Loved Mr Beer’s retort to Ismay’s complaint about having so many documents to sift through in preparation for his appearance to the Inquiry, “we believe in full disclosure”. Brilliant.

To be honest 'I can't recall' what I had for dinner on Tuesday of last week, let alone what might have been meant in an e-mail 15 years ago. But what seems to have been air-brushed out in public life is Bunter, Sunak and Nicola ALL having lost their WhatsApp messages during crucial Covid times....disgraceful!

As a retired banker who ended up being a consultant for branches and branch systems overseas I cannot understand how these Post Office people accepted a system which seems to have no audit trail and therefore no way of tracing back transactions and provide a regular self balancing function, with a printout of all the transactions. It seems they were relying on something akin to snake oil and its magical properties to make everything right. I am also amazed that any Court of Law could have convicted on what seems to have been people's say-so. Just astonishing- unless there is something i have missed.

@Sprout476

18 күн бұрын

Well, there certainly wasn't a shortage of snakes at post office to provide the oil. Mind you, there wasn't any adders by all accounts.

@Pat14922

18 күн бұрын

I'm with you mate. As an ex accountant in the private sector, it's the first thing you ask for. It seems they could only construct after the event, and by paying Fujitsu. From a customer systems acceptance test. that's a firm "no"

@Pat14922

18 күн бұрын

Same for the convictions. "Show me the transactions and expected balance, and the actual cash count shortfall, or you have no case" Did they have no actual accountants in court, just lawyers?

Another one that clearly doesn’t understand the word perjury

I’m still shocked but not surprised at the low calibre of all these PO senior managers/pen-pushers and robots. No actual decisions, initiative or leadership, just constant passing the buck. With jobsworths like this “in charge” the whole shameful Horizon debacle was inevitable. Trying to work in that toxic environment and culture and with these clowns would have been impossible for any normal person. Now they are being held to account they’re just throwing each other under the big bus being driven by our hero Jason Beer KC.

Mate I was busy ok, just couldn't be bothered with all this Horizon stuff.

To misquote Liz Cheney, I believe: ‘This enquiry will soon be over, but your shame will live on.’ Applies to Rod Ismay and all the other POL cowards..

Ed under extreme pressure....,..... REALLY what about the extreme pressure of the innocent post masters that were charged and prosecuted

They should all volunteer for hypnotic regression.

Don't remember.

Sir Wyn has Mr Ismay down in his notes, Sir Wyn will not forget.

"Show me all the transactions, let me check them all, and "the calculated closing balance", and then actual cash and count shortfall. If you can't do this, you have no case ( and no way of proving your innocence either) Did they have any actual accountants in court, or just lawyers?

He seems so weary (Mr Williams)

a BUG is an error in programming it will all ways be there until the so called BUG has been rewritten by a programmer. its like calling a deadly car crash mishap.

It was all Dave’s fault!

Cant recall

@ericrice8755

19 күн бұрын

i thought Ismay went down with the Titanic

Tyrick Mitchell Crystal Palace FC is the one who should be in dock for tax avoidance isn’t that right ladies and gentlemen not these poor people /