2024-04-23 15:12:58
Humza Yousaf is being deliberately misleading in this claim. Justice is devolved in Scotland but not in Wales. It was going to take too long in NI and deemed unfair so they were included. [Link][Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(75-2-5) Author
2024-04-23 17:14:34
Yousaf is incorrect. Horizon was a Post Office Limited system, not Royal Mail. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(28-3-1) Author
2024-04-23 18:01:50
Humza Yousaf is confused between The Royal Mail and The Post Office which caused the scandal. [Link] Scots law has always been separate and is a devolved matter in Scotland. This is his responsibility as he is aware as former Justice secretary and now FM of Scotland. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(37-1-2) Author
2024-04-23 18:39:43
In all other parts of the UK subpostmasters were prosecuted directly by the post office. In Scotland, they were prosecuted by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, which is headed by a member of the Scottish government, the Lord Advocate. [Link] CURRENTLY_RATED_HELPFUL(17-0-2) Author
2024-04-24 05:13:51
Royal Mail was privatised in 2013. the horizon system was introduced in 1999. [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(0-0-2) Author