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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24881 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Time for a refresh. 1 2 3 Horizon v2.0? I will add one more: it is high-time HMRC was brought to heel. It is a wild west government department that is laughing in the face of Ministers, its arrogant incompetence wre Edit: Unethical lawyers face scrutinty |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24881 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Oh Dear, it never rains but pours The chief executive of the Post Office, Nick Read, admitted it is possible some of the victims' money which vanished from the accounts of branch managers could have ended up in the 'hefty numeration packages for executives' |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24881 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Shameful & Appalling are not words I would use to describe it. Prosecutions occurred between 1999 & 2015, that's 16 years totalling 13.6 million. just to provide data for the courts. The company was paid £850,000 a year to provide data used for prosecutions and further funds for the provision of witnesses.Oops |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34905 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
I just realised that I havn't seen this mob's trucks on the road for some time now and 1 of the reasons why certainly didn't get a long enough sentence. Trucking boss jailed for 2020 crash that killed four Victorian police officers. Though I wonder if his lawyers have warned him that he risks getting a longer sentence if he looses his appeal. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34905 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Another hint that the greedy little leprechaun isn't planning on coming back to face the music. Former Qantas boss Alan Joyce resigns as chair of Sydney Theatre Company months after Palestine scarf row. And I'm pretty sure that the "scarf row" was just a convenient excuse. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24881 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
What more is there to be revealed? Gov't & P.O. kept report secret |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24881 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
It just won't go away. Cameron government knew |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24881 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Took long enough Sadly, too late for some. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24881 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
imo since the split of the GPO into 3 separate organisations, greed & incompetence has manifested themselves more. Again, imo public companies should be prohibited from instigating private prosecutions. Had than been in force then... ...there would have been no need for any of this. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22227 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
imo since the split of the GPO into 3 separate organisations, greed & incompetence Right, that's two of them, what's the name of the third? Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34905 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Stupidity?imo since the split of the GPO into 3 separate organisations, greed & incompetence |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24881 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
If you mean GPO it's...imo since the split of the GPO into 3 separate organisations, greed & incompetence Post Office Royal Mail Britsh Telecom If you mean the other, then Wiggo got it. :) |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20372 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
No surprises here: UK housebuilders investigated over possible sharing of price information Watchdog says there is need for ‘significant intervention’ over supply and quality of new homes More Glenfell Towers in amongst all that lot also?... Stay circumspect folks! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24881 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24881 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Anyone remember the Scotch videotape ad's? Re-record, not fade away |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20372 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Profiteering on good health?... ... ‘gamechanger’ diabetes drugs cost up to 400 times more than needed wrote: Drug companies urged to ‘release stranglehold’ on medicines such as Ozempic and Trulicity, as millions are priced out of treatment Cost of private Covid jabs risks widening health inequalities... wrote: Concerns that some groups who are more at risk from virus face hefty price tag, as Boots set to charge almost £100 a shot... All at what price? And who profits?? And to what extent??? Stay healthy! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20372 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Meanwhile, at the other end of far too many leaking radioactive barrels: Sellafield nuclear waste dump to be prosecuted for alleged cybersecurity offences... wrote: ... an unhealthy workplace culture at Sellafield... All far too run down due to an insurmountable pile of rubbish and the ever present pressure of cutting costs?... Reassuring?... We need a better researched and planned and effective solution. ... And all BEFORE the new tranche of fission nuclear overly expensively gets dumped upon us all... Stay safe folks! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24881 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
That Scotch tape is sure getting a thorough workout. Report that condemns the Post Office |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20372 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
All far too rushed "out the door"?... Microsoft blamed for “a cascade of security failures” in Exchange breach report wrote: Summer 2023 intrusion pinned to corporate culture, "avoidable errors." All too reminiscent of another "too-big-to-fail" monopolistic big corporation that is heavily funded by the USA?... Stay safe folks?... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20372 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
How can this be?... Low-carb diets work. Why does the American Diabetes Association push insulin instead? wrote: The American Diabetes Association takes millions from companies that stand to profit from our reliance on drugs. Is that affecting their guidance? All at what cost? And what of the other costs other than merely financial??... Is that any kind of healthy business?... Stay healthy folks? Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
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