To be sick of hearing about the post office scandal?

[Owt]

Yes I know it’s a huge deal and what happened was awful but ffs it’s on the news everytime I turn it on. Yes it was absolutely big news at the time but do we really need to keep hearing about it daily for so long? It only affects those involved, surely? Just give us an update when the inquiry is finished!

wow, you’re a bit of a dick aren’t you op?? Thank god it didn’t affect you, thank god one of your loved ones didn’t kill themselves over this. Thank god you didn’t lose your house etc! What a disgusting thread. There’s an off button on your tv, I suggest you use it

I’m sick of hearing about it because an appropriate amount of compensation should have been paid years ago and the matter should be settled so these poor people can get on with their lives.

giving them each £1m would be less than the paper clips for the civil service. The public are behind them getting properly compensated, just get on with it.

I don't hear about it that often. If you're clicking into the articles maybe that's why they're coming up more

Surprise, surprise! OP appears to have done a vanishing act.

Head wobble needed. Educate yourself about what exactly happened and have a bit of compassion.

We keep hearing about because it is not over. Heard today that a further 13 people were driven to suicide over it.

I am sure that if you had a relative who was being gaslit to the point they ended up in court, and killing themselves... you would not want it kept quiet. Especially when the same was happening to others up and down the country.

It affects us all, the state was able to imprison people and steal their life savings based on lies. It could happen to any of us, it’s an absolute disgrace it ever happened at all and that it has been allowed to drag on for so long.

Many have died already without seeing justice. Its criminal it is being dragged on. Government are acting appallingly. Keep the injustice in the spotlight and support those who have been treated so badly. Mr Bates is a hero

I will be happy to hear no more of it once those who should face criminal charges have faced justice, and if guilty, a long prison sentence.

Same as I would be happy to hear no more of Grenfell once those responsible are behind bars, or when Boris Johnson, Matt Hancock and several others are in prison for their inaction over Covid in 2020.

Imagine so brazenly telling the world “I’m a twat”

Aint that the truth.
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5109616-to-think-social-housing-tenants-need-their-horizon-moment-and-lessons-have-not-been-learned

Yabu and it's an awful post.
Just think yourself lucky you weren't involved.
Do you have no compassion?People went to prison, people died.

Yes we do. It's potentially the biggest scandal along with blood of our time.
People have died ,commited suicide ,family cut them off and entire lives ruined. Because of the most stupid thing. Pig headed reliance on a computer system without questioning if it could be wrong. It shouldn't go away until Fujitsu and the government bloody well compensate these people and families.

Fujitsu is still making money out of us ??

On Victoria Darbyshire’s social media - 92 year old Betty Brown has endured 25 years on the breadline and STILL hasn’t received 100% of the compensation owed to her.

I have been following this story since 2008. I have signed up to Nick Wallis' secret emails so that I keep in touch with developments. I will be happy to hear about it every day until the victims are properly compensated.

For those interested, you can see the report that was released today at Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry Final Report Volume 1.pdf. The stories of some of the victims are set out in paragraphs 3.46 to 3.222. Some of these I already knew about, some are new to me. They are all awful. It beggars belief that people in Post Office ruined so many innocent lives.

There is past postmaster on.bbc breakfast now talking about the report , I hope the op isnt watching might send them over the edge !

Is that you Paula.

It’s not just the impact on the sub post office owners, bad as it was.

It says very important things about how we put our unthinking trust in what computers tell us, how software outsourcing sucks, how corporate governance can go so badly wrong, and how giving the power to prosecute without appropriate oversight is dangerous.

Think about the power we are unwittingly giving to AI - “oh well the software says it’s wrong so that must be true”. But on an even bigger scale, the ultimate black box that no one understands, with algorithms that rewrite themselves. GULP. There is a reason that so much of the initial reporting was done by the IT trade press - it’s a massive technology story.

There are posters on the National Alert thread who are saying. Dont be so silly nothing will go wrong its not a software update despite the post office scandal and despite the fact the alert stopped some phones from working last time. Ive just been gaslighted and told it didnt happen. Something like this WILL happen again because people are so brainwashed and in thrall to their bloody computers

Yep I first saw it in Computer Weekly cos DH used to buy it every week, Hes now 75 but very good at tech Better than a lot of younger ppl i know including me

Dreadful post

@Owt

Are you Paula Vennells?

@Comtesse Check THIS out Computer being used to mislead women re. medical procedure

https://x.com/clarky_on/status/1942330502985273636

😆

Mind you, as if she’s bothered about reading or hearing about it all, nowt to do with her eh, probably hasn’t even noticed.