Reporting the Post Office Horizon IT Scandal
Reporting the Post Office Horizon IT Scandal
Nick Wallis
Hi everyone I hope all is well with you. I’m writing to you from a hotel terrace in sunny Budapest, overlooking the beautiful Eiffel (yes that Eiffel) designed railway station. Yesterday I had to give an introduction to the Post Office Scandal to a room full of European Vodafone lawyers. I have not been so…
Nick Wallis
For obvious reasons I have spent many hours dealing with sacked and convicted Subpostmasters, rather than those still working. The evidence given to the Post Office Inquiry has come from both serving and former Postmasters. I am currently watching the focus group session on the afternoon of Fri 4 March – particularly because of some…
Nick Wallis
What was Lord Neuberger thinking? With apologies – I failed to put the right links to my big exclusive on Lord Neuberger in the last secret email. They have been changed in the email below so you can actually link through to the story this time. The rest of the email remains identical. Thanks to…
Nick Wallis
What was Lord Neuberger thinking? Hello! Sorry I’ve been a bit quiet recently, I have been holed up in a studio for six hours a day recording the audiobook version of The Great Post Office Scandal. It took seven days. The completed item is 18 hours long. It was recorded at the RNIB Talking Books…
Nick Wallis
Privilege to be waived Whilst I was inspecting copies of The Great Post Office Scandal at my publishers in Bath yesterday, Sir Wyn Williams announced he had received a response from Fujitsu, the government and the Post Office on the subject of privilege, and it seems that in most substantive areas, all three organisations have…
Nick Wallis
… and what has the PO CEO been up to? What an extraordinary day. At 10am, ITV announced they were turning the Post Office Horizon Scandal into a four-part prime time drama series. At 11am – campaigning voice for Subpostmasters Chris Head had a meeting with Post Office chief executive Nick Read to discuss next…
Nick Wallis
Scandal hits home Hello secret email friends I am currently holed up in a cottage in Devon quietly trying to write a book about this scandal, but the media interest in this story is still gratifyingly present and I am have been getting regular calls to come onto various outlets and explain the story. On…
Nick Wallis
Hello there, secret emailers. You may have seen a meme doing the rounds about the curse of Liverpool FC. It tells of the various random mishaps which may have contributed to the club’s failure to win the Premier League since it started. This season, Liverpool were on course to win the title by a distance.…
Nick Wallis
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…
Nick Wallis
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…