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The Man Who Made the UK Say “I’m Sorry for What We Did to Turing.”
- bootload 11y ago"“I think you know why I’m calling you.” Over the next few minutes the two chatted. Prime Minister Brown was not a politician of the oozing Tony Blair/Bill Clinton “feel your pain” school. Graham-Cumming admits to some of the same social awkwardness. So the two of them stumbled through a conversation in which Brown confessed that until the petition he had not realized the government’s role in persecuting and prosecuting one of its greatest war heroes. Within a half an hour, 10 Downing released the apology." On twitter this is what it looked like: - https://flickr.com/photos/bootload/9171476788/ https://flickr.com/photos/bootload/9171476788/ - https://flickr.com/photos/bootload/3909148598/ https://flickr.com/photos/bootload/3909148598/ The original is first, the second what happens when a new PM uses a historical account.