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Hislop deserves a lot of praise for his role in helping to keep the pressure on those who should or did know the truth and denied everything for a decade or more

I liked Paul Merton stating how big a role private eye and by virtue Ian had in keeping this issue alive.

Ian Hislop is a national treasure and he should be honoured approptiately.

Vennells - Don’t remember what I said or did - Recall perfectly what others did that shifts the blame

As a computer scientist I can tell you, NEVER believe in technology, if anything it should be the first thing to be doubted, EVERY time.

As someone who worked in IT from 1979 to 2002, the very idea that someone could sit in the witness chair and tell the enquiry, as I saw someone do some months ago, “there are no bugs in the system” simply made me fall off my chair in astonishment. There are NO computer systems of any non-trivial size that don’t have any bugs, only bugs that haven’t been discovered or fixed yet. Apparently there’s now a legal standard that computer-produced evidence is automatically accepted as correct in a court case unless proven otherwise - this is total madness that could only have been thought up by lawyers and politicians.

Sir Wyn Williams is brilliant, his questions cut right to the point and he started at a grammar school in a South Welsh valley - a truly remarkable man,

When I was in IT, four or five of us created the software used to purchase and track every drop of fuel for the Canadian government. Millions of dollars and billions of litres of fuel, with the prices changing every week with the price of oil, and calculated to four decimal points. Were there bugs? Of course, because, as everyone knows, all systems have bugs. Each bug reported by the users was tracked and fixed to their satisfaction, and in a short time we had a system that never lost a penny for the 15 years it was in use. That's what happens when you trust your users and work with them, instead of treating them like the enemy. It's not that hard.

Hislop is a national treasure

And now Fujitsu have been given many more government contracts. WILL WE/THEY NEVER LEARN!

Sir Wyn doesn't speak much but when he does, his insights are on point and he cuts right to the chase. There's a reason he was one of the top judges in the land, don't let his age and quiet demeanour fool you!

Jason Beer, what a guy.

Hislop and Merton - couple of diamonds!

Paula Vennels should be sewing mailbags not carrying them.

The post office stole from its own post masters and sent the postmasters to prison for it. It’s the biggest case of official gaslighting ever.

This Post Office story is one of the most terrifying and horrific stories I've ever heard. Stephen King, who is a brilliant writer, has nothing on this tale. Not even his mind could come up with something so dystopian

I have admired Ian Hislop for many years and his reporting on the post office scandal has been outstanding. Well done Ian and long may you continue to keep high ranking officials accountable.

Imagine, at your place of work, some money goes missing. You get blamed. If you deny it you are threatened with court resulting in prison. Or if you admit it you just get a suspended sentence or community punishment. So to avoid prison you admit guilt. Over and done with you think. Then your company sues you for court costs because you were found guilty, you owe £350,000 in court costs. Your life ruined. This company is called the Post Office. Their logo is " whatever you need us for, we're here for you". They spent £100 million in expensive lawers to try to avoid paying £58 million in compensation. The class action saw the incorrectly convicted see £20,000 in compensation after court costs. The executive salaries were between £250,000 and £500,000. Post Office investigators were given bonuses for every Horizon conviction

I Love Ian’s Concise Observations and Paul’s Impeccable Comedic Timing.

Watched Alice Perkins at the inquiry. She seems to suffer from the same problems as Vennels. Selective memory, evasiveness, things she wrote don't mean what they appear to say, and everything is someone else's responsibility. She was chair of the board at a crucial time but saw about as much as Sergeant Schultz.