On: Why are so many people being hit with £5 fines for...

[adamm255]

Royal Mail needs to be slapped with a massive Freedom of Information request. We need to see how many fines have been paid.

We had one of these a year and a half ago, similar story. Seemed BS back then, so this could be a big problem.

[matthewmacleod → adamm255]

Royal Mail, as a private (well… public) company, is not subject to FOIA requests.

[lmm → matthewmacleod]

They're a creature of the state, you can't practically opt out of Royal Mail. If they're not subject to FOIA then they need to be.

[adamm255 → lmm]

Also the legislation splitting the Post Office from Royal Mail and privatising it happening in 2011/12 just looks even more shady in light of all the Post Office stuff.

[adamm255 → matthewmacleod]

Well… that’s convenient. The more you know. Isn’t privatisation great!