via BBC News, Friday, 11 September 2009: PM apology after Turing petition:
"Gordon Brown has said he is sorry for the "appalling" way World War II code-breaker Alan Turing was treated for being gay."
"The campaign was the idea of computer scientist John Graham-Cumming."
"The campaign was backed by author Ian McEwan, scientist Richard Dawkins and gay-rights campaigner Peter Tatchell."
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Date: 2009-11-04 12:59 am (UTC)