Most of the country has taken a sudden interest in the Post Office scandal this month even though there is not much about it that is new. The scandal reaches as far back as the mid-90s. Then, after years of fighting, in 2019 a High Court ruling identified glitches in the Horizon IT system, while a public inquiry began in 2020 and many of the sub-postmasters had their criminal convictions overturned in 2021.
But it took an ITV drama based on the true events to enrage the nation and force the government into doing right by those wrongfully convicted.
