POST OFFICE SCANDAL: Ex-boss gives many reasons why he hasn't said sorry to subpostmasters
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- Post Office Horizon IT inquiry continues with evidence from Tim Parker, former chair of Post Office Ltd.
Mr Parker explains why there was no satisfactory way to say sorry to subpostmasters, as 'people have kind of got a bit tired of that, and it all rings a bit hollow.'
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He shouldn't say sorry, because he isn't sorry. I think he sees this as just a blip along his path to a very comfortable retirement afyter overseeing possibly the biggest legal scandal in UK history, and being richly rewarded for his monumental laziness and incompetence.
He should be put in jail and serve time like all the innocent people he helped to put away
He is one of the weirdest, creapiest and most arrogant people I have seen so far on this shameful parade of people saying they could not remember, it was not my job, a big boy did it and ran away. Nothing will actually happen to any of the leaders and they will never go to court let alone be prosecuted. The system will protect them.
"a big boy did it and ran away"!! Brilliant!!
He looks like he wears dresses, bless him. I think he’s always clean shaven. I imagine he uses curlers.
He went for option 3: don't apologise and indulge in self-important waffle for a couple of minutes
He's a sorry example of a human being. Sorry being one word he wont admit he is because he isn't. He isn't sorry at all, he never was he never will be. Its the only true thing he has said. the rest is just lies, misdirection and plain arrogance.
What a smug individual. I now know why I did not renew my National Trust membership when he was at the helm. Did allied carpets sell him that hair piece.
He is a very unsavory individual, I too, did not renew my National Trust Membership, he has no backbone, no value system, he is a wordsmith, a good one, but what are words with no meaning, which is the reason for his lack of an apology, (he alludes to this in this clip)?
That weird man was on the board of the National Trust? How do these incompetant people get on the merry go round. Was he paid?
not used to having the peasants ask him questions is he?
The '1.5 day a week' Boss. Later reduced to 2 days a MONTH. How much did he get paid for all this work? Loved his 'hippie' hairstyle. Needed plenty of money for his hairdresser. His arrogance was mind-boggling.
He was paid £75K which he donated to charity.
I mean hes right, no one believes any of them are sorry
Another horrible Bar Steward. Should be taken out a dawn and given a haircut. Not sorry at all,only sorry that he has had to turn up at the enquiry.
He is clearly not sorry but more importantly he is confident there will be no consequences to him for deliberately destroying the lives of hundreds of people.
Because he's too damned arrogant
The Post Office seniors seem to be very weird and not normal.
It has certainly been an eye opening experience watching them, you have to wonder how on earth they got there.
@@alansbinnie1446 Diversity and wokeness, they all fit the bill. That union chap was like a rabid dog.
He thinks the civil service have given him a "get out of jail free" card, so doesn't have to remember anything. Hopefully a change of government will bring on a bad case of diarrhea
That'll be shiny bright
Will a change of government help though, this scandal has been going on since Tony Blair signed off on the contract🇦🇺
Funny but true!
He does love the sound of his own voice but not fond of listening to other people's voices.
He ouzes arrogants...his grinning face from the very start of today's questions...not one ounce of remorse for what the sub postmasters went through
*arrogance
So he had to 'discuss' with people whether to say sorry. What an arrogant, odious man he is. Another one that thinks he will get away with what is happening. Well Mr Parker, I sincerely hope you do not!
The only thing these people are sorry for is being questioned by representatives of people they have contempt for.
And publicly found out as cheats and liars
Apology? That’s a no then….
Not apologizing means you aren’t sorry. Whether or not it’s potentially “annoying” to people…is utterly irrelevant. So in essence he is not sorry.
Why not just say that you are sorry for the harm done to sub postmasters, rather than give a long winded answer like he did here … I imagine that if you asked this guy if he wanted a cup of tea, the answer would be something along the lines of “So, the subject of a cup of tea is quite interesting, because today I was toying with the idea of having a cup of tea, standing up and saying ‘yes, I would like a cup of tea’ as many people have done. And there ensued a discussion with people, you know, should I do this, I mean, actually have a cup of tea ..” and so on and so on
Mr Parker, any apology coming from your mouth would sound quite contrite and therefore deemed to be worthless.
Comes up with an analysis every time he’s asked a question
what a sleaze.
His hair advised him to not say sorry.
Is this man the reincarnation of Bamber Gascoigne? At one point he even used the ‘Starter for ten’ catchphrase 🤷🏼♂️😂
I don’t think he believes, or that he has convinced himself that he like many other witnesses seem to have from the Post Office, law firm and Fujitsu actually have any personal responsibility for this scandal. So he arrogantly doesn’t actually think he has to apologise or feel guilty, hopefully he will be prosecuted and is given a long custodial sentence.
Give back the money
Apparently he gave his £75k to charity (probably got a tax break).Not bad for One and a half days per week which he tried to get cut down to 2 days per month. Bonuses and benefits??
Too wooly headed to know whats the right thing to do!
Pulling the wool is his area of expertise what did he do while at POL.
Not one direct answer except when Sir Wyn told him its a yes or no answer.
Looks like a Sheeps Coat after an overdose of Shampoo😂
Unimpressive as a purported business leader. Waffled and repetitive in the Inquiry interrogation. As a chair, kept the board in ignorance of the issue, ignorant about legal status of documentation, cut his weekly time despite having. as he said , so many issues other than Horizon. So many times said ‘in hindsight’. Why didn’t he get it right at the time
He should apologise for that haircut.
I thought it was a sheepswool hat
He lives in his own world of self delusory non accountability and gaslighting word salad explanations and excuses. What actual value he brings to any organisation or situation is very hard to see other than protect corporate interests and turn a blind eye to malpractice, and gaslight your way out of having to explain anything to anyone. He comes across as being quite proud of being quite good at it. Unfortunately for him we, the plebs, the peasants, the great unwashed, can see him for what he is.
So you’re not sorry, could have just said that
Borrowing the judges wig to express his heartfelt arrogance, does nothing to justify his utter contempt for the post office enquiry, it is in plain sight to see the quality of management employed by this corrupt institution. 🙈
A simple way of acknowledging his culpability and unambiguously expressing true contrition could be for him to establish a compensation fund for the sub-postmasters…..and for him, his board and the senior management team to donate all earnings during their tenure to the fund.
Well at at least he's prepare to say he's not sorry, first honest answer he has given.
It wasn't my fault guv.
Just goes to show how an expensive education opens doors all your life.
This man has never needed to save up all his life for anything.
Mummy and daddy and his grandfather were the same.
Never down the pit face.
To be fair at least he was honest re an apology.
Otherwise he came across as a smart alec which you dont do against Mr Beer.
His admission about his time commitment was staggering. How the hell did get the job in the first place
The right thing to do is to actually be sorry. If he was actually sorry, an apology would be natural & genuine, & he would ensure Post Office acted on that.
Your little finger will do for a start.
Main reason for not apologising is because he is so important and has no shame. Typical hypocrite
What, so because you think it might seem insincere you do t apologise at all? The logic is stunning…
When, as a civil servant, you have a deep contempt for the great unwashed it is very hard to sympathise with an alien peasant culture however badly you have personally overseen and been privy to directly inflicting hardship and wrongfully condemning them by your own appalling management failures.
My god. The self importance of this man is sickening.
He's right about annoying people with an unconvincing apology !
For the most part this guy either gave short unhelpful answers or went on at length - hoping to evade the question.
He's also another one who used the 'I'm not a lawyer' line to justify a surprising degree of 'ignorance' of how the law works.
Porridge,,in jail😢
No one is going to jail you should unde5stanr british justice by now
He should be in prison for that barnet alone
He was the Chairman and because other people said sorry there was no point in him saying it????
He made a point, several times that he was busy with "other issues" at the Post Office so couldn't
devote more time to the Horzon problem. Mr Beer asked him what hours he worked and he revealed
it was 1.5 days a week, but that around the time of this kicking off, he asked to reduce it to 2 days a month????
I know how he could say sorry - he could give his wages (plus his massive bonuses) to the subpostmasters and their families. Because he certainly didn't EARN that money with his day and a half week!
You what? After seen all this liars, it is refreshing to see a honest "F-you I don't care".
Not said sorry as that would be admitting to incompetence.
An apology is inconsistent with the rationalisation in all these testimonies. Apologising for something you don't accept responsibility for is just another lie.
He seems like a bit of a 'see you next tuesday'.
None of the apologists gave indicated what they are sorry for. Until they admit complicity in causing harm physically & financially to the SPMs their apologies are worthless. They also must spearhead a movement that ensures speedy & adequate financial recompense for their actions. That may illustrate to a degree how sorry they are.
Essentially he’s saying that any apology on his part is not worth the effort.
Full of his own self importance appears to dislike giving a Yes or No answer. Awful.
Paid to work two days a moth yet he can even get that wrong in a big way. How many more of them are there in the system of enrichment and abuse without limits or responsibilities.
He doesn't have an original thought in his head. Everything goes past the lawyers first.
There is a way to say sorry IF you mean it. Making excuses for not doing so is just absurd.
He usually has people to say sorry for him. If they were incompetent with the task he is disappointed but in the world that he normally inhabits that is not unusual.
Is the mop on his head just that ?
His hair err...... defies gravity and is from the Donald Trump style of forward comb barnet. I was listening to his testimony but all I could compute was "that's a wig, that's a wig, that's a wig"
The Post Office got it utterly and totally wrong. They need to own this.
Excellently stated - well done !
He could'nt annoy me any more than he is already. A true recommendation never to have someone of his selfish method as Chairman of a company such as the P O.
Putting as much effort into any apology as he did in his position at the Post Office to find and trumpet publicly Horizon's failures.
This excuse for humanity is surely closely related to Shaun the Sheep
It's unfortunate he hasn't been blessed with the same level of dignity and humility.
He should at least apologise for that 'hairstyle.' How can anyone seriously concentrate on what he's saying with THAT on his head?
The legal privilege applies to the relationship between counsel & the client (the Post Office), meaning that the Swift Report could legitimately be shared with the PO Board & PO executive management who could be considered part of "the controlling mind" of the company. Counsel were negligent in not explaining the meaning, consequences & impact of client/ solicitor privilege and Parker was negligent in not asking any questions if he did not understand what counsel were saying. Bear in mind, privilege can be waived...it's not generally in a client's interests to do so, but they have the right to waive it if they wish.
If you want to show that you really are sorry, just answer the questions honestly, fully and without equivocation. Then we might believe you.
He's right about all of those awful, scripted apologies and I'm relieved he didn't subject us to it. The worst one? Angela van den Bogey's by far - she read off a card and then when she'd finished casually filed it over on the other side of the table as if to say "Won't be needing that again".
He’s not sorry. He can’t humble himself to say I am sorry
He is coming across like he is above all of this. I have wathched a lot of this public enquiry and they all seem to distance themselves from the scandal and shift blame away from them selves.
Who told you not to say it?
They don’t exist do they
One can begin to see why he is worth a Trillion pounds an hour .
Sorry in this context is only of value if it is accompanied by an acknowledgement of responsibility. Has he admitted responsibility? If not, expressions of sorrow are, indeed, hollow.
Sorry don't cut it... Jail time must be served
"Sorry" is only for the non-arrogant. A wolf in sheep's hairstyle.
So basically he’s the Darth Vader version of Egon Spengler?!?!
I’m just relieved that Ronald McDonald found something to do after the adverts ran out.
Its one word, sorry
Lock him up find out how sorry he is
What the hell is on his head?
hearing this guy talk makes me cringe
He was the plonker at the National Trust.. another man massively promoted beyond his level of competence just like Paula Venells…
I’m not sure he’s as intelligent as he thinks he is or would like other people to think he is.
He should be in Jail
How about telling the truth?
Next time you think about dropping the National Trust a few bob just have a look at the filed accounts and see what's being creamed off at the top. And this goes for all registered charities, a large part of income goes in fat salaries and fat pension costs for sociopaths like this chap. Compare this to Junior dcotors' pay on £15 an hour working nights on A & E in the wild west, aka England.
We're all stuffed, keep your money in your own pocket, don't think about a TV licence and raise your cap to Sir Allan Bates who showed us what these 'thugs in suits' are really about.
Where can I get a cap like his ? 😅
What will they come up with next ?
One day with luck he will be very sorry when he's found guilty of knowingly persecution of innocent people which deserves a jail sentence relevant to the crime
So what you did was so bad and caused so much drama age what’s the point is saying sorry?
So because you believe it wouldn’t land properly, (which in fairness is probably true) you’d rather not even try? It might only work for 1 in the 900+ that it affected but that’s better than 0…
He's not wrong. His apology would have rung hollow and insincere by everyone. Too little top late. Now is the time for consequences.
For a moment I thought it was Danny La Rue, then Lionel Blair.... but no, it had to Quinten Crisps long lost brother.... What a bluffer.
THOSE WHO ARE EVENTUALLY CRIMINALLY CONVICTED FOR THEIR ACTIONS AND THEREFORE EXPERIENCE THE SAME TRAUMA AS THE VICTIMS MAY BE SORRY!
Say sorry once atlest and mean it, then carry on with your twaddle 🙄
Is that hair on his head or low cloud.
Clearly not paid enough to get a haircut! Poor chap.
SO!.....a needle pulling thread......I...I...I..I..I..I...I......I...I..... 🤔