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2020
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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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Subpostmasters take on the government!
JFSA goes for parliamentary ombudsman Morning all I knew Alan Bates was up to something! Before we get into today’s episode of the Great Post Office Trial, some news on the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance’s next step – launching a crowdfunded complaint to the parliamentary ombudsman about the (lack of) actions of the government in…
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Episode 6 today: War of Attrition
GPOT Week 2 beginneth Good morning secret emailers I hope you had a good weekend. The Great Post Office Trial (specifically Jo Hamilton’s pants) made it onto BBC Radio 4’s Pick of the Week last night. You can listen to it here. Today’s episode (broadcast after the World At One at 1.45pm) gets deep into…
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Episode 5 today: Follow the Money
Here comes the weekender Hello secret emailers It’s been quite a week, and deeply gratifying that so many people appear to be tuning in to the Radio 4 series. Thank you very much if you have taken the time to do so, it really means a lot. Episode 5 of the Great Post Office Trial…
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Panorama back on, Ep 4 of the Great Post Office Trial out today and Nick says sorry!
Avengers Assemble Hello again Panorama is back on, I have a new blog post to tell you about and, of course, today you can listen to part 4 of The Great Post Office Trial – Navigating the Matrix on BBC Radio 4. This episode is about how MPs, the Justice For Subpostmasters Alliance and independent…
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Episode 3 today: I Love My Post Office
Sarah’s harrowing story Morning all I hope you don’t mind me sending you daily secret emails whilst the Radio 4 series is on air. Today’s features Sarah Burgess Boyde, a former Subpostmaster from Newcastle. As you will know if you have been listening to the first two episodes, former Subpostmaster Jo Hamilton has told us…
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The Bloodiest Mind in Wales
Enter Alan Morning secret emailers It appears I am now in the habit of rising early, something I developed whilst putting the Great Post Office Trial series together in order just to get the work done. This morning I am prepping to go on BBC London to give an update to listeners about the wider…
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900 prosecutions since 1999 – nine hundred!!!!
A scandal you can see from space As you will have heard if you were listening to the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 this morning, the Post Office is now looking at 900 prosecutions it has made since 1999 involving Horizon data. Unbelievable. I’ve done the number-crunching and full story for you here. Thanks…
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Hitting the GPOT – press previews in the Times and Guardian
Press preview Morning all – not an epic email today – just a link to a couple of press previews from Saturday’s papers which have been sent my way. You can read what Saturday’s Guardian and Times think of the Great Post Office Trial series here. If you spot any other previews in today’s or…