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2024-01-08 22:36:58 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D2653B9165883009C9692E6431CB689F35AB143E715A1DB411BB786D650F3569
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Keir Starmer was Director of *Public* Prosecutions. The Post Office undertook *Private* prosecutions against subpostmasters. In other words he had zero involvement. The Government subsequently agreed to change rules on private prosecutions as a result of the tactic. https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252497419/Government-to-change-unfair-private-prosecutions-used-to-prosecute-innocent-subpostmasters
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