LONDON -- The U.S. Republican debate was a little different to the ones we over here -- they had a Boeing 707 in the background for starters -- but it yielded no less controversy.
Candidate Donald Trump took most of the slack, of course, but Jeb Bush came out of the event equally humbled.
It wasn't his admission that he smoked weed four decades ago that prompted the most derision -- it was his suggestion that ex-prime minister Margaret Thatcher should be the first woman to appear on an American banknote.
Americans weren't into it, and the idea didn't go down too well on this side of the pond either.
Margaret Thatcher... Really? Really!!Really?— kirby white (@WhiteKombo100) September 17, 2015
If the Americans want Margaret Thatcher so much they can have her. In fact I'll dig her up myself and put a stamp on her.— Adrian Wale (@AdrianWale) September 17, 2015
jeb bush putting margaret thatcher on american currency is a seance of gout-ridden, rotting corpses trying to summon satan from the pit— peter (@PJM25595) September 17, 2015
Margaret Thatcher on a note , you are welcome to her usa— elliott (@sportskitluvr) September 17, 2015
Apparently I missed this last night : http://t.co/xTo1d9C2Ki Nope nope nope nope nope nope nope.— Joel (@BibTheory) September 17, 2015
Jeb Bush wants to put Margaret Thatcher on the Dollar. I think that says everything that needs to be said.— Grandmas4Corbyn (@MilitantGrandma) September 17, 2015
In fact, a scientific poll decided that people would rather see her reproduced on toilet paper than a bank note.
POLL: Would you rather Margaret Thatcher's cruel face was on: Drug taking paraphernalia (bank notes) (Fav) OR Toilet paper (RT)— Will Black (@WillBlackWriter) September 17, 2015
Some people like Conservative MP Sajid Javid, liked the idea, while others insisted she should grace a British note instead.
Margaret Thatcher should be on our banknotes and she will be. Our first woman PM— Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) September 17, 2015
Some, but not all, that is.
Don't get any ideas, Cameron. http://t.co/sDHq99eUY4— Elizabeth Windsor (@Queen_UK) September 17, 2015