I read that Gordon Brown has apologized for the treatment of Alan Turing who was prosecuted for homosexual activity and committed suicide 2 years later. Gordon reckons that "while Mr Turing was dealt with under the laws of the time..." he also says, "his treatment, of course, was utterly unfair". Excuse me but who on earth is Gordon Brown to decree that all of the politicians and public petitioners of old who brought in these laws are all wrong and he is right? Why is it "of course" that liberal laws are correct and conservative ones are not?
Regardless of the actual law in question and whether I or he as an individual agrees with it, the job of the government is to execute government now not for the past. Unfortunately there aren't any of these people who died for whatever laws they used to have to appear in parliament and give Gordon Brown another tongue lashing like he usually gets in PMs Questions every week.
The government's ego knows no bounds. The wise man would have said, "sorry but what happened happened under another government in another time and I am not in a position to undo that".
Does Mr Turing deserve a posthumous honour for his work? By all means. The honour is for his achievements not his personal life whether that was 'illegal' or not but Brown, try running the country properly before muddying the waters of everything that comes your way!
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