Post Office campaigner Alan Bates knighted in King's Birthday Honours

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  • Alan Bates, the campaigner who uncovered the Post Office scandal, has been awarded a knighthood in the King’s Birthday Honours list.
    Mr Bates previously rejected the offer of an OBE last year because former Post Office boss Paula Vennells had been given a CBE - but she's since been stripped of the title.
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  • @viviliciousvivaviousness
    @viviliciousvivaviousness 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +90

    Great to see a man with integrity and moral fibre receiving recognition.

  • @sunilg121
    @sunilg121 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +93

    Well deserved. Justice for the post masters.

  • @suziejames7510
    @suziejames7510 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +111

    Couldn't have happened to a more deserving man, Arise Sir Alan .

  • @dadangus100
    @dadangus100 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +81

    wonder how vile vicar vennelle feels that a honest man has been awarded a Khighthood and she tried to crush him. with cruel and illegal acts

    • @dismalfist
      @dismalfist 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      She doesn't care, more interested in the bonuses and investments she's made from defrauding SPMs.

  • @jeeperscreepers786
    @jeeperscreepers786 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +65

    Excellent, God Save The King !
    Now we need convictions and imprisonment for all those who perpetrated this heinous crime !
    AND recompense for all those postmasters who suffered !
    The PO executives are a disgrace !

  • @Gilan4983
    @Gilan4983 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +33

    Personally I think he should be given a seat in the Lords. He is exactly the kind of person who should be making the laws instead of a bunch of political appointees

  • @rogersmith1736
    @rogersmith1736 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +57

    well deserved knighthood for a great man, the next thing is for prison sentances for the crooks of the post office

    • @stevesteve2837
      @stevesteve2837 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      sadly it wont happen

    • @Knightley79
      @Knightley79 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@stevesteve2837they’ll b accountability no question. Metropolitan police have just widened their investigation to a now nation wide investigation. There has already been clear evidence of perjury in at least two instances and several instances of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and possible even corporate manslaughter.
      Don’t forget this is the biggest miscarriage of justice in British history so big pressure on the authorities.

  • @OneEyedDronie
    @OneEyedDronie 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

    I'm 59 and lived long enough to have seen so many people being Knighted for things that simply didn't make sense to me.
    Sir Alan Bates makes a whole LOT of sense!

  • @robertnewton6454
    @robertnewton6454 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +31

    Brilliant news
    Fully deserved
    Alan is a great man and a inspiration for everyone
    Fighting for justice

  • @bradr7607
    @bradr7607 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +42

    Our honours system needs to reflect people with ‘honour’ the clue is in the title. Why have they been used as a vehicle for donations and already highly rewarded celebrities. Alan Bates represents everything this type of acknowledgment should be. Decent, incorruptible and selfless. Maybe a seat in the HoL will come next…

    • @user-ol3xe5fz4u
      @user-ol3xe5fz4u 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      sportmen/women too..ridic

  • @martindoman7315
    @martindoman7315 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

    The contrast between Sir Alan and the devious individuals giving evidence to the enquiry is striking.

  • @WasterSpace-lp3zg
    @WasterSpace-lp3zg 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

    Give him Vennells bonuses too! I bet he would share it out with all his colleagues such is his humility.

  • @jonathandgibson8
    @jonathandgibson8 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    Well deserved! The state giving some recognition at last! And well done Sky. Excellent interview!!

  • @alunjones2550
    @alunjones2550 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    It was appalling that Paula Vennells was ever awarded an honour but even more disgusting is the fact that knowing full well how incompetent she'd been in her role at the Post Office, she still accepted it.

  • @keith8609
    @keith8609 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +28

    Well deserved 👏

  • @peterpower6397
    @peterpower6397 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

    Alan is going to be the new face of justice for the down trodden. Well done Lad

  • @AllanTudor
    @AllanTudor 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

    Wonderful humble man his language is so inclusive not me

  • @johnboy5736
    @johnboy5736 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    I'm delighted to hear this.
    Fantastic man and his wife.
    I have been asking people for months to campaign for SIR Alan to get a Knight hood. Congratulations.
    John.

  • @andersonomo597
    @andersonomo597 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    This man is the true embodiment of what a knight is - Integrity, determination, honesty, decency, valiant, courageous, and all while facing a huge ugly dragon! Best news ever, I've got tears of joy and admiration for him and Suzanne. God bless them both. He's a household name around the world and rightly so! Cheers from Oz!

  • @mikeellis4345
    @mikeellis4345 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    Jo Hamilton and Lee Castleton as deserving too? MBE’s for all of them that have been through the hell inflicted on them by POL . And rapid full compensation too.

  • @HometownUnicorn
    @HometownUnicorn 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

    Although it's great that he has a neighthood, but there should be justice and people in prison on this day

  • @TheLadrowski
    @TheLadrowski 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Best news ever. Good for him and the most worthy knighthood for him and the rest of the postmasters. Arise sir Alan Bates.

  • @RFW423
    @RFW423 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Absolutely a spot on decision - could not have been more deserved by anyone in our time.

  • @Jmcc150
    @Jmcc150 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    A deserved award for hard work to help others. Not, as others have done, for simply making a donation to a political party. Reform the honours system, including the House of Lords, but do not abolish them. We need a method of public recognition, just as the Army needs medals, for going far beyond normal behaviour in a good cause.

  • @22Phantasm
    @22Phantasm 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    If, as they've said on numerous occasions, the PO were willing to do 'everything they can' to help the SPMs then they would have made the compensation scheme much quicker and fairer. Instead they are using expensive and negative lawyers to offer minimal amounts. Bates has already refused two offers! That's how truly evil the PO is.

  • @minzy421
    @minzy421 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    United we stand, justice for all

  • @waynedavies5569
    @waynedavies5569 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    The knighthood is thoroughly well deserved for a modest, hardworking man who keeps fighting for truth and justice in this horrendous corporate scandal.

  • @Indianabones007
    @Indianabones007 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    We can see now what kind of people he was up against, a great human being and for once somebody that deserves this ❤️

  • @johnlowe-tq6ey
    @johnlowe-tq6ey 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    This whole ridiculous saga has destroyed so many people...corporate creeps can face Alan as sir now.

  • @markcox5385
    @markcox5385 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    Make him a lord. We need people like him in the upper house!

    • @richmondene0413
      @richmondene0413 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      that way he will make political connections forceing the goverment of the day to continue his efforts to bring the wrong doers to justice. lets wait and see what the WYNN report recommends. they hand better not escape.

  • @andyh3873
    @andyh3873 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    About time the system really recognises true men and women of honour. Congrats to Sir Alan and Lady Suzanne!

  • @jimbopopowich1712
    @jimbopopowich1712 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Fighting injustice is so important. Canada has a computerized pay system called the Phoenix and has been a disaster. Congrats Alan Bates.

  • @claudgurr431
    @claudgurr431 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Congratulations Sir Alan. He deserves to be honoured every bit as much as Paula Vennels didn't.

    • @pat4brown
      @pat4brown 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I hope she’s doing penance now. Shame on her.

    • @claudgurr431
      @claudgurr431 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@pat4brown She needn't do penance. Giving up ALL her assets to compensate the victims of her criminal activity should be enough to make her properly sorry.

    • @pat4brown
      @pat4brown 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@claudgurr431 yes she should be made to give up all her money, bonuses, pension, the lot. But as a CoE Minister she has to answer to God and for that she needs to do penance. She’s a disgrace.

    • @claudgurr431
      @claudgurr431 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@pat4brown I don't see how doing penance to an imagined deity would help anyone.

  • @Tony-hx7bm
    @Tony-hx7bm 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Hope to see a Christmas episode in Mr.Bates vs the Post Office

    • @johnlowe-tq6ey
      @johnlowe-tq6ey 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Great idea

    • @Simon-im2zn
      @Simon-im2zn 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      The sequel would most probably be Mr Bates vs The Post Amnesia. Correction Sir Alan Bates vs The Post Amnesia

  • @AndymacUK
    @AndymacUK 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    A well deserved recognition for Alan Bates - what a thoroughly decent person.
    I am still waiting for an answer as to where the "stolen money" is?
    As the post office managers submitted the correct amounts then the money was "lost" within the head office!
    Was it the intention of insider fraudsters to perpetuate this crime from the beginning and to blame the post office managers by stealing relatively small amounts at a time?
    The suggestion that the computerised system was to blame is a great excuse for any online fraud!

    • @chrislambert9435
      @chrislambert9435 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      They did "want to close Post Offices throughout the UK" so this may be the reason

  • @shirleyn546
    @shirleyn546 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    A well deserved honour. Keep up the good fight Sir Alan!

  • @mirjamwillemsen900
    @mirjamwillemsen900 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    If someone in the UK deserves knighthood, it is Mr. Alan Bates!! The world needs so many more people like him.

  • @carrier411
    @carrier411 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Go Alan. definitely poetic justice receiving a King' Birthday Honours title after Vennells handed hers back.

  • @stephenbuffery180
    @stephenbuffery180 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Now pay them thier money. Rapid

  • @kathykay9920
    @kathykay9920 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Fabulous man.
    Let's hope he gets real justice

  • @markgoscinski3509
    @markgoscinski3509 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    About time !!! , hope Edward Henry , Sam Stein and Jason Beer (all KC's ) should be next for their amazing due diligence and professionalism in their work at the inquiry

  • @user-cs1dt2xw4c
    @user-cs1dt2xw4c 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Should be the prime minister he would get my vote. Sure he would sort this countrys mess out.

  • @soapytowel1565
    @soapytowel1565 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Great news for Sir Alan but for Justices sake “show me the money”. After hearing/watching the videos of the inquiry I can’t wait for the inevitable criminal prosecutions just to see if these post office managers will have something else to say apart from “I can’t recall”

  • @fireskycam9889
    @fireskycam9889 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Totally deserved Sir Alan

  • @nicksportster8711
    @nicksportster8711 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    If the King can recognise there has been misjustice and a cover up by the Post Office ‘wrong doers’ then surely criminal convictions will follow. We can only hope…..

    • @richmondene0413
      @richmondene0413 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      private prosecutions must follow to win back public support after wynn reports. BATES should launch through national newspapers a crowd dfunding for private prosecutions.

  • @johngraham6181
    @johngraham6181 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    I bet he would have preferred all his cash back and the compensation for all the others. But well done Sir Alan.

  • @cndns2
    @cndns2 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Bravo and well deserved. Sir Alan's fight against POL, and everyone else complicit in this travesty against justice, is to be commended.

  • @debramckay4611
    @debramckay4611 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    So well deserved. ♥️🙏🇬🇧

  • @margaretburley3256
    @margaretburley3256 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    “People have gotten it the right way ‘round” Cheers!🎉 From Worcester, Massachusetts USA

  • @nannieg7622
    @nannieg7622 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    So well deserved Sir Alan 🎉❤

  • @dj6259
    @dj6259 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Congratulations Mr Bates.

  • @cynicalrecidivist2026
    @cynicalrecidivist2026 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Well deserved. Go get 'em Sir Alan. 🎉

  • @UAdair
    @UAdair 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Mr Bates shouldn't accept it ?

  • @serginosartori6367
    @serginosartori6367 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    well deserved he should run the post office he would do a better job

  • @keithreed5009
    @keithreed5009 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Most deserved knighthood ever 👏

  • @cleopatraoatcake7364
    @cleopatraoatcake7364 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    No one deserves to be a household name more than this man!

  • @integralevideo
    @integralevideo 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Brilliant. Well deserved.

  • @alidabaxter5849
    @alidabaxter5849 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    First time in ages that someone has been awarded a knighthood who really deserved it. I'm so thrilled for him.

  • @johnamckay1
    @johnamckay1 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Bloody Brilliant and so well deserved! What a good man….

  • @mavince5305
    @mavince5305 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Well deserved.

  • @johnbooth936
    @johnbooth936 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    knight of truth and honor well done sir

  • @kquat7899
    @kquat7899 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    For once, someone who actually deserves and has earned it.

  • @jesss6225
    @jesss6225 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Best news I’ve heard all day. He deserves it. I wish they’d make him a Lord so he would have a say in politics

  • @Kit2Canada
    @Kit2Canada 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Superb!

  • @janmitchell641
    @janmitchell641 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Congratulations, Sir Alan! This is so well deserved and such good timing!

  • @marymorgan1498
    @marymorgan1498 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Well done. I am putting myself forward as chair person of the Honours Committee

  • @michaelpalmer4013
    @michaelpalmer4013 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    At last some light appears over this dimly lit land.

  • @roddersfiftynine
    @roddersfiftynine 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Well done Sir and Lady Bates. Well deserved. National treasures, like ALL our postmasters and mistresses.

  • @PaulForeman-indievisuals
    @PaulForeman-indievisuals 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    So Sir Alan is now actually more Royal than the Fooking Post Office!!

  • @renukaviswanathan454
    @renukaviswanathan454 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Ironic. Paula Vennells's honour replaced by this. He did his duty as a citizen. To his fellow citizens and to the organisation.

  • @ParanormalUKNetwork
    @ParanormalUKNetwork 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thoroughly deserved!

  • @janeday9148
    @janeday9148 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    The Honours System has been very damaged Vennells, Mona of the PPE scandals & others ,so possibly this will help reform the whole thing, so well done Sir Alan

    • @T5Zplayer
      @T5Zplayer 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Has Mone been prosecuted? Can you link the evidence as didn't know she had even be charged?

  • @camf7522
    @camf7522 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Good to see.

  • @Purp7eMu2ic
    @Purp7eMu2ic 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Very much deserved

  • @jonathanwalsh1206
    @jonathanwalsh1206 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    One of the few people who actually deserves a Knighthood.

  • @JohnJones-wo1bc
    @JohnJones-wo1bc 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I would like to see Alan Bates in the House of Lords. I would want him campaigning for me all day every day!

  • @roybeattie296
    @roybeattie296 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Alway BEEN a Lady .................Top people

  • @graemeferguson3243
    @graemeferguson3243 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What a hero and modest with it. A well deserved honour. 👏

  • @marienorman3731
    @marienorman3731 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    An HONOURABLE man, I am delighted⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

  • @stevieC616
    @stevieC616 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If everybody was like Sir Alan then the world would be a much better place

  • @petercarter4252
    @petercarter4252 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Congratulations Sir Alan, now all that needs to be done is the wronged Sub Postmasters to be compensated and the bonuses returned by the disgraceful ex managers at the The Post Office

  • @user-sx9nq5lz1k
    @user-sx9nq5lz1k 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This man deserves the Knight hood plus a lot more. Justice needs to prevail. ❤

  • @johnamydaniel
    @johnamydaniel 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thoroughly well deserved, Sir Alan.

  • @tracyalice2117
    @tracyalice2117 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Congratulations Alan! Well deserved! 👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @SkandiaAUS
    @SkandiaAUS 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Faith in doing the right thing restored.

  • @chrishaps6846
    @chrishaps6846 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Fantastic . Rather well timed as well.

  • @janisrisch4087
    @janisrisch4087 4 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Alan, best wishes from across the Pond!

  • @stevesteve2837
    @stevesteve2837 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Alan Bates...finally an award to someone who actually deserves it. Not a sportsperson or useless celebrity or politician who made the UK bankrupt. The system needs a total overhaul.

  • @user-mr1js7ws4n
    @user-mr1js7ws4n 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    What a lovely couple 👌

  • @kingfornjot
    @kingfornjot 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    He still hasn't been given any compensation yet what's that all about totally disgusting

  • @kinorspielmann4649
    @kinorspielmann4649 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Big deal.
    What does that change?
    The honours system is corrupt too!

  • @JoannaCarter-km8uu
    @JoannaCarter-km8uu 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank God for this man. At least the truth is out. Well deserved.

  • @paulineswinbank5388
    @paulineswinbank5388 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Congratulations well deserved 🍾🥂👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏♥️

  • @tullochgorum6323
    @tullochgorum6323 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is rather disorienting - it seems that the establishment has done something sensible for a change. Let's hope that it's a first step towards meaningful compensation and justice.

  • @jane-gz1oo
    @jane-gz1oo 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    oh so happy about this.......I hope this means that he gets the chance to serve the country in a higher capacity

  • @edwardhart5466
    @edwardhart5466 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    So,So well deserved, the amount of work this gent put into it was horrendous , otherwise this dreadful miscarriage of justice could well of still been hidden.

  • @nickturner4401
    @nickturner4401 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The man of the century.an example to all of us.well done.nick turner

  • @paulbird3235
    @paulbird3235 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    BIG business crush SMALL people, and always WILL. Justice for all of these Post Masters. This process MUST NOT be another Hillsbrough or Grenfell, it MUST now move quickly. Get to it KIER.

  • @T5Zplayer
    @T5Zplayer 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Well deserved

  • @DH-uq1zw
    @DH-uq1zw 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Good