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Mike Simons

@ITjournalist
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Joined November 2008
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Bryan Glick@bryanglick24 Jan 2024
It's astonishing how the Post Office continues to deny reality in some absurd hope that their vicious, malicious attempts to blame innocent people for their failings and broken culture might somehow save them. Don't let them get away with it. Sack the board #PostOfficeScandal
Richard Bistrong (@RichardBistrong) profile pictureRichard Bistrong
@RichardBistrong24 Jan 2024
The UK Post Office privately told ministers this month that it would have opposed appeals by nearly half of the 700 sub-postmasters convicted using data from @fujitsu_uk faulty Horizon IT system ft.com/content/14053ab4-b357… by @journosooz & @rafeuddin_ via @ft #PostOffceScandal
Post Office told UK government it would oppose appeals by half of convicted sub-postmasters

Post Office told UK government it would oppose appeals by half of convicted sub-postmasters

Letter came in wake of public outcry following an ITV dramatisation of scandal

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Scoop: CNET journalists are seeking union recognition, saying the overwhelming majority have signed up with @WGAEast bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Workers say they seek “a voice in the decision-making process, especially as automated technology threatens our jobs and reputations”

CNET Journalists Seek to Unionize, Saying AI ‘Threatens Our Jobs and Reputations’

CNET journalists are pushing to unionize, seeking a formal say on issues including the use of artificial intelligence at the technology-news company.

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Nick Wallis
@nickwallis11 May 2023
So either the Post Office lied to the High Court about this during Bates v Post Office, or Fujitsu lied to the Post Office and the Post Office misled the High Court. Either way, quite serious. #PostofficeScandal #PostOfficeInquiry
ComputerWeekly (@ComputerWeekly) profile pictureComputerWeekly@ComputerWeekly11 May 2023
Fujitsu staff had ‘unrestricted and unauditable’ remote access to Post Office branch systems bit.ly/44Q4SNO
Fujitsu staff had ‘unrestricted and unauditable’ remote access to P...

Fujitsu staff had ‘unrestricted and unauditable’ remote access to P...

Fujitsu engineers could make changes to Post Office branch accounts without anyone knowing.

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Bryan Glick@bryanglick5 May 2023
Wow - what this says about the executive culture at the Post Office. More focused on their bonus than giving fair compensation and justice to the Horizon victims? #PostOfficeScandal
Nick Wallis (@nickwallis) profile pictureNick Wallis
@nickwallis5 May 2023
Holy sh*t. The Post Office applied a senior executive bonus metric about its work on the Post Office Inquiry (without informing the inquiry). Then it used false information to say it had achieved the metric and awarded the executive bonuses, whilst implying...
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#IStandWithLineker
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Ian Wright
@IanWright010 Mar 2023
Everybody knows what Match of the Day means to me, but I’ve told the BBC I won’t be doing it tomorrow. Solidarity.
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You won’t get to see Gary Lineker on Match of the Day on Saturday night But don’t forget to tune into Lord Sugar on the Apprentice. 9pm BBC1 every Thursday!
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Karl Flinders@Karlfl18 Nov 2022
#PostOfficeScandal #PostOfficeInquiry inquiry IT expert “disturbed” by his findings computerweekly.com/news/2525…

Post Office scandal inquiry’s expert IT witness ‘troubled’ by his f...

Controversial Post Office Horizon system lacked the integrity required to trust accounting data and contained ‘joke’ coding akin to an ‘overly engineered mousetrap’, inquiry told

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Elon Musk and Liz Truss should really hang out a bit, think they'd have quite a lot in common actually
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Karl Flinders@Karlfl3 Oct 2022
Thank you from all at Computer Weekly. This came as a complete shock, but we are very happy to get this award. I am personally very flattered
The Whistler (@Whistler_News) profile pictureThe Whistler@Whistler_News3 Oct 2022
#beajournalistlikeGavin thewhistler.org/gavin-macfad…
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Bryan Glick@bryanglick15 Jun 2022
Honestly, I cannot tell you how delighted and proud I am to see @Karlfl recognised for his incredible dedication and hard work in exposing the truth about #PostOfficeScandal - 12 years of investigative journalism to expose perhaps the most important tech story of the decade
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Spot on Jamie. It's gaslighting and it is obscene.
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Last March I wrote to the Post Office to ask why they had once again not published their accounts on time. These have now been published. The Post Office-Horizon Scandal has now cost tax payers £865m (£137m on legal fees, £38m on prosecuting their own staff).
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It emerged on the News last night that Priti Patel had not priced the Rwandan experiment, no one has checked the legality of it, or the practicality of it, no one can say what would happen if people refused to be transported to Rwanda...
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Petition: Waive visa requirement for Ukrainian refugees. petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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Bryan Glick@bryanglick14 Feb 2022
Watching the testimonies of #PostOfficeScandal victims at the inquiry today - not least @JoHamil73963257 - I'm struck by not only the lies, the cover-up, the incompetence (which we knew) but the cruelty of the Post Office throughout this whole affair youtube.com/watch?v=Kgmqdw_I…
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I am proud to support the @FT’s US unionisation efforts. The UK has a union for UK employees and I support US colleagues in having the same. We stand together for a newsroom where employees have a stake.
Josh Eidelson (@josheidelson) profile pictureJosh Eidelson@josheidelson31 Jan 2022
Scoop: Financial Times U.S. journalists are organizing and seeking voluntary recognition from management, saying they have over two-thirds support for unionization bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @newsguild @CWAUnion
Financial Times U.S. Staff Seek Union, Extending Labor Push

Financial Times U.S. Staff Seek Union, Extending Labor Push

Journalists at the Financial Times are seeking to unionize the publication’s U.S. operation, the latest in a wave of organizing efforts in the news media.

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43 years of state IT project disasters – and they’re still happening. ukcampaign4change.com/2022/0… via @tonyrcollins
My daughter produced this film. theguardian.com/society/2021…

Dying to Divorce: Turkish women’s campaign against domestic violence is set for Oscars

Two British film-makers have shone a light on a campaigning lawyer and her clients in an expose of misogyny and dangerous politics

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