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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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Where do the criminalised Subpostmasters go from here?
CCRC, File on 4, Parliament, Legal Aid, Petition – it’s all go here… Hello secret emailers I’ve actually updated the blog with a bit of exclusive information – the Criminal Cases Review Commission are now dealing with 56 cases of former Subpostmasters or Post Office workers who are claiming they are victims of miscarriages of…
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Legal advice
Hey secret emailers! I had a very useful conversation with a lawyer the other day – well – in fact a couple of useful conversations. This is why: Over the last few weeks I have spoken to and received correspondence from a number of people I am simply not qualified to help. Some of them…
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Tune in to BBC1 South NOW!!!
Hello secret emailers Apologies for the lack of warning and if this email seems a little slapdash or breathless – I’m going to try to write, format and send it in eight minutes. Why? Well because I’d very much like you all to tune into BBC 1 South to watch a piece I made with…