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# Brown scraps Britannia
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/brown-scraps-britannia/
- Published: 2008-01-27T21:01:56.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-17T10:23:09.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:31, #ImagesUploaded

**Jon Bright (London,** [**OK**](http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/?ref=opendemocracy.net)**):** The Daily Mail [reports](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in%5Farticle%5Fid=510614&in%5Fpage%5Fid=1770&ito=1490&ref=opendemocracy.net) today that 'Britannia', the trident wielding helmeted goddess, is to be scrapped from 50ps - and that Gordon Brown himself approved the decision back in June. She is to be replaced (you guessed it) with a "representation of modern Britain". The Mail quickly came up with a few obvious gags of its own:

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Anyone got any other suggestions?