tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post9053088081882426873..comments2024-03-15T06:02:30.623+00:00Comments on The Lockerbie Case: The farrago of al-Megrahi's farcical convictionRobert Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03606456028430261555noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-61197796908291203912015-02-10T19:59:25.592+00:002015-02-10T19:59:25.592+00:00By the way, Brian Wilson. He was a member of the ...By the way, Brian Wilson. He was a member of the SNP, briefly, in his extreme youth. More than 20 years ago I remember Alex Salmond remarking that during that time he wrote a nationalistic pamphlet which was so extreme that, "If he were still a member, it would be my painful duty to expel him."<br /><br />I've heard it said that copies of that pamphlet still exist, though I've never read it.Rolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849975010197698907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-6879472190159074732015-02-10T19:56:30.613+00:002015-02-10T19:56:30.613+00:00I'm a big fan of Ian Bell, but I don't rem...I'm a big fan of Ian Bell, but I don't remember reading this at all.<br /><br />It's another very good article. There are so many outrageous aspects of this affair one hardly knows what to be outraged about from one day to the next. The politicking over Megrahi's release, the lies being told to stick one on the SNP, the Scottish government itself behaving badly, it never ends.<br /><br />Given the amount of outrage caused by these flags in Tripoli, has anyone ever asked where they got them? I mean, there was scarcely time to order these over the internet. It's hardly likely there were several large saltires just lying around in people's attics in Tripoli. Did someone fly to Edinburgh and visit one of the tourist trap shops before flying back?<br /><br />Rumour has it they were supplied by the British embassy, to provide a context to allow Scotland's flag to be vilified in the international media.Rolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849975010197698907noreply@blogger.com