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The ITV show details how hundreds of sub-postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused.
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The ITV show details how hundreds of sub-postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused.
One watery cheer for Paula Vennells handing back her CBE. Having done the wrong thing for so many years, the former chief executive of the Post Office deserves no credit for finally discovering her conscience. Where do you think she found it? Maybe in the vault where she stashes the £3.7million she earned over six years in the top job, including salary and bonuses. Quite astonishingly, Vennells the vicar was still receiving pay rises and a bonus as the Horizon IT scandal continued to deprive sub
The decision of Paula Vennells to hand back the CBE she was awarded for “services to the Post Office” is a welcome acknowledgement of the harm caused to hundreds of staff during her time in charge of the company.
ITV’s Mr Bates vs the Post Office has become the channel’s best new drama for three years after the first episode was watched by 9.2 million viewers.
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