{"id":138945,"date":"2024-02-27T21:01:10","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T21:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/dead-duck-post-office-should-be-sold-to-amazon-for-1-says-campaigner-alan-bates\/"},"modified":"2024-02-27T21:01:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T21:01:10","slug":"dead-duck-post-office-should-be-sold-to-amazon-for-1-says-campaigner-alan-bates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/dead-duck-post-office-should-be-sold-to-amazon-for-1-says-campaigner-alan-bates\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Dead duck&#8217; Post Office should be sold to Amazon for \u00a31, says campaigner Alan Bates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/VUczafB9cqE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"'Dead duck' Post Office should be sold to Amazon for \u00a31, says campaigner Alan Bates\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VUczafB9cqE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Former sub-postmaster and lead campaigner Alan Bates has called for the Post Office to be sold to the likes of Amazon for \u00a31 as he described it as &quot;a dead duck&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>He led a group of 555 sub-postmasters who took the Post Office to the High Court over the scandal, which was settled in December 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/dead-duck-post-office-should-be-sold-to-amazon-for-1-says-campaigner-alan-bates-13082123<\/p>\n<p>#postoffice #horizon #politics <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/skynewsdaily\/ <\/p>\n<p>Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here\/Los video de Sky News est\u00e1n disponibles en espa\u00f1ol aqu\u00ed: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog <\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former sub-postmaster and lead campaigner Alan Bates has called for the Post Office to be sold to the likes of Amazon for \u00a31 as he described it as &quot;a dead duck&quot;. 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