MP CONDEMNS BARONESS AMOS AND GOVERNMENT FOR BEING “OUT OF TOUCH”

Mike Weir MP, SNP Spokesperson for Trade & Industry, has criticised Baroness Amos for comments she made on the BBC’s Daily Politics today (Wednesday) in which she admitted she “can’t remember the last time she was in a post office”.

Mr Weir said:

“This admission form a government minister in the House of Lords provides a damning insight into how this government views the hardship faced by the rural post office network throughout the country.

“These comments are even more remarkable given the fact that there is a lobby of parliament today by the National Federation of sub Post Masters to highlight the growing concerns over the future of the post office network. 

“The four million signature petition that the Federation has gained illustrates the place that post offices have hold in the hearts of people, a fact that the government continues to ignore at its peril.”