The Old Man of the River
@TheOldManofthe3
A lover of Central Banks, Hedge Funds, Bullion Banks and bucket loads of sarcasm!
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17-02-2021 12:43:57
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Great piece by Andrew Head and Tim Robinson on how the Post Office tried to stop our 2015 BBC Panorama 'Trouble At The Post Office'. Secret briefings with the editor, threats seeking to nobble our witnesses and a wall of lies.
But fair play to BBC Panorama we stuck to our guns.ā¦
Ed Davey was paid Ā£833 an hour - over Ā£220,000 in total - to advise lawyers who were acting for the Post Office. (Taking taxpayersā money to persecute petrified, innocent people.)
As Postal Affairs minister, Davey refused to believe Alan Bates about Post Office bullying. Butā¦
Jayne revealed that Post Office director Angela Van Den Bogerd - played by Katherine Kelly in #MrBatesVsThePostOffice - travelled to the Wirral to get Griffiths's wife 'Gina to sign the NDAā.
She was given only 24 hours to accept the āpistol to the headā deal.
āItās not should she give it back or it be taken away. Who gave it to her in the first place?ā
Alan Bates, post office campaigner tells @kirstywark that those who awarded the CBE to Paula Vennells knew about the scandal. #newsnight