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

Does she think she’s Teflon. He’s excellent.

The irony of all this, is that if she had not tried to sweep it under the carpet, it wouldn't have blown up to the proportions it now has, and this enquiry wouldn't be happening.

Not a fan, but I didn't get the sense she was acting at the time. Unlike her nibs here.

I think he was logging the 🐊 tears time to settle the office sweepstake

Not all in my experience.

I actually believe her about there being some things that she didn't know but the reason for this is that Post Office had a culture of hiding things, of difficult quetions being extremely unwelcome, and of averting one's gaze from the bad stuff. She participated in that, and enabled it, because it suited her.

See that?

"I asked the question" then "I can't recall the question I asked but I imagine I asked xyz"

She talks about her imagination as if it's a talent, all the imagining he does

She

Fab isnt he,, a tongue like a rapier..
Shes so reptilian,, I should bitch slap her,
And what with the rapid blinking..

She was responsible for the culture once she'd joined, so she deliberately didn't want to know difficult things. If we take her at face value.

Which I don't.

She's rapid blinking because her engineer husband hasn't programmed her properly today. She's glitching

She "cannot recall" what she said but then has a detailed memory of what she "thought" wishes she'd said

Haha I’ve got it playing on my laptop while I’m working, I can’t see it unless I click on it to look, I had to look at that point as it went silent and thought it had cut out, I was just in time to see him whip out his phone - I did laugh!

He's brilliant!

The classic “you’re on mute!” 😂

He's doing a better job than Mr Henry.

Agree. I find Henry performative

Give us the names and stop fucking about

Yes, much better than Henry. She didn't need to turn on the tears for Henry.

Yep, and his aggressive stance made her look like the victim which was unhelpful.

Names

Susan?

Susan's chair?

The one all encompassing question I would like to ask is did not one of these directors query why there were suddenly all these alleged dishonest SPM's?

Surely they KNEW this wasn't the case.
These accusations were just a stealthy way to put the PO back into profit.

What happened to the thousands and thousands of pounds that were paid by SPM's out of their own pockets when the money never disappeared in the first place?🤬🤬🤬

I see she's passing the buck again although I do believe many of these other directors are also responsible.

😂😂😂😂