Paula Vennells was done the other week, the Post Office Inquiry is now questioning associates and others - thread 3

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A continuation of this thread:

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5081592-paula-vennels-being-questioned-at-the-post-office-inquiry-followed-by-others-thread-2

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

"robust system" - trotting out the PV line

What has Mrs Smith's pension got to do with whether he really 'grilled' the PO SLT or not??

So now the problems were user error and it was the fault of customers who’d been given too much money and were too dishonest to say so. 😤

Oh I see - so dear old Mrs Smith is actually a thieving pensioner?

For those interested, the NFSP still gets the bulk of its funding from the Post Office. The agreement under which they are paid can be downloaded from https://nfsp.org.uk/document/download?publicId=8ab8545e-f5d1-42f4-b550-06583058fc08

Thanks @prh47bridge

Id be interested to know how many members they have now.
I'd be surprised if they have any.

To me, it looks like far from being beneficial, being a member of NFSP is actually detrimental and caused more harm - or it was from 1999 to 2021.
Not sure what they are like now.

I think we all need a break from shouty man! Feel sorry for the transcriber !

@minou123 They claim around 8,000 members. Membership is free, so they are almost entirely dependent on the money they get from the Post Office for their continued existence. This is not healthy for an organisation that is supposed to protect its members.

Boy oh boy

I learned something interesting the other day. The lawyers working in the background work off 3 screens. One is the document currently being discussed, and this remains on screen until replaced by the next document, one is the transcript of the proceedings being updated in real time, taken directly from the stenographer, and one is the lawyer's own machine where they're taking notes of interesting things that come up that could be potentially useful in their case

That's impressive. I can actually manage a split screen, but three screens would floor me.

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There are 70 million transactions in Horizon
That's a fact
It's a thing we can't deny
Except the fact Post Office will always tell you lies.

Sorry - I think I'm losing the plot.

@minou123 what tune am I singing it to?

Bicycles in Beijing toon

Oh. Thomson's private view about the JFSA and him doing the bidding of Vennells and co and showing to them he's earning his keep.

It's a Katie Melua song "Nine Milion Bicycles in Beijing"

(I'm showing my age now 😁)

Do barristers get special training in questioning fruitloops?

@minou123 thanks!

Did he just diss Sir Alan?

Yup

I suspect Thomson has a diagnosable personality disorder.

Utterly repugnant.

His unreasonable prejudice against Sir Alan Bates and the JSP organization totally clouded his view on anything and everything to do with Horizon

It's like watching Joe McCarthy .

Oh George. Vennells and Perkins aren't going to love you back.

You can throw your body in front of the bullets for them till you look like a colander, and they will turn and walk away and leave you lying there.