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

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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

Cringe 😬

I wonder which barrister is up next?

Yes, that was my reaction too!

Yes, absolutely.

One thing that wasn't covered was Vennells doing AP's dirty work by getting mention of the Horizon-related risk removed from the Royal Mail flotation prospectus.

Maybe it's been agreed to be raised by counsel in the next round.

It may well be just me, but I think we saw the Jason Beer strategy here. Start off by letting them talk. Witnesses come with pre prepared and rehearsed answers, so just let them speak and trot them all out.

Eventually they run out of prepared bull shit and have nothing left to say. Once that happens, hit them with direct questions about things like why did you arrange a job for someone who worked for your husband, why did you use personal / political contacts to try andinfluence BBC?

Refusing to cooperate with TV investigation, and then complaining that the programme was one sided is certainly imaginative.

Very pregnant pause there 😬

I haven't been able to watch the last few days but came in about half an hour ago.

Bloody hell, she is utterly shameless isn't she. Emails littered with the smoking guns of cosy relationships with Mark Davies and her contact at the BBC. But nothing to see here.

If it helps SparksFlyUpward, you caught the real highlight of two days of evidence.

I dunno why anyone bothered sending her emails 🙄

Cheeky cow.

"I've had a very long morning"....jesus this woman thinks she's a victim.

The sheer arrogance is unbelievable.

Getting snappy again

Counsel is going too fast and she's had a very long morning. Exactly whose sympathy is she trying to garner here??

You get the feeling she's trying to cultivate some sort of 'I'm just a silly old lady ' vibe.

I don't feel sorry for her - but I guess at 75 her concentration span might be dimminshed.

"I've had a very long morning"....jesus this woman thinks she's a victim.

My thoughts exactly. No one is going to take you away in handcuffs this evening. Nor are you going to have to go home and try to find a sum like £50k to pay the PO money they say you have stolen.

Cut it out.

I bet she's hoping if she slows things down Counsel who has only 40 minutes will be timed out.

If Mark Davies was here he'd be hissing in her ear "Humility!"

This superior and long-suffering act is doing her no favours.

Jesus, this woman never misses the chance to praise herself....

AP: "I see no ships..."

"I discussed that with Mr Beer yesterday"

"Well can you discuss that with me as well please"

🤣🤣🤣

Aaand the lawyers are thrown under the bus again.

Asked why no lawyers on the board. Indeed.

She didn't realise that expertise was necessary. Yeah, right.