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How will the Parliamentary Ombudsman complaint affect the government’s Independent Review?
It’s the question on everyone’s lips Possibly a slight overstatement. But… Assuming there will be some sort of “independent” investigation into the Post Office, how will the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s investigation affect it? Earlier this month Chi Onwurah, the shadow business minister, asked that very question of the government. Specifically whether: “evidence received by Parliamentary Ombudsman…
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JFSA reaches £98,000 target
The impossible dream I thought it was. But it wasn’t. The Justice for Subpostmasters’ Alliance has managed to persuade more than 1,000 people to part with enough money to pay for a professional legal team to look after their complaint to the parliamentary ombudsman. This has just come in from Alan Bates, founder of the…
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What’s Johnny Depp got to do with all this?!
Live-tweeting at the High Court. Again. Well this is all a little strange. Hello to secret emailers new and old. I am quite certain that some people reading this very kindly put money in the online tip jar because of the blow-by-blow tweets I was sending about the Johnny Depp libel trial. The problem is,…
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The Post Office cover-up, part 2
What the government knew Morning all I’ve just published part 2 of a two-part report into the allocation of responsibility for the attempted cover-up of the Post Office Horizon scandal. Paula Vennells’ letter to the BEIS Select Committee inquiry was helpful in this regard, but I’ve also pulled together all the other evidence I’ve been…
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The Post Office cover-up, part 1
Vennells explains all Hi everyone I’ve spent the last couple of days looking into Autumn 2013, when the Post Office went from being helpful to the JFSA and Second Sight to shutting up shop. It’s a period which fascinates me because it’s when the cover up was decided. The individuals involved took decisions based on…
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Nick Read’s selective awareness
Last in the mini-trilogy Hi all Hope you had a good weekend. I’ve taken the opportunity to post up my thoughts on Nick Read’s letter to the BEIS select committee inquiry into the Post Office. Mr Read is the Post Office’s new-ish CEO. This completes a mini-trilogy which includes: Thoughts on Paula Vennells’ letter. Thoughts…
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Fujitsu tries to dodge the blame bus
It wasn’t them, guv Last secret email of the week! I promise… Just a very quick note to say I have properly fisked the the Fujitsu letter sent to the BEIS Select Committee inquiry. I think it is disingenuous almost to the point of being misleading in certain areas. Do have a read. If you…
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Vennells breaks her five year silence
Going down in a blaze of inglory A busy day today and I’ve promised my son I’ll take him down the park for a kickabout after tea, so I’ll try to keep this brief. This morning I posted a website piece about Paula Vennells stepping down from the Church of England’s Ethical Investments Advisory Group.…
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Select Committee Inquiry Klaxon!!!!
Parliament ponders private prosecutions Hello Sorry – I know I’ve been quiet over the past few days. I’ve spent the entire week calling (nearly) everyone who has contacted me about non-Post Office scandals since the R4 series and the Panorama went out. There are lots. How to turn them into Panoramas, podcasts, news reports, supplement…
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The Noble Minister’s Bottom
“Malevolent incompetence” Another day, another debate. Lord Arbuthnot, tireless campaigner for the Subpostmasters cause, was tilting at the government again today. In a short debate in the Lords this morning (watch it here), he put on the record his demand for a judge-led inquiry into the Post Office scandal. The minister, Lord Callanan, is holding…
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