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Monsieur Cholet

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“A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of a few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.”

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Monsieur Cholet @mcholet.bsky.social · Mar 15

Corruption risks in UK Covid-19 procurement www.transparency.org.uk/news/corrupt...

Corruption risks in UK Covid-19 procurement

Lessons from the pandemic shared at the Covid 19 Inquiry

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Cyclefree @cyclefree.bsky.social · Nov 24

Was he asked who - in the public sector or the corporate world - has actually been punished for culpable incompetence or wrong-doing?

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Monsieur Cholet @mcholet.bsky.social · Feb 12

#PostOfficeScandal #PostOfficeInquiry #Audit
Lord Arbuthnot asks the £1.87 Billion question of the Government. What can be done about holding EY and others accountable for failing to identify Risks and associated liabilities in Post Office Limited Annual Report & Accounts???

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James Christie @jamesdchristie.bsky.social · Feb 6

The Post Office and Horizon were never clear about the purposes of Horizon when the system was built in the 1990s. The question of computer evidence was handled with astonishing incompetence and irresponsibility. Nobody seemed to care.
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They didn’t know what they were doing – part 1

This will be a series of posts arguing that the Post Office and Fujitsu didn’t understand what they were doing when they commissioned and built Horizon in the late 1990s. Both corporations were hop…

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James Christie @jamesdchristie.bsky.social · Nov 15

My current #PostOfficeScandal project is a deep dive into the contractual confusion between the Post Office and Fujitsu about what Horizon was meant to do. Neither corporation took the trouble to be clear about the system's purposes, specifically about how system evidence would be used in ... 1/4

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Monsieur Cholet @mcholet.bsky.social · Nov 24

#PostOfficeScandal #PostOfficeInquiry #StateCoverUp
Quote “We have a worldwide reputation for fair dealing… where there has been culpable incompetence or wrong-doing, it has not gone unpunished…”
Who? None other than Alex Chisholm. 22nd November 2018.
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Stewardship and governance

Speech by BEIS Permanent Secretary Alex Chisholm at the Investment Association 'Stewardship and governance' conference.

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Monsieur Cholet @mcholet.bsky.social · Nov 19

#PostOfficeInquiry #PostOfficeScandal #Badenoch
🔥Another humdinger from JASON BEER KC 🤣

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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · Nov 19

Here is my round-up of the final phase (7) of the #PostOfficeScandal public inquiry #PostOfficeInquiry www.computerweekly.com/news/3666159...

Post Office scandal: Inquiry’s final phase exposes dysfunction past and present | Computer Weekly

The conclusion of the seventh and final phase of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry hearings is another landmark in a scandal that has unfolded over a quarter of a century.

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Monsieur Cholet @mcholet.bsky.social · Nov 16

#PostOfficeScandal #PostOfficeInquiry #StateCoverUp #StateSponsoredCrimes
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ITV News (Official) @itvnews.bsky.social · Nov 15

Exclusive: Police handed two cases by team investigating Post Office staff over Horizon scandal, from Investigations Editor Daniel Hewitt.

www.itv.com/news/2024-11...

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Monsieur Cholet @mcholet.bsky.social · Nov 16

#PostOfficeScandal #PostOfficeInquiry #StateCoverUp #HumanRightsAbuse
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Tom Witherow @tomwitherow.bsky.social · Nov 15

Just over 530 final settlements have been processed in the last ten months.

At that rate it will take until 2029 to process the remaining claims - suggesting we're only about half way.

That can't be acceptable to the government.

Monsieur Cholet @mcholet.bsky.social · Nov 16

#PostOfficeScandal #PostOfficeInquiry #StateCoverUp #HumanRightsAbuse
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Tom Witherow @tomwitherow.bsky.social · Nov 15

New: Deep dive into Post Office compensation -

Analysis: How many people have been paid - and why is it taking so long to pay victims compensation?

Most in-depth and up to date thing I've written on the state of redress for 👇

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Post Office scandal: why is it taking so long to pay victims compensation?

Five years after the Horizon IT scandal was revealed, only half of the victims have received their money — what is taking so long?