By John Hyde2021-05-13T10:21:00+01:00
The BBC2 drama
Danny Boy, which aired on Wednesday evening, was an outstanding piece of drama, showcasing the bravery of those who served in Iraq and the inadequate care shown towards those same individuals when they returned to the UK.
Their return, in addition, was also greeted with serious allegations of murder and torture from human rights lawyers – most notably Phil Shiner, owner of Public Interest Lawyers and now a former solicitor.
Shiner was portrayed by Toby Jones as a committed but chaotic campaigner, working long into the night, surviving on shop-bought sandwiches and surrounded by mountains of paperwork in offices that were far too small for him (‘having the walls closing in concentrates the mind’, he responded, when asked if he should move somewhere bigger).