Mr Bates vs The Post Office viewers have threatened to boycott the Post Office. It comes after they learned more of the scandal that saw hundreds lose their jobs and livelihoods.
However, local posties have been forced to urge viewers NOT to boycott – and they have a good reason…
What is Mr Bates vs The Post Office about?
The new drama tells the story of the British Post Office scandal. This has since been dubbed one of the “greatest miscarriages of justice” in British legal history.
Hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused of theft, fraud, and false accounting. This was thanks to a defective IT system.
739 subpostmasters were prosecuted. Hundreds more lost their livelihoods, homes, and life savings because they paid back the money the Post Office claimed was missing. Several even went to prison.
The new drama tells the story of how in 2009, a group of subpostmasters across Britain hit back and formed the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance.
Toby Jones, Katherine Kelly, and Julie Hesmondhalgh lead the cast.
Fans threaten to boycott – but posties beg them not to!
In light of the drama, viewers have taken to Twitter to announce their plans to boycott the Post Office.
“Boycott the #PostOffice,” one viewer tweeted recently. “What really needs to happen now is to after watching this program is to BOYCOTT THE POST OFFICE, they are a bloody disgrace,”
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