martyh

[QUOTE=Chris;34858909]... because the Libyan government doesn't understand the nature of devolution. Nor do most people, it seems. Gaddafi has been bending the UK Government's ear over this for years, now Megrahi is out, naturally who are they going to say thanks to? Who are they going to assume fixed it, the UK Government or a small-time minister in (as we have already been reminded) a tiny corner of the UK?

on the contrary Chris ,i think Gaddafi ,his son and any one else in the libyan government fully understand about devolution ,even as disliked as he is, he is known as a very clever politician .I think the appeal was dropped because it would have revealed truths about the bombing that gaddafi doesn't want the british gov (or any other gov for that matter)making public and thus ruining any trade deals that are on the table
i still strongly believe that g brown and his cohorts had a big influence on the final decision even though he's not supposed to get involved in matters of criminal justice in scotland the british gov still have absolute power on foreign policy and in this case they are closely linked
as i have said in a earlier post i don't believe Magrahi should have been released on compassionate grounds ,why should any criminal ,he should have followed through with his appeal ,i think he would have been released anyway because of the doubts over his conviction which the scottish gov admit so to keep him in prison and risk losing important trade deals is i think madness and i do think Gbrown made this clear to Macaskill even if it was under the table