Alan Bates ‘took offence’ to Sir Ed Davey’s arm’s length Post Office claim

Ex-subpostmaster Alan Bates said he took offence to comments made by former postal affairs minister Sir Ed Davey

The now Liberal Democrat leader declined Mr Bates’ first request for a meeting, and a Civil Service briefing note shown to the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry recommended a meeting was offered following the campaigner’s second letter for “presentational reasons against the background of potential publicity”.

When questioned by counsel to the inquiry Jason Beer KC on why he took offence at Sir Ed’s letter in 2010, Mr Bates said: “It was because of the structure, wasn’t it.“How can you run or take responsibility for an organisation without having some interest in… or trying to be in control?”In his witness statement, Mr Bates wrote of Sir Ed’s letter: “It was disappointing because they had not read or taken into account anything which I had said in my previous correspondence.

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