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First payments land, CCRC decision tomorrow, PO postpones compensation
CCRC decides… Hello secret emailers I will try to keep this short: The CCRC is going to make its decision about referring its cohort of Subpostmaster cases tomorrow. As soon as I get the decision, I’ll put it on twitter, then write it up for the blog, then tweet the link to that, then alert…
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Panorama postponed, Select Committee hearing cancelled
Panorama postponed and more… Hello secret emailers I was meant to be spending today touring the BBC’s broadcast studios, telling the nation about tonight’s Panorama. Sadly “Scandal at the Post Office” has lost its slot. Coronavirus is in. We are postponed, not cancelled. The best guess is that we might get a window some time…
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Post Office debate in parliament this afternoon, Panorama news…
The Post Office Commons debate Hi all After sterling work in the commons from Kate Osborne (asking the PM the relevant questions) and Lucy Allan (leading a Westminster Hall debate), it’s time for the chaps to step up. This afternoon Kevan Jones and Andrew Bridgen will host a debate in the main chamber of the…
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Go viral: submit your evidence to parliament, watch a Panorama, listen to Noel Thomas…
Going Viral Good evening secret emailers I’m writing to you from inside one of the biggest scandals this country has witnessed – recording interviews with people who lived it and those who are determined to do something about it. Sadly, thanks to a sub-optimal approach to animal husbandry in China, this is not the biggest…
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Postmasters and Second Sight give evidence in parliament today
Oral BEISness Morning all – I am on a train up to London to observe proceedings at the nth BEIS select committee inquiry into the Post Office. The inquiry opened on 4 March and has its first oral evidence session today. A select committee inquiry is an investigation by backbench MPs who can summon whoever…
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First Post Office settlement payments due in less than six weeks
Settlement news and quite a bit more… Good morning. I was up and at ’em on the 0555 Walton to Waterloo commuter rocket this morning to to talk to Vanessa Feltz on BBC London about the Post Office story. When I last went on I recommended the programme get in touch with Peter (not his…
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Parliamentary action: Westminster is go…
Parliamentary action It’s late. I should be in bed. I’ve got to get up tomorrow to go to the gym because I’ve spent all weekend eating and I have a car arriving at 7.50am to take me to a car park in East London where I will spend the entire day filming links in a…
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File on 4 Post Office investigation gets 4 stars – listen to it here
Four star investigation Hello there I hope you are avoiding the worst of storm Dennis. My recommendation is to stay indoors and watch telly. Or listen to the radio, particularly this piece of radio if you haven’t already. It is the BBC Radio 4 File on 4 investigation which went out on Tuesday at 8pm…
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CCRC meeting date, File on 4 and “You’ve Got Jail”
CCRC, File on 4 and “You’ve Got Jail” Good morning secret emailers. Just a quick note to keep you up to speed with latest developments. The biggest news is that the Criminal Cases Review Commission has now fixed its commissioners’ meeting for 24 March. In a letter to applicants, dated 5 Feb, it warned: “Please…
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Secret emailer asks question in House of Lords
Lord Arbuthnot and the Private Eye podcast Hello again. I know I only wrote yesterday but I have a couple more things to tell you. First of all, secret emailer James (now Lord) Arbuthnot asked a very pertinent question in the House of Lords yesterday. I remembered he had done so about two minutes after…
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