Mr Bates vs the Post Office

Gray said:
Hope they turn their attention to that even ghastlier specimen, Angela van den Bogerd. Visiting the widow of a sub-postmaster who had committed suicide and feigning sympathy is absolutely disgusting.
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That was acting…
You know, made up.
 
Blue Mist said:
There was a great line in the programme. An MP said to Vennels, "are you saying the IT system is working perfectly without any problems because if you are, it would be the first time in history that a Government funded system worked'.
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they 100% nailed it with that, any government system i have ever worked on if it worked 50% of the time it was considered a success by the powers that be
 
Blue Mist said:
Hmmm not sure. They'd agreed that everything, including visits to the widow would go through Alan Bates. He had no knowledge of the visit or the follow up to sign an NDA and get some money.
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Have you watched ‘Mr Bates v The Post Office, The Real Story’ ? I watched it and could find nothing that was at odds with the script of the TV drama itself, in fact, they’ve literally used their exact words.

I find it difficult to believe they’d allow something of that nature to pass by without fact checking even with the caveat at the beginning of the programme where it mentions ‘some scenes imagined’ or words to that effect.
 
Gray said:
She was the one stopping information getting through to Vennells, had worked for the Post Office for 30 years in a number of positions. An absolutely horrible individual.
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what pussy galore, how did she find time to stat in a bond film?
 
It's really sad isn't it.
Johnny Mars Bar said:
I think a problem with the PR was that the post office is seen as being a bit of a 'boring' subject so it didn't capture the imagination of the public in the same way as say an NHS or banking scandal would.
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I'm waiting for the next scandal to hit.
My money's on Smart Metering from the power companies.
Another techno-wonder that just doesn't feel 100% accurate e.g. stories of consumers being hit with revised bills multiple times greater than previous.
Here's a prime example...

www.bbc.co.uk

TotalEnergies sorry for overcharging Cornwall businessman

Energy firm apologises after a Cornish businessman was overcharged via direct debit.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk

An energy company has issued an "unreserved apology" to a businessman who was mistakenly hit with a £244,000 bill for a month's energy.

Patrick Langmaid, the owner of Martha's Orchard holiday park at Constantine Bay, said had experienced a "nightmare" since the money was taken out of his bank account via direct debit on 28 December.

Mr Langmaid said his normal monthly bills were between £2,100 and £2,700.


And here's a copy of his bill....

www.bbc.co.uk

Cornwall businessman gets 'nightmare' £244k power bill by mistake

A holiday park owner says the direct debit amount was a mistake and he is yet to be paid back.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
 
Ashton Moss Messi said:
It's really sad isn't it.


I'm waiting for the next scandal to hit.
My money's on Smart Metering from the power companies.
Another techno-wonder that just doesn't feel 100% accurate e.g. stories of consumers being hit with revised bills multiple times greater than previous.
Here's a prime example...

www.bbc.co.uk

TotalEnergies sorry for overcharging Cornwall businessman

Energy firm apologises after a Cornish businessman was overcharged via direct debit.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk

An energy company has issued an "unreserved apology" to a businessman who was mistakenly hit with a £244,000 bill for a month's energy.

Patrick Langmaid, the owner of Martha's Orchard holiday park at Constantine Bay, said had experienced a "nightmare" since the money was taken out of his bank account via direct debit on 28 December.

Mr Langmaid said his normal monthly bills were between £2,100 and £2,700.


And here's a copy of his bill....

www.bbc.co.uk

Cornwall businessman gets 'nightmare' £244k power bill by mistake

A holiday park owner says the direct debit amount was a mistake and he is yet to be paid back.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
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I am not one for techno-phobic conspiracy theories and am usually an early adopter of new tech but I'm actually with you on smart meters.

Loads of cases already of people being sent bills for thousands of pounds due to "clerical errors" at energy companies.

Jon Sopel mentioned it on the News Agents podcast only last week. Now he's a famous and serious political journalist who I'm sure only had to send a stern email to get his bill fixed but what if it's Joe Bloggs left on the hook for a gigantic electric bill - probably not so easy.

IoT tech in general is riddled with security problems.
 
Energy company not going to get me. I stopped my DD last May after my April DD payment was double the March one and no prior warning given. Sent numerous emails that they ignored, but as soon as I cancelled my DD they sent me an email quelle suprise!
 
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She is handing back her CBE.

In the grand scheme of things so fucking what. It only means anything if you believe in the honours system.

It's more important that people are brought to trail and sentence that would be better than handing back a gong
 
Johnny Mars Bar said:
Hope she gets sent an invoice for 60 grand then thrown in prison when she can't pay it.
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I'm sure she can afford 60 grand. She was probably paid a share of post office profits for years. Profits that were boosted by the "missing" money that the post masters had to pay out of their own pockets. The missing money was added onto the post office profits, but difficult to prove.

Brilliant business model. Any losses are paid for by the workers. What could possibly go wrong.

Almost as good as the Bet365 model, whose boss Denise Coates "earned" £221 million last financial year to March 2023. That takes her salary to £1 billion over the last 4 years.
 
give it to gordon said:
She is handing back her CBE.

In the grand scheme of things so fucking what. It only means anything if you believe in the honours system.

It's more important that people are brought to trail and sentence that would be better than handing back a gong
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Exactly! The tossers responsible should be jailed, nothing less will do.
 
Tommy_Catons_Perm said:
I'm sure she can afford 60 grand. She was probably paid a share of post office profits for years. Profits that were boosted by the "missing" money that the post masters had to pay out of their own pockets. The missing money was added onto the post office profits, but difficult to prove.

Brilliant business model. Any losses are paid for by the workers. What could possibly go wrong.

Almost as good as the Bet365 model, whose boss Denise Coates "earned" £221 million last financial year to March 2023. That takes her salary to £1 billion over the last 4 years.
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Franz Kafka couldn't have dreamed up this shit.
 
Gray said:
Are you saying it never happened?
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No, but you are saying it did exactly as portrayed by a drama on tv.
She certainly visited but as for her demeanour…
Never heard of poetic licence for dramatic effect?
 
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