Indar Picton-Howell

Internet Engineer. Post tribal, not post human.

[Indar Picton-Howell @PantherLtd]

@EFF @CNET "Governments should make sure children are protected and looked after by their parents, or by other people when this is needed. Governments should make sure that people and places responsible for looking after children are doing a good job."
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[Indar Picton-Howell @PantherLtd]

Et tu?

[Jaxon @JaxonFisk]

@miffythegamer The fucking irony of praising a fiction writer for ‘facts’.

Maybe they think Harry Potter is a biography?

[Indar Picton-Howell @PantherLtd]

@ukhomeoffice So what's the recipe, Kennif?

[Indar Picton-Howell @PantherLtd]

@IanIrons @Haggis_UK Why? Serious enquiry.

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@Payne_rising @Haggis_UK Perhaps they don't understand?

[Indar Picton-Howell @PantherLtd]

B'fast at Jonnies. Coldharbour Lane. #SouthLondon4Life

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[OneSi𝕏TwoThree @OneSixTwoThree1]

I’m not criticizing Zack or anyone else in the photo at the event.

However, Black Londoners, we must engage more in events and voting. Attending helps you understand candidates and make informed choices, rather than automatically voting Labour out of habit.

We say we’re marginalized but don’t act like it yet we behave as if we are!

It’s 2025 let’s encourage our youth to get involved if you’re not ready to participate.

[Indar Picton-Howell @PantherLtd]

@HamzaMOEgal It's economic. Capitalism is schizophrenic.

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[Christopher Head OBE @chrish9070]

#PostOfficeScandal This morning on @BBCBreakfast with Charlie Stayt & @TVNaga01 alongside Business reporter Peter @ruddick they revealed that @fujitsu_uk has been paid over £600m to maintain the Horizon IT system that is at the heart of the @PostOffice scandal‼️

It was also covered in a @BBCNews piece by @tomjbeal & @siva_thasan here👇

The terms of the original 1999 deal with computer giant Fujitsu mean the Post Office has been stuck with the system and unable to build a replacement so far, even after it contributed to one of the UK's biggest miscarriages of justice.

Former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair and other senior Labour government figures were warned about potential problems with the terms of the deal before it was signed, the BBC has learned.

The Post Office said it "apologises unreservedly to victims of the Horizon IT scandal" and said it was committed to moving away from Fujitsu and the Horizon software.

Under the terms of the original £548m deal, struck under pressure from the then-Labour government, the Post Office did not own the computer code for the core part of the Horizon system.

Although the Post Office has wanted to switch suppliers since 2012, buying the rights to the code from Fujitsu or building a completely new system from scratch was considered too expensive - even as the amounts paid to Fujitsu to retain the Horizon system grew and grew.

Because it did not own the code, the Post Office was also unable to inspect the part of the software that processed transactions, and had to rely on assurances from Fujitsu that it was functioning correctly.

The Post Office, which is owned by the government, prosecuted about 700 sub-postmasters between 1999 and 2015 for theft, fraud and false accounting over supposed cash shortfalls in branches reported by the Horizon system, based on these assurances. The convictions were overturned by Parliament last year.

Earlier this year, Business Minister Baroness Jones of Whitchurch told the House of Lords that the Post Office is "unfortunately, still dependent on the Horizon system", and the only way Fujitsu could be "out of the picture" immediately would mean shutting down all local post offices.

An attempt to replace the system with one built by IBM failed in 2016, at a cost of £40m, and the Post Office extended its contract with Fujitsu for at least four more years at a cost of £107m.

The Post Office told the BBC that it finally obtained rights related to the Horizon software and code in 2023, although it is not known if this includes the core system that processes transactions.

The £10m price for the licence was "cheap - because who else would buy it?" according to IT expert Jason Coyne (@Coyne_Expert ), one of the first people to identify flaws in the system.

The BBC understands that the Post Office may try to use this licence for Horizon's replacement. But while this is being built, IT experts believe the Post Office's contract with Fujitsu will need to be extended beyond March 2026 - when it is currently due to end.

Issues over who would own the Horizon software began when the contract to computerise the network of Post Office branches - then numbering 18,000 - was negotiated between the Post Office, Fujitsu and its subsidiary ICL Pathway, and the government.

In May 1999, Sir Tony Blair received an update from the Treasury, in a document warning that discussions with ICL over the terms of a deal "have foundered".

One of the sticking points was around intellectual property rights (IPR) - which included ownership of the code within the Horizon software.

The document says that ICL was "not prepared to... give perpetual licences for all the IPR".

It goes on to say that if the Post Office ever wanted to change suppliers, the owner of the IPR "would be in a strong position to drive a costly settlement with the Post Office".

Read the full piece here👇
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