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Should politicians apologise for things for which they have no personal responsibility? Michael White...roles in slavery too. More recently Brown apologised for the awful fate of Alan Turing, the great British mathematician and presiding genius of the Enigma code-breaking triumph of the second world war. Convicted of gross indecency -... In this article: Gordon Brown, Australia, Alan Turing, Plaintiff, Tony Blair, Britain, and Potato |
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Independent.co.uk - Film & TV | October 23, 2009
Log on to see the last days of tortured Turing
...Richard Dawkins, the actor Stephen Fry and the novelist Ian McEwan. Gordon Brown issued a statement in September condemning the official treatment of Turing as "appalling". Post a Comment Offensive or abusive comments will be removed and...
In this article: Alan Turing, The Independent, Suicide, Desperate Romantics, Roger Alton, Ian McEwan, Samuel Barnett, Stephen Fry, and Richard Dawkins
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Daily Mail | September 11, 2009
Gordon Brown apologises to gay Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing for 'appalling' persecution
Gordon Brown apologises to gay Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing for 'appalling' persecution Last updated at 2:53 PM on 11th September 2009 Gordon Brown last night issued a posthumous apology to Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing for the...
In this article: Alan Turing, Enigma, World War II, Bletchley Park, Fascism, University of Manchester, and World War 1
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | September 23, 2009
Twitter faux pas: 20 dreadful types of tweet
...the world a glimpse of your stockings. Shortly before Gordon Brown apologised for the treatment of wartime codebreaker Alan Turing, following a campaign supported by the broadcaster, Fry tweeted: "A little bird has whispered that in 1...
In this article: Twitter, Apple, Stephen Fry, Self-help, Twitpic, Solipsism, DVD, IKEA, and MacBook Pro
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | September 10, 2009
Brown sorry for WWII hero's treatment
...for WWII hero's treatment British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has issued a posthumous apology to World War II code-breaker Alan Turing, who committed suicide after he was convicted of being homosexual. Turing, often hailed for his...
In this article: Alan Turing, World War II, Suicide, Hormone, and The Daily Telegraph
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New Alan Turing drama to debut on The Independent
...war role and pioneering role at the forefront of computer science. Gordon Brown issued a statement in Septmber condemning the official treatment of Turing as "appalling". Actor Samuel Barnett said: "There are so many things we have to be...
In this article: The Independent, Alan Turing, Samuel Barnett, Suicide, Desperate Romantics, History Boys, Roger Alton, Ian McEwan, Stephen Fry, and Richard Dawkins
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Guardian Unlimited | September 10, 2009
PM apologises to codebraker Turing
...gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell. Paying tribute to Turing's contribution to "Britain's fight against the darkness of dictatorship", Brown described him as "a quite brilliant mathematician". "Without his outstanding contribution, the...
In this article: Alan Turing, Europe, Homophobia, Fascism, University of Manchester, Hormone, John Graham-Cumming, Ian McEwan, and Britain
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Brown apologises to WWII code-breaking hero
...WWII code-breaking hero British Prime Minister Gordon Brown issued a posthumous apology Friday to World War II code-breaker Alan Turing, who committed suicide after he was tried and convicted of being homosexual. Brown said Turing, who...
In this article: Alan Turing, WWII, Suicide, Hormone, and The Daily Telegraph
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James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party. Brown became Prime Minister in June 2007, after the resignation of Tony Blair and three days after becoming leader of the governing Labour Party. Immediately before this he had served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour government from 1997 to 2007 under Tony Blair.
Brown has a PhD in history from the University of Edinburgh and spent his early career working as a television journalist. He has been a Member of Parliament since 1983; first for Dunfermline East and since 2005 for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath. As Prime Minister, he also holds the offices of First Lord of the Treasury and the Minister for the Civil Service.
Brown's time as Chancellor was marked by major reform of Britain's monetary and fiscal policy architecture, transferring interest rate setting powers to the Bank of England, by a wide extension of the powers of the Treasury to cover much domestic policy and by transferring responsibility for banking supervision to the Financial Services Authority. Controversial moves included the abolition of Advance Corporation Tax (ACT) relief in his first budget, and the removal in his final budget of the 10 per cent "starting rate" of personal income tax which he had introduced in 1999.
After an initial rise in opinion polls, Brown's time as Prime Minister has seen his approval ratings fall and the Labour Party suffer its worst local election results in 40 years. Despite public and parliamentary pressure on his leadership, he remains leader of the Labour Party.
- Birth Date:
- February 20, 1951
- Birthplace:
- Govan, Glasgow, Scotland
- Religion:
- Church of Scotland
- Nationality:
- British
- Spouse:
- Sarah Brown
- Residence:
- North Queensferry
- University Attended:
- University of Edinburgh
- Political party:
- Labour
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