It’s a shame the bank note doesn’t feature the poison apple and a quote from his trial about chemical castration, so we can all remember that the English government drove its most important C20th scientist to suicide.
They are also using his name for the post-Brexit international student exchange program, since Erasmus will be cancelled. Disgrace.
Edit: I would rather have him celebrated in this way than not. But let’s not kid ourselves that he was not pardoned because of decades of public campaigning and bad PR for the government. Neither is this how the government should be atoning, by presenting Turing as just a scientist when he was far more than that - atonement should come in the form of progressive legislation for increased equalities and protections for the LGBT+ community.
They are also using his name for the post-Brexit international student exchange program, since Erasmus will be cancelled. Disgrace.
Edit: I would rather have him celebrated in this way than not. But let’s not kid ourselves that he was not pardoned because of decades of public campaigning and bad PR for the government. Neither is this how the government should be atoning, by presenting Turing as just a scientist when he was far more than that - atonement should come in the form of progressive legislation for increased equalities and protections for the LGBT+ community.