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I remember significant conversations, word for word, which I conducted several decades ago. Failure to recall a significant conversation from a mere 8 or 9 years ago does not ring true.

All that baloney at the end was because he couldn't bear to humble himself by uttering the words, I'm sorry.

Not only is Jason Beer clear, he is also concise, and unlike Sam Stein, he doesn't use the tool of emotion very much. Generally, the witnesses are inclined to start to answer him without taking time to formulate their responses, so they are halfway through before they start to be aware of how it makes them look. Singh was perhaps the worst of the witnesses. I think Williams, throughout the questioning, was too busy trying to neutralise his responses to hold the question in he was being asked in his head. I would totally disagree with one of your final comments about Beer making the senior management feel foolish. You can't make anyone feel that some with the biggest egos will believe they were doing a good job regardless of how they performed in the questioning. On the other hand, there are those who underneath have had doubts about their ability but masked it who will see this as reinforcing those doubts. I feel that Vennels comes into the latter category.

Thank you for your brilliant analysis of what was being played out.

This is becoming my favorite channel, and I don't even know what this issue is about.

Everyone seems to forget about the 1 loss of life due to this scandal

Shame Mr Beer is not on the COVID Inquiry, which is a total farce!

All those Post Office officials are (in my opinion) a bad bunch of lying xxxx's! I worked for The Royal Mail during the PO scandal and we knew that there was massive problems with The Horizon IT system. Let's hope this enquiry isn't just a process that has cost the British taxpayer a lot of money and that heads roll and the accused sub-postmasters get some REAL compensation. The problem is the UK government owns The Post Office. Don't hold your breath.....

Love love love Jason Beer and Julian Blake

Superb 👌👌👌👌

Formal direction not declaration from the Chair

Her inner being is reflected on the outside....hideous!

I have known Jason for the best part of 20 years, and he’s one of the most intelligent, thoughtful, decent people I have ever had the pleasure to meet. In an era of sportspeople getting knighthoods for dong their job, it’s a travesty that he hasn’t already been recognised. It’s not just the POL case, it’s Hillsbrough, and so many other cases that didn’t get the column inches that this one has done. I hope, when this inquiry is over, he will get the recognition he so truly deserves.

I don’t think Vennells was protecting the PO brand. She was protecting her salary and bonuses. Police should already have taken her in for questioning and all monies paid should be demanded back by the taxpayers

Mr. Beer - an iron fist in a velvet glove........

She's married to Jack Straw apparently, just thinks she's completely untouchable.

At this stage of the proceedings the procession of witnesses before the inquiry is like the Tattooine cantina scene in Star Wars. Deeply ugly beings ducking and diving whilst talking goobledygook. What does Tim Parker look like and what does he sound like?

'Can you see and hear us?'.....not me..just for accuracy

Jason Beer KC has been instrumental in revealing the depth of corruption and incompetence in POL over the Horizon scandal. I got the clear impression that in true adversarial style, he knows the answers to the questions he asks, and he knows the answers will be damning. He has a granular understanding and a natural authority emanating from it.

Totally spot on. Even the other week, he ended one person's session with the line of thank you for answering some of my questions after they had been waffling on.

I've watched almost all your videos on the Post Office scandal with a mixture of enthrall and appall. As an Australian I see massive parallels with our Robodebt scandal. But Robodebt seems even worse because the agency entrusted with persuing the criminal perpetrators has itself corruptly failed to bring them to justice. Can you please look into Paul Brereton, the NACC, Scott Morrison, Gail Furness, Kathryn Campbell and why Anthony Albanese is so reluctant to persue criminal charges against Scott Morrison for his role in this human catastrophe.

What an ignorant slob. His attitude is about 50 years out of date. Needs to switch his listening ears on and turn the obstructive stance off. It’s not getting anywhere, he’ll be telling his mates in the pub how rude he was to the briefs, pride comes before a fall George. Whoops

Mr Beer for PM. Think you’ve got it spot on👍

Again who set this snake on, he is F O S and he should give Harpo Marx his wig back.

»No way I'm watching a 1-hour video about Mr Beer« (me at the start of the video). »You sucked me in, Dr Duckett, well played.« (me at the end of the video). Cheers!

Thanks for making this video. I'm so glad to see him get the recognition he deserves. Jason is absolutely brilliant to watch.

Astounding!

Brilliant man.

At some stage I know that Mr Beer will watch this and I hope that he appreciates your exposition. I think you may have missed a number of reasons why he is 'magnificent'. First is Preparation. He obviously has a great team behind him and they have clear instruction of the relevance of particular material and correlations inside the volumes of evidence. He has then developed a line (and rhythm) for questioning to get the answers well before appearing in the Inquiry. Second 'He seldom goes fishing'. He knows what the answers are and just wants them in the witness's words and therefore on the record. Third, 'He focuses on the witness statements first'. I would hate to face him the dock.

Mr Beer is a professional at the top of his game, he has a team that will be working hard with him. Respect to them all.

Excellent again.... Thank you!!!

Thank you!!!!!

Please don't stop... These are amazing, thank you...

Okay nitpick - if I may; you said "part for the course"...the true expression is "par for the course". You have the brain to appreciate the distinction - love the series 😉

Imagine being represented by Roderic Williams, I would absolutely give that man a wide berth! What an absolute 🔔 end and clearly either as thick as 2 short planks, or up to his neck in a cover up. Or all of the above! And there are absolutely no words for Jarnail Singh… he is a utter disgrace to the legal profession and a pathetic human being. Jason Beer KC needs a knighthood for his work on this enquiry.

I wholeheartedly applaud this video and the tremendous time and effort you clearly have expended, in this exemplary analytical production; this must have taken WEEKS! Curiously, one of the things I found so impressive, apart from his interrogatory skills, was his determination in matters of grammar. For instance, he was almost fanatical not to split a present infinitive, to the point where he actually rewrote certain quote passages, on the fly, to make them correct. He also never ended a sentence with a preposition. Outstanding discipline, particularly for English fuss-pots such as I. Thank you SO much for this phenomenal work, Dr. Duckett.

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Love your videos.......THANK YOU FROM ANOTHER AUSSIE!!!!

And thank you Paul for a magnificent report

What impressed me continuously throughout was Beer's restraint and patience when it seemed to me he often wanted to shout out "you are a lying piece of (insert favorite epithet)". Given the nature of a public inquiry, he doesn't have the option of a direct indictment of the witnesses, but nevertheless found all the opportunites there were to clearly communicate his contempt when that was appropriate. In particular, as noted in 5th section of this video dealing with Beer's sense of humor. Doing so using the witnesses own words from their written testimony was genius. My favorite examination was Beer's questioning of Warwick Tatford QC about his actions and decisions. Beer highlighted that Tatford failed to follow up on important questions regarding the Horizon system's failures during a prosecution Tatford was providing legal advice on for PO solicitors. Had the infirmnation been forthcoming, the scandal would have been exposed much earlier. Closest thing to a Perry Mason moment in this whole thing! Little wonder that subsequent witnesses came in suspicious and wary of what Beer might do to them!

It's not just tim parker, it's the whole management. Lies, deceit, fraudulent and a complete bunch of assholes.

The video was very long, but it was compulsive viewing. Excelleent insight. Thanks.

As a dutchman, and surely not a native English speaker, I fully enjoyed the interrogation methods of Mr Beer. His use of the English language, his - in my eyes and ears - delicate and dialectic sense of humor and wit. Brilliant! But besides all of by Dr Paul Ducketts memorized qualities that make Mr Beer such a magnificent actor on this stage, it was his (well played?) imperturbability - or merely genuine integrity. Indeed, it must cost him an his team an infinite amount of time to be this prepared. I dare to dream of Mr Jason Beer hosting 'Have I Got News For You?', probably long after there Post Office Inquiry Report has been published and its ramifications have shaken again British society.

The judge is the king of comedy.

Beer is brilliant too in how he can calibrate his approach depending on the witness.

Beer is the man. The other ones are good too, but he really is top dog.

I left the UK in 2014 and rarely engage with UK news, however this episode with the Post Office should be considered shameful. To be concise, many of the victims have passed on without any knowledge of their exoneration, some by natural causes and others by their own volition. It is truly shocking that the nasty self centered narcissistic individuals that caused this ,refuse to take any responsibility. Lives ruined, not only for the hard working honest person but also for their extended families. In my opinion, it's appalling behavior...not that the narcissist cares, they never do. Sadly they go on to live very long lives...the only gratification for the dearly departed is that they will die alone. It's a very small consolation.

As an Software Engineering Manager, what I was particularly impressed with was the way he questionned Gareth Jenkins, and in particular, on the technical areas. Making technical things understandable by non-technical people is an art form, but Mr Beer did this as though he were an experienced technical interpreter. He took some quite technical areas, questionned Jenkins down to a very low architectural level, but did so in way that the general public could understand. I agree with your general views on Mr Beer - he's a class class act!

Thank you. I have appeared in court on a few occasions in the capacity of an expert witness. I watched my first example of Mr Beer in action some while ago. Two thoughts crossed my mind in quick succession. Yes, he is magnificent and thank goodness it's not me that he's dissecting.