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Salmond ‘proud’ of support for Megrahi release

Lockerbie: Salmond ‘proud’ of support for Megrahi release — Scotsman​.com News.

And I’m proud too. Kenny MacAskill did the right thing.

What this story really illustrates is the ignorance of the English media.

Deals done with the Westminster Labour rabble? I think not.

If they knew anything of the political situation in Scotland today they would understand that an SNP administration in the Scottish Parliament would NEVER be influenced by Gordon Brown. It’s just laughable!

The corrupt, sleazy, underhand, lying cabal that is Labour DID do deals with Libya including the release of Al Megrahi. They wanted to do it using a Prisoner Transfer Agreement and I’m sure all the contracts were ready to sign. All that oil, we won’t need what’s left of the oil in fucking Scotland.

Al Megrahi

Unfortunately the poor man developed prostrate cancer and it became clear that his time on Earth was limited.

The SNP, rightly, refused to release him under a PTA but released him on compassionate grounds as laid down in Scots Law.

He was convicted under Scots Law and he was released under Scots Law.

No deals, no under the counter bungs for oil, just proper application of the law we live under — some of us proud to do so.

Al Megrahi met all the criteria for compassionate release. If Kenny MacAskill had refused his request there would have been a judicial review which would have confirmed that Al Megrahi had the right to be considered for compassionate release.

In the meantime Al Megrahi dies in prison and Scotland is suddenly a pariah in the Arab/​Muslim world. Frankly I’m happier we pissed off the Americans, don’t know about you. They’ll stop playing golf and start drinking sour-​mash but they won’t blow us into next century — will they?

6% of Scotland’s trade comes from The USA and to be honest I don’t believe for a minute that the majority of intelligent Americans believe his release is an outrage. So should we worry too much about stupid fucking Boycott Scotland campaigns?

Perhaps in time the concept of compassion will be spread by example and the blood-​thirsty will see that this difficult situation was handled superbly by the Scottish Government.

There are, however, still questions to be answered about his conviction in the first place. There is concern about the safety of his conviction; so much so that he was allowed a second appeal.

For reasons unknown Al Megrahi dropped his appeal prior to being released. This would have been a condition of a PTA but it seems there was no requirement to drop the appeal to get compassionate release.

So, in the absence of an appeal there needs to be a proper enquiry to establish the truth of the matter although I fear that Mr Al Megrahi will not be around to hear the outcome. I only hope those who bay for blood will be around to hear the truth.

And finally, we should never forget the 270 souls lost that night.

They deserve the truth more than anybody.