tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post5444401634512571866..comments2024-03-15T06:02:30.623+00:00Comments on The Lockerbie Case: Hell hath no fury like a tycoon scornedRobert Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03606456028430261555noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-84353429135120168012012-10-09T19:24:38.724+01:002012-10-09T19:24:38.724+01:00Baz, read the recent comments on your own blog, wh...Baz, read the recent comments on your own blog, why don't you....Rolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849975010197698907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-68655680875870286172012-10-09T17:11:49.319+01:002012-10-09T17:11:49.319+01:00"A couple"?"A couple"?bazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02338162927520376063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-83689971208228567662012-10-09T17:06:18.409+01:002012-10-09T17:06:18.409+01:00I think he lived for so long because he got a mass...I think he lived for so long because he got a massive boost from being at home among his family and friends. Kenny MacAskill said himself that when terminally ill patients were in prison they often simply "turn their faces to the wall" and die.<br /><br />The anti-cancer drug he was given was sourced from the USA (yes, really!) at vast expense by the Gaddafi regime. It was at that time so new that it was not yet approved for use on the NHS. It has been shown to extend the survival time in prostate cancer by a few months at best. Not by two and a half years.<br /><br />I did hear a rumour that the saltires in Tripoli had been supplied by the British embassy, but I don't know if it's true. At the time I was glad to see they were waving our flag and not burning it.<br /><br />Salmond's office has confirmed that Geoff Aberdein did solicit support from Trump after Megrahi's release, which I think was a daft thing to do but suggests naivete more than anything. I don't believe a single syllable of that "low point in my political career" garbage. Salmond just does not talk like that and would not talk like that.<br /><br />Trump has now decided to claim that the whole wind farms thing (I understand the wind turbines are actually 12 miles from his golf course, not one) is deliberate revenge for his lack of support in 2009. Trump is a completely nasty piece of work, and it's a shame the SNP government didn't really have any choice but to deal with him after Wee Joke McConnell brown-nosed him prior to 2007.Rolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849975010197698907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-61428827521452848602012-10-09T13:30:47.317+01:002012-10-09T13:30:47.317+01:00A bit off topic but the Telegraph article containe...A bit off topic but the Telegraph article contained a very revealing sentence.<br /><br />It said, “He received a hero’s welcome when he returned to Libya where he lived for two years and nine months after receiving drugs that were not available in the UK at the time”.<br /><br />In fact following diplomatic advice from the Foreign Office, the Libyan authorities agreed to hold a low key reception to avoid offending those who believed al-Megrahi was guilty.<br /><br />But this small reception was then edited by the BBC and portrayed as a hero’s welcome and they focused on the Saltire’s ‘someone’ had given a couple in the crowd to wave.<br /><br />This was done so that the anger and responsibility for his release remained focused on Scotland.<br /><br />And he “lived for two years and nine months after receiving drugs that were not available in the UK at the time”. <br /><br />Really, the UK did not have and could not obtain these drugs, but they were available in a poor country that had suffered sanctions for many years?<br /><br />Which is why, it is safe to conclude he was released to avoid his appeal from being heard.<br />Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213240619989073000noreply@blogger.com