what is the opposition s plan? and to them it is a matter of continuing to exercise their democratic right, to try and oppose this government and oppose what they say is a crackdown on freedom of expression and on protest, but they have said they are committed to doing this within the democratic process as much as possible. as we ve been hearing, the prime minister confirmed a review of post office prosecutions and powers after the it scandal which saw hundreds of post masters and mistresses wrongfully treated . including several who were convicted. our business correspondent marc ashdownjoins me now what might happen next? and remind us how these issues around the horizon software were investigated previously? this around the horizon software were investigated previously? investigated previously? this is hu . el investigated previously? this is
targeted in a war. thank you very much indeed for targeted in a war. thank you very much indeed forjoining targeted in a war. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. - here in the uk, the prime minister confirmed a review of the post office after the it scandal which saw hundreds of post masters and mistresses wrongfully treated . including several who were convicted. rishi sunak called the post office scandal an appalling miscarriage ofjustice and said he hoped to make this right. with more on this we can get the analysis with our business correspondent marc ashdown what do we think he will do to make it right? the what do we think he will do to make it riuht? , , . what do we think he will do to make itriuht? , , .., ~, what do we think he will do to make itriuht? , , ~, what do we think he will do to make itriuht? ,, ~, ., it right? the public outcry has only crown in it right? the public outcry has only grown in the it right? the public outcry has only grown in the pas
here in the uk, the prime minister confirmed a review of the post office after the it scandal which saw hundreds of post masters and mistresses wrongfully treated . including several who were convicted. rishi sunak called the post office scandal an appalling miscarriage ofjustice and said he hoped to make this right. the public outcry has only grown in the past week or so after this dramatisation of these events on itv aired from new year s day and it centres on the post office branch managers and the new it system was installed from 1999 called horizon and it threw up anomalies. as a consequence 700 of them to date, they have been convicted of false
as we ve been hearing, the prime minister confirmed a review of the post office, after the it scandal which saw hundreds of post masters and mistresses wrongfully treated , including several who were convicted. i asked our business correspondent marc ashdown how the review might be carried out. this is hugely complicated. we are talking about 700 convictions over a 16 year period, from 1999 2015, when these postmasters and mistresses, the pillars of the village community. they were accused of theft, false accounting, fraud, some of them, because of the discrepancies this system was throwing up. they were accused of theft, false accounting, fraud, some of them, because of the discrepancies this system was throwing up. some of them were even sent to prison. they were accused of theft, false accounting, fraud, some of them, the issue now is how they go about overturning those convictions. 700 of them. at the moment, each and every one