Our Guilty Pleasure - Jason Beer KC

We have been harbouring a very secret pleasure for quite some time now .........

..... to wit, watching the proceedings (on Youtube) of the true horror that is the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry, of an evening. Let's just say it eclipses anything else we would otherwise watch, like Gladiators, The Masked Singer or Traitors, we're sooooooo tangibly and palpably gripped.

We all love Sir Wyn Williams (who should be made a Lord, if not higher, after all this is over or questions will need to be asked in Parliament). He's the Chair of the Inquiry, but who, I think, Nigel secretly wishes could be his granddad in real life, someone to go fishing with and ponder greater things with!  

Then, among the Counsel to the Inquiry are Julian Blake and Emma Price, who are truly formidable in their intense, forensic questioning. If we had to chose, I think we'd all probably prefer to be questioned by Mr Blake, as he does occassionally smile and show a slight compassionate side, but, what do we know, perhaps it's all a façade, when really he's the silent, unassuming assassin in the world of inquiry probing ???

However, our most favouritist, favouritist counsel, the one we always hope will be asking  the questions that day is Jason Beer KC. He's our absolute hero, but, would never ever wish to be questioned by, as we'd confess to anything, even voting more than once for the same person to do a Bush Tucker Trial in I'm A Celebrity, but, on the other hand, if we were ever in a spot of trouble, trust us, we'd break the bank to have him representing us!  Man, he's good and we like his yellow tie! 

He is mesmerising. We love watching him, especially when someone appears to be trying to avoid answering a "difficult" question (as quite a few have), then he's like a dog with a bone, patiently repeating said question, sometimes worded slightly differently, over and over again until they have to give a "proper" answer. He just won't accept a "I don't recall/remember who, when, why or how or it's too long ago" without a fight.  We think we've only ever seen him get slightly exasperated once, as we all were, with a lady, who was a train wreck of a witness. We don't think she could even "recall" her own name, let alone hold down an important job within the Post Office that warranted her being called to give evidence!   

"Smooth, cerebral and reliable with impeccable judgement" ............ 

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