth about $0.193252, appearing on it might not rise to Red Hat level.
Perhaps a poppy as consolation prize? I mean, at least it’s red…
Currency devaluation?
ReplyDeleteVincent Nichols, provides all of your of your five-a-day.
ReplyDelete(Moral fibre content unknown).