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It's not exactly helpful to be a contrarian about every action of a government (by the way, the "English government" doesn't exist) because they haven't implemented the specifics of your personal political agenda.

The problem with being so blinded by hatred towards an entity is that you attribute malevolence to their every action and fail to consider things objectively. The government have pardoned him, the prime minister has issued an official apology, we are now celebrating him in multiple extremely prominent ways, which can only lead to more people learning about both his achievements and the injustices committed against him. Your reaction is to call that "a disgrace".

[jarmitage]

I would go the other way and say it's more accurate to call it the London government ;)

Although I was being deliberately over the top in my original comment, it wouldn't have hurt to add something tasteful to the note to symbolise the injustice and struggle he (and many) faced, and the direction of progress since then. Instead we get the palatable war hero parts only.

And to clarify what I meant by 'disgrace': Erasmus is gone because of Brexit, and to wash the fiasco clean they're using Turing's name to market its replacement. I don't know what else you can call that other than shameless.