Mr bates v the Post Office

[Iana]

Sketch from the Times on today’s proceedings for those who were not able to witness the car crash testimony of Stephen Bradshaw today.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

They also develop their own working culture and work practices , due to not being accountable to anyone, which in turn only ever leads to abuse of power and corruption in many forms.

The Financial Ombudsman Service as with our other Ombudsmans are cut of the same cloth

 

[Walken]

ITV 1 - Peston last night the last 15 minutes with private eye owner Ian Hislop - was a joy to watch - the owner of private eye took apart the Tory mild & meek MP to shreds - I have been on this from day one - you in an election year are point scoring etc - such a rant - the MP asked him not to talk over him over the post office debate - & Hislop shouted NO - as you made a career by talking over everyone that's what MPs do - you never listen to the people he slated the judges involved Peston looked uncomfortable - the rant went on, and they sadly closed the show down - Hislop hammered the post office & the governments that knew this was going on to the post office post masters - the only person who stated this Horizon system may cause a big problem from anyone who plumped to use it = Labours Harriet Harman..... watch the last 15 - 20 minutes on catch up ITV 1 - absolutely brilliant viewing plus Hislop stated Private Eye will be going after everyone involved who caused this to happen .....

I think this is the segment Joey was chatting about

 

[Joey66]

I think this is the segment Joey was chatting abo

It's a pity Hislop was not allowed to carry on .

 

[Wizard]

Interesting thread on what the CPS could and couldn’t do in this case

 

[gonetomorrow]

Do you think if we knock together a drama series about Everton’s points deduction we will get the points back?

Now you're talking.
Imagine Sean Dyche sat at home, a close-up of his hard features slowly softening, the eyes gradually welling up as his XL Bully "Tarko" gazes adoringly up at him.

 

[gonetomorrow]

Now that the scandal is on page two of The Ale House I thought I'd paste a link to the live proceedings of the inquiry. It doesn't seem to be on the BBC or Sky regularly but I've only got Freeview so maybe I'm wrong.

Homepage | Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry

www.postofficehorizoninquiry.org.uk

 

[peteblue]

Tony Blair was warned Horizon IT system could be flawed, documents show

The then-PM was told IT system now at the centre of the Post Office scandal was "possibly unreliable".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[PhilEFC]

It's a pity Hislop was not allowed to carry on .

He was brilliant.

 

[Lapeno77]

How the legal system made it so easy for the Post Office to destroy the lives of the sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses – and how the legal system then made it so hard for them to obtain justice

12th January 2024 The Post Office Horizon scandal is both simple and complex, straightforward but also difficult to grasp in all its interconnected detail. The essence of the scandal is, of course,…

davidallengreen.com

 

[tonyhorne]

…..they‘re PO investigators, working in the interest of the PO and not in the interest of right and wrong, not in the interest of justice.

I’ve seen investigators like this so many times before in government.

It's the "you must be guilty so let's just talk about why" attitude they come in with that gets me. Ofsted were the example I had to put up with most recently.

From my wife's experiences, it has crept into the private sector too. Colleagues desperate to impress senior managers delight in doing any "investigation" in the most unpleasant and vindictive way possible, often after the flimsiest and most ridiculous of allegations.

Glad I am out of it ...

 

[Dancing Pat]

Post Office could face £100m bill and insolvency over Horizon compensation tax break, expert claims

The group says all the information on taxation in its annual report and accounts published in December is "appropriate and accurate", as calls mount for top executives to be forced to hand back their bonuses.

news.sky.com

They claimed tax relief on the compo paid out!

Absolutely staggering arrogance

 

[PhilM]

Post Office could face £100m bill and insolvency over Horizon compensation tax break, expert claims

The group says all the information on taxation in its annual report and accounts published in December is "appropriate and accurate", as calls mount for top executives to be forced to hand back their bonuses.

news.sky.com

They claimed tax relief on the compo paid out!

Absolutely staggering arrogance

Sadly, it is unsurprising. They already defrauded the SPMs, so why not go all in and take some money from the state too?

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

 

[Rita_Poon]

Of how much value was covering up the horizon systemic errors to the eventual sale of the PO by this knob head of a government?

There was a reason to suppress the investigations and publish findings. Money, lots of.