Quote Originally Posted by BCram View Post
Absolutely right Deeranged. There is no way this fiasco was not known about in political circles and why on earth was the honour given in the first place.
Daily Mail has been banging on about this farce for years, but as you point out it takes a TV programme which says these events are true, to make an impact.
I don't believe that Paula Vennills is the only person who delivered this massive breach of justice. All those who knew are equally guilty. There's no way she single handedly managed this or single handedly decided on the course of action taken.
There was an article in last Saturday’s Daily Mail highlighting all the people in charge at the Post Office who did nothing about the obvious problems with their Horizon computer system.
Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey was appointed Minister for Postal Affairs in 2010 in the coalition government.
In May that year he (Davey) received a letter from Alan Bates the wrongly convicted postmaster at the centre of the ITV’s new series highlighting the problems with the Post Office’s failing IT system.
Alan Bates asked for a meeting with Sir Ed Davey where we can present our case to you.
Davey wrote back primarily informing that this miscarriage of justice was ‘an operational and contractual matter’ for the Post Office.
The future Lib Dem leader concluded ‘I do not believe a meeting would serve any useful purpose’.
The final paragraph of the article states.
Asked about the affair this week, Davey regrets not doing more but claimed to have been ‘deeply misled’ by Post Office executives.
Sir Ed Davey was the Minster for Postal Affairs at that time and he should be stripped of his knighthood.
Interestingly Sir Ed Davey has disappeared from view since the programme about the Post Office scandal was televised on ITV last week whereas before it he was interviewed on TV urging people to vote for the Lib Dem candidates in the next General Election.