Worth assessing the benefits of that if it discloses wider wrongdoing.
Mr Bates and the post office
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Current efforts are focused on compensating the wronged postmasters. If it moves on investigating criminal activity, its the IT guys who will be asked the pertinent questions.
Psst.
Have a word with JohnD for me - he has me on ignore apparently. Tell him he's wasting his time trying to weaponise an opinion of mine from a long while back.
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Brexit. If you don’t care about it, perhaps you should leave.
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Poor mottie doesn't realise what he has posted - an attempt at faux mockery blows up.
I do care about the damage of Brexit, it's you who does not.
Hasn’t damaged me one teeny weeny bit. What damage has it brought to you personally (and don't say lack of tomatoes - Notch has claimed that one)!
I'm pleased to see that public outcry resulting from a TV programme has shamed the government into long overdue action.
No thanks, and no respect are due to them, however.
The scandal has been known about for years. The FT published an investigation in 2020. BBC has been exposing it since 2021. Private Eye and Computer Weekly before that.
I do not believe there is a single MP that did not have it brought to his attention by Constituents.
Now there is an election coming up and they pretend to be leaping into action. The Post Office knew. Fujitsu knew. Gareth Jenkins knew. The Postal Office minister knew. Paula Vennells knew. I wouldn't be surpised if Larry the Cat knew.
They didn't care.
MPs knew. Ministers knew. The Prime Minister knew. Rishi Sunak is the man who tried to delay payment of compensation to victims of infected blood transfusions in order to reduce public spending.
Now he trumpets that he wants “justice and compensation”
Scum.
No thanks, and no respect are due to them, however.
The scandal has been known about for years. The FT published an investigation in 2020. BBC has been exposing it since 2021. Private Eye and Computer Weekly before that.
I do not believe there is a single MP that did not have it brought to his attention by Constituents.
Now there is an election coming up and they pretend to be leaping into action. The Post Office knew. Fujitsu knew. Gareth Jenkins knew. The Postal Office minister knew. Paula Vennells knew. I wouldn't be surpised if Larry the Cat knew.
They didn't care.
MPs knew. Ministers knew. The Prime Minister knew. Rishi Sunak is the man who tried to delay payment of compensation to victims of infected blood transfusions in order to reduce public spending.
Now he trumpets that he wants “justice and compensation”
Scum.
He is the man whose evidence in court led to the convictions.
"The architect of the faulty Horizon IT system, who gave evidence used to convict sub-postmasters, has demanded immunity before agreeing to appear at the public inquiry.
Gareth Jenkins, who is understood to have been instrumental in developing the software as a senior computer engineer at Fujitsu, is under police investigation over his role in the Post Office scandal.
His testimony given in court cases that the Fujitsu IT system was working correctly was central to convictions and repeatedly used by Post Office lawyers.
Tracked down by The Telegraph to his home in Berkshire, Mr Jenkins, 69, said, when asked if he was sorry for what had happened: “I don’t want to talk. I don’t have anything to say to you.”
Telegraph.co.uk
Scum.
(He's being trying to get immunity since (at least) 2022)
Chair gives decision on witness request for undertaking from Attorney General | Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry
Undertaking sought by former Fujitsu employee to limit use of evidence in criminal proceedings
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That's different but the principle remains. Also giving statutory immunity creates a precedent for parliament to use it for its own i.e. crooked MP'sHe is the man whose evidence in court led to the convictions.
"The architect of the faulty Horizon IT system, who gave evidence used to convict sub-postmasters, has demanded immunity before agreeing to appear at the public inquiry.
Gareth Jenkins, who is understood to have been instrumental in developing the software as a senior computer engineer at Fujitsu, is under police investigation over his role in the Post Office scandal.
His testimony given in court cases that the Fujitsu IT system was working correctly was central to convictions and repeatedly used by Post Office lawyers.
Tracked down by The Telegraph to his home in Berkshire, Mr Jenkins, 69, said, when asked if he was sorry for what had happened: “I don’t want to talk. I don’t have anything to say to you.”
Telegraph.co.uk
Scum.
(He's being trying to get immunity since (at least) 2022)
Chair gives decision on witness request for undertaking from Attorney General | Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry
Undertaking sought by former Fujitsu employee to limit use of evidence in criminal proceedingswww.postofficehorizoninquiry.org.uk
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If you were a cynical person, you could say that the current Government are keen to see this through to compensation because it would be a great vote-winner.
But how big a part did the Government play in the issue? The Post Office was obviously Gov-owned, but had recently been privatised.
Fujitsu, I feel are culpable, as are the PO. It is alleged they must have known the system was fallible, and Fujitsu that it was possible for them to access Horizon terminals and make real time alterations.
Then there's the IT expert who knew 20 years ago there were serious flaws with the system. The PO is said to have told him they were disappointed with his opinion and was there anything they could do to change his mind?
Not to mention why nobody in the judiciary asked the question why hundreds of postmasters and mistresses were being accused of defrauding the Post Office.
And how do you compensate people who have committed suicide?
But how big a part did the Government play in the issue? The Post Office was obviously Gov-owned, but had recently been privatised.
Fujitsu, I feel are culpable, as are the PO. It is alleged they must have known the system was fallible, and Fujitsu that it was possible for them to access Horizon terminals and make real time alterations.
Then there's the IT expert who knew 20 years ago there were serious flaws with the system. The PO is said to have told him they were disappointed with his opinion and was there anything they could do to change his mind?
Not to mention why nobody in the judiciary asked the question why hundreds of postmasters and mistresses were being accused of defrauding the Post Office.
And how do you compensate people who have committed suicide?
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Opportunistic vote winning, on a national scandal no less.
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