Labour MP corners Post Office bosses over dodgy bonus culture in fiery Select Committee exchange

Head honchos at the Post Office and members of their remuneration committee were in front of the Business and Trade Select Committee on Tuesday, where chair of the Committee Darren Jones absolutely rinsed them over an apparent breach of rules related to the awarding of bonuses – which can lead to years in jail if found guilty.

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[alantheangler]

These bastards should be in jail. It’s absolutely sickening that Post Office executives are paying themselves huge bonuses whilst the Horizon scandal inquiry is on going and hundreds of innocent victims haven’t seen justice.

[Jonbombs]

This Labour MP who heads this committee seems like the most competent member of Parliament in the UK

[richwheeler]

These post office bosses need to be jailed, what they did to people was criminal

[denisfennelly]

These scumbags should be in JAIL for a minimum of 10 years. They call it errors. I call it COVER UP. Jail time is the only justice for what they did to these poor people.

[rogerchadwick]

That shouldn't be a Parliamentary enquiry, it should be a criminal court...

[McKluskie]

sack them and make them pay it all back, all bonuses from day 1 of their employment. Then re-nationalise the post office.

[Tamachan]

Weird how these errors always lead to bosses getting massive bonuses...but never the workers.

[alridd]

Every postmaster wants these idiots in jail!!
We want Justice

[richardtams]

Paying themselves excessive bonuses while the people they wrongly accused of fraud went to jail, lost their houses, their livelihood and some even their lives. What's more they knew the Post Office accounting system was flawed and broken but they persisted in prosecuting the post masters. Why aren't these corporate executives serving time in prison?

[Neofolis]

I liked the way he made the point that the Post Masters, who hadn't actually done anything wrong, weren't given the option of just apologizing, yet the people paying themselves huge bonuses wrongly think it's fine for themselves to just apologize.

[markbarber]

Let's be clear, they tried to push through a lucrative bonus without going through the appropriate process. It's fraudulent and unacceptable and "apologies" are meaningless.

[kevind]

These are all criminals stealing public money!! Bonuses must be paid back immediately & they should all lose their jobs

[proffessorclueless]

Bunch of crooks. These type of criminals are never found guilty so the corruption gets worse and worse and worse.

[bob]

Just more proof that privitisation is nothing more than a criminal racket.

[srdhmcc]

How these people have not been prosecuted is beyond belief

[zugkhhh]

Darren jones is absolutely brilliant can see right through these criminals
Come on people darren jones for PM

[martinphilip]

As a postman of 36+ years I am ashamed that these people who are paid massive salaries are corrupt. Whether it be in the Post Office or Royal Mail there should be a police and public inquiry as the corruption is staggering.
These CEOs that are so greedy that once they’re caught they think saying sorry makes it right. They have no shame. They should be jailed!!
Well done Darren Jones for again showing these fraudsters up for what they really are.

[paulsingleton]

I’m ashamed of this country, time and time again people in power just don’t care about the common person, the amount of scandals we have had for decades, these people should be held accountable for their actions, strip them of their money, and send them to jail, I’m so angry how they get away with it, we need a REVOLUTION!!!

[parster]

I’m really quite sure that when you’ve committed a crime, apologising for it doesn’t stop you from going to prison.

[yfulivl]

Stop bloody apologising this pissed me off.
Put them in prison nothing justifies what they have done.
They all talk buls##t.