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Old 16th Oct 2009, 23:11
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Chugalug2
 
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The pity of it is that Sir Keith Park is not set to occupy the fourth plinth permanently. The logic of two commanders separated by some 150 years, that ensured this nation remained uninvaded by the most powerful European country of their day, sharing Trafalgar Square is appealing. One of the objections raised is that the plinth is designed for an equestrian statue. Given that the call for such a statue is much reduced these days, I have an alternative solution. I suggest a statue of Alan Turing astride his bicycle, perhaps dangling the Gas Mask he wore when riding in summer to alleviate the symptoms of Hay Fever from which he suffered. The Great Leader has supposedly set out to make amends for how the country treated this modest and eccentric man. Without him we might have lost the Battle of the Atlantic and have to sue for peace, sparing the Germans the need to invade. At the very least Bletchley Park is credited for shortening the war by three years and sparing the loss of many more lives. We should restore Bletchley Park to commemorate our debt to the Geese who laid Churchill's Golden Eggs and never cackled and we should put Turing on the fourth plinth in London.
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