Post Office (again)

[Jamie123]

I've been aware of this for nearly 3 years now. My first post about it was here:

Most people in the UK are only learning about it now, thanks to the fact that they made a TV drama about it. Some people are telling me they were in tears watching it.

It's caused such outrage that the government is now promising to overturn all remaining convictions en masse. (And remember the judicial branch of government are supposed to be independent of the executive branch - we have that in common with the US.) I often think the media has far too much power, but its refreshing to see that power used to champion the underdog for a change.

Edited January 10, 2024 by Jamie123

[askandanswer]

What a disaster! Its so sad that it takes years of work, high personal risk and lots of dollars to overcome injustice.

Here in Australia. we're developing a good history of class actions being effectively used by large combinations of little people to successfully hold large and powerful organisations to account. The scary thing is that in the early/middle parts of last year, a number of politicians began talking about the evils of class actions and how there needed to be new legislation controlling/limiting the conditions under which a class action could be run. I haven't heard much more since then, but I find it worrying that politicians who are supposed to be the people's representatives have been talking about finding ways to limit one of the very few means that people have to have their voices effectively heard and to lessen the power imbalance. 

[Jamie123]

This is still going on with no sign of abating. The latest "thing" is that Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, should resign because he supported Paula Vennells' application to become Bishop of London. (Paula Vennells, as well as being CEO of the Post Office, was also a part-time minister in the Church of England.)

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12967021/Calls-Archbishop-Canterbury-Justin-Welby-resign-links-disgraced-Post-Office-boss-Paula-Vennells-supported-Bishop-London-despite-Horizon-scandal.html

It's an absolute media circus - not because anything has changed, but because someone made a TV drama about it. Not that I'm complaining - for years I've thought it deserved a lot more publicity than it was getting.

Edited January 17, 2024 by Jamie123