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"The BoE said it would fly the rainbow flag from its main building in London’s Threadneedle Street on Thursday."

So put on the new £50 note for helping Britain win World War Two then did he?

1 posted on 03/25/2021 2:57:12 PM PDT by Ennis85
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>> convicted for having sex with a male partner.

Extremely important this is central to his accomplishments /s


2 posted on 03/25/2021 3:00:35 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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I hope the Bank of England offers these for sale overseas as souvenirs.


3 posted on 03/25/2021 3:01:02 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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They’ll have to change the aphorism to as queer as a 50 pound note.


4 posted on 03/25/2021 3:01:21 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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“helped Britain win World War Two with his code-breaking skills but is believed to have killed himself after being convicted for having sex with a male partner.”

We know which one he’s being honored for.


5 posted on 03/25/2021 3:01:35 PM PDT by cdcdawg (Biden is a potato)
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Turing was one of the heroes most responsible for our winning the war. He was treated very shabbily for that.


9 posted on 03/25/2021 3:05:21 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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There is no need to celebrate his perversity in order to celebrate his accomplishment. Do they celebrate a heterosexual’s sex life when talking about their accomplishments in these situations?


12 posted on 03/25/2021 3:08:55 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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I’m sure the norks are already counterfeiting it as we speak.


16 posted on 03/25/2021 3:30:44 PM PDT by Track9 (Dealing with democrats is like living without toilet paper. )
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There is a movie "The Imitation Game" about Turin developing the first computer (huge)to break the German codes, mostly from the then captured Enigma boxes. They started to cut his financing until he had a break through and broke the codes.

However, history says some Polish mathematicians broke the codes first. Keep in mind there were many versions of Enigma since invented in 1933.

Don't know if true in the movie, but the English high command would not use his knowledge to stop certain attacks. To many would show Germany that their codes had been compromised.

17 posted on 03/25/2021 3:36:17 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021 under Biteme.)
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19 posted on 03/25/2021 4:28:43 PM PDT by null and void (The media decides what news you can see and NOT SEE. But don't you dare call 'em Not-Sees)
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Olivia Newton-John’s father worked at Bletchley Park during the war. According to her bio because he could speak fluent German he interrogated Hess and even took him out to dinner in London as part of that. Her maternal grandfather also won the Nobel prize in physics. He got physical before she did. :)


27 posted on 03/25/2021 6:17:13 PM PDT by xp38
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Good.


28 posted on 03/25/2021 6:27:24 PM PDT by TChad (The MSM, having nuked its own credibility, is now bombing the rubble.)
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