Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has apologised for “poor judgement” and “lamely” refusing to meet campaigner Sir Alan Bates for five months during his tenure as postal minister. Sir Ed, who held the role between 2010 and 2012, said he declined the offer of a meeting because he was “taking advice and not questioning… Read More »
Former postmaster and Founder of the Justice Alliance for Subpostmasters Alan Bates may preside over Richard Branson’s Necker Island If there’s one person who deserves a break, it’s Alan Bates. The former deputy postmaster, who has spent the last two holiday-free decades fighting the biggest miscarriage of justice in British history Mr Bates vs. Post… Read More »
Alan Bates, right, is played by actor Toby Jones (left) in the ITV soap. (Getty/PA) The dramatization of the Post Office scandal has revived unfair lawsuits against hundreds of people. Mr Bates Against the Post Office, which aired over four nights on ITV1 this week, tells the real-life stories of sub-postmasters and sub-postmasters who were… Read More »