The Post Office Scandal - Could it Get Any Worse?

I can't find out who's replaced him

I don’t think he’s been replaced.

Awful debacle the whole mess

Starmer was so critical of the Tories and rightly so when they were dragging their heels. Now they are in power, suddenly they are treating the PO workers just the same. Ditto for the Waspi women.

I can't remember disliking a Government more than this one.

Redcar

I don’t think he’s been replaced.

No, no-one as yet.

What is Starmer thinking?
You'd think these poor, maligned people who ran our post offices couldn't be treated any worse but this is yet another blow, another set-back in their fight for justice.

If the Post Office Minister, Gareth Thomas was making progress, would that have cost the government money for payouts.
If they put off compensation payouts for long enough, some will have died.

The cynic one wondered the same Mollygo

It really is quite wicked.

The cynic in me

I watched that interview live this morning. Betty Brown aged 92 is thought to be the oldest surviving post office victim. She’s very articulate and extremely angry and who could blame her. She and her late husband are estimated to have lost £50k through no fault of their own. She’s livid that Gareth Thomas is no longer fighting their case.

Allira

The cynic in me

Well it was the cynic in me too.

I should think it just wouldn't occur to Starmer to consider those people.

I watched Betty’s interview and was so impressed. Of course the removal of Gareth is deliberate- no one to fight for these poor people = Starmer can ignore. What angers me is that we can send billions abroad and yet again cannot look after our own properly. I know the previous government failed the too but this Labour shower are an utter disgrace after being so critical of the conservatives.

Grannynannywanny

I watched that interview live this morning. Betty Brown aged 92 is thought to be the oldest surviving post office victim. She’s very articulate and extremely angry and who could blame her. She and her late husband are estimated to have lost £50k through no fault of their own. She’s livid that Gareth Thomas is no longer fighting their case.

Wasn’t she wonderful 👏👏👏👏👏👏

Yes, she deserves an MBE as well as the money she and her husband lost plus compensation on top!

The handling of this has been disgraceful.

I remember my now deceased mil had a friend who had a post office. I remember her saying poor, such & such, I wouldn’t have had them down as a thief! Was only half listening at the time. But years later this whole sorry mess happened to come out. I now think, they were possibly wrongly accused.

This has been going on for years, with people's lives ruined. It's disgusting.

The Post Office Scandal is going the same way as the treatment of WASPI Women: if it drags on and on and on for long enough then more and more of those involved will simply die of old age.

The usual strategy of The Powers That Be.

It’s shocking, no other word for it.Why on earth replace Gareth Thomas? The only excuse would have been if he hadn’t made any progress but that doesn’t seem to have been the case.

Starmer and thinking don't belong in the same sentence

I was so impressed by Betty too. I think this issue needs to be kept in the forefront of the public eye or it will just be allowed to disappear. I wouldn’t for one minute belittle the importance of what’s going on in Gaza, but shouldn’t we be shouting just as loudly about the disgusting state of affairs with the Post Office scandal?

Time for another TV drama - ‘The Post Office, what happened next’ I think. Scandalous.

Oreo

It’s shocking, no other word for it.Why on earth replace Gareth Thomas? The only excuse would have been if he hadn’t made any progress but that doesn’t seem to have been the case.

I think it might have been because he listened and empathise and was trying to make progress.

We can't have that, can we. These people are after compensation! There's a black hole in the Government finances.

Good idea Berd

Sorry, he may have built up a report, but still dragging heels

Watched Betty on Wednesday. So articulate, focused and, honest. Absolute disgrace how they are being treated. If they lost £50k way back they should have that awarded with interest. Never mind those who were imprisoned, wrongly, just no words.