A series of investigative reports and social media posts have shed light on a scandal involving the Post Office, revealing that the organization was aware of issues with its computer system as far back as 2013. The system, reportedly capable of altering subpostmasters' accounts, led to false accusations of theft and fraud. Secret recordings, referred to as 'The Bloody Bracknell issue,' were broadcast, exposing conversations where accountants informed Post Office bosses of the significant problem, contradicting claims that subpostmasters were at fault. The scandal, orchestrated from the Bank of England and Westminster, has sparked outrage among the public and officials. Lord Arbuthnot, a leading campaigner for the subpostmasters for over 15 years, showed emotional distress upon hearing the recordings. The revelations, described as 'pure rage' by Liam Byrne, chair of the Business and Trade Committee, have prompted calls for police action. Byrne emphasized the gravity of the situation by stating that the Post Office knew of the problem two years before it ceased prosecuting innocent individuals.
Tonight’s revelations from @Channel4News are enraging On tape, people who knew the wrongs of the #PostOfficeScandal 2 years before Post Office stopped sending the innocent to prison We must now ask whether police have enough evidence to bring those who jailed the innocent to… https://t.co/Ebab0DBDJm
Tonight’s revelations from @Channel4News are enraging On tape, people who knew the wrongs of the #PostOfficeScandal two years before the Post Office stopped sending the innocent to prison. We must now ask whether the police have enough evidence to act 👇 https://t.co/Ebab0DBDJm
“Pure rage. Pure rage.” Liam Byrne, chair of the Business and Trade Committee, responds to tape recordings which he says are the ‘first evidence that people in the Post Office knew there was a problem in 2013’. https://t.co/lRBoN2isnA
Great channel four report on the unaudited access to subpostmaster accounts #PostOfficeScandal read CW article on unaudited access https://t.co/LXdkMg33Er
Covert recordings obtained by C4News prove Post Office covered up scandal for years https://t.co/jGqtSpdgln
EXCL: Tonight mine and @alextomo report: the secret recordings that reveal that the Post Office knew their computer system could alter subpostmasters' accounts back in 2013 #C4 news
EXCLUSIVE Leading campaigner for the subpostmasters Lord Arbuthnot breaks down after hearing the secret PO recordings, 15 years into his campaign. https://t.co/ygReqv9go8
EXCLUSIVE - “The Bloody Bracknell issue” the secretly recorded Post Office tapes broadcast first the first time tonight. The moment the accountants tell PO bosses : you have a huge problem and it isn’t the subpostmasters @Channel4News
‘You expect a bit of service, not to be accused of being a thief!’ Mike Parry outraged at fake Royal Mail stamps https://t.co/cHAX0VGG4w
🤬 Absolute f*cking joke. ~ The miscarriage of justice against @robilypj - and the others caught up in this - is on a phenomenal scale. Forgetting the fact that the impact of any ‘rigging’ was minuscule, it was orchestrated from the f*cking BANK OF ENGLAND and WESTMINSTER. https://t.co/mwJJzNgahV
👀 'Second class citizen: My Post Office scandal' coming to @BBCSounds on Good Friday. Get a taster of a Lincolnshire subpostmaster's story: https://t.co/saY1fQH1n4 https://t.co/UdxWkPkWyn