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Horizon IT Scandal: Postmasters await justice today
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Originally posted by vetran View Post
Corporate takeovers happen all the time, most of the bosses go (hopefully to prison) the rank and file stay. Frequently they go on to be very successful.
You gain keeping the organisation (which the country needs) mainly in operation while removing the guilty.Comment
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Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
It doesn't need a corporate takeover by one of Johnson's chums. It just needs new management.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by ladymuck View PostI don't believe that "getting another company in" will solve anything. Where will this fabled new company get its staff from? Where will it get its premises and equipment from?
Take over the old company you say?
Ah here comes TUPE to make sure all the same people move over.
What have you gained?I'm alright JackComment
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It gets worse as the former PO chief Exec is also a church of England vicar. The Church Of England through the Bishop of St Albans have defended her and her actions (you can google this). She is now on the board at Imperial NHS, another safeguarding issue.Former IPSE member
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I don't really understand why the people who knew that the system was unreliable during the original court cases have not been found criminally culpable. Is this still ongoing, and can we expect proper justice eventually? It is such an awful case when you get into the details, and has been going on for so long already.Comment
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Originally posted by eek View Post
At least get the name of the main contractor right - horizon was an ICL/Fujitsu project
I've been following this story since it was first covered in Computer Weekly, then Private Eye. I strongly recommend listening to the Private Eye podcast.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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There have been multiple cases in the courts and on each occasion the PO 'proved' that their system was watertight and innocent people went to jail. The complicity goes from middle managers to the top. Private eye has exposed each and every one of these injustices over the last 5 years or so. They know that MPs and PO senior staff read the articles, so why does it have to wait until a group action comes along to try and stop it?Comment
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Originally posted by NigelJK View PostThere have been multiple cases in the courts and on each occasion the PO 'proved' that their system was watertight and innocent people went to jail. The complicity goes from middle managers to the top. Private eye has exposed each and every one of these injustices over the last 5 years or so. They know that MPs and PO senior staff read the articles, so why does it have to wait until a group action comes along to try and stop it?Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by NigelJK View PostThere have been multiple cases in the courts and on each occasion the PO 'proved' that their system was watertight and innocent people went to jail.Comment
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