# The British Post Office and the Fujitsu Horizon Project: when governments go fascist

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Podcast: [BrianofLondon 3Speak Video Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/brianoflondon-3speak-video-podcast-1370490)
Published: 2024-01-21T08:47:18+00:00
Episode link: https://3speak.tv/watch?v=brianoflondon/vdqnynty
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https://3speak.tv/watch?v=brianoflondon/vdqnynty I used to be a management consultant working on large accounting systems in the UK including work for various parts of the UK Government. So I have some thoughts on the UK's Post Office and Fujitsu Horizon scandal and catastrophe. An accounting system which falsely accused upstanding and innocent people of dishonesty was a catastrophe in the UK. And I can fully understand the way it happened. I don't talk about this in the video, but a public ledger system like Hive would prevent this kind of crap. Which is why Government will always hate what we do here.

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