Our petition demanding honour for Post Office hero Alan Bates reaches 100,000
More than 100,000 folks have signed our petition demanding that Alan Bates be honoured with a CBE or a knighthood for exposing the Post Office scandal which ruined the lives of lots of of individuals.
The former postmaster, who led the decades-long struggle for justice, had beforehand turned down an OBE as he believed it might be a “slap in the face” to the victims to simply accept an honour whereas ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells nonetheless held her CBE. But after she handed again her gong, campaigners have stated he needs to be recognised with the identical honour himself – if not a knighthood.
Honours are often introduced to mark the New Year and the Monarch’s birthday, however in particular circumstances, they may also be awarded at different occasions. Our petition reached 100,000 signatures simply days after we launched it.
Carol Vorderman, the presenter of the Pride of Britain Awards that recognised Alan Bates final 12 months, is main requires him to obtain a CBE at the very least. She stated: “When I think of heroes I think of brave people who fight a Goliath for the good of all, and not themselves. Who are tenacious, who never give in. Alan Bates is all of those things. He shouldn’t just get a CBE. He should be in the House of Lords getting his teeth into other matters. In Alan Bates we trust.”
Sign our petition HERE to offer Post Office hero Alan Bates an honour
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Tory former Cabinet minister David Jones stated: “Alan Bates has obviously done a huge amount to expose what was going on at the Post Office. Personally speaking, I think that if Ms Vennells had the CBE, I think that he would easily be worth that.”
Labour MP Kevan Jones, a member of the Horizon compensation advisory board, stated: “Alan Bates should definitely take up his OBE, but I think he deserves an honour much higher for all his efforts.” We perceive the Government might award him with an honour instantly with out ready for the King’s Birthday Honours in June.
The CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) is the very best honour (excluding a knighthood/damehood), adopted by the OBE after which MBE. Robin Priestley, campaigns director at 38 Degrees, stated: “If anyone deserves to be offered an honour for their work, it’s a man who has fought tirelessly for justice for so many years, who has done so much to bring the Horizon scandal to public attention.
Give Alan Bates a knighthood for exposing Post Office scandal
It is time for Alan Bates to be honoured with a knighthood or CBE after former Post Office boss Paula Vennells handed again her gong.
The former postmaster has led the decades-long struggle to reveal the Horizon IT scandal. He has turn into a nationwide treasure after tens of millions watched his lengthy and painful struggle for justice portrayed within the ITV drama, Mr Bates vs the Post Office.
Usually honours are introduced to mark the New Year and the Monarch’s birthday, however in particular circumstances they may also be awarded at different occasions.
So Rishi Sunak, give Alan Bates an honour now.
Sign our petition HERE to demand Alan Bates will get an honour.
“The pressure of more than 1.2million people left Paula Vennells with no choice but to give up her CBE. Now, that same people power can ensure that Alan Bates is offered another chance to be honoured.” Alan has campaigned tirelessly for nearly 20 years to reveal the reality in regards to the Post Office Scandal and get justice for subpostmasters whose lives it destroyed.
He and his accomplice Suzanne Sercombe took over a store in Llandudno that included a publish workplace counter in 1998, investing £65,000 within the enterprise. By the top of 2000, after the introduction of the Post Office’s new Horizon laptop system, unexplained losses appeared in his accounts.
In 2003, his contract was terminated. His cautious record-keeping proved he was not at fault, however the Post Office stated by then £1,200 was unaccounted for – a sum Alan stated was by no means there within the first place and had merely appeared because of a glitch within the system.
Alan’s dedication to get to the reality started nearly instantly. Setting up a web site to spotlight his issues, he additionally reached out to journalists to spotlight the case and made contact with different subpostmasters.
He led a bunch of 555 postmasters in taking the Post Office to the High Court in a Group Litigation Order. In 2019, a decide dominated that the pc system contained “bugs, errors and defects”, and the Post Office agreed to settle with all of the claimants who joined the GLO. Alan has turn into a nationwide treasure after tens of millions watched his lengthy and painful struggle for justice portrayed within the ITV drama, Mr Bates vs the Post Office.
Sign our petition HERE to offer Post Office hero Alan Bates an honour
