>> Just a thought. Around 700 sub-postmasters were prosecuted, but there's around eleven thousand sub post
>> offices. Was everyone affected, or was it just a minority?
As Zippy says others were not prosecuted but made good losses and were potentially ruined financially by doing so. The Guardian's newsletter this morning says a further 100 or so people have come forward to one of the lawyers acting for SPMs since the matter was brought into focus by the ITV drama last week.
I wonder how effective the current focus will be or whether the whole business will sink back into the apparent torpor it was in since the Bates case was settled and the first few acquittals happened.
Lee Anderson, red waller and Tory Party deputy chair, is saying the responsibility for the entire saga lies with Ed Davey who was Minister for Posts in the early days of the coalition. Apperently he's the only one who held that office and is still an MP.
Somebody else this morning was asking why the Director of Public Prosecutions didn't step in when the Post Office was abusing it's powers so egregiously. DPP at the time of course was Keir Starmer - hopefully nobody is seriously trying to tar him over it. Unlike where you or I start a Private Prosecution and the DPP can step in I don't think there's any such opportunity where bodies like the PO, DWP or the Revenue Departments use their statutory powers to prosecute.
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