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2021
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Radio 4 doc double-whammy
The Digital Human and Episode 11 go live Just a quickie! The Great Post Office Trial Episode 11: The Reckoning went out on BBC Radio 4 last night. If you didn’t manage to catch it, you can listen to it here. My thanks to the cast of thousands whose contributions we had to edit to…
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JFSA suggests members apply for core participant status in Post Office Horizon inquiry to “be ready” for change of position
But Bates waits on guarantee from Sir Wyn Alan Bates has made it quite clear that unless the issue of compensation is on the table he will continue the JFSA’s boycott of the Post Office Horizon Inquiry. But… … after a meeting with Sir Wyn Williams (the inquiry’s chair) last week, there is still a…
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Johnson wants accountability AND compensation for Subpostmasters
PM now on the record Seema Misra’s MP Jonathan Lord squeezed what could be an important statement from the Prime Minister during PMQs this week. I’ve written it up on the blog here. The parliamentary pressure on the government over the past couple of weeks has been phenomenal. As well as the debate engendered by…
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“Mealy mouthed” letters of apology drop
Post Office expresses hope Court of Appeal judgment brings “comfort and peace” Hello. I have spent the day a little groggy after a thoroughly enjoyable night watching Eurovision. I’m not why I enjoyed it so much, but as my BBC acquaintance Rob Corp said: “I’ve been watching this show since probs Bucks Fizz, and this…
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Bates waits to see the whites of Wyn’s eyes
Summit meeting to discuss cooperation Morning all! Alan Bates, founder of the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance, appears to have slightly softened his stance towards the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry now it has been put on a statutory footing. The inquir is chaired by a retired judge, Sir Wyn Williams. In a circular to members…
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Inquiry goes statutory – the campaigners’ reaction
CoA result turns Horizon inquiry statutory I have just bashed out a monster blog post which carries the full ministerial statement and debate over the upgraded statutory inquiry with links to its scope, Sir Wyn Williams’ statement in full and various quotes from the good people who have been kind enough to get in touch…
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Sir Wyn’s Post Office Horizon IT inquiry to get powers to cross-examine witnesses under oath
Wyn Win – Scully to reverse ferret Sky News today broke an exclusive that other journalists, campaigners and even MPs on the hop. According to “Whitehall sources“, the Business minister Paul Scully will tomorrow announce to the House of Commons that Sir Wyn Williams Post Office Horizon IT inquiry will be given statutory powers to…
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Two more convictions quashed today – full story
Tara and Parmod clear their names Teju (Tara) Adedayo and Parmod Kalia are two very special people. I had not met either of them before the first Bates v Post Office High Court trial in 2018. Around the rather muted (dull) environs of the Rolls Buildings courts Tara was fun to be around. She often…
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Have I Got News For You vs Post Office! (and other media updates…)
Merton and Hislop stick the boot in I know I know – I should have mentioned it in the last update, but it was all a bit rushed and I forgot, sorry. Have I Got News For You spent six minutes picking over the Post Office Horizon IT Scandal on 30 April, but eagle-eyed viewers…
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Lord Arbuthnot calls for police investigation into Post Office execs
540 more possible unsafe convictions At 12.59pm this afternoon the Post Office let slip a press release stating it was contacting 540 people it had prosecuted with Horizon evidence to help them with a possible appeal. This is just about the biggest news of the last two years, in a couple of years which has…