Danny Shaw
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250 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 13 Jul
Danny Shaw’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And there are others like, you know, Rory Stewart comes to mind, Law Timpson, who's the current sort of prisons minister in the House of Lords, and Anne Widdicombe, who relished the role, you know, and immersed themselves in their knowledge of imprisonment and criminal justice.
And of course, you know, very publicly, she fell out with Michael Howe because he wanted...
to replace the director general of the prison service, Derek Lewis, because there have been a number of breakouts in prisons in the 90s, very high profile cases.
And she disagreed with the policy that he had.
And obviously, people will remember Michael Howard's interview on Twitter.
News night with Jeremy Paxman about threatening to overrule Derek Lewis, which she asked him goodness knows how many times.
And then Anne Widdicombe went on to say that Howard had something of the night about him.
And, you know, that phrase, I mean, 30 years later, people are still remembering that phrase.
So she just had a way.
of, I think Chris has said it, of making a point and finding the right phrase for the moment, whether that just be a quick interview on the Today programme or whether it be something that would be headlines years later.
I think it's worth saying it's very difficult when, you know, the police are trying to piece this case together.
But obviously MPs in particular and people in public life want answers more quickly because they're worried for themselves and their own safety and security.
Are there things that they should be doing?
Are there measures that the police should be taking to protect them?
You know, we don't know whether the Anne Widdicombe case will be relevant to that or have read across to that.
And you would hope that there will be some back channels, that there will be some private discussions taking place between the Home Secretary, between the Prime Minister and between, you know, with senior counterterrorism officers and Devon and Cornwall police to update them and brief them on what they do know.
Not stuff that can be said publicly, but so if there are steps that can be taken, they can put those measures into place immediately.
If there is a weakness that can be identified, then that can be remedied.
But it's very difficult to have that information in public when there's an ongoing criminal investigation.
Yes.
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