Vote for the face on the new £50 note

Yep, very pleased

So, Turing it is then,

I will respectfully suggest Harold Gilles and/or his nephew Archibald McIndoe as both were the pre-eminent pioneering plastic surgeons in both world wars. They were born in New Zealand, trained as doctors in England and benefitted humanity.

Moggy…
That Cooper is American and not dead pales in comparison with the biggest reason he won’t be selected…he’s fictional.

But my point still stands, he’s the one scientist the average person “​​​​​​the man on the Clapham omnibus” is most familiar with.

More than likely Hawking, as he doesn’t (or didn’t) carry any political baggage.
Unlikely to be anyone with connections to WWII, as the loony left would start going on about celebrating the lives of warmongers.
I expect it’s already been decide anyway.

According to the Telegraph, it is more than likely that a female candidate will be selected. Perhaps a feminist ethnic lady of transitional gender would tick most of the politically correct boxes.

I voted for Alan Turing

I voted for Alan Turing

I’ve voted for Turing, his selection would go a small way towards making up for his disgraceful treatment post war.

Thank Heaven ! I thought that your long silence indicated a possible re-appearance around Easter time.

I do tho’ support Turing.

I would amend that to include Sheldon Cooper.

Yes, he’s American

Then he fails on the only two criteria laid down. The subject has to be British, and be dead.

Which regrettably, along with my lack of any scientific achievements, also disqualifies me Nachtjagd. But thank you anyway.

Rob P

The new note will be printed on a polymer base (like the £5, £10 notes), not on paper ,which might make them less forgeable?

Whittle was Liz I was at school with and Cayley was a single by Marillion. 🙂

longshot – I used to have to take foreign flying students to Birmingham to get their visas. I had to tell them beforehand not to present £50 notes to the Government Immigration Office in their payment. The reason I understood was the massive quantity of forgeries about and no fail safe method of checking them!

Returning to the subject surely the man from Clapham would know of both Whittle and Cayley ? :rolleyes:

Roger Smith.

To correct Moggy…“the only scientist that the man on the Clapham omnibus knows of”…
I would amend that to include Sheldon Cooper.
Yes, he’s American, but since no one actually uses paper currency anymore, the entire subject is largely academic.e

Not sure I’ve ever seen a £50 note….maybe they’re redundant ,I read recently that Boots and possibly other shops refuse to accept them due to risk of forgery/money laundering worries or somesuch reason

Easy – the subject needs to have an influential scientific background, be well known for taking a controversial stance and have public confidence and support. It’s got to be Moggy! His image could be superimposed on an outline map of a Far Eastern country with a Spitfire flying overhead. Sorted.

Hi All,
Don’t forget if those who run the voting don’t agree with the public choice they will override and go with they’re preferred choice. i.e. Boaty McBoatface debacle…..:D

Geoff.

The trouble with public votes is that you usually end up with the best known/best publicised winning it when the depth of the field is largely unknown. Personally, I’d like to see someone like Frederick Sanger commemorated as this is a chance to raise worthy profiles, but it will surely be Stephen Hawking or Rosalind Franklin.

It will probably be either Newton or Hawking, although it would be nice to have Alan Turing.