tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post3825453720313874774..comments2024-03-15T06:02:30.623+00:00Comments on The Lockerbie Case: Lockerbie: Morag Kerr hits back at Magnus LinklaterRobert Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03606456028430261555noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-43546103427334276562016-02-20T13:40:24.823+00:002016-02-20T13:40:24.823+00:00It only now occurs to me that by using that phrase...It only now occurs to me that by using that phrase, lifted from the publicity puff for the book, Magnus was intending to mock me. Sometimes I can be very slow on the uptake. On this occasion, more than two years.Rolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849975010197698907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-25992389134594194092016-02-20T12:02:52.575+00:002016-02-20T12:02:52.575+00:00I just noticed something. The phrase he tweeted t...I just noticed something. The phrase he tweeted to me about my book, "a remarkable piece of work", isn't original. It's something James Robertson (who HAS read it) said to me about it before it was even published, and James kindly gave me permission to include his praise on the cover blurb.<br /><br />So Magnus has looked at the cover blurb (which is reproduced on the online sites selling the book) and parroted that line.<br /><br />Pathetic.Rolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849975010197698907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-29906067616028628752016-02-20T12:00:01.822+00:002016-02-20T12:00:01.822+00:00Don't flatter him. He's nothing so glamor...Don't flatter him. He's nothing so glamorous, or intelligent. He's a mediocre intellect whose personal opinions are promoted well above their worth because of his position in journalism. Essentially he gets a platform to air his views which is denied to people far cleverer and better informed than he is. This makes him influential, and conceited.<br /><br />He's being used, knowingly or unknowingly, by the legal establishment as their "useful idiot". Frank Mulholland or someone close to Frank Mulholland tells Magnus what to say to reinforce and promote the Crown Office agenda, and Magnus dutifully complies, all the while preening himself about what an influential and knowledgeable person he is.<br /><br />It would be sad if it weren't so annoying.Rolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849975010197698907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-31729785696020465642016-02-19T19:57:35.663+00:002016-02-19T19:57:35.663+00:00THE MAN IS A SPOOK NO DOUBT! HIDES THE TRUTH
THE MAN IS A SPOOK NO DOUBT! HIDES THE TRUTH<br />SNINTERNATIONALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03856175501787363231noreply@blogger.com