Duly Noted

So we're going to get a new twnety quid note with a picture of some Scottish economist on it now, this is one thing like the empty plinth in Trafalgar Square in that everyone has an opinion about. Listening to some people on the radio on the way home the only sensible suggestion on who from our great nation should be on the back of the money was Mary Seacole (first proper nurse) - a much better choice than Florence Nightingale (frigid misandrist) or Elizabeth Fry (interfering busybody) ever was.
Obviously anyone who is currently living is excluded and in my view anyone who wants to be put on the back of a note in the future (Tony Bliar take heed) should be automatically barred from the honour. Also it appears that you have had to do something of merit, this does not include sporting achievements so future generations will be spared from asking if you've got change of a Beckham. So there you are you have to be a notable (pun intended) dead achiever to be immortalised in money. Puts a whole new spin on cash for honours doesn't it?
Personally my vote goes to Oliver Cromwell.