Published Date: 04 October 2009 SIR ROGER Moore has hit the airwaves this weekend on behalf of Post Office savings products, and the former James Bond star's timing couldn't be better. His debut comes as the world's largest and oldest retail network appears ready to triumph over adversity in a style befitting 007. Less than a year ago, Gordon Brown's government was threatening to put the Post Office card account out to private tender. At that time, opponents said the loss of this vital contract to pay state benefits over the counter would force the closure of 3,000 post offices across a network that was already shedding branches at the fastest rate in its history. In the face of mounting economic and political pressure, tendering for the contract was abandoned last November. Last week the Prime Minister completed this U-turn...
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