Britain will come out of this recession before Euroland...

[Doggy Styles]

Talking of Lions, seems inappropriate for UK's main animal, I mean it does not live around here naturally? Say in Australia they got Kengroo, it makes sense - I'd accept Unicorn, but Lion seems totally out of this world...

I have lions living within two miles of me in Buckinghamshire.

[AtW]

I have lions living within two miles of me in Buckinghamshire.

UK is not natural lions habitat.

Unicorn I accept as great imagination, lions - no.

Maybe deer should have been chosen? At least it would make sense when it fights with Unicorn

[lambrini_socialist]

I have lions living within two miles of me in Buckinghamshire.

there are a couple of cougars on my road.

[DodgyAgent]

Shall I make the first obvious reference to Pussy?

Mollie Sugden should have been our national emblem.

[AtW]

I'd like to propose a grey squirrel instead of lion.

It will symbolise imaginary animal from fairy tails meeting with harsh real world reality (immigrants)

[TykeMerc]

Talking of Lions, seems inappropriate for UK's main animal, I mean it does not live around here naturally? Say in Australia they got Kengroo, it makes sense - I'd accept Unicorn, but Lion seems totally out of this world...

Prior to the Romans extincting them there lions were native to much of Europe.

[TykeMerc]

I'd like to propose a grey squirrel instead of lion.

It will symbolise imaginary animal from fairy tails meeting with harsh real world reality (immigrants)

Grey squirrels are not native to the UK, they were imported like rabbits as a source of meat.

[AtW]

Grey squirrels are not native to the UK, they were imported like rabbits as a source of meat.

As I said above - immigrants...