Alan Turing is the face on the New Plastic £50
 

https://news.sky.com/story/alan-turi...-note-11763499


Due at the End of 2021

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Here for this, the bigots will fume!

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...just brilliant really...:lovedup:..

It will also have a Holgram on it,
The Power of a Plastic £50 note in 2021

...obviously after Brexit, the average monthly salary will go down to around £49.99p a month ...:laugh:...but well...we’ll dream of those pretty notes...

Has the £20 one been announced yet?

Great choice for the 50. :love:

...fingers crossed Shaun...


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No not yet
and good point as that comes next year.

But I can walk to your House with a Case
(handcuffed)
of New £50notes
and buy your house

...or just hand me the case would be lovely actually, thank you Arista...I knew you would save us all, you’re my hero..:lovedup:...

Should have been hawkins

It's about time Turing got some recognition. What he was put through because of his sexuality, after what he did for this country during the war was truly reprehensible. And also, let's put a statue of him on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, lose the endless rotation of modern art and put a real hero on it.

Perfect choice.
He was a true hero, and the way he was treated was disgusting.

let's hope we don't have to wait five years :fc:

As great as Hawking (I assume you mean Stephen) was, he was much less of a man who provided service to his country than Turing so it makes sense from a "patriotic hero" standpoint.

I've just seen that the person chosen for the £20 note is JMW Turner. Interesting... bit leftfield, though.

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Gay icon, great news

Turing is a hero whose treatment at the hands of our country is a dark stain upon our history. If it weren't for Alan Turing, the world we live in could be very different and we drove him to suicide after he served his country because of who he loved.

I don't think anything will ever undo the damage what was done but this is a nice tribute, it's just a shame he never got the chance to see his redemption come to fruition.

Gay veterans and ex POWs were prevented from taking part in official commemoration parades well into the 80s.

Gay people weren't allowed to be in the army well into the eighties. Back then you had to sign to say that you understood it was unacceptable to be gay in the armed forces and you would thrown out if it was found you were gay. Women also had to sign a piece of paper to say that if they got pregnant they understood they would be required to leave immediately. Things have changed, thank God.

Are you sure.:shrug:

Also a dark stain on our history.

Go read about it, I have.

Gays weren't allowed to serve openly until 2000. This was after a couple of ex-forces gay people - a man and a woman - were thrown out for being gay and Stonewall took up their case. Only then really, did things start to change. So gay people wouldn't have been invited to any official commemorations or parades in the 80s anyway.