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Rebecca Thomson
@Rebeccathomson_
Freelance journalist. Currently acting deputy editor at @Drapers, and covering Post Office when I can audioboom.com/channels/50819…
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    Rebecca Thomson
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    Apr 26, 2022
    Thanks @BBCPanorama for including me and @ComputerWeekly in this important programme on the Post Office scandal. I'm glad to have played a part in getting the story out - read Great Post Office Scandal by @nickwallis for the whole saga bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…
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    Rebecca Thomson
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    May 1, 2022
    Thank you @sabahmeddings and @vickicouchman @thesundaytimes for this piece on our @ComputerWeekly 2009 story. thetimes.co.uk/article/b1a1bc…
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    Rebecca Thomson
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    Dec 4, 2022
    It's not online but @HugoCDaniel and I have a story on bankrupt postmasters being offered half their interim compensation in today's Sunday Times. Big thank you @DeirdreC65
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    Rebecca Thomson
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    Dec 9, 2022
    Our podcast this week - bankrupt postmasters are having huge chunks of payouts taken to pay debtors, others are being offered far less than they should be, and some have waited years for nothing so far. @nickwallis
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    Rebecca Thomson
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    Jul 12, 2022
    Excited that @nickwallis and I have launched a podcast covering all things Post Office scandal. You can listen here: audioboom.com/channels/50819…
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    Rebecca Thomson
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    Nov 4, 2022
    The Post Office inquiry this week - confirmation bias, software that needed to be re-written, and postmasters being systemically ignored in the late 90s
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    Rebecca Thomson
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    Dec 2, 2022
    This week at the Post Office inquiry - the last week of phase 2 packed in the witnesses, from secretaries of state to union leaders. The common theme was no-one was checking that the tech worked for postmasters. audioboom.com/posts/8206750-… @nickwallis
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    Rebecca Thomson
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    Jul 26, 2022
    Five more Post Office convictions overturned yesterday rebeccathomson.substack.com/p/five-more-co…
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    Rebecca Thomson
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    Jul 27, 2022
    Big thank you to postmaster Richard Hawkes & Prof @RichardMoorhead on this week's Post Office podcast - we talk perversion of the course of justice, potential racial disparities in postmaster treatment, & the role of lawyers/implications for the profession postofficescandal.uk/post/podcast-e…
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    Rebecca Thomson
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    Nov 10, 2022
    Our interview with Lord Arbuthnot covers how he got involved with the Post Office scandal, why people didn't take it seriously for so long, and multiple missed opportunities to put it right @nickwallis #postofficescandal
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    Rebecca Thomson
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    Jul 14, 2022
    Yesterday's Post Office compensation hearing: 20% of @hudgellsol clients are bankrupt; new 3-week deadline for interim payments; we interviewed @FloraClairePage and postmasters @FelsteadTracy @SeemaMisra7 @Janetsk20073533 and Parmod Kalia:
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    Rebecca Thomson
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    Nov 28, 2022
    The last two weeks of the Post Office inquiry have offered glimpses of how people and crucial info were silenced in the early days of Horizon: rebeccathomson.substack.com/p/silencing-wi… Which is also explored in our latest podcast: audioboom.com/posts/8202600-…
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    Rebecca Thomson
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    Nov 17, 2022
    This week at the Post Office inquiry: the Horizon death march, dissenting voices being silenced, and an unexplained leap in requests for audit data @nickwallis
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    Rebecca Thomson
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    Sep 16, 2022
    Big thank you to the brilliant @CastletonLee for speaking to me for our latest podcast episode. One of the first postmasters affected by the Horizon scandal, he is so interesting on every aspect of the Post Office saga and British scandals more broadly