Richard Brooks
@rbrooks45.bsky.social
Private Eye hack, author of Post Mortem
(@privateeyenews.bsky.social), Bean Counters (Atlantic, 2018), The Great Tax Robbery (OneWorld, 2013)
(@privateeyenews.bsky.social), Bean Counters (Atlantic, 2018), The Great Tax Robbery (OneWorld, 2013)
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Richard Brooks
@rbrooks45.bsky.social
· Nov 27
Private Eye Books | Post Mortem
The first forensic account of how the Post Office, the British government and a global IT company ruined the lives of thousands of innocent people. Private Eye tells the story of the political, instit...
www.private-eye.co.uk
Published today… my account of the Post Office scandal, with thanks to all the sub-postmasters and campaigners on whose brilliant work it is based.
www.private-eye.co.uk/books/post-m...
www.private-eye.co.uk/books/post-m...
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Lookalike: Starmer and Trump / Lord Charles and Ray Alan
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
February 5, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Lookalike: Starmer and Trump / Lord Charles and Ray Alan
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Email in the Epstein Files belies Reform UK treasurer Nick Candy’s account of the tax-efficient structuring of his and brother Christian’s One Hyde Park Development - an account given to HMRC and in court. Story in new @privateeyenews.bsky.social, In the Money section.
February 5, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Email in the Epstein Files belies Reform UK treasurer Nick Candy’s account of the tax-efficient structuring of his and brother Christian’s One Hyde Park Development - an account given to HMRC and in court. Story in new @privateeyenews.bsky.social, In the Money section.
Email in the Epstein Files belies Reform UK treasurer Nick Candy’s account of the tax-efficient structuring of his and brother Christian’s One Hyde Park Development - an account given to HMRC and in court. Story in new @privateeyenews.bsky.social, In the Money section.
February 5, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Email in the Epstein Files belies Reform UK treasurer Nick Candy’s account of the tax-efficient structuring of his and brother Christian’s One Hyde Park Development - an account given to HMRC and in court. Story in new @privateeyenews.bsky.social, In the Money section.
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In current @privateeyenews.bsky.social - the top British firm that helps train America's "violent, untrained" ICE agents, plus other UK firms with $millions in ICE contracts
February 5, 2026 at 8:38 AM
In current @privateeyenews.bsky.social - the top British firm that helps train America's "violent, untrained" ICE agents, plus other UK firms with $millions in ICE contracts
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Eye hack Richard Brooks exposed the Post Office scandal for over a decade before it became a TV drama or political crisis. He’s speaking in Birmingham on Tues 17 Feb.
Political Therapy: Post Mortem with Richard Brooks
➡️ Tickets: 1000trades.org.uk/events/polit...
Political Therapy: Post Mortem with Richard Brooks
➡️ Tickets: 1000trades.org.uk/events/polit...
February 3, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Eye hack Richard Brooks exposed the Post Office scandal for over a decade before it became a TV drama or political crisis. He’s speaking in Birmingham on Tues 17 Feb.
Political Therapy: Post Mortem with Richard Brooks
➡️ Tickets: 1000trades.org.uk/events/polit...
Political Therapy: Post Mortem with Richard Brooks
➡️ Tickets: 1000trades.org.uk/events/polit...
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Lord Mandelson in disgrace
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
February 4, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Lord Mandelson in disgrace
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
Link to illuminating discussion IT professionals about how the industry responds to the Horizon scandal. Thanks to @archivesofit.bsky.social
archivesit.org.uk/horizon-less...
archivesit.org.uk/horizon-less...
Horizon: Lessons Learnt? Highlights from Archives of IT's 2026 Forum - Archives of IT
Highlights of Archives of IT's 2026 Forum Focusing on the Post Office Horizon IT scandal and what we have gleaned so far from one of the UK’s greatest miscarriages of justice.
archivesit.org.uk
February 4, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Link to illuminating discussion IT professionals about how the industry responds to the Horizon scandal. Thanks to @archivesofit.bsky.social
archivesit.org.uk/horizon-less...
archivesit.org.uk/horizon-less...
If you're around Birmingham in a couple of weeks, do come along to @1000trades.bsky.social to hear me talk about Post Mortem, my book on the Post Office scandal. "A concise, clear and seethingly but suppressedly angry book" - @thetimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
If you're around Birmingham in a couple of weeks, do come along to @1000trades.bsky.social to hear me talk about Post Mortem, my book on the Post Office scandal. "A concise, clear and seethingly but suppressedly angry book" - @thetimes.com
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More Tees… yet another major porkie exposed, as the taxpayer coughs up for a £113m quay that Lord Houchen said local businessmen (making £100ms from land deals it brings) were paying for. Full story in current @privateeyenews.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 12:09 PM
More Tees… yet another major porkie exposed, as the taxpayer coughs up for a £113m quay that Lord Houchen said local businessmen (making £100ms from land deals it brings) were paying for. Full story in current @privateeyenews.bsky.social
More Tees… yet another major porkie exposed, as the taxpayer coughs up for a £113m quay that Lord Houchen said local businessmen (making £100ms from land deals it brings) were paying for. Full story in current @privateeyenews.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 12:09 PM
More Tees… yet another major porkie exposed, as the taxpayer coughs up for a £113m quay that Lord Houchen said local businessmen (making £100ms from land deals it brings) were paying for. Full story in current @privateeyenews.bsky.social
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Two men were given 90% of Teesworks on the promise they would take on responsibility of remediating the site.
I've discovered they were charging BP for remediation on a project the oil giant eventually pulled out of.
Teesworks overspent and then asked them for more cash.
I've discovered they were charging BP for remediation on a project the oil giant eventually pulled out of.
Teesworks overspent and then asked them for more cash.
BP cancelled hydrogen scheme after refusing to pay Teesworks additional remediation charges
Energy giant paid undisclosed fees to Teesworks Ltd for projects it eventually shelved
teesside.thelead.uk
January 28, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Two men were given 90% of Teesworks on the promise they would take on responsibility of remediating the site.
I've discovered they were charging BP for remediation on a project the oil giant eventually pulled out of.
Teesworks overspent and then asked them for more cash.
I've discovered they were charging BP for remediation on a project the oil giant eventually pulled out of.
Teesworks overspent and then asked them for more cash.
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There's a temptation to think of this as a scandal followed by the cover up - but it was ALWAYS a cover up, right from the outset."
Talking #PostOffice Horizon with @rbrooks45.bsky.social
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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Talking #PostOffice Horizon with @rbrooks45.bsky.social
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2ybw...
The Post Office Horizon Scandal: Justice Delayed or Justice Denied?
open.spotify.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:55 PM
There's a temptation to think of this as a scandal followed by the cover up - but it was ALWAYS a cover up, right from the outset."
Talking #PostOffice Horizon with @rbrooks45.bsky.social
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2ybw...
Talking #PostOffice Horizon with @rbrooks45.bsky.social
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2ybw...
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Why are sub-postmasters still waiting, years later, for those who wrongly prosecuted them to be brought to justice?
Listen now to @rbrooks45.bsky.social talking about his new book 'Post Mortem'.
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2ybw...
Listen now to @rbrooks45.bsky.social talking about his new book 'Post Mortem'.
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2ybw...
The Post Office Horizon Scandal: Justice Delayed or Justice Denied?
open.spotify.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Why are sub-postmasters still waiting, years later, for those who wrongly prosecuted them to be brought to justice?
Listen now to @rbrooks45.bsky.social talking about his new book 'Post Mortem'.
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2ybw...
Listen now to @rbrooks45.bsky.social talking about his new book 'Post Mortem'.
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2ybw...
In @privateeyenews.bsky.social In the Money: new tech, same old tax tricks - how Nvidia, the world’s most valuable co, pays no corporation tax in the UK. Full story in the mag.
January 24, 2026 at 12:25 PM
In @privateeyenews.bsky.social In the Money: new tech, same old tax tricks - how Nvidia, the world’s most valuable co, pays no corporation tax in the UK. Full story in the mag.
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Generous of the FT to say Lord Houchen “has championed the Teesworks regeneration scheme”. Here’s what he’s really done to it - special @privateeyenews.bsky.social report free to read online -
www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
January 21, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Generous of the FT to say Lord Houchen “has championed the Teesworks regeneration scheme”. Here’s what he’s really done to it - special @privateeyenews.bsky.social report free to read online -
www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
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"There's a temptation to think of this as a scandal followed by the cover up. But it was ALWAYS a cover up, right from the outset"
The #PostOffice scandal - and the wait for justice
@rbrooks45.bsky.social with @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2ybw...
The #PostOffice scandal - and the wait for justice
@rbrooks45.bsky.social with @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2ybw...
The Post Office Horizon Scandal: Justice Delayed or Justice Denied?
open.spotify.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:21 AM
"There's a temptation to think of this as a scandal followed by the cover up. But it was ALWAYS a cover up, right from the outset"
The #PostOffice scandal - and the wait for justice
@rbrooks45.bsky.social with @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2ybw...
The #PostOffice scandal - and the wait for justice
@rbrooks45.bsky.social with @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2ybw...
Post Office scandal accountability free zone: Fujitsu excuses for not coughing up that don’t add up; delays holding lawyers to account; and how, of the £3m bonuses for P. Vennells, £0 will be clawed back. Chance to read online from @privateeyenews.bsky.social
www.private-eye.co.uk/in-the-back
www.private-eye.co.uk/in-the-back
Private Eye | Post Office scandal
: Stall guys
TWO years after Fujitsu European boss Paul Patterson appeared before MPs and admitted a
www.private-eye.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Post Office scandal accountability free zone: Fujitsu excuses for not coughing up that don’t add up; delays holding lawyers to account; and how, of the £3m bonuses for P. Vennells, £0 will be clawed back. Chance to read online from @privateeyenews.bsky.social
www.private-eye.co.uk/in-the-back
www.private-eye.co.uk/in-the-back
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"There's a temptation to think of this as a scandal followed by the cover up. But it was ALWAYS a cover up, right from the outset."
The #PostOffice Horizon scandal story as told by
@rbrooks45.bsky.social
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2ybw...
The #PostOffice Horizon scandal story as told by
@rbrooks45.bsky.social
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2ybw...
The Post Office Horizon Scandal: Justice Delayed or Justice Denied?
open.spotify.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:17 AM
"There's a temptation to think of this as a scandal followed by the cover up. But it was ALWAYS a cover up, right from the outset."
The #PostOffice Horizon scandal story as told by
@rbrooks45.bsky.social
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2ybw...
The #PostOffice Horizon scandal story as told by
@rbrooks45.bsky.social
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2ybw...
Reposted by Richard Brooks
NEW EPISODE: Justice Delayed? Or Justice Denied?
The #PostOffice Horizon scandal with @rbrooks45.bsky.social talking about his new book 'Post Mortem'.
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2ybw...
The #PostOffice Horizon scandal with @rbrooks45.bsky.social talking about his new book 'Post Mortem'.
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2ybw...
The Post Office Horizon Scandal: Justice Delayed or Justice Denied?
open.spotify.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:32 PM
NEW EPISODE: Justice Delayed? Or Justice Denied?
The #PostOffice Horizon scandal with @rbrooks45.bsky.social talking about his new book 'Post Mortem'.
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2ybw...
The #PostOffice Horizon scandal with @rbrooks45.bsky.social talking about his new book 'Post Mortem'.
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2ybw...
Thanks to @GoldbergRadio.bsky.social and @bylinetimes.bsky.social for chance to discuss my book Post Mortem, examining how the government, Post Office and Fujitsu conspired to persecute thousands. Do tune in!
NEW: Why are sub-postmasters still waiting for those who wrongly prosecuted them to be brought to justice?
Listen to @rbrooks45.bsky.social @privateeyenews.bsky.social talking about his new book 'Post Mortem'.
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2ybw...
Listen to @rbrooks45.bsky.social @privateeyenews.bsky.social talking about his new book 'Post Mortem'.
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/2ybw...
The Post Office Horizon Scandal: Justice Delayed or Justice Denied?
open.spotify.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Thanks to @GoldbergRadio.bsky.social and @bylinetimes.bsky.social for chance to discuss my book Post Mortem, examining how the government, Post Office and Fujitsu conspired to persecute thousands. Do tune in!
Entries are now open for the @PrivateEyeNews Paul Foot Award for Investigative and Campaigning Journalism. The deadline is 12pm on Tuesday 17th March. Find out more & apply here: private-eye.co.uk/paul-foot-aw...
The Paul Foot Award | Private Eye
The Paul Foot Award is an award given for investigative or campaigning journalism, set up in memory of revered journalist Paul Foot, who died in 2004.
private-eye.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Entries are now open for the @PrivateEyeNews Paul Foot Award for Investigative and Campaigning Journalism. The deadline is 12pm on Tuesday 17th March. Find out more & apply here: private-eye.co.uk/paul-foot-aw...
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When Christian Wakeford MP defected from the Tories to Labour in 2022, Nigel Farage was outraged.
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January 21, 2026 at 5:43 PM
When Christian Wakeford MP defected from the Tories to Labour in 2022, Nigel Farage was outraged.
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Generous of the FT to say Lord Houchen “has championed the Teesworks regeneration scheme”. Here’s what he’s really done to it - special @privateeyenews.bsky.social report free to read online -
www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
January 21, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Generous of the FT to say Lord Houchen “has championed the Teesworks regeneration scheme”. Here’s what he’s really done to it - special @privateeyenews.bsky.social report free to read online -
www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
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American Aggression: Greenlanders Speak Out
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
January 21, 2026 at 8:03 AM
American Aggression: Greenlanders Speak Out
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
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Christmas means getting books as gifts, and that means real books. I don't have a Kindle. These are now next on my reading list. 🙂
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Christmas means getting books as gifts, and that means real books. I don't have a Kindle. These are now next on my reading list. 🙂