Broadcast journalist. Currently writing 'The Great Post Office Cover-Up’ (see pinned tweet) and occasionally appearing on Times Radio. DMs open.
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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:
[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...
... 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: 
JB did you know the PO legal dept was the main source of info for the review
Jenkins (GJ) has been read the notice of privilege against self-incrimination by the Inquiry chair (SWW) which gives him the right to ask not to have to answer a question if he feels it might incriminate him if he is criminally prosecuted in the future.
Ian on Kingsway this morning and asked him how he was feeling. "I've been waiting eleven years for this!" he said. In Mr Bates vs The Post Office Bob Rutherford is a composite of Ian and Ron. Ian's middle name is Rutherford. Ian is being sworn in now. 
About ten minutes ago I bumped into Andy Parsons in the loo. I said "Hello Andy, how are you?" 
AP has been sworn in. He has given a 500+ page witness statement which will shortly be uploaded to the inquiry website. You can watch the evidence live here on the Inquiry's youtube channel: