Mr Bates vs the Post Office

metalblue said:
Playing devils advocate maybe before horizon there was no reconciliation of takings etc in the way the Horizon (supposedly) provided. Management might look at it take the view it had uncovered the dishonesty that was previously there, particularly if they didn’t have any reliable data before to guess at numbers.

What I found weird was how some were affected and not others. I’m guessing, from the ITV drama, they suggest it might have been down to intermittent connectivity issues. Nonetheless assuming the ITV drama is a fairly accurate characterisation of what happened that the IT support folks were correcting lots of issues should have sent alarm bells ringing. Feels like nobody in management wanted to admit issues to anyone else in management.
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The Horizon system had loads of problems when it went live but this was brushed under the carpet.
So many of the problems were associated with a Terminal 2 - aluded to in the series. Bizare as most Sub-Posrmasters only have 1 terminal. The consensus is Terminal 2 was the basement office in Bracknell trying to correct problems resulting from Horizon bugs.
 
metalblue said:
Playing devils advocate maybe before horizon there was no reconciliation of takings etc in the way the Horizon (supposedly) provided. Management might look at it take the view it had uncovered the dishonesty that was previously there, particularly if they didn’t have any reliable data before to guess at numbers.

What I found weird was how some were affected and not others. I’m guessing, from the ITV drama, they suggest it might have been down to intermittent connectivity issues. Nonetheless assuming the ITV drama is a fairly accurate characterisation of what happened that the IT support folks were correcting lots of issues should have sent alarm bells ringing. Feels like nobody in management wanted to admit issues to anyone else in management.
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Think all were affected to a greater or lesser degree, we had a number of unexplained shortages and as per contract made good and moved on. Over the time we owned the po probably put in around £4k which offset against the wages wasn't a great loss. Some of the 700 are talking cumulative losses of less than that. I suppose a lot depends on the profitability of the office and ability to pay and walk away. Nb at first chance took the gov. Money to close office.
 
Just watched it. Makes my blood boil watching this injustice. I hope the revelations lead to a swift conclusion and those poor sods get proper compensation. That absolute twat at the Post office should have their honours stripped as well.
 
I stayed out of this thread as I was playing catch up and didn't want spoilers.
What a fucking disgrace. This started in 2009. 15 years ago. It is still going on and yet the Post Office are still allowed to do their own investigations and prosecution’s despite it being clear they are corrupt and bullies. A very upsetting series.
 
Just watched Ep 1.
Shocked and dismayed that this could happen in the UK. Fele so sorry for those people.
The Government should hang their heads in shame for not taking over this and sorting it (no pun intended).

Grenfell also.
Just goes to show that ordinary people mean about as much to them as cockroaches.
 
Bill Walker said:
Just watched Ep 1.
Shocked and dismayed that this could happen in the UK. Fele so sorry for those people.
The Government should hang their heads in shame for not taking over this and sorting it (no pun intended).

Grenfell also.
Just goes to show that ordinary people mean about as much to them as cockroaches.
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@Bill Walker no spoilers if you've only seen episode one but why would the government take it over ? They are the Post Office. If the P.O. have to pay out compensation they are simply paying out govt. money so its in the interests of the government to delay and refuse compensation.
If this sickens you look up the contaminated blood scandal. At the start of the Aids problem, 1980's, people with HIV gave blood. This was then used in normal transfusions and many died. The government still haven't settled compensation claims.
 
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