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To draw your attention to Mr Bates vs The Post Office

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5foot5 · 01/01/2024 22:27

There is already a thread about this on the Telly Addicts forum here

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/telly_addicts/4970440-mr-bates-vs-the-post-office-mon-to-thur-itv-9pm-tv-pace-no-spoilers

However this seems like such an important subject that I thought I would draw attention to it on AIBU.

The first episode aired tonight but the whole series is available on itvx.

Most of you will no doubt have heard about the Horizon scandal, but whether you have or you haven't this program is compelling. It will probably make you furious but it deserves as wide an audience as possible.,

MR BATES VS THE POST OFFICE - mon to thur ITV 9pm - tv pace no spoilers | Mumsnet

Mon to thur  Mr Bates vs The Post Office is an ITV drama based on a true story of injustice starring Toby Jones, Julie Hesmondhalgh, WIll Mello...

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/telly_addicts/4970440-mr-bates-vs-the-post-office-mon-to-thur-itv-9pm-tv-pace-no-spoilers

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PerkingFaintly · 22/05/2024 12:25

Ooh, Sir Williams Wynn is onto something about, "Surely with separation, and the Royal Mail having most of the lawyers, the subject of who would be doing the prosecutions would have come up?"

DanielGault · 22/05/2024 12:20

DuncinToffee · 22/05/2024 12:15

Like with the Covid inquiry, there is an awful lot of 'I don't recall'

It's embarrassing tbh.

DuncinToffee · 22/05/2024 12:15

Like with the Covid inquiry, there is an awful lot of 'I don't recall'

nauticant · 22/05/2024 12:09

Looking at my youtube feed it's frustrating to see that it's misrepresenting the number of viewers as being 40. I was hoping to see an accurate number to have an idea of the interest.

Quirkyme · 22/05/2024 11:58

She's full of shite.

"I think you conflate too many things if I may".

Quirkyme · 22/05/2024 11:58

PerkingFaintly · 22/05/2024 11:56

Someone has suggested to her the term "challenges" as a less emotive euphemism for "accusations".

She's used it several times now.

Just as with the word "bugs."

100

Quirkyme · 22/05/2024 11:58

@nauticant

Oh never seen them do that before! Thank you, haha the guy next to him was laughing

PerkingFaintly · 22/05/2024 11:56

Someone has suggested to her the term "challenges" as a less emotive euphemism for "accusations".

She's used it several times now.

Just as with the word "bugs."

nauticant · 22/05/2024 11:55

Quirkyme · 22/05/2024 11:53

@DanielGault

No I don't mean that.
There was a noise like a lift noise, and a tannoy said "attention attention" and then they stoped the broadcast for a few minutes.

They've only just resumed

That was the weekly fire alarm. They always break for a few minutes while it's on and then resume.

DanielGault · 22/05/2024 11:54

She's not the most convincing of witnesses 🤔

Quirkyme · 22/05/2024 11:53

@DanielGault

No I don't mean that.
There was a noise like a lift noise, and a tannoy said "attention attention" and then they stoped the broadcast for a few minutes.

They've only just resumed

DanielGault · 22/05/2024 11:52

Quirkyme · 22/05/2024 11:51

🤣🤣🤣🤣

What happened?

Paula is sorry and my feed keeps cutting out!

Quirkyme · 22/05/2024 11:51

🤣🤣🤣🤣

What happened?

DanielGault · 22/05/2024 11:44

Short statement of sorryness 😡

DanielGault · 22/05/2024 11:43

Back on now here.

DuncinToffee · 22/05/2024 11:39

I am half following but can't watch it at the moment so it's via live updates

PerkingFaintly · 22/05/2024 11:34

Still here, with my Brew. Spluttering it, occasionally.

<sorry, yer Honour, the drips might have been me...>

DanielGault · 22/05/2024 11:31

It's gone all quiet here, I assume it's not just me?

DuncinToffee · 22/05/2024 11:29

Quirkyme · 22/05/2024 11:02

Rah, she's crying.

I liked John Crace's tweet in reaction to Williams pausing the inquiry for being dripped on

The drips PO inquiry chair Wyn Williams has been feeling may be Paula Vennells's tears

DanielGault · 22/05/2024 11:23

Musomama1 · 22/05/2024 11:18

Absolutely. The poor falsely accused lady who had to have multiple rounds of EST to essentially save her life and now has no recollection of her childhood is something I will never ever forget.

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My knowledge of the whole thing is mostly from the dramatisation but if that's anything to go by, there should be a serious amount of post office heads rolling. They've probably all scarpered at this stage though no doubt

Musomama1 · 22/05/2024 11:18

DanielGault · 22/05/2024 10:05

I just stuck it on there for a couple of minutes and almost felt sorry for her. But then I remembered all the terrible stories of the victims.

Absolutely. The poor falsely accused lady who had to have multiple rounds of EST to essentially save her life and now has no recollection of her childhood is something I will never ever forget.

L1ttledrummergirl · 22/05/2024 11:16

Judging by the caliber of people on the witness stand, it's no wonder they fucked up people's lives.

Self centred, protectionalists who couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery. Who the hell appointed these idiots?

Those poor postmasters. I'm glad they were able to keep fighting.

Quirkyme · 22/05/2024 11:02

Rah, she's crying.

DanielGault · 22/05/2024 10:05

I just stuck it on there for a couple of minutes and almost felt sorry for her. But then I remembered all the terrible stories of the victims.

nauticant · 22/05/2024 09:54

Paula Vennells starts to give evidence:

It's an important day but I keep reminding myself that she's only part of it and in some ways is a symptom rather than a cause. Neary all of the prosecutions took place before she became CEO. But she was there when people in the Post Office realised they were sitting on a massive scandal and a lid needed to be kept on it.