Brits wanted to see Attenborough, Paddington and 1966 World Cup on new banknotes

How the new £5 could look if some members of the public had their way (Picture: Metro)

When it was announced last month that historical figures including Sir Winston Churchill would be dropped from Bank of England notes, there was uproar.

It was the ‘definition of woke’, Reform leader Nigel Farage fumed. Kemi Badenoch of the Tories suggested it was ‘erasing our history’.

To add insult to injury, the wartime PM – alongside fellow great Brits Jane Austen, JMW Turner and Alan Turing – was being replaced by cuddly images of wildlife.

Now, though, we’ve been given a glimpse into an alternative world where s...