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Originally Posted by Chris
Fine, let's play along with your conspiracy theory for a minute or two.
What did the SNP administration in Edinburgh have to gain by obeying underhand 'requests' from Westminster? Or, what did they stand to lose by ignoring any such requests?
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We don't know what the truth of this situation is or who might gain what but I don't think it's entirely implausible for one government to press another to take a certain course of action in return for, say, some much needed government contracts or investment. If major trade deals were/are in the offing with Libya on the basis of Megrahi's release, maybe the powers that be down south felt they could lean on their friends in Holyrood in return for bailing out their national banks. Quid pro quo and all that. I wonder how many decisons made in Westminster over the decades have been wholly or partly influenced by pressure from the US....