clint van damme
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She should be shot. She's deliberately ruined so many lives.
Just watched the itv doc (linked to the drama).
It's absolutely shocking. To add to it, the woman in charge of the post office got honours for her services to the post office.
There should be some of the execs doing prison time and all of the post masters should have their money back and then some.
Ive not seen the documentary or drama, but aware of the story obviously….so maybe what I’m about to say has been mentioned so please comment if I’ve got this wrong… but What I can not fathom is how no-one at the time, be it in the post office or police thought “hang on, there’s 700 postmasters all at it? Not just one or two bad eggs? Is this right? Are we sure it’s not the computers?”
Common sense surely would suggest that something like this couldn’t possibly have happened on such a scale without being a mental co-ordinated serious organised crime issue?
Be great news for the genuinely 1 or 2 bad eggs that got off with the collective on a technicality. Every cloudIve not seen the documentary or drama, but aware of the story obviously….so maybe what I’m about to say has been mentioned so please comment if I’ve got this wrong… but What I can not fathom is how no-one at the time, be it in the post office or police thought “hang on, there’s 700 postmasters all at it? Not just one or two bad eggs? Is this right? Are we sure it’s not the computers?”
Common sense surely would suggest that something like this couldn’t possibly have happened on such a scale without being a mental co-ordinated serious organised crime issue?
They kept telling the individual post masters that they were the only ones it was happening to even though they knew it wasn't the case.
They were protecting their expensive new software package.
Yeah that's the thing, it was before social media so couldn't just go on the post master group and ask.
It wasn't until that journalist realised he had heard the story somewhere else from people writing to him. (Old school)
fujitsu keep getting post office IT contracts as well
Bad that isn’t it… wankers.They kept telling the individual post masters that they were the only ones it was happening to even though they knew it wasn't the case.
They were protecting their expensive new software package.
Absolutely rightIve not seen the documentary or drama, but aware of the story obviously….so maybe what I’m about to say has been mentioned so please comment if I’ve got this wrong… but What I can not fathom is how no-one at the time, be it in the post office or police thought “hang on, there’s 700 postmasters all at it? Not just one or two bad eggs? Is this right? Are we sure it’s not the computers?”
Common sense surely would suggest that something like this couldn’t possibly have happened on such a scale without being a mental co-ordinated serious organised crime issue?
Makes you really angry that they value the reputation of their software package than the actual human beings they employ.They kept telling the individual post masters that they were the only ones it was happening to even though they knew it wasn't the case.
They were protecting their expensive new software package.
Makes you really angry that they value the reputation of their software package than the actual human beings they employ.
Even then it's mind-boggling stupidity that those high up didn't think that legal proceedings against all these people would end up biting them on the arse. Individuals should be being held accountable for it ever having got to that stage.
Makes you really angry that they value the reputation of their software package than the actual human beings they employ.
Even then it's mind-boggling stupidity that those high up didn't think that legal proceedings against all these people would end up biting them on the arse. Individuals should be being held accountable for it ever having got to that stage.
My knowledge of this prior to the series just shown was fairly limited, but I sit here wondering why Post Office didn’t just turn on Fujitsu? If you’ve signed a contract/licence with them which (unless added for dramatic effect) includes their in-house maintenance and then it comes to light that those IT workers may be acting nefariously, then surely you’d be having them in court as well.
The contract was probably a load of shite like many major IT ones areMy knowledge of this prior to the series just shown was fairly limited, but I sit here wondering why Post Office didn’t just turn on Fujitsu? If you’ve signed a contract/licence with them which (unless added for dramatic effect) includes their in-house maintenance and then it comes to light that those IT workers may be acting nefariously, then surely you’d be having them in court as well.
The investigating and legal team at the Post Office were on bonuses based on the amount they screwed out of the sub-postmasters
Whoever devised that scheme should be on criminal charges alongside plenty of others at the Post Office & Fujitsu
Bonus schemes like this tend to mean proper oversight goes out the windowThe investigating and legal team at the Post Office were on bonuses based on the amount they screwed out of the sub-postmasters
Whoever devised that scheme should be on criminal charges alongside plenty of others at the Post Office & Fujitsu
I'll not be signing this.Post Office Scandal: Strip Paula Vennells of her CBE
I just signed the petition calling on Paula Vennells, the former CEO of the Post Office to be stripped of her CBE. Will you sign too?you.38degrees.org.uk
Do so thenI'll not be signing this.
Petitions like this are scapegoating individuals, as if the concept of "Empire" based honours are somehow still worth something.
The whole empire based system is stupid and should be scrapped.
I'll sign a petition for that.
On it. Will you sign?Do so then
YepOn it. Will you sign?
It shouldn't need the general public to demand action.Pretty bleak how the general public doesn’t really start to demand accountability until ITV makes a five-part primetime drama about something.
T'was ever the same.Pretty bleak how the general public doesn’t really start to demand accountability until ITV makes a five-part primetime drama about something.
Pretty bleak how the general public doesn’t really start to demand accountability until ITV makes a five-part primetime drama about something.
There's been plenty of coverage of it before now.Probably shows how shit the news outlets are then.
It’s a fair criticism but there have been plenty of outlets covering it, without much pickup from readers/audiences.Probably shows how shit the news outlets are then.
Public inquiry was originally supposed to report its findings in 2022 but hasn't done so. Supposedly results will be published soon then it will be a potential media feeding frenzy.Pretty bleak how the general public doesn’t really start to demand accountability until ITV makes a five-part primetime drama about something.
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