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LAW FIRM THAT DESTROYED TRACY MCFADDEN'S CASE ALSO PAID ED DAVEY 60,000 POUNDS A YEAR
Tracy McFadden ran a shop and post office in Sandiacre Derbyshire for 14 years. She put 250k pounds of her own money into building it in 2002. Business was going so well she was planning to expand. Then the Horizon system flagged a discrepancy and her life fell apart.
Tracy McFadden did the responsible thing. She called the Horizon helpline for help. The debt magically doubled to 2,000 pounds overnight. Then it kept climbing. 4,000. Then 16,000.
Tracy had no way to check the system herself because she was never given proper access to it.
She was told to accept the debt or lose the right to trade. So she accepted a debt that never existed just to keep her doors open.
She only escaped a criminal prosecution because witnesses vouched for her, including the wife of a regional Post Office manager.
Her contract was terminated in 2014. The business was gone. The reputation was gone. Tracy McFadden went from running a thriving shop to what she describes as begging for benefits.
Now here is the SHOCKING part.
This was never just a broken piece of software. It was a chain of people who knew and chose their careers over the truth.
Post Office executives signed off on prosecutions built on a system riddled with bugs. Fujitsu built that system and stayed quiet for years while it destroyed lives.
Ed Davey was postal affairs minister from 2010 to 2012 while all of this was unfolding. When campaigner Alan Bates asked him to meet about serious concerns with Horizon, Ed Davey told him a meeting would not serve any purpose.
Years later Ed Davey took a paid consultancy with Herbert Smith Freehills, the very law firm hired by the Post Office to fight the sub postmasters in court, earning 275k pounds for his time there. His brother Henry Davey was a corporate partner at the same firm.
What a coincidence.
Tracy McFadden was one of 555 claimants in the group litigation against the Post Office. They won. Technically. Legal costs swallowed most of the settlement before the victims ever saw a penny of it.
A computer did not do this to Tracy McFadden. People did. People who had every chance to stop it and chose their fees and their careers instead.
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For Sale a pair of vintage 2026 Eclipse glasses.
Buy now to avoid the rush for the next UK eclipse in September 2090.
Reasonable offers accepted, 😃.
#Éclipse #EclipseLondon ##Eclipse2026 – at Ealing, London
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Thames Water increased its bonus payouts to £4.1m for senior managers.
It has £19.7bn debt, fleeces customers, dumps sewage in rivers, loses billions of litres of water to leaky pipes.
But bosses rewarded .. for what?
Govt/Ofwat do nothing.
theguardian.com/business/202…
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@StolenRide black Brompton , c line, serial number 2404120809, stolen from inside a business on triangle Road, Hackney, bottom of London fields.
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Bird netting kills. Used to stop birds nesting, roosting, and perching. It's unnecessary, It's cruel, and kinder alternatives exist.
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West Ham pay rent of £90,000 a week at the London Stadium. This will halve if the Club are relegated.
The stadium, even taking into account the landlord, which is the London taxpayer, earns money from other events, conferencing and catering etc, loses over £1m a week.
This is a classic example of big event legacy costs (similar for World Cups in South Africa, Brazil, Qatar etc) where the short term gain is replaced by long term pain.
This century only the World Cup in Germany in 2006 has had a positive impact on the economy in terms of Olympics and World Cups, because the stadia and infrastructure were already in place.
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I know good dog owners know this, but it's also easy to forget. So, I'll say it anyway. Dogs can not sweat like humans, making them highly vulnerable to heatstroke and dehydration.
Avoid exercising dogs during the hottest parts of the day. Always provide shaded areas and fresh water, and check hot pavements using the 5-second tarmac test. If it's too hot for your hand, it's too hot for their paws. Beware of warm cars, overheating homes, and unshaded gardens. Do not take the dog out simply because you want them there if it will cause them to suffer or worse.
It may be worth sharing this with others in case they're unlikely to remember. 🤝
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Congratulations to Sebastian Sawe for running the entire London Marathon in less time than it took Russell Brand to tell @piersmorgan his favourite Bible verse.
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Lovely weather, isn't it?🌞
Unless you're a nocturnal animal who has to sleep all through the hot day, and wake at night to find no water.
No puddles.
No kind dishes.
Unseen.
Unthought of.
Just the tantalising smell of water from a pond you may drown in, or a drain you may get trapped in, or a stagnant, dirty old birdbath you may get fatal fluke from.
Hedgehogs need to drink a lot of water to stay healthy.
Please provide clean, fresh, safe ground level water for our precious wildlife. Tap water is best.
Pop a dish or two out tonight.
Keep it clean.
Keep it full.
Keep it saving lives.❤️
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Please NEVER do this if you have used any kind or flea or tick treatment on your dog or cat.
The residual chemicals on the fur can poison, paralyze, or kill chicks and eggs.
Young birds and eggs are extremely sensitive to these insecticides, which can prevent hatching or cause death to newborn chicks.
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Completely unacceptable performance by Chelsea. Embarrassing. No organisation, no heart, no fight, no pride, no leadership, no goal threat. It’s like they’ve given up at Brighton. Just because they’re near the beach doesn’t mean they’re allowed to be on it. Shameless performance. No wonder the fans are furious. These aren’t useless players, they’re internationals, which makes their abject showing at the Amex even worse. Overpaid underperformers.
Liam Rosenior will probably pay the price for this string of shameful displays and results, he’s out of his depth, but he’s the symptom of the malaise at Chelsea, not the cause. Club needs some grown-ups, experienced football people in the boardroom, in the recruitment department and in the dressing-room. Chelsea are such a contrast to Brighton & Hove Albion, who are so well-run on and off the field. BlueCo has to look, listen and learn. Because Boehly and Eghbali are currently overseeing a self-inflicted shambles. #CFC
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Today’s last pub is The Windermere. I absolutely love this pub. #pub #londonpub
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This is a photo of a bee in the US
The pollen on her legs is from dandelions & her tongue is sticking out because she’s been killed due to weed killer on dandelion flowers
Remember this #Spring what many see as weeds, is natures food for #insects
No bees, no insects, no life
#FirstDayOfSpring
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16 yr-old Ryli Patten was last seen by his dad in #Bromborough on Thursday evening. He’s 5ft 8 and slim. He normally wears a black puffer jacket, black trousers and black Air Max 95 trainers. If you have seen Ryli contact @MerseyPolice
