23: Ep 23 - Byers Beware
Nov 25, 2022•33 min•Ep. 23
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Episode description
Our first former Secretary of State - Stephen Byers - and the first woman - Dr Sarah Graham - give evidence to Phase 2 of the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry. Nick and Rebecca have parsed the week's testimony to present all the newsworthy tidbits to you. We also promised lots of links - so in the order in which they are mentioned in the podcast:
Rebecca's first investigation for Computer Weekly in 2009: https://www.computerweekly.com/news
Tony Collins' excellent blog post on how a similar scandal is likely: https://ukcampaign4change.com/2022/10/07/most-of-the-underlying-causes-of-the-post-office-it-scandal-are-unfixable/
Karl Flinders' Computer Weekly piece on Horizon inquiry IT expert Charles Cipione's findings: https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252527436/Post-Office-scandal-inquirys-expert-IT-witness-troubled-by-his-findings
Donate to keep us afloat! https://www.postofficescandal.uk/donate/
Have a look at the inquiry website! https://www.postofficehorizoninquiry.org.uk
Buy Nick's book! https://bathpublishing.com/products/the-great-post-office-scandal-updated-pbk
Rebecca's first investigation for Computer Weekly in 2009: https://www.computerweekly.com/news
Tony Collins' excellent blog post on how a similar scandal is likely: https://ukcampaign4change.com/2022/10/07/most-of-the-underlying-causes-of-the-post-office-it-scandal-are-unfixable/
Karl Flinders' Computer Weekly piece on Horizon inquiry IT expert Charles Cipione's findings: https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252527436/Post-Office-scandal-inquirys-expert-IT-witness-troubled-by-his-findings
Donate to keep us afloat! https://www.postofficescandal.uk/donate/
Have a look at the inquiry website! https://www.postofficehorizoninquiry.org.uk
Buy Nick's book! https://bathpublishing.com/products/the-great-post-office-scandal-updated-pbk
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