would oversee compensation payments. this is the former post office boss, paula vennells, who received a cbe in 2019. she said that she s truly sorry for the suffering caused. but well over a million people have signed a petition calling for her award to be removed. and now the prime minister says he d strongly support the honours forfeiture committee taking a look at the case. cheering. after years of struggle, it seems there is finally some momentum behind their campaign but for now, their wait forjustice goes on. peter saull, bbc news. our chief political correspondent henry zeffman joins us now. good henry zeffmanjoins us now. morning to good henry zeffman joins us now. morning to you, good henry zeffmanjoins us now. morning to you, henr fair good morning to you, henry. it is fair to say this issue has dominated the political agenda over the last couple of dates. what more can we expect to happen? the couple of dates. what more can we meet to happen? couple of dates. what more c
thatis well, i hope pressure comes to bad, that is what we have tried to do for years, very difficult to be able to push our cause. this years, very difficult to be able to push our cause. push our cause. as alan bates ri . htl push our cause. as alan bates rightly says push our cause. as alan bates rightly says in push our cause. as alan bates rightly says in the push our cause. as alan bates rightly says in the drama, - push our cause. as alan bates rightly says in the drama, just| rightly says in the drama, just little people, people from your village shop, your local post office, and it has been really hard to drum up support, very difficult to drum up support, very difficult to get people to believe. share to drum up support, very difficult to get people to believe.- to get people to believe. are you an: ? to get people to believe. are you angry? very. to get people to believe. are you angry? very. really. to get people to believe. are you| angry? very, really, really a
i would love it to be taken out of the hands by the people that caused it in a way, and it is notjust a computer issue, it is a people issue. people take people to call, made decisions based on faulty data they probably knew was faulty people took people to court. so many problems, to have a completely isolated, separate review and compensation scheme, itjust makes more sense. d0 compensation scheme, it ust makes more sense. do you feel now this drama has more sense. do you feel now this drama has thrown more sense. do you feel now this drama has thrown such more sense. do you feel now this drama has thrown such a - more sense. do you feel now this drama has thrown such a light - more sense. do you feel now this drama has thrown such a light on| more sense. do you feel now this i drama has thrown such a light on it that you have confidence now that it might finally get resolved? it is so interesting to hear you talk about it as if it has been a war, so obvious how difficult t
and queueing to get into a&e departments, predating any strikes. picking departments, predating any strikes. picking one thing doesn t sound anything picking one thing doesn t sound anything to a person affected. waiting anything to a person affected. waiting list targets are a problem for any government, it is like whack a mole. you have a list, luis s little list, excellent. i will be back with you three by the end of the show. this story sounds hard to believe. but the drama mr bates vs the post office has really focused minds on what happened to thousands of people who ran post offices, and were wrongly accused of stealing money because the computer system went wrong. some of them went to jail. many lost theirjobs. some lost everything. we heard the prime minister saying the government would do what it can to help a few minutes ago. there is an official inquiry but many, like lee castleton, who we ll be talking to in a second, say they have