“We are on it” Rishi Sunak declared today as he sought to reassure sub-postmasters who were wrongly convicted of defrauding the Post Office in the Horizon scandal that he would speed up the process of quashing their convictions and making sure they get full compensation.
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This evening, a minister is in the Commons to update MPs on the government’s plans to deal with the miscarriage of justice. The Post Office has apologised to all those affected.
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Why is the taxpayer paying the victims .. The nasty tories sold our post office to their mates … The post office and Fujitsu owe them money .. NOT the taxpayer .. If we pay the victims because the post office /Fujitsu can't afford to, then WE should acquire the post office back into public ownership.. #immediate #effect
Weak on the strong
Tough on the weak
Classic conservative values
what a wonderful man
Good I hope for them 800 men and woman they get there money and their convictions go
He should be stripped of his title
She got a title and Ed Davey got a knighthood proves total incompetence is all you need to get one…..hilarious the bullshit……..
Don't vote for sunak or his party they are vile people
Fair play he cannot solve this super quick, but he must bend rules to move much faster than the rules normally allow.
May I suggest a 1 million pound payout to everyone under the simple condition that you can continue to pursue your justice how you see fit and govt will help to move things quickly, and if your final settlement is less you pay nothing back, if you final settlement more is more you get a top up.
,will the disgraced post office chief also be stepping down from church duties as she’s a proven liar and despicable allowing good people to commit the utmost sacrifice just so she can continue as if nothing was wrong .
She needs nail tile too not handing back rewards… she has ZERO shame she’s diss custin
Pathetic posturing by sunak. He has seen a moving bandwagon that has a lot of public support and so is trying to look like he is trying to do something. Typical tory opportunism to try and cling to power. Just like the VIP lane was for stuffing money in their friends pockets while others suffer. The sooner he is evicted from power the better.
What kind of justice system does the UK have? Every judge, every prosecutor, and every IT "expert" who played a role in the post submasters' convictions should be forced to contribute to the funds paid to the victims of their dereliction.
Isn’t she still on boards and committees?
Sir Keir Starmer needs to explain why he did not intervene in the Horizon Post Office scandal when director of public prosecutions.
Sir Keir, held the position between 2008 and 2013 before moving into politics.
His time in the role overlapped part of the period in which Post Office branch managers were convicted because of the Horizon computer system showing that money was missing.
EVERY bonus given during this scandal should be taken from these privileged failures. What is it with these elite tw@ts in industry who think it's ok to reward abject failure and appalling management with gongs and bonuses. It boils my pi55.
If it takes Toby Jones' acting to find impetus towards equitable justice how many more cases can he portray whilst he's still alive as I've no doubt there could be some serious billable hours here, potentially enough to make law firms jealous – although no doubt some will be greedily eyeing the opportunity to bill for advice on Horizon and any other scandals that ought be brought forward for the aforementioned equitable justice which has been so often denied.
THE CONSERVATIVES AND LABOUR KNEW ABOUT THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT BOTH FUJITSU AND THE POST OFFICE.. THEY WERE BOTH PARTY TO CORRUPTION AND CONDUCTING CRIMES UNDER BRITISH LAW, BRITISH LAW IS VERY CLEAR, TO FRAUDULENTLY DEPRIVE AN INDIVIDUAL, BUSINESS OR COMMUNITY OF MONIES WITH THE INTENT TO PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE SAID , IS COVERED UNDER THE THEFT ACT… SCOTLAND YARD SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN CALLED IN, THIS ADDS TO THE CORRUPTION HERE….
ACCOUNTABILITY BREAKS DOWN WHEN A SELF POLICING COMPANY COMMITS CRIMES CLEARLY EXPOSED… THE COUNTRY NEEDS TO FORCE THE GOVERNMENT TO GET THIS SORTED… ENOUGH IS ENOUGH….
POST OFFICE COUNTERS LTD HAS BEEN SELF SERVING ITS INVESTORS… OVER YEARS OF MONOPOLISING A SYSTEM OF CASH MOVEMENT AND THE MULTI BILLION GIRO SYSTEM.
AN INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE INSTIGATED INTO THE MASSIVE PROFITS AND HOW THEY WERE GAINED…
IT MAY WELL BE TIME TO STRIP THE POST OFFICE OF ITS SELF GOVERNMENT.. NOW !!!
I had a post office credit card after 12 months in having it I was charged a lot of interest. The lady on the phone told me saying Richard no no you charged a little but no interest withdrawal cash on your credit card. After than I notified the card company I Sean to pay more than I should have and another lady refunded the proceeds of the cash take from my account and returned the over payment of interest fees. When I closed my credit card down with the post office I received a letter that they waited another £234 to be paid so I went into a bank in Exeter a America lady said we charge for payment in this bank and she said that’s a lot of many they wait from you to close down your credit card and she recognised me as I use the old post office that was built in the 1975 in Bedford Street Exeter it’s a small world.
Richard Bealey
Exeter Devon England
This really happened ? in the UK ! ! no way ?!
Fujitsu are still getting huge government contracts when they should be blacklisted permanently.
This DISASTER is almost WORSE than the national lockdown ENFORCED BY THE JOHNSON GOVERNMENT that destroyed peoples livelihoods and our economy
Haha 'withdraw cbe'?? People have gone to jail, lost houses and are dead. And they're talking about bout a cbe. 😮. What baout grenfell inquiry? Still no arrests.
She shud go jail have to sell her house pay all her money to the victims not just her but who ever were involved and live in a one flat at least a million each mr not michelle
A bud bud ding ding going around trying to make him look tall the little big man
So what happened to their replacements. Did the cycle continue? If it did, then they must have realised there was a problem and fixed it. If not, the situation would have been perpetuated.
Sweeping it under the carpet for years
Bet my pension his tax dodging wife and the likes of Mogg, Farage and all the other tax dodgers are making money from Fujitsu who are STILL running the post office software. Refuse to admit to this day they are responsible for these innocent deaths and this corrupt Tory party still giving them billion pound contracts. Of course, their UK CEO donated thousands to the party. Tory party today disgusts me.
The ease with which the state was mobilised against defenceless people should shock British citizens. If they did it to these folk what’s stopping another little Adolf from doing it to you? Scary
This is extremely disturbing. None of us are safe if this can happen, and only come to light because of one true hero and a TV drama.
While you are ding this ,look in the mirror .lot of you are corrupt vile outcasts ,not wanted .go away
He obviously wants to win the next election.
It needs post office management, fujitsi management and ministers aware of this in jail.
Don’t be distracted by honours, the sub postmasters need their compensation immediately. Only then should honours be removed, people be investigated and jailed
Blame government its they that are at fault they allow such actions they are corrupt as is any government agency what they dont want is the nation to follow their lead added to that is vulgar tory capitalist policies
why you are not going back to India and live us along tishi sunak
2:21
The TORIES are CROOKS- for 3 YEARS, These people have NOT got their compensations- had it been their Tory Friends- Sunak would have paid them the money 3 YEARS AGO!!!
(They're WAITING FOR THEM TO DIE) so they DON'T have to pay them!
Call me sceptical and I'm not sure this has been discussed at all but I think the PO had a vested interest in pursuing these so called losses, not only by boosting profits by chasing these imaginary losses (money going in to suspense accounts and then being used to boost profits) but also reducing costs by dismissing sub post masters they'd no longer have to pay their salaries? Were the PO doing this to reduce costs without having to break contracts/pay redundancy – shame on you! how many sub post masters been removed from role with a double bubble , fake money losses recovered and no longer having to pay their wages – a very clever way of sacking staff?
Whens he going to review his own government responsible for thousands of deaths due to contaminated blood they are still waiting whilst dying 1 every four days
A convent distraction tactic for rishi wahi and the torys from the migrants problem everyone wants sorting ASAP Duck the tories
So what’s in it for Sunak the great? 🙂 a few extra votes from the gullible who think he’s being a hero?
People clearly above the law who still walk free
The laws only for the silent wealthy .The untouchables
I'm sure She'll be heartbroken at having to hand back a useless award…🙄
Shes still rich and still free.
The removalmof the CBE is a meaningless action designed to placate the public whilst doing nothing to get justice.
If British people had any guts, she'd be worried for her safety, but she isn't.
We are weak
How can a supposedly women of the cloth spout so many lies and avoid telling the truth have the gall of preaching a sermon to her flock? Evil comes in many forms
@6:32 “…sudden rush by politicians to try and find a solution”.
Seems pretty obvious, they either want a part of the Payout Pie or want to bask in the story to promote themselves in the run up to the GE.
DO NOT confuse British Laws with Fairness & Justice.
"didn't see the books?"
for some it was too late, for some it affected their lives forever.
why do people say hindsight…foresight is taking a torch and enlightening which the itv drama and breakfast sofa did so well
Yes – handing back a CBE will definitely bring the lives of their victims back in time to just before their lives were completely destroyed. What an ingenious idea. These Post Office executives should be facing jail time, not handing back meaningless titles.