Mr Bates vs the Post Office

[BTH]

It'll be interesting later this year when Labour are back in power and they open the books to see where all the money's gone during these last 14 years. I am looking forward to it, on both counts. Hoping quite a few Tories like porridge.

 

[bonespost]

Men wrongfully imprisoned for 24 years seek compensation | UK criminal justice | The Guardian

Cases point to legal crisis as definition of miscarriage of justice leaves its victims without recompense

amp.theguardian.com

 

[dickie davies]

I see the Lib Dem’s defence of Ed Davy is he relied on what he was told by the PO.

This really speaks to the problem of MPs “with portfolio”, do they actually try and get across any of the detail or just sit with a fancy job title staring out the proverbial window? Leadership is a choice, they chose to lead. So lead.

I have responsibility’s for things in my day job and when someone tells me something I ask questions to validate their thinking and make sure they’ve thought about everything - when I relay what I’m told to my bosses it’s my responsibility to give them accurate information - I can’t later say what I was told wasn’t right blame that person. I don’t need to understand the topic at hand either, often I don’t, it’s just basic common sense.

Tony Blair's defence over his WMD claim

 

[VOOMER]

Who are the key figures in Post Office IT scandal?

A hit drama depicted how a flawed IT system led to more than 700 sub-postmasters being wrongly accused of stealing - a case many were unaware of. Some victims are still waiting for justice and compensation, while dozens have died without getting either.

news.sky.com

It would appear that Paula is the best of a bad bunch.

 

[VOOMER]

Men wrongfully imprisoned for 24 years seek compensation | UK criminal justice | The Guardian

Cases point to legal crisis as definition of miscarriage of justice leaves its victims without recompense

amp.theguardian.com

Its a smoke and mirrors dictatorship.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

For those who’ve watched, listened to the numerous documentaries in detail.

Are the stories around Adam Crozier being completely left out of the TV show because he’s at ITV, justified criticism? Or was he nothing to do with it?

Leave it, pal. You'll only get bored.

 

[bluethrunthru]

 

[I'm With Stupid]

This could develop into another ‘MP’s expenses scandal’ type thing I reckon.

What, you mean a massive story that goes on forever and changes fuck all? Where all of the criminals 'agree to give back' the money they've stolen rather than facing any criminal consequences for it?

 

[The Black Shed]

700 sub-postmasters x £75k compensation = £52.5m (or one Erling Haaland). I think the government/treasury can, and should, significantly increase that offer.

I don't know what a sub-postmaster wage is, let's say £40k/yr. Multiply that by 20 years of being fucked around and we're at £800k. Per person.

 

[mosssideblue]

700 sub-postmasters x £75k compensation = £52.5m (or one Erling Haaland). I think the government/treasury can, and should, significantly increase that offer.

I don't know what a sub-postmaster wage is, let's say £40k/yr. Multiply that by 20 years of being fucked around and we're at £800k. Per person.

That’s just recouping financial losses. What price reputations and mental damage. £75k is a joke and I hope the postmasters tell them to get real