{"id":138853,"date":"2024-02-27T15:00:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/post-office-a-dead-duck-and-should-be-sold-to-amazon-for-1-alan-bates-tells-mps\/"},"modified":"2024-02-27T15:00:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T15:00:54","slug":"post-office-a-dead-duck-and-should-be-sold-to-amazon-for-1-alan-bates-tells-mps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/post-office-a-dead-duck-and-should-be-sold-to-amazon-for-1-alan-bates-tells-mps\/","title":{"rendered":"Post Office a \u2018dead duck\u2019 and should be sold to Amazon for \u00a31, Alan Bates tells MPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/AHE5gAvuN-Y\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Post Office a \u2018dead duck\u2019 and should be sold to Amazon for \u00a31, Alan Bates tells MPs\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AHE5gAvuN-Y\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The former post office operators giving evidence to the business committee said there was a problem with the whole culture at the Post Office. Alan Bates, founder of the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance and the person whose story formed the basis of the ITV drama that turbocharged political interest in the scandal, said the Post Office was a &#8216;dead duck&#8217; and had been for years. &#8216;You should sell it to someone like Amazon for a pound, get really good contracts for all the serving subpostmasters. And within a few years you\u2019d have one of the best networks around.&#8217;<br \/>\n Post Office a \u2018dead duck\u2019 and should be sold to Amazon for \u00a31, Alan Bates tells MPs \u2013 UK politics live<br \/>\n \u2018Toxic culture of disbelief\u2019 persists at top of Post Office, MPs told<br \/>\n What is the Post Office Horizon IT scandal all about?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former post office operators giving evidence to the business committee said there was a problem with the whole culture at the Post Office. 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