Rebecca Thomson

Freelance journalist.
Currently acting deputy editor at @Drapers, and covering Post Office when I can

[Rebecca Thomson @Rebeccathomson_]

@CraigJonesROS Haha, weren't we really close to the front for that?! I'm now annoyed I didn't get a t-shirt. Hope you're good!!

[Rebecca Thomson @Rebeccathomson_]

@Karlfl @katie_gatens @ComputerWeekly Thanks for asking us

[Rebecca Thomson @Rebeccathomson_]

@CastletonLee Well done you doing all these interviews while on nights!! Ha me too and there was no rambling, just comprehensive information

[Hugo Daniel @HugoCDaniel]

“Thugs in suits” “rotten to the core” “living in the 18th century” - reaction to Post Office use of racist terms to describe postmasters: “The very people who oversaw this rotten culture are not being held to account… there’s got to be a day of reckoning.” With @Rebeccathomson_

[Rebecca Thomson @Rebeccathomson_]

@ArchNichola @nickwallis thank you for speaking to us for it!

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Our podcast this week - bankrupt postmasters are having huge chunks of payouts taken to pay debtors, others are being offered far less than they should be, and some have waited years for nothing so far.
@nickwallis
https://t.co/v1R7Veka7n

[Rebecca Thomson @Rebeccathomson_]

It's not online but @HugoCDaniel and I have a story on bankrupt postmasters being offered half their interim compensation in today's Sunday Times.
Big thank you @DeirdreC65

[Rebecca Thomson @Rebeccathomson_]

This week at the Post Office inquiry - the last week of phase 2 packed in the witnesses, from secretaries of state to union leaders. The common theme was no-one was checking that the tech worked for postmasters. https://t.co/ui3aa8yvEY
@nickwallis

[Rebecca Thomson @Rebeccathomson_]

@Threshersman @Hache_L_Jones Hi Ian, I didnt receive that sorry, its rebecca m thomson at gmail dot com. Do you mind resending?

[Rebecca Thomson @Rebeccathomson_]

The last two weeks of the Post Office inquiry have offered glimpses of how people and crucial info were silenced in the early days of Horizon: https://t.co/7YFz7waNh8
Which is also explored in our latest podcast:
https://t.co/I170WegIwi

[Nick Wallis @nickwallis]

New Investigating the Post Office Scandal Podcast from Rebecca and Nick out now!

Ep: 23 - Byers Beware - evidence on the Horizon Scandal from a former Secretary of State:

https://t.co/IiE33WhVaR

#PostOfficeInquiry
#PostOfficeScandal

@Rebeccathomson_

[Rebecca Thomson @Rebeccathomson_]

This week at the Post Office inquiry: the Horizon death march, dissenting voices being silenced, and an unexplained leap in requests for audit data @nickwallis https://t.co/Zkyxv3Vb5R

[Rebecca Thomson @Rebeccathomson_]

The Post Office inquiry this week: lots of tech, unauthorized access to Post Office counter systems, and mistrusting journalists: https://t.co/ZJs51vQzWL @nickwallis

[Rebecca Thomson @Rebeccathomson_]

Our interview with Lord Arbuthnot covers how he got involved with the Post Office scandal, why people didn't take it seriously for so long, and multiple missed opportunities to put it right @nickwallis #postofficescandal https://t.co/mgfWES46He

[Rebecca Thomson @Rebeccathomson_]

@ArchNichola Thank you!

[Rebecca Thomson @Rebeccathomson_]

The Post Office inquiry this week - confirmation bias, software that needed to be re-written, and postmasters being systemically ignored in the late 90s https://t.co/i4MH2XpI4J

[Rebecca Thomson @Rebeccathomson_]

Our podcast and a quick round-up of week one, phase two of the Post Office inquiry, including the potential role of Whitehall's culture.
https://t.co/pO1yMQdICt
https://t.co/Ks7PoqkoqM

[Rebecca Thomson @Rebeccathomson_]

No date given for compensating 'most desperate' Post Office victims https://t.co/NHjnDS5HYU #postofficescandal

[Rebecca Thomson @Rebeccathomson_]

@evilattic if you're happy to, i'd also be grateful to speak to you. I'm working on a possible story in this area - [email protected]

[Rebecca Thomson @Rebeccathomson_]

As @nickwallis has tweeted we are covering the Post Office inquiry from today and hope to produce a weekly round-up podcast and articles. We're doing this via crowdfunding, and will be very grateful to anyone able to support https://t.co/bjwXDgRcVd