Post Office Inquiry: Chairman intervenes as public gallery scoffs

The former Post Office boss Paula Vennells has denied trying to influence the independent investigation into the Horizon IT scandal - as emails emerged revealing that she saw managing the media as an urgent priority. The inquiry chairman had to intervene during groans of derision from the public gallery.
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[@StephenHarvie-xp4hn]

Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect £200

[@racheldaniels5235]

Yes well said

[@wingleburt3146]

Hand back mbe

[@dwb1980]

You sure she ain't got a get out of jail card? How many hotels she got?

[@markshrimpton3138]

She collected far more than £200 during her time at the Post Office: £5.1 million in fact during six years. She certainly should go to jail.

[@lisadefries6718]

I think you mean do not collect 5.6 million wasn’t that how much she got during her tenure? I wish I could get half that. I guess CEOs get big payments because they are corporate fall guys. Part of the deal the unwritten contract

[@Saadiqcbr]

Put this shameful woman in prison

[@rb1062]

Sewing mailbags!

[@audspod1]

Along with many others!! She wasn't the only one!

[@mareksquare]

Yes Yes yes

[@TervenQueen]

AND THE MEN BEHIND THIS CORPORATE PUPPET

[@RalphEllis]

Another unqualified, dithering woman, in a position she should NEVER have held. Just like that idiot who used to run the CAA. Why do we have women above the glass ceiling, if they cannot do the job? R

[@dorishenderson2979]

Well done that woman shouting at PV as she left the building. She shouted for all of us!!!

[@NeverBelieveALie]

I did!

[@user-sp5bz2uq8b]

She should have been escorted to a police van in handcuffs, not put in a taxi!!

[@johnstephenson01]

Give that woman who's shouting at Vennells a CBE, I say. I believe there's one spare at the moment.....

[@user-cx4eg4te8q]

Yesss give that woman who shouted out at PV a CBE hope PV going to give all her Bonus she's been paid back , and relinquish her Pension she needs Jail time , 😢

[@marymoriarty8246]

Big up to the heckler ..PV is an evil POS ...get her bonuses back and shared between the SPM in addition to their compensation.

[@Mandofour]

Utter shameful behaviour. Just shows that she is just looking after no.1. Herself! And blaming others for decisions and actions she's taken.

[@cathcartlepick]

Yes I totally agree but she will never go to jail and loss her millions of ill gotten gains ( but this is England ) fair play to everyone 🙏🏻

[@Skygrey2943]

And she is a vicar or something? Ideally, she should be trustworthy and use the same moral principles in her own life that she preaches to the rest of us. Like all overly religious people, she is in it for the power and elevated social status.

[@GEOFF0906]

@@Skygrey2943 She is only an Anglican female priest, therefore has no status in Biblical Christianity.

[@helenpauls1496]

I wish she would also name and blame the other individuals involved in this too.

[@Mandofour]

No matter what excuses she's been giving and denying, her inappropriate actions have been put in writing by herself. No one else to blame but despite the evidences coming out, she's still denying, cannot recall and blaming the team around her.

[@tawAAkul]

This is embarrassing. You can deny everything by saying "i dont recall" "i didnt consciously do that" "that wasn't my intention". Unbelievable.

[@jfkoetse]

Oh boy, the same disease as in the Netherlands when high ranking civil servants are questioned under oath. Here in the Netherlands we had the so called "Toeslagenaffaire (Benefits affair)". Even our prime minister mr. Mark Rutte has had this very specific form of amnesia. And all of the actors are always very, very sorry about wat happened to the victims ...

[@dougfraser77]

Contemptible woman.

[@RichieP68]

Especially when the evidence proves the exact opposite, that she was commanding this approach.

[@AlexaJane9091]

And throw in a few tears for good measure, the old I was going through a lot at the time clause 🙄

[@justonecornetto80]

@@jfkoetse The "I can't recall" defence is cutting very little ice in this case as there's an avalanche of proof that senior management of the Post Office and their hired thugs manufactured evidence to have innocent people falsely convicted of embezzlement then repeatedly perjured themselves before the courts and a parliamentary committee. If Vennels and her lackeys don't get prison time for this then the entire British justice system will be brought into disrepute.

[@Ianmundo]

they want bumper salaries and no accountability

[@sgsuper1150]

They are accountable to hmrc, police and courts but none have acted on this fraud

[@onkarfreshie3127]

She on a fat pension plan & she knows the Tories boys.😮 😮MONEY making GREED CRISIS not a LIVING Crisis Worldwide. 😢 " De-MOCK-arcy " All just for the Fianacal Gains for the GREED and Egos that kills humanity. Our past history is the proof of civilisations destroyed. Leaders? Talk is cheap. 😢 Your bellies are full & Your homes are warm. Your Bank balance are full. You don't listen to your soul that crys every morning to correct your self, but instead you please the darkness of your corruption. 😮😮😢😢😢

[@nickmiller76]

As I read elsewhere, women like her want the authority of a man, combined with the privilege of a woman and the responsibility of a child.

[@aubreydavis8822]

Post Office. Covid. Windrush. Hillsborough. Grenfell. Tainted Blood. We have these inquiries but nobody in authority ever ends up in prison or even accepting responsibility, just a day or two of inconvenience then off into the sunset with their bundle of cash. Its disgusting

[@billsmith-hl8rk]

It says a great deal about the country & its people.

[@lw3646]

​@@billsmith-hl8rklet's remember the establishment gave her an OBE.

[@marleneshillingford4199]

Systems of legal criminals" in office.. !!!

[@DavidSmith-ze2wi]

Announced this week it'll be ten years at least before there may be prosecutions over Grenfell. Unbelievable.

[@portcullis5622]

Then, when the dust has settled, they usually walk into massively overpaid jobs somewhere else. That is the way of things in the UK. "Lying bully, with no conscience or empathy? You are just what this business is looking for. Welcome to the company".

[@timdunn2344]

Excellent work by the folks outside the courtroom...

[@fgrsimon]

Yeah I was thinking earlier that I would live to shout 'Burn the Witch' at her but that young lady excelled.

[@Dungshoveleux]

The quality of obfuscation was first class, as was her forgetfulness. Neither of which are qualities of a CEO or an Anglican priest. If she doesn't end up sewing mailbags, there is something wrong with British justice.

[@JohnLloydDavis]

After seeing the responses from Tory ministers at the Covid enquiry, "I don't remember" has become part of the linguistic landscape for the guilty.

[@Ex-expat]

Well put!

[@EthanZoid]

She will be bishop of London

[@tangerinefox]

Wilfully forgetting…

[@GarrettReynolds-uh9vj]

"Conscious decisions" seem to be few and far between!

[@dortchem]

She really is a bad person. Period. She just didn't care. And now lives are ruined. Bad person.

[@mirjamwillemsen900]

She still doen't care. The only person she cares for, is herself.

[@ramadamming8498]

Full stop ;-)

[@Haberdashery22]

Isn't she quite grandiose/self-entitled! Doesn't believe she's responsible. A narcissist dare I say?

[@dorothyblair6741]

​@@Haberdashery22 Quite possibly, there's an abundance of them in top corporate jobs.

[@Haberdashery22]

@@dorothyblair6741 Agree. This is my understanding also.

[@MR-gl9xu]

Thankyou to the lady yelling in the street at the end!!! ❤️

[@mirjamwillemsen900]

I fully agree with that lady! 😁

[@jonnyhifi]

Marvellous piece of video editing to show her getting in the car, oh it just happened to contain the shouts from the bystander … I think it sums up a growing common belief about her . The court of public opinion seems ready to pass judgement. Now the CPS better sharpen their pencils and consider carefully what charges they will bring. If they bungle this they too will get tarred with the same brush.

[@rb1062]

Think she spoke for all of us!

[@user-vb6rj4wq5e]

I am Jamaican and just loved the way that English lady towards the end just let out " Satan be gone !" Further shouting, "YOU DISGUST US !". This was like me sitting at home watching an epic movie drama !!!!

[@NeverBelieveALie]

@@user-vb6rj4wq5ethanks! I’m pleased to say I was born in Ireland so don’t have so much the ‘stiff upper lip’. I primal screamed for all of the postmasters but especially in honour of Jess.

[@nolickspittle4753]

£10,000 a day and cannot remember!

[@kirishima638]

‘All guidance was followed’

[@sgsuper1150]

She remembers everything but the time remote access was uncovered and still said it was not possible

[@localreviewking134]

Probably too busy reading the Beano and making tea and toast (for herself).

[@dwightmark3288]

Should be a criminal trial

[@ekay881]

Bide your time!!

[@RichieP68]

Will be if they can tie it to an offence, e.g. perjury

[@sgsuper1150]

More people not doing their jobs, police, courts, mp's. The reason is too many fail at their job responsibilities and just leave when it fails without re-dress. Needs to be changed by goverment.

[@richardnixey972]

I don't believe her As simple as that And neither does the entire country

[@trailmaker3]

I’m watching from the United States and I don’t believe her either! I’m hoping justice is served but if it goes the way things do here there is little hope of seeing anyone serve jail time. Rules for thee but not for me.

[@nannieg7622]

You’re quite right, she’s an utter disgrace

[@crunchtime6244]

The devil takes many forms.

[@benwilson6145]

The Reverend Venal

[@Markell1991]

Alright Lynn. I'm not joining your baptist church.

[@gregharding7329]

@@benwilson6145 worse she was shortlised to become a bishop, find upstanding christian wormen - not!!!!

[@Karlos.xx.travels]

it is interesting how her race and or religion hasnt been mentioned .....imagine if that was a Muslim man named Mohamed

[@McKamikazeHighlander]

And as is often the case, this time it was a member of the church

[@lydiahanke]

The sufferring this Woman and her collegues has on her hands is unbelievable.

[@localreviewking134]

Crocodile tears for the Post Sub-masters. Real tears for herself because she`s been caught out by the truth.

[@strikeforcealpha9343]

It's amazing how much she doesn't remember.

[@MashLimit]

She even doesn't remember not remembering.

[@dwb1980]

She should remember all the families affected

[@Drew.P.Todger]

I was starting to think, she’s probably got dementia.

[@davidbarlow350]

Straight from the HRC book of how not to answer questions.

[@FUJITRACK10]

Selective memory

[@annvernon6930]

I’m just perplexed as to what she did every day. She isn’t a lawyer; she isn’t a techie; she isn’t PR aware She can’t type / put onto paper what she means. The Peter principle proved!

[@brianlopez8855]

Typical over promoted Diversity Hire with Shoulder Pads. NHS Trusts and Local Councils are FULL of these "Paulas".

[@wayneperry7413]

I think she went to the George Costanza school of management

[@epincion]

She typifies the fact that people who are felt to be ‘one of us’ and a ‘safe pair of hands’ are appointed by the private school and Oxbridge elites to nice juicy sinecures in quango’s all over the nation

[@localreviewking134]

I would not trust her with a teapot.

[@brianlopez8855]

@@localreviewking134 A chocolate teapot would be more useful too !

[@Hartley_Hare]

One of the interviewees identified the essence of this: they don't know the difference between right and wrong.

[@lisasei-leise287]

They do know the difference between right and wrong very well. They just don’t (have to) care about it.

[@Hartley_Hare]

@@lisasei-leise287 I genuinely think they don't. They see only their own needs.

[@slipperydouglas8263]

They absolutely know. You just have to see the picture of Rupert Murdoch reading Rutger Bregman’s book to realise how calculatingly nefarious these people are.

[@lisasei-leise287]

@@Hartley_Hare That’s an interesting take and it boils down to the definition of “to know”. There’s the right and wrong that is done to oneself and the right and wrong one does to other people. I’m convinced that these people have a thorough idea of the wrong done to themselves but they don’t (have to) care about or understand what they are doing to other people. (Maybe this makes it easier to consider themselves Christian, too.)

[@Hartley_Hare]

@@lisasei-leise287 I genuinely think they succeed because they're amoral and are wholly lacking in any kind of understanding of the limitations which ordinary people live within - morality is one word, for that, I suppose, or decency, perhaps. They camouflage it well, purely because they know that to be open about their outlook would invite censure. This means they take cues from others about what can be expressed, and how, without thinking about changing their behaviour or gaining any insight into themselves. Having worked with some of these people for a fairly heavyweight company, they're superficially charming, but absolutely unsettling.

[@rb1062]

I think the shouting protester at the end spoke for public opinion.

[@waynetemplar2183]

"Satan be gone". To be fair, I think old Lucifier would have been a lot fairer on the sub-postmasters

[@dorishenderson2979]

Seven years of doing WHAT?

[@Taporeee]

Banking Envelopes of Our cash

[@localreviewking134]

Getting paid well? 216 times the wages of one postie?

[@carlowingfield7743]

One thing Paula Vennells will never suffer from is a guilty conscience .

[@gnome691]

Bye heck, the heckler at the end was top notch !

[@NeverBelieveALie]

Thanks. I was honestly scared that they could have arrested me, but one of the PostMasters said they would have protected me if they had tried.

[@Rachel_M_]

My local A&E department have banned me from playing the "I don't recall" drinking game....

[@adenwellsmith6908]

I'm surprised you remember being banned.

[@Rachel_M_]

@@adenwellsmith6908 The hospital sent me a letter with Big letters..... And something about a picture of my liver 🤷🏼‍♀️ it was just after Steve Bradshaw

[@generalpurpose772]

Deadliest drinking game you could play! 😂

[@barbra7562]

Amazing how these people occupying senior positions had such poor memories! I was waiting for her to say she was just following orders.

[@Drew.P.Todger]

She may as well have said that… “I had a responsibility to the board”…. Nothing about a responsibility to the employees and the people they’ve sent to prison. Evil woman.

[@user-py6bo1jz2m]

She probably was from her zionist accountants and solicitors.

[@whatevermakesyouhappy5932]

Lock her up.

[@travelwell6049]

We’re not Americans. Let’s exercise a little decorum.

[@merita7683]

​@@travelwell6049and let's not expect any from people like her. Let' s exercise the respect and decorum that this priest has never shown towards others. There is a limit to what even simple citizens like ourselves can accept otherwise they will get away with everything and will laugh at our decorum. (as I think they already do)

[@virenp7030]

Why is this criminal getting so much police protection she should be in jail she’s a criminal

[@K1lostream]

Because she’s on trial and hasn’t (yet) been found culpable, but I’ll be as disgusted and disillusioned with the British justice system as you will if she doesn’t get a lengthy prison sentence. She seems to be claiming ignorance at every turn and turning on the waterworks when it suits her but, last I heard, neither ignorance nor crying are a defence in UK law.

[@ajs41]

Calling someone a criminal before they're convicted of something could actually help to get them found not guilty.

[@rolandtraynor]

Shes from the right society , she will be looked after . .. The same with Grenfell Inquiry , There are people responsible for the Deaths on that night and they were also pardoned , and slip away without justice being dealt . Just because they are from the right society .. But if it was a normal person they would be in court and in jail ,

[@davidjuson5608]

@@K1lostream You are right, but it will take years for her to be put on trial.

[@davidbarlow350]

Because "elites"don't do prison time,they get elevated to The Lords,or end up with cushy jobs with companies whose products they promoted. The supposed covid inquiry is a prime example. Look where Witty,Van Tam and Valance have ended up.Fat salaries from pharma companies,and the benevolence of Uncle Bill.

[@FieLdCommand3R]

The devil takes many forms

[@eisbeinGermany]

Do not be surprised that we hear soon she's taken her own life, go read the Markus Joost/Ikea case in South Africa, the day he was to be arrested for the financial fraud he committed at Ikea he shot himself,

[@Ex-expat]

That would be one evil person less in that case. An eye for an eye....

[@eisbeinGermany]

@@Ex-expat yes agree 👍💯

[@lastlast2078]

Sarah Burgess-Boyd hit the nail on the head when she said these people don't know the difference between right and wrong. Unfortunately those that don't know the difference are our MP's, MD's, executives, solicitors, most of them have power and hold all the cards in this country which is why there is so little justice.

[@skooshy621]

It's worse. These people must know the difference between right and wrong in order to corrupt it.

[@jenniemorris4520]

Oh they know right from wrong, they just don't give a s##t.

[@franc9111]

Her PR team have very carefully coached her. Sadly, this is an inquiry hearing, not a trial. The KC is walking on egg shells, he has to be polite and not ask certain questions because of parliamentary privilege, in other words he's got a hand tied hehind his back. Vennels still has a plumb job, didn't you know ? So just a few crocodile tears and this will all go away, BUT her disdain and contempt for her victims is still there, just under the surface.

[@gizmo5601]

Paula’s idea of being a CEO. It’s all Susan’s fault or I don’t recall. She’s bereft of understanding right and wrong, competent versus incompetent and scepticism versus blind faith. Watching her, promoted way beyond her capability. She might have made a nice server in a corner sweet shop. But even then, if she accidentally sold poison to customers, somehow she’d know it wasn’t her fault, it was everyone else that failed to check the label on the tin. And justify that she kept selling it regardless.

[@MrPants1970]

Is her strategy to keep saying, “I don’t recall….. “ in the hope the British public and government will believe her? Really? Even the hearing appointees are flabbergasted, Do you really think we are that stupid? For your own dignity and moral code if you have one, just own up, I messed up, let’s deal with it…. This is not going to go away!

[@millrace32]

i think her strategy at the post office & afterwards & this week is to exasperate those trying to hold her to account. that's not being flippant, either - i think it's a quite conscious technique on her part. considering the power she sought over others, it's incredibly abusive, too

[@millrace32]

there was a great example of this yesterday. several months prior to the inquiry she was asked to reflect on what she could have done differently. she submitted two witness statements to the inquiry - total about 800 pages, but avoided addressing this question, instead suggesting this info could be got out of her during her testimony. it was yesterday, 42 minutes into the official feed. the kc refers her to page 774, paragraph 1800, if you can find a transcript. she says she's 'keen' to answer these questions about what she would have differently ... when i give my evidence to the inquiry - on page 774 of her statement! there's something really, really broken in her head

[@martygrimsted4290]

I went fishing in the summer about 30 years ago at a local mark and oddly enough I can remember the weather , who else was there , what I caught and getting take-away that night I must be a superhero or something...

[@nickcoppard5335]

You qualify for pol ceo

[@kevinmcguire1049]

It’s when she said that’s not how I read/interpreted an email. When asked how else it could be interpreted she struggled to provide a coherent response.

[@vindicari]

how can so many amnesiacs get such important jobs? how do they remember where they parked their cars in the carpark?

[@eisbeinGermany]

their lawyers tell them to plead innocence

[@MR-gl9xu]

They’re “specially selected “ for this Scum of the earth feature!

[@lat1419]

They have chauffeurs.

[@eisbeinGermany]

@@lat1419 and have the money 🤑💰 to get personal lawyers to tell them what to say,and they get told play amnesia

[@onkarfreshie3127]

😢Becoming Kings, the weak mortals wields their royal authority, By oppressing the people, they gather wealth. As they gather & collect it, they fill their empty souls, "for what & who?" You ask? 😢Only to indulge in their pride & egotism, they crumble down & dissolve, as their weak heroes of the past. 😮Being fearless, they become unrestrain & raise their armies, Only to rob the oppressed, while delighting their minds for GREED & Power. 😢Then when their breath leaves them, they turn to ashes, as being engrossed in attachment & GREED the blind fools fades away to death. 😢Their Enjoyments & pleasures are like a past dream. 😮😮😮😢😢😢

[@jermainelong1843]

When human lives are sacrificed on the altar of corporate face saving😡

[@benthomas8284]

This woman has Police protection paid by the Tax Payer you couldn't make this up.

[@grantworld]

If she needs "protection" then she should have to pay for private security. It shows how connected she is - I am afraid that she won't ever face the consequences for her actions because of how connected she is.

[@onkarfreshie3127]

😮MONEY making GREED CRISIS not a LIVING Crisis Worldwide. 😢 " De-MOCK-arcy " All just for the Fianacal Gains for the GREED and Egos that kills humanity. Our past history is the proof of civilisations destroyed. Leaders? Talk is cheap. 😢 Your bellies are full & Your homes are warm. Your Bank balance are full. You don't listen to your soul that crys every morning to correct your self, but instead you please the darkness of your corruption. 😮😮😮

[@CanadaMatt]

She probably freaking needs it. God.only knows what all the people she's harmed would like to do to her in return. Personally, I hope she spends a long and healthy time in prison.

[@Ex-expat]

Anyone stating "I don't remember", "I don't recall" or "I was not involved in the conversation" so many times is guilty by just doing so or grossly incompetent and should be held accountable therefor for it either way. Executives and managers should be fired, charged on grounds of suspension as the postal workers were. Its utterly disgusting!

[@tomdavies9004]

I've known plenty of CEO's in far less "prestigious" positions- all have either excellent memories or make sure to keep notes, especially when it relates to legal proceedings of the business they are in charge of. This isn't some matter of personal virtue- it's practically a necessity if you're an earnest businessperson. Anyone who truly couldn't recall this much from their tenure in a role is, as you say, grossly incompetent, but I think we all know she wasn't *that* incompetent, just truly malicious and self-serving.

[@TheDooLees]

“You disgust us”. Well said.

[@BanjoLuke1]

Most unusual and disturbing... A profoundly poor candidate for ordination. A risible name on a shortlist for Bishop of London. Probably cannot be trusted with a bus fare or a sharp pencil. Several selection panels and honours panels are going to be weeping with embarrassment... This is not a person of quality, humanity, moral fibre or leadership potential. Oops.

[@skooshy621]

Precisely. So how could anyone on such panels be trusted to get the true measure of any candidate?

[@annachern6976]

it's a demon

[@smorrisby]

All the PO people in this inquiry talk exactly the same way. They can remember with perfect accuracy anything that suits them, even from many years back. Anything unpalatable, even with an email confirming it, and they forget. I wonder who is coaching them all and who is paying for it.

[@onkarfreshie3127]

😮MONEY making GREED CRISIS not a LIVING Crisis Worldwide. 😢 " De-MOCK-arcy " All just for the Fianacal Gains for the GREED and Egos that kills humanity. Our past history is the proof of civilisations destroyed. Leaders? Talk is cheap. 😢 Your bellies are full & Your homes are warm. Your Bank balance are full. You don't listen to your soul that crys every morning to correct your self, but instead you please the darkness of your corruption. 😮😮😮

[@beaubrent]

More focus on PR than justice. Can't look bad. Can't seem guilty. Hard days.

[@StickmanDen]

That lady shouting at her is bang on

[@markfox1545]

Vermin.

[@user-ux4km9uy8v]

these people were paid millions for what , i can't remember i can't recall and i don't no ,how this company is still allow to operate and still do business with horizon is a scandal and to think only for Alan Bates this company would have got away with it

[@onkarfreshie3127]

😮MONEY making GREED CRISIS not a LIVING Crisis Worldwide. 😢 " De-MOCK-arcy " All just for the Fianacal Gains for the GREED and Egos that kills humanity. Our past history is the proof of civilisations destroyed. Leaders? Talk is cheap. 😢 Your bellies are full & Your homes are warm. Your Bank balance are full. You don't listen to your soul that crys every morning to correct your self, but instead you please the darkness of your corruption. 😮😮😮

[@richardwebb9045]

The look on her face when the gallery reacted. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="183">3:03</a>

[@johnmcfarlane748]

yes i noticed that immediately , very telling , she had a look of disdain on her face.- The real paula vennels in that one momemt

[@lat1419]

​@@johnmcfarlane748 I thought it was a flash of anger.

[@grantworld]

@@lat1419 I agree - she is definitely not used to being called out or "disrespected" like that. When she fled in the back of the cab at the end of the day I bet she burst into tears. "How dare people treat me like that!" I hope that it gets much worse for her.

[@SC-tl3px]

Contempt for the little people

[@Matt-ks7bp]

I have an easy way to tell when Paula Vennells is lying... Her lips move!

[@adriancoppin977]

Paula Venereal Disease.

[@RichardKinghorn]

A total incompetent in a job that was way out of her league. Believing that what she said was always right and firmly stuck in the same mindset that the system was faultless.

[@markherzog9484]

Jason Beer KC, is a hero and master of questioning the duplicitous PO management…..shame on them…..

[@clangerism]

I really think she'd be safer in prison. There's so much public rage against her.

[@adrianrose7703]

She’ll bunk off abroad.

[@travelwell6049]

It would something like “house arrest” where she gets to live a normal life in the comfort of her own home.

[@skooshy621]

@@adrianrose7703 On the same flight to Santa Monica as the Sunak family . . . in the hot, sunny summertime . . . just in time to settle in before the new school year starts?

[@mercedessl8718]

It was a hard watch but I watched these past two days of Vennels giving evidence and I cannot believe the numerous times she apologised for saying something in writing then stating she didn’t mean that. Her witness statement, scrutinised by her lawyers, had a number of inaccuracies which was rightly questioned by the KC. Her answers were, at times, all over the place going off at a tangent in a garbled confused manner. Still she wont be receiving Christmas cards from a number of her previous colleagues.

[@dcanes5720]

Best part of this is the “satan be gone… you disgust us”… lady. Bless you lady u had me rollin’ 😂😂😂😂😂

[@NeverBelieveALie]

thanks!

[@harryhill-es5jk]

This is why you need a police investigation

[@fatwalletboy2]

So many emails she sent where the way they read was not upon reflection what she meant......bollox. Tomorrow I think she will face quite a rough old time.

[@chris-vn6sw]

Selective memory ! Recalls indirect questions but can’t recall direct questions. One and the same 🤔

[@JonathanCreaser]

Absolutely shocking. She needs to be held accountable. She was paid millions during her time as CEO.

[@annishilcock4587]

They do know the difference between right and wrong, but they think if they lie, and cheat, dismiss, belittle, intimidate and accuse they will get away with all the wrong they are guilty of.

[@CompetentGuitarist]

Yep, they know the difference and they emphatically choose wrong. Junkies stealing aftershave to pay for a hit can get jail-time, yet these sickening people cause real damage to countless lives and get away with a public telling off.

[@SC-tl3px]

And she will get away with it.

[@onkarfreshie3127]

😮MONEY making GREED CRISIS not a LIVING Crisis Worldwide. 😢 " De-MOCK-arcy " All just for the Fianacal Gains for the GREED and Egos that kills humanity. Our past history is the proof of civilisations destroyed. Leaders? Talk is cheap. 😢 Your bellies are full & Your homes are warm. Your Bank balance are full. You don't listen to your soul that crys every morning to correct your self, but instead you please the darkness of your corruption. 😮😮😮

[@futures2247]

'be gone satan' haha

[@Mike_5]

Vennells was clearly totally unsuitable for the role but was possibly recruited specifically when the issues with the Horizon system started emerging

[@lewis123417]

She was hired for diversity reasons

[@annishilcock4587]

Not to know, not to understand, not to recall. Admitting your are an idiot is a very interesting line of defence!

[@Sujowi]

Post office staff keeping to their core values and still playing pass the parcel.

[@user-jr7cx9zm1e]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="251">4:11</a> Well said that woman!

[@chipfork71]

...And Fujitsu is still embedded into the establishment, receiving major contracts and seemingly not being held accountable.

[@mattschafer6291]

These people need JUSTICE !!

[@hittitecharioteer]

A liar right there before us.

[@kcribin5654]

Jail. Surely, if there is a justice system in this country

[@stevenclarke5606]

She Should Be Jailed For Perjury, and Manslaughter . Be this is very unlikely that this will ever happen! They all stick together

[@grantworld]

There is no justice system in this country but rather a legal system. However. If no justice; then vengeance.

[@TheLebbs2001]

She is all that's wrong with big companies

[@ritaarmitage2055]

# Corperations

[@stephendarling5094]

Sadly, nothing will happen to this vile being or any of the others involved in this crime.

[@radiofreecanada]

The aggresive banality of evil on full display.

[@bingbong6467]

To Sarah Burgess Boyd I'm saddened to see what has happened to you . To hear you say "I absolutely loved my post office brought a tear to my eye" I hope you will be able to move on from this and wish you much happiness

[@NeverBelieveALie]

Same here 🙏🏻

[@MaddAndy123]

It's not like we didn't expect her to say that, sadly

[@grantnyenes3742]

Watching Jason Beer calmly just strip away her lies layer by layer - priceless..

[@markgrunzweig6377]

Time in jail, often helps people with their memory.

[@mcfcguvnors]

Pity you journos ignored this & other cases till it was too late!

[@gabbsdad]

Some people aren’t wired up right, unfortunately they can at times hold responsible positions. Let’s have some justice 👍

[@clairemcglynn4601]

This isn't like the Profumo affair, cash for questions or the expenses scandal... ...it is much, much worse.

[@ykrgfk]

It would be quicker if she just told us what she does remember. Next can we have an enquiry into who the devil appointed her - and why? This bishop manque with no functioning memory, who was never at meetings or part of any conversation relating to the organisation she was supposed to be managing - what did she appear to offer.

[@Paul-mf1vj]

Never forget, Starmer knew about this and about Jimmy Saville when he was head of CPS and failed to act on both.

[@lynnwood2291]

What was her job if she doesn’t remember all of this? Was she the cleaner?

[@glenhammond1537]

It is so galling watching her afforded many years of ‘reflection’ and now publicly able to pontificate about her recollection of events. She’s minted, dripping in wealth. Her colleagues too. All the while there are postmasters being offered pitiful amounts of compensation that take years to be calculated. Vennells and her team should be in prison. Post masters deserves millions EACH in compensation.

[@NeverBelieveALie]

I pray they can find some relief soon. It was heartbreaking to hear them say they just wanted their money back. She is Evil

[@claredavies764]

Jason Beer is clinical and wow! Tomorrow brings the rest....PV is going to have to bring those croc tears into play again...

[@rolandtraynor]

Shes from the right society , she will be looked after . .. The same with Grenfell Inquiry , There are people responsible for the Deaths on that night and they were also pardoned , and slip away without justice being dealt . Just because they are from the right society .. But if it was a normal person they would be in court and in jail ,

[@peterwesty6006]

One thing i hope from this debacle is that the UK post office should not be given powers to prosecute anyone and if any criminal acts in post office should only be handled by UK Police only, But we will see

[@cathcartlepick]

So I’m watching this and I still cannot understand what the point is of showing this ( liar liar pants on fire ) how much more evidence 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@travelwell6049]

Because we want to see her lying and tripping herself up and squirming in her seat as she faces her culpability. I know to some degree she probably still believes she is above the law but I hope she is scared and ridden with guilty

[@simpleNomadUK]

the NFSP cant say anything - they were complicit

[@philipcorbett3438]

I can’t see how she can avoid going to prison, but I do think the establishment will feather her fall because they always do for her type.

[@cadcamcreations]

Well done to the woman who gave her an ear full!

[@lindahobster7480]

And this woman is a vicar???

[@dorothyblair6741]

Was I think, not anymore

[@petercanberra9056]

And was being considered for bishop of London?

[@ashleyhyne7027]

£5.1m for a person who can't quite recall.

[@yourbilingualchild1757]

I will make a ringtone with those groans of derision from the Post Masters. Epic.

[@5ebra1]

How can a highly paid head of a company ‘Not Know’ or ‘Can’t Remember’ anything that May incriminate her?

[@grantworld]

It isn't a valid response. They are paid to know. And pleading ignorance is no excuse.

[@125ZJK]

CEO of the Post Office. Ordained Anglican Priest. Supported by Arch Bishop. Gong from the Crown. Top NHS job. HOW , I mean really, HOW.

[@mikegleed5842]

Corruption

[@chrislambert9435]

"We know they are lying. They know they are lying. They know that we know they are lying. We know that they know that we know they are lying. And still they continue to lie." -Alexander Solzhenitsyn

[@user-js3rg9sj1k]

I DONT KNOW HOW TO TELL THE TRUTH.

[@cndns2]

Again with amnesia! There must be something in the Post Office's water fountains.

[@RocketSailing]

So she fake cries.. Cant feel very regretful. As she new she was throwing other ppls lives away. To avoid "headlines" Let the public decide the punishment.. But its the same everywhere in the world. Its easy to throw "the lower" ppl under the bus. Than stand up and take the heat yourself. Well, this will happen again, and again. In different forms. Power and money...

[@adenwellsmith6908]

It's a medical condition - amnesia.

[@Dooguk]

It's not a medical condition if you fake it.

[@winterstag]

“I don’t remember” well how mighty convenient.

[@user-kt9xf2sm9z]

Given her former position as Post Office CEO, her capacity for recollection of key events during her tenure appear to be poor at best. I would have thought that this would have been one of the most important qualifications in securing the job from the outset ? I therefore can only conclude, that this woman is clearly 'Lying through her teeth' & will do anything to avoid what ought to result in a Custodial Sentence.

[@user-jr7cx9zm1e]

Lock her up! Lock her up!

[@bjb8847656]

I believe that she should be prosecuted about where she has misled the attempts by the postmasters to get justice - and also if her memory and cognisance is so poor, the salary and bonuses she received should be returned by selling her assets. For this woman to be a Anglican Priest must also call into question their vetting procedures?