Thread by @nickwallis

It's #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek. Two years ago this week, whilst it was at the High Court spending tens of millions of pounds trying to deny Subpostmasters justice, the Post Office released a self-satisfied tweet announcing it had signed up to the #TimetoChange pledge to...

... support its employees mental health. This provoked a strong reaction from Subpostmasters who hold the Post Office responsible for completely trashing their mental health. It certainly got me thinking. I had never really focused on the mental health trauma suffered...

... by Subpostmasters before, so i started asking around to see if any Subpostmaster would be willing to let me tell their stories. Many did, including Nicki Arch who was prosecuted nearly 20 years ago and suffered a breakdown, Wendy Buffrey who had a complete...

... mental health collapse, Deirdre Connolly who contemplated suicide, Tracy Felstead, who was sent to prison, tried suicide twice and has been on anti-depressants on and off ever since...

... all very kindly allowed me to tell the stories of their suffering in depth for the very first time. The links to their stories are on this page. postofficetrial.com/2019/05/post-o…

I also contacted the #TimetoChange campaign to see if they were aware of the Post Office's history...

... in ruining peoples' lives. One of the key themes of this scandal is the willingness of executives and organisations to protect each other, rather than vulnerable individuals. You'd think the #TimetoChange campaign would be more interested in vulnerable individuals...

... though, wouldn't you?

Nah. It wanted to protect its relationship with the Post Office.

Here's my write up of that - "It's the silence that gets you":

postofficetrial.com/2019/06/time-t…

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