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New Podcast!
Investigating the Post Office scandal Hi everyone I am pleased to be able to announce the launch of “Investigating the Post Office scandal” – a podcast by Rebecca Thomson and me. Rebecca will be known to you as the journalist who broke the story of the Post Office scandal after speaking to Lee Castleton, Alan…
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More book talk dates
It’s nice to be back Hello! Warm out, isn’t it? This is just a very quick email to let you know that more dates have been added to the theatre talks I am doing on the Post Office scandal. There are now five dates at the end of this month/early July in Shoreham, East Grinstead,…
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Panorama marks first anniversary of historic Court of Appeal ruling
First anniversary of historic ruling Hi there Apologies for the recent radio silence. I have been out in the USA covering Johnny Depp’s legal travails. Court days are around 16 to 17 hours long. Up at 4am, travel to court, queue up for a wristband, get into the court building at 7am, wait three hours…
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Post Office Scandal theatre tour annoucement
Three dates confirmed Hi I am very pleased to tell you that “Post Office Scandal: The Inside Story” will be starting a wee, three-date theatre tour of southern England later this year, hopefully with more dates and northerly/westerly locations to follow. I have written a blog post explaining how it all came about here. This…
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Compensation for the 555 confirmed
plus another conviction quashed… Hi there Apologies for the delay in getting this out to you. I was hosting a business conference in Liverpool yesterday, and whilst I had a good idea things were going to go crazy, I was only able to switch my phone on to check it sporadically. The conference itself made…
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Minister hoping to jump through “just the last hoops”
Paul Scully’s teasing hint Good morning I’m rushing to get my train to head to the inquiry this morning so I’ll try to keep things relatively brief. Former Post Office manager Nicki Arch is giving evidence today. Yesterday she tweeted the Postal Affairs minister Paul Scully, asking if there was any “chance of any good…
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NFSP chair witnessed Horizon remote access in 2016
Vennells’ legacy Hi there The terrible situation in Ukraine has (wholly understandably) pushed the Post Office Horizon scandal out of the broadcast news running orders, but still the inquiry rolls on. There was a lot of interest in Friday afternoon’s focus group, mainly because one of the participants was Sue Edgar, chair of the National…
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“Good news” for the 555 “in the next few days”
plus more from the inquiry… Hello hello Proper compensation for the 555 looks ever more likely given the tenor of yesterday’s debate in parliament. How it will arrive and whether the Bates v Post Office settlement agreement will be unpicked as part of it remains to be seen, but the Business minister Paul Scully says…
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Post Office Inquiry brings new tales of misery
Inquiry opens to growing public anger Hello there It’s hard to overstate the significance of the last six days. The Post Office scandal now, finally, has the same level of public awareness as the infected blood scandal, Windrush and/or the Mid-Staffordshire NHS hospital scandal. I knew Monday was going to be a big media occasion…
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Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry formally begins today
Subpostmasters give impact statements Good morning I’m sitting somewhere in the bowels of New Broadcasting House waiting to go on the BBC News Channel, having just done a quick turn on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. It is the first day proper of the Statutory Inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal and I have…