He is quite clear that the punishment was an outrage.

Neither, I'm afraid. Hastings wrote that the sentence for Turing conformed to the law then in force. Similar laws existed in most other countries, regarded unjustified only since the 1970s. If apologies for those laws are due, they should be made in the name of all those countries and to all homosexuals - obviously not what Cameron had in mind. The only interpretation left is that exceptions from laws should be made for war heroes; not a good statement for a PM who is supposed to claim that the wars of his country are fought precisely for the rule of law. To illustrate the emotions in the 1950s, imagine the allegation were pedosexual acts. Homosexuality was then considered equally dangerous and disgusting, falsely, as we now believe.

Understanding articles in the Daily Mail seems to overstrain many Mudcatters. I do not think they are lying, since that would require knowledge of the truth.