Enough of this Lockerbie hypocrisy
Does David Cameron want the Prime Minister to offend America or alienate Libya?
Roy Hattersley
The campaign to force the Prime Minister to “come clean” on his role in the Lockerbie bomber’s return to Libya is, at best, a farce and, at worst and more likely, hypocritical hokum that has no other purpose than to fill news pages and airtime and to improve Conservative prospects in next year’s general election.
Nobody suggests that Mr Brown had any formal or legal responsibility for the decision. But David Cameron insists that he should tell us whether, in his personal view, the Scottish Justice Secretary was right to send al-Megrahi home. That is a demand for the Prime Minister either to offend America, our closest ally, or alienate Libya — a nation that is being slowly encouraged to co-operate with the democracies of Western Europe. The leader of the Tory party ought to explain which of these he prefers and which he thinks would be in Britain’s best interest.
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
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Whilst we may not be able to link the Fifeshire Feartie to this, someone standing not too far behind him looks very guilty.
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