Danny Shaw2 days ago5 minWorth the wait When Theresa May announced that an independent panel would be set up to examine the case of Daniel Morgan I was sceptical about the value...
Danny ShawMay 304 minRisking it all It all felt sadly, appallingly familiar. When the inquest jury concluded that failings by the police, probation and MI5 had contributed...
Danny ShawMay 33 minCrossing the LineDid you guess it then? The revelation in the final, underwhelming, episode of season six of Line of Duty that “H” was DCI Ian Buckells...
Danny ShawApr 63 minReputation mattersSeveral years ago I began looking into a disturbing and complex case involving a school-teacher who’d been accused of extremely serious...
Danny ShawMar 216 minFour blogs in March...1. Vacancy at the Met? Dame Cressida Dick is unlikely to be offered an extension as Metropolitan Police Commissioner, according to a...
Danny ShawMar 32 minSentence nonsenseIs Priti Patel listening to her Ministers? It’s a serious question because the Under Secretary of State at her department, Chris Philp,...
Danny ShawFeb 214 minThe troubling case of Robyn WilliamsIt took just 90 minutes for the Court of Appeal to slam the door shut on Robyn Williams’s chance of clearing her name. The former...
Danny ShawFeb 145 minThe road from MidlandGraham from Bushey started it. He was the caller whose question on a radio phone-in about the Metropolitan Police Commissioner set...
Danny ShawFeb 64 minCovid and crimeMy reflections on the latest crime figures and statistics on charging rates, first published on the Crest Advisory website,...
Danny ShawJan 314 minA wing and a prayerLights, camera, action. It’s time for another photo opportunity with the Home Secretary and frontline police officers. Last week, Priti...
Danny ShawJan 177 minHome truths This is a story about secrecy, obfuscation and political embarrassment at the heart of government. It revolves around an attempt by the...
Danny ShawDec 30, 20204 minThe gaping hole in the UK-EU Security Deal “Calamitous” is not a word that appears often in official reports. But in July 2018 it was the word that an influential Parliamentary...
Danny ShawDec 18, 20205 minCrime crunchWhat an awful year it’s been, a year most of us would rather forget - a year when the cracks in the criminal justice system were brutally...
Danny ShawDec 8, 20202 minBail out Step aside Dangerous Dogs Act. It can no longer claim the title of most ill-thought through legislation of recent times. The 1991 Act,...
Danny ShawDec 2, 20202 minSelective questions Here is a Cabinet Minister in command of his brief. His name is Robert Buckland, Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor. For almost three...
Danny ShawNov 26, 20203 minTaking no prisoners? Now we know why the Government is planning to spend £4 billion on new prisons. It's not, as I suggested in my previous post, because...
Danny ShawNov 25, 20202 minPrison promises So, the Daily Telegraph prediction proved to be correct. In his Spending Review the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has indeed announced 18,000...
Danny ShawNov 24, 20203 minIt's a stretch The Chancellor of the Exchequer is to invest billions of pounds in new prisons. That was the gist of a key section of a Daily Telegraph...
Danny ShawNov 20, 20203 minThe risks of sticking with PritiIn a display of apparent loyalty, Conservative MPs and Ministers have been Tweeting their backing for Priti Patel. “She’s hard working,...
Danny ShawNov 18, 20203 minSecurity check“What about security?” Good question. It came from Yvette Cooper and related to the UK’s attempts to reach a deal with the EU before the...
