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Another question in the House today
The red BEIS Hello again I was once filming for Channel 5 News in a young woman’s flat at something like 5am as she prepared to run her first London marathon. I noticed the extensive number of empty decorative champagne bottles on her sideboard, many with candles in. I commented on her collection and she…
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The Ethical Dimension
What’s the right thing to do? Morning secret emailers James Hartley was the lead solicitor for the claimants in Bates v Post Office. When I recorded an interview with him for Radio 4’s Great Post Office Trial, I was struck that when he and his colleagues were assessing the claimants case, they asked themselves “What…
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And on the red benches….
Going through the Early Day Motions Morning secret emailers I realise my last two missives have been lengthy. I’m going to keep this one as short as possible for your and my sanity. I have written up the two recent parliamentary debates with links to the video recording of it online and transcripts. You can…
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Anger in the House
Further questions in the Lords tonight So much for trying to take a few days off. This scandal has erupted. The Urgent Question moved in the Commons yesterday by the Labour whips unleashed quite an extraordinary action by MPs. They homed in with such precision on the hapless minister Paul Scully, by the end of…
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The morning after the night before…
Lots more to do Morning all Thanks to everyone who watched last night’s Panorama. Hopefully it will have created greater public awareness of the story. If you haven’t seen it, please do give it a go on iPlayer. I am deeply touched by all the kind comments and I am, once more, very grateful to…
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Tonight: Panorama – Scandal at the Post Office
BBC1 7.30pm tonight. Except Wales. Bore da I am not sure why Wales doesn’t get to see Panorama: Scandal at the Post Office tonight at 7.30pm on BBC1. It’s a tiny bit galling as Alan Bates, founder of the Justice for Subpostmasters’ Alliance, and key contributor to tonight’s programme, lives there. The first showing in…
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Resend: Goodbye Radio 4, Hello Panorama
Friday email resend Morning secret emailers With apologies if you get this email twice – I sent the original before 9am this morning and it still hasn’t reached many people. So here goes again. We reach the conclusion to the ten-part Radio 4 series The Great Post Office Trial at 1.45pm today. Part 10 is…
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Goodbye Radio 4, Hello Panorama
So now what? Morning secret emailers We reach the conclusion to the ten-part Radio 4 series The Great Post Office Trial at 1.45pm today. Part 10 is called “What the Hell Had Happened” and it brings us from December to this week. If you miss it going out live you can download or listen to…
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Eight more referrals, Attorney General asked to get involved and Vennells questioned
It’s all going off part 753 Good morning all I’m not sure I can take much more of this. I foolishly thought I’d finish making the R4 series on Friday last, take this week off and then start looking for something to do at an indeterminate point next week. Then Panorama got rescheduled, the JFSA…
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Episode 8: The Big Green Button
Tales from the 2015 Panorama and more… Hello there Episode 8 of the Great Post Office trial goes out today at 1.45pm on BBC Radio 4. It’s not an emotional roller-coaster but it does explain the period between 2015 and 2018 where it didn’t seem like much was happening. There was, in fact, lots happening,…
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