Mr Bates vs the Post Office

[Jimmieblue]

I'm not calling you a snob. I'm saying that "the majority of the great British public can’t imagine situations unless they are on a screen in their living rooms" is a snobbish thing to say.

You knew more about it than the average Joe, well done.

Thank you, my argument really was that the great British public do need to find a bit of time to take notice of what’s going on. There’s a kind of inertia in the country ok it may be driven by cost of living etc. But whatever people’s situation is I think they need to keep abreast of what’s going on because politicians take advantage and the working class always suffer.

 

[Gray]

So that Scouse bell-end signed a statement, claims he didn’t write it but the lawyers did.

Why did he sign it then?

I would not put my name to anything I hadn’t read thoroughly and agreed with.

 

[nasrislookalike]

Thank you, my argument really was that the great British public do need to find a bit of time to take notice of what’s going on. There’s a kind of inertia in the country ok it may be driven by cost of living etc. But whatever people’s situation is I think they need to keep abreast of what’s going on because politicians take advantage and the working class always suffer.

You have just said in an earlier post that you knew about it due to a friend, I can imagine there being a lot of people who don't have a friend who worked in a post office with unbalanced books.

 

[VOOMER]

I'm not calling you a snob. I'm saying that "the majority of the great British public can’t imagine situations unless they are on a screen in their living rooms" is a snobbish thing to say.

You knew more about it than the average Joe, well done.

The average Joe isn't what he used to be.

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

He's supposed to disclose this stuff to the defence and he hasnt. He can blame the solicitors and try get away with it but he might be toast hopefully. He clearly hasnt been doing his job and its coming back to bite him.

 

[VOOMER]

You have just said in an earlier post that you knew about it due to a friend, I can imagine there being a lot of people who don't have a friend who worked in a post office with unbalanced books.

This corruption likely fuelled by remuneration, to one , or more parties. People have been slowly conditioned to question and say nothing.

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

Just gotten round to listening to Stephen Bradshaw.

Those interview transcripts sound less like a formal criminal investigation and more like a mafioso shakedown.

 

[Gray]

Thank you, my argument really was that the great British public do need to find a bit of time to take notice of what’s going on. There’s a kind of inertia in the country ok it may be driven by cost of living etc. But whatever people’s situation is I think they need to keep abreast of what’s going on because politicians take advantage and the working class always suffer.

Not everybody reads Private Eye or Computer Weekly, and the main stream media were fairly low key about the whole fiasco.

Seeing some of the actual people involved (portrayed excellently by actors) going through hell has really brought the disgraceful affair to life. The PO’s were scattered all over the country and each Sub Postmaster were told they were the only ones having problems.

It makes you think what other scandals are out there, being brushed under the carpet by overpaid and incompetent executives?

 

[west didsblue]

Has anyone asked why the government approved Paula Vennell’s CBE nomination in 2018. The current government have been aware of this scandal for years and it’s a disgrace that they’re trying to make political capital out of fast tracking its resolution now. No government from the last 25 years gets off scot free but the current government have absolutely no excuse for not addressing it at least 10 years ago.

 

[Cellarite]

Thank you, my argument really was that the great British public do need to find a bit of time to take notice of what’s going on. There’s a kind of inertia in the country ok it may be driven by cost of living etc. But whatever people’s situation is I think they need to keep abreast of what’s going on because politicians take advantage and the working class always suffer.

What would you suggest? Everyone should watch News at 10? Everyone should put an hour aside to watch Question Time every Thursday? Everyone should subscribe to Private Eye? And then when people see a report on a scandal, keep following the story so that they are abreast of what's going on? And then what about tomorrow when there's another scandal? Next week when there's another?

The truth is that as you've said, your friend was affected by this so it's more personal to you. This is why you didn't need the ITV drama to refresh your memory.

What are your thoughts on the council tax controversy that affected the people of East Anglia back in 2012? Please tell me you kept abreast of what went on... it really affected the working class.