Submitted on Monday 26th March 2018
Rejected on Monday 26th March 2018
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Change JMW Turner to Alan Turing on the new £20 note
Alan Turing was a renowned computer scientist, mathematician and war hero, it is estimated that his work on the enigma decryption shortened the second world war by 2 years. Hence, we believe that he would be a better candidate to be honored on the £20 note.
"the significance of Turing's contribution can be roughly quantified in terms of the number of additional lives that might have been lost if he had not achieved what he did.
If U-boat Enigma had not been broken, and the war had continued for another two to three years, a further 14 to 21 million people might have been killed." this is taken from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18419691
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Bank notes are the responsibility of the Bank of England, which is independent of the Government and Parliament.
You can find out how the Bank decides who will be on bank notes here:
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/Pages/characters/selection.aspx
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