A former postmistress has said she is taking a stand for ordinary people by deciding to stand against Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey at the next General Election.
Yvonne Tracey told GB News: “It beggars belief really, doesn't it? I think that's what made me - let's be honest, it’s just not Ed Davey here. Loads of people should hang their heads in shame, as should the Post Office.
“When Mr Bates went to see Ed Davey in 2010, when he'd gathered years of evidence from hundreds of postmasters, the least Ed Davey could have done was seen him and spoke to him.
“Maybe if he had and probed a bit deeper this could have been dealt with in 2010, but instead there's been a lot more convictions since then and it breaks my heart.”
In a discussion with Bev Turner and Andrew Pierce, she continued: “I would have loved a sub-postmaster to stand against him, but obviously I can understand a lot of them their confidence has been shot, they've had enough of government.
“So, I thought, he is my MP in my area where I've lived all my life, in New Malden, it’s got to be me. I'm not a politician. I'm a 68-year-old grandmother, but I've got to take him on, because at the moment people are cross because they’ve just seen that series.
“I don't want them in a couple of weeks time to forget. They've got to remember that this is Sir Ed Davey who refused to even meet with Alan Bates, who was representing hundreds of postmasters. How can that be right?”
She added: “I hope this will give the ordinary person the confidence to come out and speak. It's difficult isn't it, because they make it very uncomfortable for ordinary people like us, but this mustn’t go away.
“Let us not forget the postmasters haven't been told what happened. They haven't been cleared. They haven't been given answers. We can't let it go away, but it's got to be done soon. People have died waiting.
“Isn't it a shame that it's taking ordinary people to shout and say do the right thing? Why don't you just do it anyway?”
