Lib Dem chief Ed Davey faces recent strain over Post Office scandal
Lib Dem chief Ed Davey is dealing with extra strain over the Post Office scandal at this time after he refused to apologise for snubbing victims’ pleas for assist.
Sir Ed served as minister for postal affairs within the Coalition authorities, however refused to fulfill campaigning sub-postmaster Alan Bates about ‘flaws of the Horizon system’ arguing it could not ‘serve any function’.
Cabinet minister Mel Stride insisted this morning that Sir Ed has ‘inquiries to reply’ about his dealing with of the scenario – whereas there may be proof that even his personal MPs have issues.
In an interview with the Guardian, Sir Ed harassed that he ‘utterly understood’ the anger of victims, however stated he was ‘lied to’ when he demanded to know what was occurring on the Post Office.
‘I utterly perceive their anger. This is an appalling miscarriage of justice. I want I knew then what I do know now,’ Sir Ed stated.
Lib Dem chief Ed Davey is dealing with extra strain over the Post Office scandal after he refused to apologise for snubbing victims’ pleas for assist
The row over the Post Office scandal has been reignited by an ITV drama. Pictured, a normal view of a Post Office department in Weymouth
‘I deeply remorse that I used to be lied to on such a scale I hope they perceive that I pushed actually onerous on the Post Office for solutions and I acquired the identical solutions repeatedly. Other ministers did as effectively.’
Mr Stride stated the Lib Dem chief has ‘large questions’ to reply on his function as postal affairs minister between 2010 and 2012.
He advised Sky News: ‘Those are large questions which he is being requested in a really strong approach. And I feel it is for him to reply these challenges.’
There have been requires his resignation yesterday, however Sir Ed refused to heed them – regardless of having made 34 calls for for numerous public figures to step down on X, previously Twitter, since 2019.
Among his targets for resignation calls for have been prime ministers, ministers, MPs, BBC executives and all the board of Thames Water.
A Lib Dem spokesman stated: ‘Paula Vennells was appointed in 2012, a number of years earlier than the Post Office scandal was uncovered, whereas the Conservative Government shamefully gave her an OBE in 2019.
‘Ed has stated many occasions that he needs he’d recognized then what everyone knows now, that the Post Office was mendacity to him and different ministers on an industrial scale.’
Sir Ed served as minister for postal affairs within the Coalition authorities, however refused to fulfill campaigning sub-postmaster Alan Bates (pictured along with his spouse) about ‘flaws of the Horizon system’
