Mr Bates vs the Post Office

[Blue Maverick]

another one with memory loss

I hope that twat gets the same treatment off the public that they gave the postmasters when they thought they were guilty, he wouldn’t be a friend of mine now if I knew him, what a grade a twat.

 

[fulabeer]

 

[Mike N]

Very interesting Full Disclosure podcast by James O’Brian with Nick Wallis. He’s the BBC presenter who’s been covering the story since 2010, Panorama etc.

Well worth a listen.

 

[MCFC Wirral]

I’m struggling to think of a similar high profile case in my life and, at 44, I can’t.

Fujitsu could instigate world peace yet still be tainted.

 

[Barcon]

We just watched this yesterday/last night. Is there any other series/documentaries on it?

 

[Dirty Harry]

We just watched this yesterday/last night. Is there any other series/documentaries on it?

There’s one called ‘Mr Bates v The Post Office (The Real Story) which is worth a watch even though they literally repeat what you hear them say in the tv series.

 

[blueste41]

We just watched this yesterday/last night. Is there any other series/documentaries on it?

Lots.
There are 3 Panorama specials (all on BBC IPlayer) 2015, 2020 and 2022.
Nick Wallis has done a podcast.

Investigating the Post Office Scandal – the podcast

Rebecca Thomson and Nick Wallis cover the ongoing Post Office Horizon IT scandal. This podcast is entirely funded by donation, but it is free to listen to, either by streaming through your browser …

www.postofficescandal.uk

Start with those and if you want more let me know.

 

[blueste41]

Jason Beer KC is superb. This is particularly good, a little humour in a dark story "Pewter?".



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[bluethrunthru]

So obviously reducing the service whilst putting up prices will fix it. Do they think we are daft?

Ofcom paves way for Royal Mail to axe Saturday post

A consultation paper to be published by Ofcom next week will outline radical options for reforming Royal Mail's Universal Service Obligation, Sky News learns.

news.sky.com

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

So obviously reducing the service whilst putting up prices will fix it. Do they think we are daft?

Ofcom paves way for Royal Mail to axe Saturday post

A consultation paper to be published by Ofcom next week will outline radical options for reforming Royal Mail's Universal Service Obligation, Sky News learns.

news.sky.com

What has that got to with the post office?