tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post4927138026118624827..comments2024-03-15T06:02:30.623+00:00Comments on The Lockerbie Case: Tory MP calls on PM to hold inquiry into Megrahi releaseRobert Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03606456028430261555noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-45998899082274775762010-07-18T22:35:29.051+01:002010-07-18T22:35:29.051+01:00Just dangle the prospect of a UN Commission of Inq...Just dangle the prospect of a <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118951448146734&ref=share" rel="nofollow">UN Commission of Inquiry into the targeting of Bernt Carlsson on Pan Am Flight 103</a> in front of Frank Duggan, the four US Senators, Hillary Clinton, David Cameron and Daniel Kawczynski, and watch them all go scuttling away running for cover!Patrick Haseldinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10133417620510887039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-6188772956086324512010-07-18T20:30:02.752+01:002010-07-18T20:30:02.752+01:00Tyoographical correction to quote above: "per...Tyoographical correction to quote above: "persuate" s/b "persuade".Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01021144643582656008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-25320768677652206222010-07-18T20:27:03.008+01:002010-07-18T20:27:03.008+01:00http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/01_09_0...http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/01_09_09_libyan_gov.pdf<br /><br />See page 15 - <br />"Mr. Obidi said that Mr. Megrahi had refused to see his doctor earlier in the day. He was apparently unhappy that the doctor's report had not made a sufficient case to persuate the court to grant interim liberation...."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01021144643582656008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-71754104333895090982010-07-18T18:02:09.850+01:002010-07-18T18:02:09.850+01:00Given the mounting cynicism and bad faith of all o...Given the mounting cynicism and bad faith of all of this, I can't help but wonder if this late low-level Conservative agitation isn't really an excuse slyly to stick it to their Labour predecessors. After all, the accusation of "ducking responsibility" or attempting to slither out of accountability hardly seems to apply to MacAskill, whatever one made of his decision.<br /><br />For those opposed to the compassionate release, the persistent innuendo may serve to dazzle and distract a few voters, come some future election day. More importantly, by attacking SNP ministers, the Tories can readily anticipate the tale turning to Labour's deeds and misdeeds while in office.<br /><br />All the Tories have to do is waggle the vague accusation - and await ripostes citing Labour's Prisoner Transfer Agreement, with all of its murk and commercial bells and whistles. All in the best interests of the Coalition, you might think, to bring back to mind and reinforce perceptions of the outgoing government's record of murkiness, want of transparency and dodgy dealing.<br /><br />Alternatively, the man may simply be an idiot and the Machiavellian weighing of the costs and prospects of this are simply my own.Lallands Peat Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238432265194046726noreply@blogger.com