Horizon - The Fujitsu/Post Office Scandal

In late July 2006, Jenkins was formally asked to provide expert testimony in the Lee Castleton case. Another engineer, Anne Chambers, did the initial analysis on his behalf, and then Jenkins reviewed the work and agreed to "front" the final report. When she submitted her analysis, she wrote: "If this isn't at all what you wanted, please let me know - I don't really know what I'm doing."

I've just finished watching this afternoon's session.  Assuming that he's telling the truth, I find myself (surprisingly) with quite a lot of sympathy for Jenkins.

I've worked with people like him before.  Astonishing focus on a very narrow, tightly prescribed (sometimes by the person themselves) area.  Extremely clearly delineated responsibilities (sometimes by the person themselves).  And almost no... "peripheral vision" at all.  My experience is that they can be incredibly productive, and incredibly frustrating to work with.  They can be very hard to both work with and manage.  

Still, three more days.  I'll keep an open mind for now.

Thank you. Though I  had been hoping for more comprehensive and incisive reportage than "he's a bit squirrely". 

Beeb summary of Jenkins testimony

Ah that explains it, I guess that's why I cannot remember much from my days in the GPO and then BT ... ;-)

Of course it might just be a simple case of getting old and long in the tooth

Mrs Aju always points me to John Crace's views on things - very amusing indeed if it were not for the large numbers of people who were affected by all their incompetence's. I wonder what to expect from their 70 odd seats in the house.