Postmistress. my husband worked part-time, he had a postmistress. my husband worked part-time, he had ajob postmistress. my husband worked part-time, he had a job at - part time, he had a job at manchester airport. part time, he had a job at manchesterairport. but part time, he had a job at manchester airport. but i was the one who had the contract. the auditors came in at about eight o clock in the morning and before they even counted the office i got suspended over the phone, i wasn t allowed in the office when they were doing the audit, they suspended me straightaway and said i wouldn t get the office back. that was 12 years ago. we both got prosecuted, me and my husband. we got told if we didn t plead guilty i was going to prison in manchester. so we pleaded guilty. we lost the family, we lost the house, we now live in a caravan. it s the same again, isn t it? same old story it s the same again, isn t it? same old story in it s the same again, isn t it? same old story. in so
Always do on a wednesday coming up at ten o clock. do you fancy asking them a question after ten o clock if you don t have to rush off? fries. you don t have to rush off? yes, lease! you don t have to rush off? yes, please! we you don t have to rush off? yes, please! we can you don t have to rush off? yes, please! we can do you don t have to rush off? yes, please! we can do another - you don t have to rush off? yes, . please! we can do another however alon: with please! we can do another however along with the please! we can do another however along with the mps please! we can do another however along with the mps because - please! we can do another however along with the mps because i m - please! we can do another however i along with the mps because i m sure, we have a live demo and a conservative and labour coming up, so any of you would be very welcome at the top of the next hour to put a question to our mps on bbc radio 5 live we have a lib dems. i extend the invitati
Out. anything at all and you are pushed out | anything at all and you are pushed out. :, :, anything at all and you are pushed out. . . , ., anything at all and you are pushed out. . . , :, ~ out. i have an interesting one. when i had my first out. i have an interesting one. when i had my first audit out. i have an interesting one. when i had my first audit when out. i have an interesting one. when i had my first audit when i out. i have an interesting one. when i had my first audit when i joined - i had my first audit when ijoined the post office, the auditor could not, he had to audit the previous postmistress and then they said they are off and i said i m going to be had to count the money. blah blah blah. when the auditor came back a month and a half later i got caught for the previous postmistress s errors. she d gone but they said you pay this. that was in 2002. so the whole company is, in my opinion, completely and utterly corrupt. amanda in warrington. goodness me, wha
They all supported me. that is karen, a former sub postmistress talking to nicky campbell on radio five live some this morning. michael curran and his wife kate ran a post office in glasgow in the 90s. he joins us live now. today s government announcement doesn t apply to scotland but the scottish government is considering whether to bring its own legislation. i wonder if i can ask you for your reaction festival to the news of this law in england and wales at least. i this law in england and wales at least. , , , ., , least. i suppose it is a little bit disappointing least. i suppose it is a little bit disappointing that least. i suppose it is a little bit disappointing that scotland - least. i suppose it is a little bit| disappointing that scotland has least. i suppose it is a little bit - disappointing that scotland has not been included. we all one country, they keep on saying. what been included. we all one country, they keep on saying. been included. we all one country, the
For over 20 years. this is a conspiracy by the post office to deceive people. as the current minister responsible for the post office takes questions on all of this in the commons shortly, alan bates and hundreds of others are watching and waiting. chris mason, bbc news. now let s speak to two former post mistresses, janet skinner who was handed a nine month sentence in 2007 over an alleged shortfall of £59,000 from her post office branch in hull but eventually had her conviction quashed and sally stringer a former postmistress who calls herself as one of the lucky ones. she wasn t convicted, but still suffered significant financial losses. sally, i was just watching you as chris was reporting there, you smiled at the response from rishi sunak. it is quite a spectacle,