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Bad code, bad systems, bad times
The Good Folkes Good afternoon from a wet Walton-on-Thames. It’s been another fascinating week at the inquiry. To summarise, the Post Office bosses were under pressure from the government to get Horizon live system out, Fujitsu were trying to pretend it was more stable than it was and no one outside the legal department was…
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The Inquiry’s Miller Time, scandal fund helps Gizmo and new live event in Henley-on-Thames
Post Office warned of IT ‘trauma’ in 1999 Good evening. Apologies for the slight delay in getting a newsletter together, Mrs Wallis and I stole away for a bit at the end of the half term week which threw things slightly out of whack. I spent the entirety of Friday evening watching two days worth…
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The Oppenheim Project – gruelling Fujitsu/ICL evidence goes somewhere slowly, plus…
… Clarke “shredding” advice published Hi there Rebecca and I went to the inquiry today and reviewed the last two days’ evidence in our latest podcast here. Yesterday Keith Todd, former CEO of ICL (80% owned by Fujitsu) gave evidence about the Pathway/Horizon project and was shown clear evidence that Fujitsu didn’t just go to…
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Jenkins wants inquiry ‘immunity’, Clarke advice published and first reviews of False Accounts the play
Pathway to Horizon disaster Hello everyone It’s been a big week at the inquiry. For the first time we’ve seen decision-makers close to the Horizon rollout getting properly cross-examined. We’re starting to see some answers come through. It wasn’t anything that dramatic, although Rebecca Thomson (on our podcast) described it as a Greek tragedy. The…
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Cipione gets two days, UKGI gets a fisking and GPOS paperback news
Experts, execs and turning Japanese Good morning Phase 2 Week 2 of the inquiry gets underway today. Charles Cipione, the inquiry’s own IT expert gives his assessment of the Horizon IT system. It’ll be interesting to hear how his examination and conclusions differ from those of Mr Justice Fraser in 2019. I’m not sure we’ll…
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What a week…
Blair, Neuberger, Grabiner, Altman et al … all these big names, and we haven’t even started on Vennells and the Post Office lot. Such an extraordinary week. I’ve put together two blog posts on the legal advice the Post Office got from Brian Altman KC, Lord Grabiner and Lord Neugberger, former President of the Supreme…
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Phase 2 Day 2 transcripts and claims Fujitsu board were unaware of Horizon problems
Hi there Just a quick one today. If you want to watch or read the conclusion to Jason Beer’s opening statement to Phase 2 of the inquiry, you can watch the youtube video here or read the transcript here. Today we will hear from the legal representatives for Subpostmasters and then, at around 4pm, the…
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What Tony Blair knew, and why the unfit Horizon IT system was green-lit
Plus – attempts to adjourn the inquiry… Hi there I am writing this update from my desk at home, listening to the inquiry live feed on catch-up at 1.5x speed. This was a very useful option on youtube which I only found when I was covering the Depp trial earlier this year. Simply click on…
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Inquiry preview podcast, new website, crowdfunding campaign officially launched
Same old secret email, though Hi everyone I was very rude about the sound in Inquiry Chair Sir Wyn Williams’ youtube video last week, and then I had one of those Dawning Realisations. He looked pretty good. In fact, he looked professionally lit. Turns out he was. He was professionally shot, too, and the videographers…
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New podcast, Sir Wyn does a video, Alan Johnson on oath and Moorhead’s perfect ten
Inquiry schedule published Hi Sir Wyn has made a video Sir Wyn Williams has delivered a very helpful youtube video explaining what’s going on with the Post Office Horizon inquiry. If I had to guess, I would say it had been made on a mobile phone, with no external microphone. And I bet the internal…
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