While giving evidence to the Business and Trade Committee, campaigner Alan Bates hit out at the Post Office, calling it a “money pit for the taxpayer” that will never change its culture.
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00:00 Has at any time the arrival of a new chairman or a chief executive led you to think,
00:06 ah, there might be somebody new in charge, that may change things?
00:09 Perhaps Mr Bates, given your experience in the matter.
00:12 I think over the years I've been dealing with post office, the culture has always been post office.
00:18 It hasn't changed, it's been the same for donkey's years.
00:21 It will not change and you cannot change it.
00:24 My personal view about post office is it's a dead duck and it has been for years
00:30 and it's going to be a money pit for the taxpayer for years to come
00:33 and you should sell it to someone like Amazon for a pound,
00:37 get really good contracts for all the serving sub-postmasters
00:40 and within a few years you'll have one of the best networks around.
00:45 Very radical proposal and not one I'm sure that many of our constituents would be comfortable with,
00:51 but interesting that it comes from you.
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