Journalist. Writing 'The Great Post Office Cover-Up’. Occasionally appearing on Times Radio. Not a fan of the genderwang. DMs open.
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... he really is - he's almost like a cipher - a twitter avatar floating around. I wanted the Met to be aware of him. Also I reported a credible death threat from FW and nothing was done about it and every time I do go to the police about these guys - nothing is done about it
... taking photos outside of the attendees
The Post Office barrister Nicola Greaney KC is on her feet. She gave a cursory overview of the Post Office's failings throughout the scandal. Sample quotes:
"Incompetence", "wilful blindness" and "inertia" are key components of this scandal. Board was not effective. Are board effectiveness reviews the best way to see if boards are operating effectively? 
[sorry that was JB]
... has been suffering from ill health. As such he is appearing at the Inquiry from a remote location and we are doing 1 hour of evidence followed by a 15 min break, then another hour of evidence etc...
MY: I've made already clear that he didn't mention the Callendar square issue. He largely emphasized the operational frailties of the legacy Horizon system and talked to some postmasters suggesting the system was at fault when they were prosecuted for theft. [?? - check against transcript]
... and is by far the poshest-sounding witness we have had for some time. Her accent is somewhere between aristocratic and minor royal (says affirm "a-fyaarm"
... my reaction is that SC was being "over-emotional" - resigning over the 2S report would be "daft" - we were right to do the review. And resigning over the board meeting situation - yes it's clumsy, but it's not a resigning matter. Post Office was in a real mess.
Neil McCausland - former Senior Non-Executive Director and Interim Chair of Post Office Ltd. It looks like Sam Stevens is going to ask the questions. McCausland is being sworn in. Live tweets to follow. You can also watch along here:
I'm joined on the press bench by Adam and Emily from BBC Online. The hearing room is slightly less sparse than it was yesterday for Margot James. This is my report on her evidence - she spoke about the PO being great at playing the victim in this scandal.
... I spoke off the record to Ms James a while back about the Post Office Scandal to see if she'd be interviewed on the record, but she didn't seem to know much and then we landed Vince Cable (tomorrow's witness) who didn't seem to know much either.
Julian Blake is asking questions on behalf of the Inquiry 
In fact the Inquiry ante-room is very busy this morning. I'm guessing the pols have brought their "people" - there are certainly lots of self-important people striding about and they're not all lawyers. Poor show on the journalism front, though. I was expecting more, though...
... including Alison Hall and Sharon Brown (pictured in the last tweet). I will be live tweeting proceedings. I have never met Ken McCall, but I have briefly met Kelly Tolhurst whilst she was Post Office minister - read about that here:
Dunks has had something of a charmed life as Fujitsu's "cryptographic key manager". He did not cover himself in glory when he last gave evidence to the Inquiry, and is one of the few witnesses to be recalled. Read more here: postofficescandal.uk/post/why-hasnt…
I'll live tweet as much of this as I can - I might have to duck in and out of the Inquiry today and possibly leave early, but I will write up what Callard has to say. You can read about his successor on the govt board (who gave evidence on Wed) here:
Catriona Hodge is asking the questions for the Inquiry 
I am going to be live-tweeting today’s evidence. You can also follow proceedings live on Youtube here: