Mr Bates vs The Post Office

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blueg33

36,355 posts

226 months

Monday 19th February
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Pupp said:
Doesn’t this need to be in NP&E given it could bring the Govt down the way it’s going? It’s entertaining but it’s not entertainment…
God no! Have you seen the way NP&E threads go? Too many lunatics in that asylum.

119

6,952 posts

38 months

Tuesday 20th February
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This is going to be never ending.



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68146054

Prolex-UK

3,113 posts

210 months

Tuesday 20th February
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119 said:
This is going to be never ending.



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68146054
Beyond belief really.


Hammersia

1,564 posts

17 months

Tuesday 20th February
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119 said:
This is going to be never ending.



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68146054
Hopefully the enquiry is nimble enough to be able to add new witnesses as evidence emerges, the BBC saying one or more of those named isn't so far scheduled to appear.

Wills2

23,198 posts

177 months

Tuesday 20th February
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Hammersia said:
119 said:
This is going to be never ending.



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68146054
Hopefully the enquiry is nimble enough to be able to add new witnesses as evidence emerges, the BBC saying one or more of those named isn't so far scheduled to appear.
There has to be jail time for these people it's beyond the pale now, just who do they think they are, anyone who stood in court saying the system worked has committed perjury.

When Vennells appears they are going to wipe the floor with her, no doubt she'll try and say she's too ill to attend when the time comes.



robinessex

11,088 posts

183 months

Tuesday 20th February
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Prolex-UK said:
119 said:
This is going to be never ending.



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68146054
Beyond belief really.
This scandal is getting bigger by the minute.

Vasco

16,507 posts

107 months

Tuesday 20th February
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Wills2 said:
There has to be jail time for these people it's beyond the pale now, just who do they think they are, anyone who stood in court saying the system worked has committed perjury.

When Vennells appears they are going to wipe the floor with her, no doubt she'll try and say she's too ill to attend when the time comes.
She'll have a range of pitiful excuses, mostly excused by religion, forgetfulness - or that it must have been someone else's responsibility.

Wills2

23,198 posts

177 months

Tuesday 20th February
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Vasco said:
Wills2 said:
There has to be jail time for these people it's beyond the pale now, just who do they think they are, anyone who stood in court saying the system worked has committed perjury.

When Vennells appears they are going to wipe the floor with her, no doubt she'll try and say she's too ill to attend when the time comes.
She'll have a range of pitiful excuses, mostly excused by religion, forgetfulness - or that it must have been someone else's responsibility.
Oh she will, but I doubt they will save her at some point the knives will come out and for her and their inhouse legal team it will be about time.



andyA700

2,831 posts

39 months

Tuesday 20th February
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119 said:
This is going to be never ending.



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68146054
From that article - It would seem as though the barrister representing the SPM's kicked the ball into touch.

"But in June 2016, when sub-postmasters launched their legal action, the government was told through Post Office minister Baroness Neville-Rolfe that the investigation had been scrapped on "very strong advice" from the senior barrister representing them."
"There is no evidence in the documents that then-prime minister David Cameron knew about the investigation or that it had been ditched."

119

6,952 posts

38 months

Tuesday 20th February
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andyA700 said:
119 said:
This is going to be never ending.



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68146054
From that article - It would seem as though the barrister representing the SPM's kicked the ball into touch.

"But in June 2016, when sub-postmasters launched their legal action, the government was told through Post Office minister Baroness Neville-Rolfe that the investigation had been scrapped on "very strong advice" from the senior barrister representing them."
"There is no evidence in the documents that then-prime minister David Cameron knew about the investigation or that it had been ditched."
Yes i just spotted that as i had admittedly skim read it earlier.

The BBC are insinuating it was Camerons fault but then go on to say he was probably not even aware.

st stirring headlines at its finest.

alangla

4,912 posts

183 months

Tuesday 20th February
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andyA700 said:
From that article - It would seem as though the barrister representing the SPM's kicked the ball into touch.

"But in June 2016, when sub-postmasters launched their legal action, the government was told through Post Office minister Baroness Neville-Rolfe that the investigation had been scrapped on "very strong advice" from the senior barrister representing them."
"There is no evidence in the documents that then-prime minister David Cameron knew about the investigation or that it had been ditched."
I noticed that as well, there’s no reason for Cameron to be mentioned at all in the story other than to frame what era it happened in, there certainly doesn’t seem to be any justification for the amount of prominence he has in the article.

12TS

1,877 posts

212 months

Tuesday 20th February
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Fair point re Cameron. I see Sajid Javid gets a mention in there, he went in hard at a select committee and I was wondering if he was aware.

520TORQUES

4,889 posts

17 months

Tuesday 20th February
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12TS said:
Fair point re Cameron. I see Sajid Javid gets a mention in there, he went in hard at a select committee and I was wondering if he was aware.
When was that?

You aren't mixing him up with Nadhim Zahawi are you?

520TORQUES

4,889 posts

17 months

Tuesday 20th February
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andyA700 said:
From that article - It would seem as though the barrister representing the SPM's kicked the ball into touch.

"But in June 2016, when sub-postmasters launched their legal action, the government was told through Post Office minister Baroness Neville-Rolfe that the investigation had been scrapped on "very strong advice" from the senior barrister representing them."
"There is no evidence in the documents that then-prime minister David Cameron knew about the investigation or that it had been ditched."
No, the PO chairman kicked it into touch on advice from his legal team.

The SPM didn't even know the investigation was ongoing, it was not disclosed to them.

Hammersia

1,564 posts

17 months

Tuesday 20th February
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520TORQUES said:
12TS said:
Fair point re Cameron. I see Sajid Javid gets a mention in there, he went in hard at a select committee and I was wondering if he was aware.
When was that?

You aren't mixing him up with Nadhim Zahawi are you?

12TS

1,877 posts

212 months

Tuesday 20th February
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520TORQUES said:
When was that?

You aren't mixing him up with Nadhim Zahawi are you?
Yup. Too many cabinet changes

heebeegeetee

28,919 posts

250 months

Tuesday 20th February
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So Tim Parker will have to name the senior barrister or counsel, if indeed there ever was any.

TTmonkey

20,911 posts

249 months

Tuesday 20th February
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So Fujitsu not only entered the SPM accounts, ‘correcting’ balances and adding transactions, but were also able to create new digital signatures which were used to prove that the accounts could not have been altered.

That’s more than simply changing data. That’s covering your tracks. That’s all sorts of other criminal activity surely.

We have to know whether this was done under the direction and knowledge of the Post Office management, or whether it was just done by the supplier alone and not reported. And if it’s the supplier only, we have to know who was giving the order to do that.

PlywoodPascal

4,392 posts

23 months

Tuesday 20th February
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Is it then Fujitsu who were doing false accounting, by ‘signing’ transactions with fake keys? Or is it not false accounting if you are trying to correct something, even if it is falsifying who made a transaction/entry.

hidetheelephants

25,070 posts

195 months

Tuesday 20th February
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TTmonkey said:
So Fujitsu not only entered the SPM accounts, ‘correcting’ balances and adding transactions, but were also able to create new digital signatures which were used to prove that the accounts could not have been altered.

That’s more than simply changing data. That’s covering your tracks. That’s all sorts of other criminal activity surely.

We have to know whether this was done under the direction and knowledge of the Post Office management, or whether it was just done by the supplier alone and not reported. And if it’s the supplier only, we have to know who was giving the order to do that.
Isn't shizz like this covered by misuse of communications offenses?