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This societal tension is intertwined with a complex history of both greatness and oppression. The UK’s past boasts significant contributions, such as the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade and the development of common law. However, it also includes darker chapters—persecution of marginalized groups, including the infamous case of Alan Turing, the codebreaker who deciphered the German enigma machine during WWII. Turing, a pioneering scientist and a gay man, was subjected to chemical castration due to his sexuality, an act of cruelty that contributed to his tragic end.