> But that it took 20 fucking years 20 years and a high-profile TV serialisation heightening public perception of the problem a little too close to an election

> But that it took 20 fucking years 20 years and a high-profile TV serialisation heightening public perception of the problem a little too close to an election for comfort. The government is running around saying they care and how much of a tragedy they think it is not because they genuinely care but because the voting public currently care and there is a general election within the next 12 months. One of the massively empathy lacking comments from a couple of weeks ago (prior to the proposed law change specifically to speed up exonerations for this scandal, announced last week) was that they couldn't just quash all the convictions without retrial because that might let some genuine cases of fraud through – as if letting one or two criminals off more lightly (they have had 20 year of whatever punishment was originally handed down and its side effects) is such a problem compared to continuing to punish hundreds of innocents. Let them all off, then retry those few if you find new compelling evidence. But before doing that: get the people who tried to cover it all up, who bullied many into silence despite knowing (at least some of) the truth, and those who just stood by and let it all keep happening, etc., both in the post office and the government, into court first – what they have done is far more reprehensible than what those post workers were (wrongly) accused of. Handing back one CBE just doesn't cut it.