To quote the article in the Guardian on 27 January 2024:

QUOTE:

"More than 700 post office operators were prosecuted by the Post Office after its faulty accounting software, Horizon, made it look as though money had gone missing from their shops. The saga prompted an outcry across the country and was dramatised in the ITV series Mr Bates vs The Post Office earlier this month."

“This is one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in our nation’s history,” the PM told MPs earlier this month. “People who worked hard to serve their communities had their lives and their reputations destroyed through absolutely no fault of their own. The victims must get justice and compensation.” end quote.

THAT'S WHY:

"We, the undersigned, call upon the UK Prime Minister and the Monarch to appoint Alan Bates as a life peer.

'His appointment would be ‘in recognition of his unwavering dedication and tireless campaign seeking justice for all subpostmasters affected by the Post Office use of the Horizon computer system’."