Post Office Inquiry: Alan Bates delivers brutal assessment of bosses

Today was the moment for the real Alan Bates to stand up, as he was sworn in at the Horizon inquiry, delivering a brutal assessment of the Post Office bosses who hounded him and his colleagues, then tried to cover it up.

But perhaps the most damning thing to come out of today – the accusation from the inquiry’s chair that even now the Post Office seems to be attempting to obstruct the entire process.