The fact of being responsible for what you do and able to give a satisfactory reason for it, or the degree to which this happens.
There were furious demands for greater police accountability.
Accountability is important these days, and managers aren’t always willing to adopt risky strategies.
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Citizens must demand accountability from their leaders.
The main way of ensuring public accountability is through select committees.
The new command structure will have a higher degree of accountability.
The organization suffers from a lack of accountability.
greater/increased/more accountability
The public has been demanding greater accountability from lawmakers.
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Explore ‘Hot Seat: Post Office Scandal Questioning,’ where critical questions reveal the depths of the Post Office scandal and its impact on those involved.
Post Office CEO in the Hot Seat
In the hot seat idiom
In a position where you are responsible for important or difficult things
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The continued unwillingness of any Post Office executive, past or present, to be interviewed by broadcast journalists on the subject of the Post Office Horizon scandal speaks volumes.
We hacks are therefore wholly reliant on MPs to do the job for us. Execs can refuse journalists’ interview requests with impunity. It is rather more difficult to turn down a parliamentary select committee, which has the power to summon people to attend.
It still sticks in the craw that the line which came out of the Post Office after the 2019 High Court settlement was that the Horizon trial judgment did not make any findings as to any specific losses suffered by individual claimants. In his letter to Mr Jones in 2020, Mr Read repeats this. He says:
“the judgment did not determine whether bugs, errors or defects did in fact cause shortfalls in the individual claimants’ accounts but it found that they had the potential to create apparent discrepancies in postmasters’ branch accounts.”
De voortdurende onwil van enige Post Office uitvoerende, voormalig of huidig, om geïnterviewd te worden door uitzendjournalisten over het onderwerp van het Post Office Horizon-schandaal spreekt boekdelen.
Wij journalisten zijn daarom volledig afhankelijk van parlementsleden om het werk voor ons te doen. Uitvoerenden kunnen interviewverzoeken van journalisten straffeloos weigeren. Het is echter veel moeilijker om een parlementaire onderzoekscommissie af te wijzen, die de macht heeft om mensen op te roepen om te verschijnen.
Het blijft echter wrang dat de verklaring die uit de Post Office kwam na de schikking van de High Court in 2019 was dat het oordeel van het Horizon-proces geen conclusies trok over eventuele specifieke verliezen die door individuele eisers werden geleden. In zijn brief aan de heer Jones in 2020 herhaalt de heer Read dit. Hij zegt:
“het oordeel bepaalde niet of fouten, bugs of defecten daadwerkelijk tekorten in de rekeningen van individuele eisers veroorzaakten, maar vond wel dat ze de potentie hadden om schijnbare discrepanties in de filiaalrekeningen van postmeesters te creëren.”
The hot seat.
The situation of being responsible for making difficult decisions that people, often employees, may not like.
The man in the hot seat has a lot of figures to think about.
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1 Post Office inquiry: accusation of ‘lying’ prompts heated exchange
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19 apr 2024
Post Office legal chief Rodric Williams has been accused of “lying” after failing to admit that the organisation feared an Alan Bates victory would lead to a “cascade of criminal appeals”.
Mr Williams, who is currently head of legal in the Post Office’s dispute resolution and brand team, was being questioned over his previous role as a litigation lawyer for the scandal during the Horizon scandal.
2 Post Office legal chief accused of ‘lying’ to prevent a ‘cascade of criminal appeals’
19 apr 2024
Post Office legal chief Rodric Williams has been accused of “lying” after failing to admit that the organisation feared an Alan Bates victory would lead to a “cascade of criminal appeals”.
Mr Williams, who is currently head of legal in the Post Office’s dispute resolution and brand team, was being questioned over his previous role as a litigation lawyer for the scandal during the Horizon scandal.
3 ‘You are either lying or incompetent’: Ex-Post Office boss challenged during Inquiry
29 jul 2012
Cat burglar asks shoppers to help with a security camera test – but it turns out they are tricked into helping a robbery! In this prank, the thief doesn’t even need to use his cat-like abilities to rob all the money from the safe.
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4 ‘Former Post Office boss cornered over knowledge of Horizon software defects in Inquiry
Former Managing Director of Post Office Network David Miller was in front of the Post Office Inquiry earlier this week, where he was grilled over his knowledge of defects in the Horizon software system.
5 Post Office Lawyer Aware of Prosecutions and Suspensions
21 apr 2024
Post Office Lawyer and now Head of Legal Rodric Williams tells Jason Beer KC at the Post Office Inquiry that he was aware of the prosecutions and suspensions of the subpostmasters implicated in the Post Office Scandal. Concerns around the integrity of the Fujitsu Horizon system do not appear to be having a significant effect on the Post Office years after concerns were first raised.
He also discusses his working relationship with Head of Criminal Law Jarnail Singh and his attitude towards subpostmasters.
6 Post Office Lawyer – Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word
Post Office Lawyer and Head of Legal Rodric Williams struggles to express his sorrow as Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word as he is asked questions by Jason Beer KC at the Post Office Inquiry.
In his witness statement he expresses regret surrounding the events of the Post Office Scandal but doesn’t identify any individuals or organisations as having responsibility for it.
7 Tricked Into Helping Robbery Prank
29 jul 2012
Cat burglar asks shoppers to help with a security camera test – but it turns out they are tricked into helping a robbery! In this prank, the thief doesn’t even need to use his cat-like abilities to rob all the money from the safe.
A presentation of JustForLaughsTV, the official Just For Laughs Gags YouTube channel. Home of the funniest, greatest, most amazing, most hilarious, win filled, comedy galore, hidden camera pranks in the world!