The Greatest Injustice in Modern Times?

The Greatest Injustice in modern times?
Having only just watched ITV's 'Mr Bates and the Post Office,' as with so many other citizens, I was given to certain reflection. I knew of the docu-drama well in advance of the transmission of the four-parter so was also well armed with the considerable weight of MSM-projected public outrage. 'The greatest injustice in modern times,' I was given to expect. ITV was certainly making a strong case in support.

Duly, I enjoyed the showing, semi-binge watched over two nights; the ubiquitous Toby Jones is frequently enough to draw attention. Whether it be political subterfuge or the search for buried relics there is invariably a great deal of Lance in his given role but then Lance was an amiable character. The viewer is soon enough on side with any of his stated aims, fictional or otherwise. But, is this now indisputable miscarriage of justice, as perpetrated by the Post Office and other complicit ministers, here on to be regarded as the 'greatest' of its ilk? The greatest injustice in modern times?

It's certainly a contender! But, I am going to suggest that the citizen, perhaps, views this sudden and towering elevation in light of the UK's current social hierarchy and its imbedded inequality, when coupled with the nation's present systems for delivering 'justice,' or 'injustice.' After all, just to remind the citizen, many of those who are most invested in our current UK social hierarchy of inequality will have, until very recently, featured amongst those most fervently wishing not to have 'Mr Bates and the Post Office' regarded as this argued 'greatest injustice.'

The working title has changed to: 'May we now call it Genocide?'

If not specifically care of ITV, then of the wider MSM, 'Mr Bates and the Post Office' has been presented, via the medium of evening 'entertainment,' as somewhat uncontested. That is to say that the story of injustice meted out to the sub-postmasters is now to be regarded as unparalleled in modern times.

In quieter circles, although not those occupied by closer associates of Paula Vennells, 'Mr Bates' might also be regarded as
'A jolly good day within which to hide bad news:'

in the light of much current political subterfuge, very much 'a convenient distraction behind which to hide a great deal!'

Step, momentarily, away from the 'Mr Bates' and the signs are clear; 'King Charles has developed a bodily ailment routinely associated with hundreds of thousands of males of a similar age' is really not headline news. In fact, in many families, it is not even news within the pertinent family. A worthy talking point on an issue of men's health, certainly, but yet another royal distraction, no thanks! If the MSM was slightly more involved with actual journalism and less mired in selling the agenda of a shrinkingly miniscule minority the queues for the headline slots would be full to bursting... and the royals would, more fittingly, be afforded the sort of publicity usually given to such matters. That would be, none!

So, 'Mr Bates and the Post Office,' the greatest injustice in modern times? Over 900 sub-postmasters, almost all of whom, wrongly prosecuted for theft, only just over 90 overturned, 33 have since died under a shadow of assumed guilt, four have committed suicide, several have served time in prison, many have lost their homes, some also their families. Paula Vennells, then CEO of the Post Office, awarded a CBE. Was this the greatest injustice in modern times? The argument is a strong one!

Here are some other contenders:
Windrush Injustice (2018):
British nationals denied legal and other rights, 83 individuals wrongly deported to a country unknown to the victim, loss of jobs, homes, denied national and (consequently) human rights, second and third generations denied a national identity, families, subjected to a deliberate 'hostile environment' by then Home Secretary Teresa May.
1995 Pension Act, WASPI women:
Nearly four million women, born in the 1950s, denied five years state pension, thus made tens of thousands of pounds poorer, ushering many into a state of pensioner poverty until death.
2019 Grenfell Fire:
72 residents burned to death in a residential tower known to have been constructed with dangerously inadequate cladding, 120 flats and communal spaces poorly maintained to a standard known to be potentially injurious to health. Compensation and liability legal cases continue to crawl through the courts. Guilty parties continuing to operate with impunity. Attempts to trace various culpable groups and politicians continues to encounter multiple obstructions.
2008 Banking Crisis:
Under regulation of banks 'causing' millions of people to lose businesses, homes, jobs, prompting governments to impose years of austerity upon those lower down the chain, those who did not cause the crisis. Millions of people suffer, in consequence premature deaths soar. The banks are bailed out with the monies (formerly businesses, homes, wages, livelihoods, amenities, social infrastructure) stripped away from ordinary working people and communities.
Ongoing Refugee Crisis:
Fossil fuel exacerbated climate crisis, international arms sales enabled wars and conflicts and Western (UN) imposed regime changes continues to fuel a spiralling refugee crisis. Colonial and other culpable countries fight to deny and turn away consequent asylum seekers.
2015 Anti-Semitism 'Crisis:'
A weaponised and majorly falsely manufactured anti-Semitism crisis within the British Labour Party is deployed in order to wholly undermine and deplete that same British Labour Party, thus enabling a certain reconfiguration of British and wider Western societies. Keir Starmer's own review (Forde Report) into his party's 'crisis' is buried and ignored amongst the Labour front bench, ably assisted by British MSM. A semi-covert Western coup of societal infrastructure further weakens already inadequate restraint upon an increasingly rogue Israeli state. A Middle Eastern conflagration, currently widening to incorporate several West Asian, North African and Middle-Eastern countries.
Ongoing International Arms Trade:
An international military arms economy that continues to fuel multiple international conflicts, including an ongoing Genocide in Palestine. An arms trade that has assisted and enabled several Western and US imposed regime changes, costing millions of international lives. British and US arms are currently enabling/assisting multiple international War Crimes and Genocide in Gaza and the West Bank. US and UK arms enabled carpet-bombing of Yemen. Victims fleeing resultant atrocities are treated as pariahs by nations arming the conflicts.
1989 Hillsborough FA Cup Semi-Final:
97 deaths and 766 injuries, several of which subsequently brought about premature deaths. A crowd-crush incident caused through inept police action. The incident and resultant inquest was lied about and to for years, via multiple false testimonies given by the pertinent police authorities. Further cover and misinformation was conducted via Kelvin MacKenzie and Rupert Murdoch's Sun 'newspaper.'
Ongoing undermining and otherwise degrading of the UK's political processes and accountability:
Quite a mouthful; the manner in which the cogs of pseudo-democracy often now turn counter-to-societal-benefit. The manner in which MPs who call out the liars are the ones being held to account. Lobbiests hold far greater sway over certain MPs than any weight of constituents. A perfect example would be PM Sunak's schoolboy reply to Zarah Sultana's urgent call for pressure to be put upon Israel to cease with its Genocide against Gaza. Following on, MP Andrew Percy first deploys a racist trope, then lies to parliament during his pseudo-retraction in which he diminishes and equates attempts to curtail Genocidal Intent as 'silliness.'

The above listed contenders spring readily to mind. They are but seven, likely seven amongst a great many more. Take your pick.

Other injustices are plentiful. It's contested that none of the available injustices is yet as 'great' as is that of the sub-postmasters. Arguably though, some may be equally unjust. If one factors in fuller international consequences and lives lost then one or two are so immense as to dwarf 'Mr Bates.' Other contenders include:
Orgreave (1984 miners strike):
We already know that newsreel footage of the miners confronting police was manipulated in order to present the miners as perpetrators of violence, instead of the police. In other Miners Strike confrontations many of those purporting to be police officers wore uniforms without identification markers. Thatcher's subsequent crushing of the UK Miners enabled widespread attack upon the wider British Union Movement and UK workers' rights. The resultant UK power base, away from working people, has 'better' enabled several of those injustices here listed.
Lawfare and Slapps (a legal system that embraces, seeks to exploit and to further inequality):
Lawfare has been used by various public figures as an assault upon the freedom of others to speak truth on certain political issues. The practice has been afforded due cover (of course) by MSM and has been exploited by employees of the BBC.
Carillion Public Sector contracts (2018):
Nearly seven billion pounds of debt accrued before liquidation, wreaking serious financial harm upon the Public Sector. Former CEOs Keith Cochrane and Philip Green CBE walk free when it is decided it is not in the 'public interest' to prosecute. The losses are recovered via UK Tax System- working people again foot the bill.
Unaccountable IT systems being woven into fabric of UK life:
Palantir [data analytics] operates in both NHS and [Genocidal] IDF). Fujitsu's Horizon System brought about the wrongful prosecutions of the sub-postmasters. Israel's Pegasus IT Systems has woven a web into the infrastructure of multiple other countries; a known list of covert and undemocratic uses to which the spyware has been used is immense, but then there's also the as-yet-unknown instances of use. In 2020 and 2021 the system was used to target staff at the head of UK politics, 10 Downing Street.
Media stranglehold (an incestuous and ongoing tight control of information):
Stranglehold on UK'S MSM is well documented, the small circle of controlling 'families' continues to tighten, BBC routinely now deploys a Spectator spokesperson (Katy Balls) or an IEA representative (funding unknown) in order to 'contextualise' news reports.
Gradual privatisation of all aspects of UK life and beyond (lobbiests hanging from the rafters at party conferences):
It is increasingly now recognised that many aspects of the UK's former public sector may now be damaged to the extent that disingenuous opposition MPs (also heavily lobbied) are semi-openly preparing to further privatised the remnants of what is left.
Unexpected deaths of 8,440 people, April 2019-October 2022, all of whom were, or had recently been, under the care of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS foundation Trust:
One of the latest injustices to come to light. Curious, another 'trust?'

If one has the mind to do so it is easily possible to find multiple connections between the UK's considerable list of major injustices, weaving something of a mycelium of interconnectedness. One might cite certain individuals or certain organisations, trusts or other groups. Some of these individuals and/or bodies may appear to have silently woven a pathway through many of the listed injustices, likely alongside others yet to be discovered. Rest assured that those who are not apprehended, challenged or otherwise curtailed will, thus emboldened, continue to offend. To cite, for example, the earlier Zarah Sultana- Sunak/Percy encounter: whatever one's politics it can be observed that only one Member of the House (Zarah Sultana) conducts herself in a manner befitting to democratic debate, whilst the other two, including the nation's current PM, conduct themselves in a manner more befitting of low level playground quips. Two of the three know they will get away with their falsehoods and have clearly given no consideration to the likelihood of being held to account.

'Mr Bates and the Post Office' is, perhaps, currently the 'greatest injustice' because several of the other ones have been covered up, significantly or in major part. Or else MSM has worked to downplay their significance; perhaps a spokesperson from the Spectator or IEA has 'contextualised' them 'for us?' If those injustices that have also spilled over into international territories are to be discounted then, maybe, 'Mr Bates' is a contender. But, is any appointed hierarchy, here on, always going to have to depend so very heavily upon the medium of TV drama in order to even wake the sleepy nation to the pertinent details? Such power in the hands of MSM! Maybe not quite the greatest but, even here, is there yet another national injustice lurking in the shadows?

Posted on the date of the ICJ's ruling upon Israeli War Crimes and Genocide upon Palestine.