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Absolutely fascinating to see the (lack of) thought processes at the top of the Post Office on her watch. I struggle to understand how people like her get to the positions they're in with such negligible understanding of what they're in charge of.
Also infuriating to see such selective memory loss and the almost wilful misinterpretation of documents warning of errors in Horizon. There was one where someone basically said he could prove there were serious issues and she will end up before a public enquiry to explain herself, and the author was dismissed as a 'bluffer'.
I still fail to understand why the PO seem so keen to protect Fujitsu, I would have thought that as soon as they realised they'd been sold a dud they'd be all over them.
Absolutely fascinating to see the (lack of) thought processes at the top of the Post Office on her watch. I struggle to understand how people like her get to the positions they're in with such negligible understanding of what they're in charge of.
Also infuriating to see such selective memory loss and the almost wilful misinterpretation of documents warning of errors in Horizon. There was one where someone basically said he could prove there were serious issues and she will end up before a public enquiry to explain herself, and the author was dismissed as a 'bluffer'.
I still fail to understand why the PO seem so keen to protect Fujitsu, I would have thought that as soon as they realised they'd been sold a dud they'd be all over them.
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Not sure she had a negligible understanding at all, just playing dumb to save her skin. Also assume Fujitsu has something on the post office that will come out of the post office turn on them,
A very human example of how much power capitalism has on ordinary people and how much they can get away with
A very human example of how much power capitalism has on ordinary people and how much they can get away with
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It’s not about capitalism: it’s about reliance on systems and a general trend towards assuming that people in positions of authority are likely to be competent and knowledgeable.
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Four people committed suicide over this while a some others went to jail . She belongs in prison.
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100% this……..I don’t know how she sleeps at night.RedDwarf 1881 wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2024 8:25 am Four people committed suicide over this while a some others went to jail . She belongs in prison.
She knew the Horizon system was flawed but continued to prosecute these poor innocent people and now she says she didn’t really know what was going on.
She surely will be prosecuted herself eventually.
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Yep, for a country that likes to portray itself as open and above board we are a disgrace, how about the blood scandal, how many police officers were convicted about Hillsborough how many Politicians were brought to justice over Covid (partygate) the list goes on I’m afraidRedDwarf 1881 wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2024 8:25 am Four people committed suicide over this while a some others went to jail . She belongs in prison.
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It’s about making money at all costs and if ruining peoples lives along the way aides that then it’s part and parcel
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Kind of, but not quite. It’s not about individual people being happy with ruining lives. It’s about a system that has no humanity, and individual people within it having no interest or motivation in doing anything outside the system.
It’s “computer said no” writ large
It’s “computer said no” writ large
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It's fair that capitalism gets its share of the blame in this instance. Keef is right about the behaviour and conduct of the humans in control, but the overriding objective they were aiming for was to prep the Post Office for full and final privatisation.
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If only there was another way.Hoover Attack wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2024 11:08 amWith the purpose of making money. That's capitalism, baby.
It's just a shame etc etc.
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And to personally benefit from overblown bonuses and other incentive schemes.
CEB is wrong about not seeing the relevance of the drivers of capitalism as being a main reason for greedy, lying behaviour in this case.
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I think we can all agree that Vennells, and the rest of the executives involved in this, should rot in jail.
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I did blame the system. In my previous post.Hoover Attack wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2024 11:26 amDefinitely blame the individuals and ignore the system in which they have to operate.
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If only there was a better system but as we have firmly established there isn't and that's a shame.
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Along with a number of othersRedDwarf 1881 wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2024 8:25 am Four people committed suicide over this while a some others went to jail . She belongs in prison.
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It is disturbing the number of such situations we are able to recollect without too much effort - but I'm glad that we at least live in a country where wrongs can be publicly identified and brought to task. Out of the 200+ countries on this planet there are very few where this can occur.Monkey Boy wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2024 8:44 amYep, for a country that likes to portray itself as open and above board we are a disgrace, how about the blood scandal, how many police officers were convicted about Hillsborough how many Politicians were brought to justice over Covid (partygate) the list goes on I’m afraidRedDwarf 1881 wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2024 8:25 am Four people committed suicide over this while a some others went to jail . She belongs in prison.
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