Respect, stood up and owned up, complete honesty from him. Members of Parliament watch this and learn it’s not demeaning to apologise.
@slimetimetv85178 ай бұрын
Why didn't he speak up earlier. Where has he been hiding all these years.what prompted him to own up now.
@Karl-p6h8 ай бұрын
So why didn’t he or Fujitsu do so a lot sooner? Zero respect for Fujitsu and post office managers they knew all along.
@priscillaroberts79458 ай бұрын
Talk is cheap. Go to jail. Go diectly to jail. Do not pass go. Do not collect £200. If a board game can get it right what's wrong with this lot?
@chris-45668 ай бұрын
Of course he’s accepting liability, now, everybody has seen the TV series and there can’t be a sane person in the world who is not on the side of the postmasters? The shame is that it took public outrage to make all the guilty parties admit their part in this travesty.
@urglegurgle58078 ай бұрын
Well he probably didn’t speak up earlier about his involvement, as he joined Fujitsu after the event. On the other hand, why his predecessors didn’t speak up…
@moodfox60248 ай бұрын
Fair play. Clear answers. Clearly put.
@timbrown45768 ай бұрын
...unlike the head of the Post Office.
@neilcrawford83038 ай бұрын
@@timbrown4576 Definitely. It was the difference between night and day watching Nick Reed and Paul Patterson reply to the committee's questions.
@bigpants61218 ай бұрын
fair play? You are easily pleased.
@Stantheman8488 ай бұрын
Are you serious???? Wow your gullibilty is incredible.
@adamgrimsley29008 ай бұрын
@@Stantheman848you have to respect when somone admits faults.
@Dennis_Parker8 ай бұрын
I would have been nice if the Post Office investigators were as open, honest and demonstrated the same level of human decency over such an appalling chain of events. Fair play to Fujitsu here.
@Stantheman8488 ай бұрын
Are you serious? Really? Brexit voter by any chance?
@susankeating86788 ай бұрын
@@Stantheman848What on Earth has Brexit got to do with it?
@marcofava8 ай бұрын
@@Stantheman848Brexit was not even mentioned here, in any case what the commenter said is true, politicians have been lying about it for decades while this guy who actually stands to lose his job and be scapegoated sat there and told the truth how it was and was the first one to admit that they did fuck up
@Stantheman8488 ай бұрын
@@susankeating8678 Gullibility and so easily conned by empty words?
@worker-wf2em8 ай бұрын
@beniteztheconman what would you have him do? Sit there and lie, deny any culpability? No one is claiming owning up to his mistakes absolves him of responsibility. He still needs to face justice and compensate his victims sure. But an apology and admission of guilt is a simple first step so good on him.
@petyrkowalski98878 ай бұрын
If only our politicians could show such honesty and humility.
@palemale25018 ай бұрын
But they still hid important basic who, when, how why - which implicate their predecessors - look at the list of unanswered info they now have to produce.
@jeffder71438 ай бұрын
Deny til proven guilty. Whoops i mean innocent
@Bob-ts2tu8 ай бұрын
admitting a crime when caught doesnt lessen what they did, i just hope this greases the wheels of swift justice
@marthas.44568 ай бұрын
can you see beyond your nose? Or are these comments about the 'humility' of these CEOs paid PR???? He is sorry only because they lost the case and he is backed into the corner. Few years ago he was happy to see sub-postmasters to go into prison convicted by his own lies.
@Bob-ts2tu8 ай бұрын
@@marthas.4456 absolutely
@barrielui8 ай бұрын
No software is bug free and bug fixing is part of the service Fujitsu was providing for the last 20 years. The scandal is Post Office knew there were bugs, but continued ruining people's lives.
@dougaltolan30178 ай бұрын
There is some conversation to be had about the Fujitsu help desk, and thier "go between" role with the sub-post masters, the software authors, and whatever channel *should* have been in place to Post Office management.
@seandunderdale8 ай бұрын
He did say though they helped the Post Office in their prosecution of sub-postmasters, while knowing their software was compromised.
@Lynnefromlyn8 ай бұрын
They denied remote access was possible. They erased all evidence of the trades union official’s visit to the HQ. And they declared this under oath! They messed with his computer , made it out that he owed thousands and shut him out to his post office - overnight after visited them! This is not just about a glitch! It’s about lies and cover ups! And massive miscarriage of justice m which they contributed to.
@WhichDoctor18 ай бұрын
Fujitsu provided false evidence to courts, claiming that the bugs they knew about didn't exist. Thate evidence helped convict the sub postmasters. If fujitsu had told the courts what they knew to be true at the time, no convictions would have been possible. Sure the post office are the public face of this scandal, but none of it would have been possible without fujitsu's direct support and collusion
@jhamPlays8 ай бұрын
Fujitsut lied about these bugs and were complicit in the cover up that led to convictions
@chrissmith76558 ай бұрын
Wow! How did he get his job? He appears HONEST!!!!!
@jonquirk3294 ай бұрын
He's had clearance from head office in Japan for sure.
@jjptech8 ай бұрын
Even for a careless heartless company, the opening first words is “we are sorry” something thar ed davey was unable to even mention.
@therealrobertbirchall8 ай бұрын
He's an ex public school boy. You don't expect humility form them.
@marshyman668 ай бұрын
@@therealrobertbirchall. Pleas tell me the public school he went to.
@ianh15048 ай бұрын
hes saying sorry so people stop calling for him to be imprisoned. Cuz he deserves it, he can be sorry in his cell, im sure plenty of convicts are
@jjptech8 ай бұрын
@@ianh1504 Yes, I know, it doesn't make him a better person. But yet, he is capable to say it. Ed can't
@cew98378 ай бұрын
He wasn't only politician.. but useful for tory press to point the finger of blame to him.and divert away from their own...
@C22RLD8 ай бұрын
Fair play to this bloke, wasnt him back then but he is the face of the company now and has held his hands up. Clear honest answers
@Stantheman8488 ай бұрын
He has been with fujitsu for 14 years
@VoidDragon828 ай бұрын
THAT is how it is done. Acknowledge you did wrong, and accept that you had a hand in it; now Fujitsu needs to help repair the damage that they helped cause. Imagine seeing this level of honesty from the Post Office; we’d think the sun was rising from the west!
@marksmale8275 ай бұрын
What a brave man to be so forthcoming about past misdeeds. All credit to him!
@davidlawrence50918 ай бұрын
I was honestly expecting him to spend the whole meeting saying it wasnt their fault, so this really surprised me. Fair play to him.
@Stantheman8488 ай бұрын
You really don't think that a deal was done before this vile creep uttered this meaningless apology? Myra Hindley also said sorry.
@SH-cu9rc8 ай бұрын
Paul Patterson seems interesting. From this clip he did not dodge any questions and was open. He's either an exception in being honest, or resigned to the fact that there is no where to run.
@BeWater20198 ай бұрын
Or he is just saying stuff and not caring, knowing in the end their lawyers will sort it out for them.
@Stantheman8488 ай бұрын
He is just uttering empty words. A deal has been done. He should get 20 years and a £10million fine...alongside all fujitsu bosses involved.
@probro98988 ай бұрын
Post Office should have known better than to have believed Fujutsu. They should have brought in independent experts as soon as the discrepancies started increasing.
@CLCVP8 ай бұрын
@@Stantheman848how’s that work I doubt he was of relivence in fujitsu during that time
@333HotPink8 ай бұрын
He joined the company in 2010 and became Vice President in 2016. He then became CEO of Fujitsu in 2019. (Source: LinkedIn) He wouldn’t have been involved when the scandal was at its peak. Fair play to him for owning up for people before him.
@thesource51538 ай бұрын
Those responsible at the time this scandal was happening, both at Fujitsu and The Post Office, need to be held to account and face prosecution.
@Bob-ts2tu8 ай бұрын
absolutely, its a disgrace of the first order, they knowingly ruined innocent and decent peoples lives to save their own face and bolster profits.
@Nick-xc4fy8 ай бұрын
That's kinda whats going on here...
@pault12898 ай бұрын
@@Nick-xc4fythis is a select committee, it's not a court of law, nor the legally enacted enquiry, nor an interview under caution. I doubt these people will pay much of a price, might impact their bonus a bit. The people who were in charge before them back to 1998 need to be investigated both by the enquiry and the Police/CPS.
This is how they start to put things right, honesty with a little compassion and humility. Sadly not what we've seen from some in the Postal Service. Well done that man.
@nforne8 ай бұрын
Agreed, they’re now half way there. The next step is to put their hands in their pockets. It would be lovely if Fujitsu and the post office could do away with the legal formalities and offer all affected an immediate and eyewateringly large payout, no strings attached. It’ll never happen but I can dream.
@MichaelEnright-gk6yc8 ай бұрын
Fujitsu said they had informed the post office. And are willing to pay their share of the compensation His answers were straight up unlike post office investigaters and managers.
@Braketech98 ай бұрын
Respect to the gentleman telling the truth and saying sorry and taking responsibility. Why can’t many people just do this it saves alot of embarrassment. I hope the families are compensated for the errors.
@philippriestman85168 ай бұрын
Because decent people find it almost impossible to thrive in the sewer of politics, corporate greed and the need to protect the politicians who dole out the contracts for all sorts of kickbacks
@Braketech98 ай бұрын
@@philippriestman8516 I totally agree with you
@marthas.44568 ай бұрын
Gentleman? He was a part of this injustice. Now they have been caught and slowly realizing they can't lie anymore. His apology is similar to the murderer's or robber's apology. Don't be fooled.
@Braketech98 ай бұрын
@@marthas.4456 Exactly correct, I put comments on there to blend in with others. I know exactly that they have no choice but to admit it. And keep hold of the reputation, Behind closed doors they be thinking our words will soft soap them. Sorry but they knew for 20+ years. Apologies won’t cut the damage caused and trauma to the families.
@colinwoods41558 ай бұрын
Finally, someone from the wrong side of this debacle showing a little humility
@xbrito33688 ай бұрын
after spending the last several days with lawyers, PR specialist and impact assessors on how to approach this committee
@redmed108 ай бұрын
It had to be forced out of him.
@ajrembo7058 ай бұрын
I wouldn’t call it humility when your backed into the corner with nowhere to go, more cowardess. Don’t forget he was still at Fujitsu at the time, he knew exactly what was going on.
@bigpants61218 ай бұрын
only pretends. Doesn't fool me.
@franc91118 ай бұрын
@@xbrito3368 Yes absolutely right
@grumpy-dad37018 ай бұрын
This guy is a breath of fresh air. Very honest. Well done
@Stantheman8488 ай бұрын
No
@Bob-ts2tu8 ай бұрын
@@Stantheman848 ffs how many gullible people are taken in by this guy saying 'sorry' & only admitting a truth when caught?. make no mistake if he had a choice and thought he could get away with it (as they did do for decades) he would be staying quiet and still dodging the issues, continuing to not give a shite about the people left in his wake.
@jackking55678 ай бұрын
Interesting how Post Office have been leaning the problem at Fujitsu, despite knowing it was using their faulty software and continuing to prosecute regardless.
@martd13528 ай бұрын
Correct!
@endlessglizzys_.02338 ай бұрын
They never admit they are in the wrong that's why😮
@vitalyl13278 ай бұрын
@@endlessglizzys_.0233 there's quite a few MBA courses where "never admit you're wrong" is drilled heavily into them. A lot of managers and politicians swear by this mantra.
@nt75198 ай бұрын
Kudos to him for being honest and upfront about a problem he presumably had nothing personally to do with. How is it that a representative of a private company is more honest and more forthright than representatives of a government owned corporation?
@finthegeek8 ай бұрын
Honest answer, they can go bankrupt from reputational damage
@pauldevenport283208 ай бұрын
To be fair he had no where else to go ,he had to admit it now because we all know about it.
@GrantStretch8 ай бұрын
You have to respect this chap for his handling of this, what a terrible position for him to be in. His humility and apology is very welcome. All new software systems of this scale have bugs so I am sure the Post Office knew of them and still wanted to roll it out, and as the Post Office were the clients they would have the power to make that happen. It is shameful that the Government/post Office is trying to make Fujitsu pay when the Government were in charge of everything.
@catinthehat9064 ай бұрын
Fujitsu bought ICL in 1998 just before the Horizon system was rolled out. The faulty Horizon software was produced by the British company ICL who were going down the tubes after the Benefits agency wisely rejected it. Fujitsu were at fault for not operating due diligence and persisting at the PO's insistence with trying to fix Horizon. It seems too much money had been spent by the PO on this project to allow it to fail.
@mohammadcassime4168 ай бұрын
The post office executives and mps should learn from this man! This is how you show that you are truly sorry and regret your mistakes. Not continue being in denial and playing the blame game. Shame on the Post Office and our MPs.
@Stantheman8488 ай бұрын
Wow your gullibility is truly amazing
@Haberdashery228 ай бұрын
I agree with you Benitez, how can people be taken in by this man?
@Stantheman8488 ай бұрын
@@Haberdashery22 The english are not the brightest people. They are comfortable being played by their "betters". It is centuries of feudalism... they never question their masters.
@Haberdashery228 ай бұрын
@@Stantheman848 I'm English and I'm afraid I have to agree with you! There are some brilliant brains out there - they're just not in politics or at the top of corporate organisations!
@andysedgley8 ай бұрын
He's only admitting it because they've been caught out!
@xbrito33688 ай бұрын
Yes he is being transparent - but they always talk of 'The Post-Office' and 'Fujitsu' and fail to mention the names of those who where making the decisions to hide the truth, blame the postmaster, and happily sit by as they were prosecuted, jailed, bankrupt and committing suicide - but said nothing. Those are the people who should be answering for their actions, or failure to act, to this committee
@roxorange60228 ай бұрын
Yes where are the names?
@doraldeddy18368 ай бұрын
Hat off to this Fujitsu man. First time I’ve heard anyone put their hand up and admit guilt, without the caveat of “well we didn’t know this that or tother” as so many politicians have done!
@marthas.44568 ай бұрын
He admitted their responsibility only because now they have no other options. He knows more lies will not help anymore. They are now backed into corner. Don't be fooled.
@jerrytracey66028 ай бұрын
How refreshing to hear a company representative own up to their mistakes and relatively freely accept that they bear liability for redress. Fujitsu will obviously seek to hold the Post office as liable as themselves. I have been in the situation where the business were keen to roll out large applications regardless of the fact that testing had discovered errors in the code. They decided that they would rather deal with problems "in the wild", by recompense to users rather than spend more on development costs and debugging.
@slimetimetv85178 ай бұрын
Yes at last but a little late though.cant say sorry to those that died
@broadsworddannyboy11488 ай бұрын
Fijitsu must have crunched numbers before his appearance.... If they haven't... it only demonstrates a further tardiness. You don't turn up in such circumstances without a percentage in mind regarding financial recompense.
@Stantheman8488 ай бұрын
Amazed at how many gullible people there are in this country. What is wrong with you?
@melbourneausttours8 ай бұрын
His only sorry cause they got caught. The pollies are sorry and trying to fix things as its election year.
@goharikjones73878 ай бұрын
I personally think first the POST office was responsible they knew all about the bugs, second Fijitsu for backing them.
@neilcrawford83038 ай бұрын
I think they should rebrand the company name to Fudgshitsu. Great to hear Mr Patterson give what felt like a genuine apology, and accept the companies part in the PO prosecutions. Ultimately though, it's still 90% down to the P.O. Fujitsu provided information regarding Horizon problems from an early stage. It was the PO that chose to ignore or brush it under the carpet and also not share it with the defence teams. It's the PO that ultimately took the sub-pm's to court and pushed for convictions.
@marshyman668 ай бұрын
Ah a master of making clever names. You make us so proud
@steveleake8 ай бұрын
I'd just like to know, as a person with only a basic knowledge of accounting, if the system was telling sub-Postmasters they were down on balances, and they were making said balances good by means of their own money, AND ALL THE TIME IT WASN'T SHORT, where in the hell did the money go? There must have been a surplus, so who has it? Added to which they were told that their terminals could not be remotely accessed, and it appears that they could and were, again what was being done? Was that money being shifted out of the system and put somwhere else, otherwise the accounts would not balance. The only thing that I can think of is criminality, and I'm not saying Corporately but more probably individually. IMHO of course!
@davidwalker17938 ай бұрын
The post office has it and transferred these differences to their profit and loss account. In simple terms after 3 years they treated these differences as additional profit.
@marshyman668 ай бұрын
Post office P&L and spread over multiple lines and seen as profit I expext
@ceecrb18 ай бұрын
The post office received it. On paper it showed as profits, so the directors etc all received bonuses for a job well done and for the profits made. So guess where it is now.
@Haberdashery228 ай бұрын
Yes! I guess Paula Vennells had a good portion of it. This extra money would have propped up the PO's profits and made top executives look glorious in the eyes of government officials who would award their talented 🤮 work with nominations for a.....CBE ???? 😂😂😂
@stevenhowlett19508 ай бұрын
It would have shown up in the Post Office profits. They were effectively stealing the postmasters own money
@JulietSierraUK8 ай бұрын
Hard not to tell the truth with Jo sat directly behind you.
@VoidDragon828 ай бұрын
Damn right!
@vepeu8 ай бұрын
oddly shocked he admitted fault straight from the get go. good level of standard to keep.
@carolynellis3878 ай бұрын
At last, a person who answers the questions unlike the others gone before him.
@lloydhopson68948 ай бұрын
You've got to hand it to him. He was no doubt under a massive amount of pressure from his Board and wider shareholders to protect Fujitsu's reputation through damage limitation, and most others would've taken the politicians evasive approach to answering (or rather, not answering) those questions. I think he's been about as transparent as he can be at this point without committing to figures on behalf of Fujitsu. Unfortunately, this all comes far too late.
@donna258718 ай бұрын
My mum worked for a bank in Australia and one of her roles was to test any new programs to make sure they were working correctly before going online. The systems weren’t provided by Fujitsu.
@rnbyido8 ай бұрын
It took a TV program to get everyone to hold their hands up!!! The corruption in this world is mind blowing and off the scale
@CatholicSatan8 ай бұрын
In this hearing, it was pointed out that of the 8 Horizon developers at Fujitsu, 2/3rds of them were between "not much good" and "useless". Almost the whole set of people in the Post Office and Fujitsu, from lowly admins on the help desk, through to auditors, IT people and managers, and from lawyers to upper management and executives were (with one or two lonely exceptions shouting into the void), a bunch of ignorant, incurious and incompetent jobsworths eager to cover their backsides and never mind the consequences. But meanwhile, the taxpayer, under the stewardship of Rishi Sunak, gives around £100 million a year to the Post Office and _£billions_ to Fujitsu in government contracts. Post Office executives and management pay themselves huge bonuses from the public teat. Fujitsu executives donate large sums to the Tory party and get nice little sinecures of £80k per year for _two days work a week._ It's all a metaphor for "modern" Britain...
@AngelTiel8 ай бұрын
Respect to him for his honesty.
@Stantheman8488 ай бұрын
You must be a brexit voter?
@nigelpower15098 ай бұрын
@@Stantheman848Everyone who voted in the Referendum was a Brexit voter, whether remain or leave, so what do you mean, Mr Clever Clogs?
@Stantheman8488 ай бұрын
@@nigelpower1509 ???
@Stantheman8488 ай бұрын
@@nigelpower1509 100% of Nigels voted brexit.
@marisaJ18 ай бұрын
People died because of their lies. How can he seriously say they're ethical after supporting the prosecution of innocent people? People should go to prison.
@AngelTiel8 ай бұрын
I don't think he was against that idea to be honest. Fujitsu appear to have been complicit but they weren't the main protagonist-Fujitsu didn't tell the sub-postmastrers they were the only ones having problems and it wasn't their decision to prosecute.
@jhamPlays8 ай бұрын
@Nigelfarij If your software had a bug that led to someone being sacked and losing their livelihood and perhaps life, then yes you could be cuplable.
@portlyoldman8 ай бұрын
In fairness, he did say they are NOW an ethical company and that he was appalled by the way Fujitsu behaved back then.
@caitthecat8 ай бұрын
@NigelfarijWith a name like that, are we supposed to believe you're ethical?
@RevealedFilms8 ай бұрын
@Nigelfarij you’re not comparing apples with apples. Let me tidy this up for you..what if those efficiencies are knowingly wrong or you can personally change the efficiency of a selected employee remotely without the employee knowing? Would that be unethical? Would it be considered corporate manslaughter if the person offed themselves due to your fraudulent software and your own personal intrusion in another company’s affairs? Should you and the other engineers be fired for not being ‘efficient’ at your own job and creating such poor software..
@MrWrongOpinion19948 ай бұрын
Quite shocked at people praising this apology, people have lost their lives in a literal sense and also through financial ruin. Only once everything was stacked against them have they apologised, I’ll give some credit once they have actually contributed financially to the compensation and the complicit parties are punished
@jims96858 ай бұрын
They aren't going to bend over contractually and throw their client under the bus until they are legally obliged to. Don't be silly.
@Stantheman8488 ай бұрын
It just shows how brexit happened. There are millions of gullible fools in Britain today.
@simonn40778 ай бұрын
Just PR....just business - how to get the best outcome for Fujitsu...
@andysedgley8 ай бұрын
They are only sorry that they got caught out. Now it's damage limitation for their shareholders.
@thisweekmetaverse8 ай бұрын
The path to redress starts with admitting under oath its your fault and that is what they are doing. Does it make up for the deaths, prison time and hurt to reputations? No, of course not, but its step 1 to potmasters getting compensation. And, theyll want to drag the P.O into it with them as the investigators, especially Stephen Bradshaw showed not a shred of decency or remorse in their evidence.
@ItsMe-kj2xb8 ай бұрын
Wow. Still amazes me that it takes a TV drama to really bring this to the attention of all. What was Parliament doing?
@fritzhenning18 ай бұрын
Being lobbied by Fujitsu CEO and government adviser who happens to be the husband of tory education minister?
@janetmalcolm61918 ай бұрын
Absolutely nothing for how many years? 😮
@cornwallcrafter84108 ай бұрын
Quietly making sure no one gears about it?
@VamboMarbleEye8 ай бұрын
Honesty, humility and no “whataboutery” This will help families move towards justice
@Stantheman8488 ай бұрын
Prison
@dixonatkinson53818 ай бұрын
How unusual to see an executive and/or a public servant take responsibility for their company's/organisation's failure. Paul Paterson is clearly a brave, decent and honourable person. Compare him to to Paula Vennells and the rest of the Post Office Senior management. A real breath of fresh air.
@Stantheman8488 ай бұрын
Wow gullible much?
@DK-dq8bu8 ай бұрын
If Fujitsu knew and STILL allowed P/O to prosecute, prosecute Fujitsu.
@hovishill27798 ай бұрын
A crime and injustice has been committed and ALL the people at the TOP need to be held accountable as soon as possible with those found to have broken rules or the law jailed !
@jeffhaack13258 ай бұрын
What a great spokesperson, takes responsibility, talks facts, demeanour is appropriate, has humility.
@GingerJoberton8 ай бұрын
The guy apologised quite well here, whatever happens
@johnclarke-vs9qe5 ай бұрын
A level of honesty in this which has been almost non-existent with most from the Post Office. Jujitsu should contribute to the compensation.
@Alex-xk7my8 ай бұрын
Fair play for owning up. But if it weren’t for a tv show we’d never be here. Disgraceful that it took so long for a proper investigation and justice.
@SAbre53118 ай бұрын
The inquiry, the one that counts, has been a thing since 2020. The hearings been ongoing in earnest since 2022. But well done on having your emotions so well manipulated by ITV timing their drama so well to profit off the Public
@johnharrison93178 ай бұрын
Kudos. This man fronted up. Well done to him. Clear, concise, humility and taking responsibility.
@petercumiskey27468 ай бұрын
Take Fujitsu illegal profits back ,and allow them no more govt. contracts,then lock all their people involved up.
@evidence73438 ай бұрын
don't believe, one of the males of their team sexually assaulted me, it's a cancerous company and anyone still associates, you should stay well clear
@petercumiskey27468 ай бұрын
No distraction thanks, they are involved up to their necks in this conspiracy.@@scotteverett5932
@petersmith58118 ай бұрын
Hats off to this chap for being honest and straightforward as opposed to being evasive and deceitful!
@colinhardstaff35578 ай бұрын
This company knew from the outset there was a issue with Horizon, but was explicit in prosecuting the individual. Humility is clear in his voice and accepting responsibility for the company. Now let's see how deep their pockets are.
@BigHenFor8 ай бұрын
Fujitsu didn't prosecute anyone. The Post Office management knew, and pursued the Sub-Post masters, who as franchisees, had to reimburse any errors according to their contract, and the counter staff as well.
@evelynwoolston78 ай бұрын
Im disappointed that the Chair shut down the Fujitsu rep when he said that they told the Post Office about the bugs in Horizon. I would have liked to have known more about this
@martidee33058 ай бұрын
The more I know about this horror with the Post Office and their handling of it just left me scared at how this could happen.Fujitsu opening statement was a good start.
@allanthorpe71398 ай бұрын
Absolutely outrageous and criminal negligence too
@user-il3nn1vl4w8 ай бұрын
Nice to see someone who has been briefed to fess up to their part in the aiding and abetting the PO prosecutions. Well done for your honesty Mr Patterson. I would be very happy to work for Mr Patterson after seeing him not side step the questions he was given. I am incredulous that those who conduct the interviews seem to be deaf when it comes to questions that have already been answered with honesty.
@miket1783-j5j8 ай бұрын
Compensation isnt just about money for the wrongly accused, it's about getting back every penny of every bonus and filling prison cells with those guilty at the P/O, Jujitsu and the Government.
@stephenphillip56568 ай бұрын
A refreshing dose of honesty & very welcome too in this debacle. We'll see if actions follow words after the statutory enquiry reports.
@Dude-etiquette8 ай бұрын
If Fujitsu boss knew then surely the post office leaders knew and they did nothing until a tv series came out. Police should be ashamed that tv show did better than what they can do. Post leaders should all resign and not be given board or committee jobs, some should go to jail, and ministers involved should also be held accountable
@marshyman668 ай бұрын
Reporting to a customer that bugs exist and the certain log entries for cash takings should be scrutinised... which is what was said ... what else would you want Fujitsu to do
@mr.robinson19828 ай бұрын
He knew that they were "probably" innocent but prosecuted them anyways. Somebody's who is "guilty" needs to go to prison.
@peterb22728 ай бұрын
Now I want to hear about their full cooperation in releasing all records so we can see who exactly were keeping what they knew from the courts. And I want to hear about charges being laid on them.
@marshyman668 ай бұрын
Ah. So you are making judgements that they are guilty without seeing the records that you want released. Clever
@peterb22728 ай бұрын
@@marshyman66You are misunderstanding my point. I hope not deliberately. I am assuming someone is guilty because it has already been admitted in court that exculpatory records were withheld from the courts, which is a crime. A bit like finding a murdered body and making a judgement that someone is guilty of the crime of murder. Hopefully the records show who that was.
@vernonrabbetts8 ай бұрын
This should be shown to everyone as a case study in how to handle a tough situation in a public enquiry. Apology uno front. Simple answers. Almost zero equivocation. Acceptance of liability.
@bobjrdj8 ай бұрын
I am surprised but pleased that at least one person has admitted Fujitsu had errors and the post office actually were fully aware but went ahead with their shameful persecution of the postmasters. We need to see the post office come clean and accept they were devastatingly wrong and all those overpaid executives should face jail. This is a wrong that apologies cannot ever put right. People committed suicide and were jailed and emotionally scarred for life through all this corruption.
@shedman1238 ай бұрын
At least the man has the courage to tell the truth. If only the rest of them would do the same, these poor postmasters could get a proper apology and compensation for their loss and distress
@haniballhayes8 ай бұрын
The bells are the Division bells signalling 8 mins until MP's have to vote on something. They are all across the Westminster Estate, including in some of the pubs! 🤓
@RitchieCollins8 ай бұрын
I think that ITV should be given a lot of credit for bringing this travesty of (in)justice to light and be given a CBE.
@Thesilverrat8 ай бұрын
The TAX payer will foot the bill, the corporations will get off completely and the post office management will walk away with after being hit with a wet lettuce leaf. It's the British way.
@oo0Spyder0oo8 ай бұрын
Only if you complain here and do nothing else, yes.
@mihakunamatataful8 ай бұрын
More integrity in this fella than the entire government
@Selena-ff5er8 ай бұрын
Wow that was Damming from Fujitsu but at least he sounded truthful more than you can for the Post Office liars and schemers
@JD-mf9zm8 ай бұрын
Fair play, honesty and accountability, if only everyone was like this.
@Stantheman8488 ай бұрын
Brexit voter?
@JD-mf9zm8 ай бұрын
@@Stantheman848 sorry can you clarify your question please? If you are asking if I am one the answer is no. But in the same token I don't see how that has any bearing of the fijitsu reps response.
@Stantheman8488 ай бұрын
@@JD-mf9zm Gullibility and subservience. Not all gullible and subservient Brits were brexit voters BUT all brexit voters are gullible and subservient.
@pauloliver18428 ай бұрын
at least he owns up...... unlike the man who investigated them he owned up to fuk all
@deanwalker388 ай бұрын
Notice how the parties now being caught out lying are apologising. Your apologies mean fuck all, to the dead and jailed.
@LIONHEARTED208 ай бұрын
Amazes me how these CRIMINALS just like apologising and think we the public are just supposed to say apology accepted and move on ????!!!!!!!! €$#¥ THAT 🤬
@marshyman668 ай бұрын
How is he a criminal
@Stantheman8488 ай бұрын
@@marshyman66 ???
@marshyman668 ай бұрын
@@Stantheman848 Is ther a question here or have you a data input issue. A know bug I expect
@Batteredhoop8 ай бұрын
This guy should be PM,humble,honest and apologetic
@Knapps628 ай бұрын
Isn't it amazing when company directors always apologise when they 've been found that they were in the wrong after years of saying that they haven't done anything wrong.
@marshyman668 ай бұрын
What did Fujitsu do wrong apart from providing the information about cash transactions from computer logs. If someone presses an enter key multiple times when one should be enough, whose fault is that
@MrTelboy19628 ай бұрын
For a moment there I guess he thought he had been saved by the bell!
@AW-xj4un8 ай бұрын
Had to laugh out loud when this muppet describes how his employer knowingly collaborated in the wrongful persecution and prosecution of innocent people, then claim that the company is ethical.
@dougaltolan30178 ай бұрын
"was", "is" I guess time is not your strong point.
@vernonrabbetts8 ай бұрын
And he said that although they were ethical, they had not lived that value. He's good at this.
@AW-xj4un8 ай бұрын
@@dougaltolan3017 Is - Present tense / Was - Past tense. By his own admission, they were guilty of complicities and he almost used the word culpable. They have not yet made provision for financial restitution, so past, present or future tense, the brand of Fujitsu cannot claim to be ethical. At least, not until justice is done and they have been seen to have put things right.
@dougaltolan30178 ай бұрын
@@AW-xj4un Only when the inquiry is finished will the total liability be known, and what proportion of that is Fujitsu's. How would you make provision for an as yet unknown amount? It's a bit irresponsible to over or underestimate it. So why not wait and find out. Meanwhile cherish this extremely rare ocvurencecof someone in that seat not prevarication, obfuscating, evading or even downright lying in response to such questioning. Imagine if ANY of our current politicians (of all parties) were in that situation. Spin dosent quite cover it.
@mattbianco24338 ай бұрын
Christ!!! a man in a bad situation with balls like King Kong, i was not expecting that
@johncunningham10298 ай бұрын
didn’t Blair know about this but didn’t want to upset the Japanese?
@benwilson61458 ай бұрын
A typical Tory, don't look at the last 14 years look at some one else. Maybe listen to Mr Patterson!
@ianstanley26078 ай бұрын
@@benwilson6145 typical labour... erm don't hold us accountable for our part .. only the evil tories can ever do wrong
@christophergarrett84558 ай бұрын
At last,someone who has held his hands up and made complete sense,it doesn’t make it right but they acknowledge they were part of the problem.If only the rest of the guilty would take ownership of there part instead of blaming others
@markhayward74008 ай бұрын
I believe Fujitsu should be banned from tendering for any public sector contract in the UK ever again and any existing contracts held by them should be terminated as soon as it is possible to do so.
@cwwiss18 ай бұрын
By saying that Fujitsu are not the same company now as then is an admission that they were dishonest if the current board is honest and therefore complicit and liable for substantial compensation.
@LeornianCyng8 ай бұрын
This select committee should have happened years ago like Ian Hislop said. I said this for a very long time in a previous life and I stick by it today (I know because I did it for a couple of decades mainly on the front line but I did help design systems on occasion), the people designing the software / app / service / website should work on the front line for at least a month before putting pen to paper. It should be a mandatory requirement. It should also be mandatory that during development and testing, all staff working on the front line be given the chance to test prototypes and provide feedback as part of User Research and Testing. It can easily be done on via a simple weblink or apps such as Invision, Figma, Zeplin and even TestFlight.
@JosephRawsthorne318 ай бұрын
It’s so obvious that the Fujitsu guy got briefed by lawyers.
@LindaSmith-xo8qb8 ай бұрын
They all stayed quiet though until the program was made. How could they sleep at night knowing what they had done to innocent people. Shame on them all.
@secretagentbloke8 ай бұрын
Well done for your honesty. Now get out your chequebook.
@danielbrown41338 ай бұрын
How did these prosecutions ever get past first base? Malicious prosecutions as the Post Office and Fujitsu knew the system was faulty. No amount of money could make these people recover from these prosecutions.
@mancbiker178 ай бұрын
“We are a very different company to back then. But we still didn’t come forward until the tv programme aired”
@Steventrafford8 ай бұрын
Great answers and accepted responsibility. If he said anything but it would undermine public confidence and lose more credibility. Smart man. Is doing the right thing for public and attempting to minimise public brand damage.
@stevehillier70188 ай бұрын
How refreshing. A man who doesn’t like it but has the balls to admit it
@colinnewmarch11068 ай бұрын
Fair play to him, he answered the questions honestly and apologised ,Sir Ed should take note
@Stantheman8488 ай бұрын
Brexit voter?
@christopherminto82098 ай бұрын
Hats off to him for fronting it, what a hospital pass from prior leadership.
@aderynzajicova72308 ай бұрын
Good man! No politics, no prevarication. So, so refreshing😊
@Froggie245468 ай бұрын
As for the PO investigators who bullied the Postmasters into a conviction, they must be jailed for perjury and miscarriage of justice .
@notquiteoverthehill95768 ай бұрын
I am glad that Fujitsu admit fault & will pay compensation. Please do not let that mean that the PO managers employees lawyers judges civil servants politicians etc get off the hook. They must pay in law for their activity & inactivity incompetence in allowing this to happen for so long. Why so few whistle blower once it became known convictions were unsafe. Obvious they retired with good pensions, new jobs & hoped their part would be forgotten. Lawyers even still trying to delay hide & shred their part in this & deny justice. Politicians who were inactive jumping on the band wagons, equaly culpable. Not forgotten Not forgiven
@clivelangman86968 ай бұрын
Well credit where due ..showing that honesty (and integrity) are always the best approach in a witness box..and the humility as well did not go amiss.
@Ken_Dodds_Tickling_Stick8 ай бұрын
He should be sharing a cell with the old boot who had the operation to remove the CBE
@andrewrobinson25658 ай бұрын
Brilliant seating plan with the lady sub-postmaster who saw her shortfall double between her eyes, sitting directly behind the Fujitsu guy, who hoped he would be "saved by the bell".
@tommogun38 ай бұрын
All involved or ignored this should be imprisoned.........simple ! This is criminal !
@Midoriblitz8 ай бұрын
My goodness can somebody give Mr. Bates an award. Imagine standing up against the Post Office for a long time and coming through in the end.
@YEWGYZE8 ай бұрын
See Patterson's face when the bells went off midwaffle .
@ataxpayer7235 ай бұрын
"I am personally appalled, but I look forward to receiving my bonus and my golden handshake"