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Originally Posted by Osem
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....
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But this is precisely the point which so many posters in this thread are missing. The Labour government in Westminster has no friends amongst the SNP government in Edinburgh. They are very bitter opponents. The SNP has nothing to gain by doing G. Brown a favour, and everything to gain by publicising any attempt the London government might make to influence a devolved issue.