[On page 37 of today’s Scottish edition of The Times there appears an advertisement in the following terms:]
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In exclusive extracts from his
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[RB: It may perhaps be worth recalling that on 3 May 2016 there appeared in The Times an article headlined MacAskill accused of cashing in on Lockerbie.]
If the book is purely about the events of 2007 et sequitur, if could be very revealing indeed about the political processes underway at that time. There's little need even to touch on whether Megrahi was actually guilty or not, but I don't imagine he'll resist the chance to have a side-swipe.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea at all if he read my book. I sent him a copy, but didn't even receive an acknowledgement.
> lays bare the commercial interests that
ReplyDelete> led UK ministers to push for his
> return to Libya.
No surprise, we have heard that story numerous times earlier.
> And who he
> believes was really responsible
> for Britain’s worst terrorist
> attack.
Wow!
Can't recall McAskill ever touching the question of Megrahi's guilt.
I have probably gravely missed out on something. Well, if so it can have the advantage of getting unexpected positive surprises.
His sanctimonious rhetoric when he announced the compassionate release on live TV pretty much took it as read that the man he was releasing was a mass murderer.
DeleteThat's in line with what I'd have thought.
DeleteWell, the quoted bit then must mean that something unexpected is about to occur.