| Mr Bates and the Post Office 10:31 - Jan 2 with 8767 views | onehunglow |
My Gid,the most sickening docu drama I’ve seen in years
Toby Jones simply brilliant as the guy instrumental in exposing this national scandal which saw good people made redundant ,homeless and life savings swallowed by a Post Office so inept and arrogant it’s hard to contemplate.
People died because of this
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| Mr Bates and the Post Office on 22:12 - Feb 18 with 727 views | majorraglan |
What are people’s thoughts on this? Who is telling the truth?
Henry Staunton, former Chair of the Post Office has claimed the government wanted to stall compensation payouts to victims of the Horizon scandal so the Conservatives could “limp into” the general election.
Henry Staunton, who’s been in post since December 2022 and I’d assume therefor not part of the Horizon miscarriages of justice scandal was sacked last month by the business secretary, Kemi Badenoch, amid anger over the Horizon scandal.
Staunton has also alleged that Nick Read, the Post Office chief executive, tried in January to dissuade the government from proceeding with blanket exonerations for operators. Read has sent a letter, but its content is subject is unknown.
Who’s telling porkies and who’s telling the truth? It’s outrageous and needs sorting.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/post-office-chairman-interview-henry-staunton
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/18/former-post-office-boss-stall-ho
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68330465 [Post edited 18 Feb 22:14]
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| Mr Bates and the Post Office on 22:39 - Feb 18 with 705 views | Boundy |
| Mr Bates and the Post Office on 22:12 - Feb 18 by majorraglan |
What are people’s thoughts on this? Who is telling the truth?
Henry Staunton, former Chair of the Post Office has claimed the government wanted to stall compensation payouts to victims of the Horizon scandal so the Conservatives could “limp into” the general election.
Henry Staunton, who’s been in post since December 2022 and I’d assume therefor not part of the Horizon miscarriages of justice scandal was sacked last month by the business secretary, Kemi Badenoch, amid anger over the Horizon scandal.
Staunton has also alleged that Nick Read, the Post Office chief executive, tried in January to dissuade the government from proceeding with blanket exonerations for operators. Read has sent a letter, but its content is subject is unknown.
Who’s telling porkies and who’s telling the truth? It’s outrageous and needs sorting.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/post-office-chairman-interview-henry-staunton
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/18/former-post-office-boss-stall-ho
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68330465 [Post edited 18 Feb 22:14]
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Kemi Badenoch sated that she was taking legal action against Staunton so to do so would indicate she believes he's lying , it'l interesting but it wouldn't surprise me that Staunton is telling the truth , we're talking about the tories here . | |
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| Mr Bates and the Post Office on 22:39 - Feb 19 with 607 views | majorraglan |
| Mr Bates and the Post Office on 22:39 - Feb 18 by Boundy |
Kemi Badenoch sated that she was taking legal action against Staunton so to do so would indicate she believes he's lying , it'l interesting but it wouldn't surprise me that Staunton is telling the truth , we're talking about the tories here . |
She’s given a statement in Parliament which is of course protected from libel and slander, while he’s given a statement saying he sent an e Mail to himself as a file note in December 2022 (15 months before this all kicked off) about the government asking him to delay payments and “limping” in to the next GE.
Be interesting if he could produce the e Mail and name the people he spoke to. | | | |
| Mr Bates and the Post Office on 00:11 - Mar 29 with 429 views | majorraglan |
Looks like the BBC have unearthed a document which reveals the Post Office knew its defence was false. None of the papers are carrying the story yet, it’s only the Beeb but if this is true then I dare say there’s more to come out in the wash. Should the police open an investigation for Perverting the Course of Justice or Perjury? I reckon there’s could be a few employees / ex employees at the Post Office who’ll be sweating over an early morning knock on the door.
“In June 2016, Tim Parker, the Post Office's then-chairman, told government ministers he had stopped an investigation into Horizon on legal advice, because of the upcoming court action by postmasters. The existence of that letter from the former chairman was revealed by the BBC last month.
In it, he said the Post Office would "instead address the issues through equivalent work taken forward in the litigation".
Now, the discovery of the draft Bramble report indicates that the investigation into Horizon, originally ordered by the government, actually continued in secret for more than a year, focusing on the branches involved in the case.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68663750 | | | |
| Mr Bates and the Post Office on 08:16 - Mar 29 with 358 views | onehunglow |
| Mr Bates and the Post Office on 00:11 - Mar 29 by majorraglan |
Looks like the BBC have unearthed a document which reveals the Post Office knew its defence was false. None of the papers are carrying the story yet, it’s only the Beeb but if this is true then I dare say there’s more to come out in the wash. Should the police open an investigation for Perverting the Course of Justice or Perjury? I reckon there’s could be a few employees / ex employees at the Post Office who’ll be sweating over an early morning knock on the door.
“In June 2016, Tim Parker, the Post Office's then-chairman, told government ministers he had stopped an investigation into Horizon on legal advice, because of the upcoming court action by postmasters. The existence of that letter from the former chairman was revealed by the BBC last month.
In it, he said the Post Office would "instead address the issues through equivalent work taken forward in the litigation".
Now, the discovery of the draft Bramble report indicates that the investigation into Horizon, originally ordered by the government, actually continued in secret for more than a year, focusing on the branches involved in the case.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68663750 |
Somebody should do serious time for this
It is amongst the worst scandals I can remember
Many lives ruined | |
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| Mr Bates and the Post Office on 08:43 - Mar 29 with 338 views | Dr_Winston |
Anyone proven to have known about it should be jailed and stripped of all pension entitlements and other assets to cover costs. Leave them with nothing and facing work until death.
Examples must be made. |  |
| Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. |
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| Mr Bates and the Post Office on 10:34 - Mar 29 with 297 views | controversial_jack |
| Mr Bates and the Post Office on 08:43 - Mar 29 by Dr_Winston |
Anyone proven to have known about it should be jailed and stripped of all pension entitlements and other assets to cover costs. Leave them with nothing and facing work until death.
Examples must be made. |
Agreed, they should be jailed, but you can't remove their pensions as it's their money and it would be theft | | | |
| Mr Bates and the Post Office on 11:59 - Mar 29 with 266 views | KeithHaynes |
| Mr Bates and the Post Office on 08:43 - Mar 29 by Dr_Winston |
Anyone proven to have known about it should be jailed and stripped of all pension entitlements and other assets to cover costs. Leave them with nothing and facing work until death.
Examples must be made. |
They can revive the amounts they put in with interest, people say the same thing for certain other govt employees but it’s their money. CJ is right. |  |
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| Mr Bates and the Post Office on 12:42 - Mar 29 with 244 views | Dr_Winston |
| Mr Bates and the Post Office on 11:59 - Mar 29 by KeithHaynes |
They can revive the amounts they put in with interest, people say the same thing for certain other govt employees but it’s their money. CJ is right. |
The people whose reputations were ruined and spent their life savings defending themselves against charges known to be lies lost their money too. If the Government has to compensate them then it's only right that those responsible bear part of the cost. | |
| Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. |
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| Mr Bates and the Post Office on 13:35 - Mar 29 with 227 views | SullutaCreturned |
| Mr Bates and the Post Office on 11:59 - Mar 29 by KeithHaynes |
They can revive the amounts they put in with interest, people say the same thing for certain other govt employees but it’s their money. CJ is right. |
People can be sacked for gross misconduct and lose their pension rights but these people can keep their ill gotten gains?
Well, seeing as they may have committed crimes from which they materially benefitted through bonuses, contuing to draw wages and in some cases honours, could money be clawed back though the proceeds of crime act?
Or maybe they should just be fined whatever the maximum amount is so?
These people have brought the Post Office into disrepute, what do their contracts say? [Post edited 29 Mar 13:38]
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| Mr Bates and the Post Office on 14:25 - Mar 29 with 184 views | controversial_jack |
| Mr Bates and the Post Office on 13:35 - Mar 29 by SullutaCreturned |
People can be sacked for gross misconduct and lose their pension rights but these people can keep their ill gotten gains?
Well, seeing as they may have committed crimes from which they materially benefitted through bonuses, contuing to draw wages and in some cases honours, could money be clawed back though the proceeds of crime act?
Or maybe they should just be fined whatever the maximum amount is so?
These people have brought the Post Office into disrepute, what do their contracts say? [Post edited 29 Mar 13:38]
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They can lose their pension rights from when they are sacked, but anything accrued up to them, whether they have contributed or the firm is theirs. It's been earned as part of their salary. Employers can't dock pay either, unless they have overpaid etc. | | | |
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