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Paula Vennels being questioned at the Post Office Inquiry, followed by others - thread 2

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nauticant · 24/05/2024 09:29

A continuation of the discussion started by@Sausagenbaconhere:

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5080262-to-enjoy-hearing-paula-vennels-being-taken-apart

Paula Vennells' 3 days of evidence ends today but there are more hearings coming up and we can discuss those too.

When the hearings are going on, live-streaming can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/@postofficehorizonitinquiry947/featured

All of the previous hearings can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/@postofficehorizonitinquiry947/videos

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Quirkyme · 24/05/2024 10:26

She'sl blinking a lot

Quirkyme · 24/05/2024 10:25

Sceptic1234 · 24/05/2024 10:24

I think she's falling back on prepared / rehearsed answers. He's being pushy but also letting her speak. I find myself getting annoyed and thinking "shut up woman".

Eventually she will run out of bullshit, start to get tired and the pressure will stay on.

Agree. I think she's playing up amnesia hard and the whole "and the Q is" because she knows he's technique. She can't handle it any other way.

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nauticant · 24/05/2024 10:25

One thing she picked up well from her training is to listen carefully to the question posed and if it isn't clear, which is where traps can lie, then to ask for it to be repeated or reframed.

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DanielGault · 24/05/2024 10:24

meimei80 · 24/05/2024 10:23

Long waffley answers, lots of 'can you repeat the question?'. She is a pro.

So transparent though isn't it

Sceptic1234 · 24/05/2024 10:24

I think she's falling back on prepared / rehearsed answers. He's being pushy but also letting her speak. I find myself getting annoyed and thinking "shut up woman".

Eventually she will run out of bullshit, start to get tired and the pressure will stay on.

littlbrowndog · 24/05/2024 10:23

She is waffling on and on

Quirkyme · 24/05/2024 10:23

"Mutual congratulatory fest"

This guy 🤣

meimei80 · 24/05/2024 10:23

Long waffley answers, lots of 'can you repeat the question?'. She is a pro.

DanielGault · 24/05/2024 10:23

I've been out of the workforce for a few years, but 'checkstep' is a new one for me.

littlbrowndog · 24/05/2024 10:21

Moyà who told Vennells she thought that vennells knew so was lying

ArrrMeHearties · 24/05/2024 10:21

Hopefully she squirms again today 🤞

DanielGault · 24/05/2024 10:19

'i'm told'

meimei80 · 24/05/2024 10:17

Utterly shameless woman.

DanielGault · 24/05/2024 10:16

It's all a great advertisement for the Big 4 😳

LookItsMeAgain · 24/05/2024 10:16

The glare that Jo Hamilton is giving her is LETHAL!!!

I love the fact that she is in the shots on the BBC news.

LadyKenya · 24/05/2024 10:16

littlbrowndog · 24/05/2024 10:14

No memory at all about anything

Yet she managed to hold such a high position🤔

meimei80 · 24/05/2024 10:15

And she knows that so she is fudging and stalling as much as she can.

Quirkyme · 24/05/2024 10:15

Not like him to lose page references

meimei80 · 24/05/2024 10:14

I suppose he only has an hour so he has to make the most of it!

littlbrowndog · 24/05/2024 10:14

No memory at all about anything

Quirkyme · 24/05/2024 10:14

ArlaDae · 24/05/2024 10:13

She will cry.

Yeah she will, when he ramps it up again

DanielGault · 24/05/2024 10:13

Peregrina · 24/05/2024 10:12

It seems a bit good cop bad cop with Beer and Henry, and it's usually the good cop guy who trips up the guilty. So I don't know whether Henry's approach is right.

She doesn't believe she knew about the Ismay report, but he's now talking about emails she sent just about that sent to him as one of the recipients.

I was just thinking exactly that re good cop/ bad cop