plus: More Serious Compensation Concerns Hello, How are we all then? Christmas break going well? Ready for 2024? It’s certainly going to be a big year in terms of public awareness of the Post Office scandal. Firstly there is Mr Bates vs The Post Office, which goes out on ITV1 at 9pm for four nights…

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plus: James Hartley on Today! Hello everyone When Paul Scully was reshuffled out of government in November, I got in touch and asked if he’d do a podcast, talking about his experience of being Post Office minister from Feb 2020 to July 2022. At t time the government was trying to work out how to…

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plus: Gary’s years of hurt(ing people) G’morning, The most common question I get asked about this scandal is “Where did all the money go?“, occasionally accompanied by “It must have gone somewhere. Money isn’t created out of thin air. In a double-entry accounting system, it has to show up somewhere. It can always be properly…

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plus: Noel gets a paperback edition Morning! I am trying not to bombard you with too many newsletters as I appreciate it can induce fatigue, but I thought I’d point you to a wee exclusive on my Post Office Scandal website this morning. The government and the Post Office have been trying run an argument…

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plus: Altman’s Altamont Hi everyone I was hoping to write a piece about Gary Thomas’s evidence to the Post Office Inquiry on Thursday but events have rather overtaken me. I started the week with very little work on (just a day shift at ITV News on Friday), but then I got two days at 5…

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plus: Watch the Bates v Post Office trailer! Good afternoon I’ve written a piece about Jarnail Singh’s evidence to the Inquiry. It was a shambolic, miserable affair. Day 1 revealed Singh as an utter incompetent. Day 2 was more about specific failings in the prosecution of Seema Misra. These were revealed to be huge, and…

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