It is no exaggeration to say that, without his outstanding contribution, the history of World War Two could well have been very different….The debt of gratitude he is owed makes it all the more horrifying, therefore, that he was treated so inhumanely….While Turing was dealt with under the law of the time and we can’t put the clock back, his treatment was of course utterly unfair and I am pleased to have the chance to say how deeply sorry I and we all are for what happened to him. Alan and the many thousands of other gay men who were convicted as he was convicted under homophobic laws were treated terribly.”
September 10, 2009 statement from then British Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologizing for the government’s treatment of Turing.
