Of course, they will not adopt Bitcoin but rather, they would issue their controlled, centralized crypto currency.

"One idea, Haldane told an audience of business owners in Northern Ireland, could be to scrap cash and adopt a state-issued digital currency like Bitcoin".

Now they see that they don't have a chance against crypto wave so they have decided to fight it with a plan B. They will issue their centralized tokens and market them as better than Bitcoin.