Nov
30
The Bank of England Knows How Many People Are Eating Its Cash
ByWhy it matters that the new bills aren’t vegetarian.
Fury broke out amongst the vegetarian community in the U.K. yesterday when it emerged that the new polymer five-pound note contains traces of animal fat.
The discovery prompted an online petition for the Bank of England to make the new notes meat-free — it boasted more than 100,000 signatures at the time of writing.
While in the grand scheme of things the outrage of the vegetably-inclined may seem something of a minor issue, there is serious data showing the scale of the risks the new fivers pose to the meat-averse…
The Bank of England Knows How Many People Are Eating Its Cash
