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Private prosecutions have to go - it's absolutely outrageous the Post Office are still allowed to keep this archaic power given the obvious conflict of interest
by anonymousDan 5y ago
Private prosecutions have to go - it's absolutely outrageous the Post Office are still allowed to keep this archaic power given the obvious conflict of interest and the total incompetence/corruption they have shown.
- denton-scratch 5y agoThe Post Office has a number of special powers, grandfathered from when it was the monopoly communications provider in the UK (it ran both telephone and post). it was effectively an arm of government, that worked hand-in-hand with the security services. Their Investigation Division was responsible for steaming open letters and tapping phone-calls. I imagine much has changed; but I'm quite sure that the PO is still not an ordinary business, like a courier service. They are an arm of government.
- unfocussed_mike 5y agoWell -- the Post Office now is an ordinary business (as of 2013 -- it is Post Office Ltd because they spun it off). The bit that is not "ordinary" is Royal Mail.