Serving sub postmaster here with a message from the front line to the new Postal Affairs Minister when you’re appointed. You’ve a network to save and the only way that you will do that is by working with the people who are the network. The postmasters. Please listen to us. Please give us truly independent representation which the current board deny us. A few nominal ‘postmaster’ director puppets mean nothing to me. Focus groups and listening groups mean nothing to me because POL don’t listen and they only turn their focus on me to pretend they will change. They won’t change unless and until we are independently represented. Their whole culture is unchanged. They live by the bonus culture. That’s the culture that resulted in the ongoing Horizon scandal. There’s another scandal here and now and it’s the underpayment of the greatest social network in the land. It’s all at risk. We’re not just postmasters. We’re they eyes and ears of communities. We are the social safety net in communities. We are the ‘doers’ and the ‘fixers’ in communities. We are another emergency service. Were the ears of the community. We’re the advocates for the socially unrepresented. We give our life advice to the community. We give our lives to the community. Our job is a vocation. Like yours. But be warned and make sure that you hear the right things. The NFSP does not represent postmasters. It is wholly funded by POL and is an arm of the Post Office PR machine. It needs to be called out for what it is. Your government is about Change. Please do contact me to talk about it. I am the CWU subpostmasters branch secretary. We’re ready to give all postmasters independent representation. One small concession you can tell the board to make that will lead to one major change. My DMs are open Minister.