Rebecca Thomson

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Rebecca Thomson

Rebecca Thomson

@Rebeccathomson_

Freelance journalist. Currently acting deputy editor at @Drapers, and covering Post Office when I can https://t.co/R9vXX2IidG

London เข้าร่วม Temmuz 2009
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Rebecca Thomson@Rebeccathomson_·
@CraigJonesROS Haha, weren't we really close to the front for that?! I'm now annoyed I didn't get a t-shirt. Hope you're good!!
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Katie Gatens@katie_gatens·
Computer Weekly was first to break the story of the Post Office scandal in 2009. Here’s how a tiny trade mag with 10 editorial staff exposed the biggest miscarriage of justice in the UK –– and persevered for 15 years. @thetimes thetimes.co.uk/article/381146…
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@CastletonLee Well done you doing all these interviews while on nights!! Ha me too and there was no rambling, just comprehensive information
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Lee Castleton OBE
Lee Castleton OBE@CastletonLee·
@Rebeccathomson_ well done on breakfast this morning. Such a hero. I will always remember those first phone calls in 2008. When you listened to me rambling on. ❤️
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Hugo Daniel
Hugo Daniel@HugoCDaniel·
“Thugs in suits” “rotten to the core” “living in the 18th century” - reaction to Post Office use of racist terms to describe postmasters: “The very people who oversaw this rotten culture are not being held to account… there’s got to be a day of reckoning.” With @Rebeccathomson_
The Times and The Sunday Times@thetimes

The Post Office was described last night as “rotten to the core” after internal documents showed it had used racist terms to classify postmasters it wrongly investigated for fraud thetimes.co.uk/article/living…

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Rebecca Thomson@Rebeccathomson_·
Our podcast this week - bankrupt postmasters are having huge chunks of payouts taken to pay debtors, others are being offered far less than they should be, and some have waited years for nothing so far. @nickwallis audioboom.com/posts/8211156-…
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Rebecca Thomson@Rebeccathomson_·
It's not online but @HugoCDaniel and I have a story on bankrupt postmasters being offered half their interim compensation in today's Sunday Times. Big thank you @DeirdreC65
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Rebecca Thomson@Rebeccathomson_·
This week at the Post Office inquiry - the last week of phase 2 packed in the witnesses, from secretaries of state to union leaders. The common theme was no-one was checking that the tech worked for postmasters. audioboom.com/posts/8206750-… @nickwallis
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Rebecca Thomson@Rebeccathomson_·
The Post Office inquiry this week - confirmation bias, software that needed to be re-written, and postmasters being systemically ignored in the late 90s audioboom.com/posts/8189340-…
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Rebecca Thomson@Rebeccathomson_·
@evilattic if you're happy to, i'd also be grateful to speak to you. I'm working on a possible story in this area - rebeccamthomson@gmail.com
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