Lockerbie bomber released

[devilincarnate]

They should have let the families of the people who lost love ones ten minutes a peice alone with him and he would not have got any chance to be released! Sorry that is my opinion . But in regards to the scottish parliment they did have big balls to do this and i do feel sorry for the scottish people at the way they have been treated .
BUT ONE LAST WORD :
MAY I WISH PEACE AND LOVE TO THE LOCKERBIE AND THE OTHER PEOPLE LOST IN ONE OF THE TRAGERDIES THAT HAS ALL BECOME MORE APPERANT IN THE AGE OF TERROISM
R.I.P

[frogstamper]

Originally Posted by Chris

Unless the SNP significantly improves its share of the vote in 2011, they have absolutely no chance of remaining in power. That said, Labour nationally is now so unpopular that the SNP is likely to do well out of the Westminster elections next year, regardless of any ill-feeling over Megrahi's release.

Whilst I agree that Labour is nationally unpopular at present, I believe that at the next general election Labour will re-gain its majority in the Scottish parliament due to the fact that however unpoplar they are the Scottish electorate would rather a center left party in power than the Tories.
From a Conservative point of view I'd guess they'd be very happy with a SNP majority so that it reduces the Labour vote nationally, but as I'm sure your aware Chris there is still a very strong anti-Tory feeling north of the border and this in my opinion is precisely what'll get Labour their majority back...better the devil you know I suppose.

Originally Posted by frogstamper

Whilst I agree that Labour is nationally unpopular at present, I believe that at the next general election Labour will re-gain its majority in the Scottish parliament due to the fact that however unpoplar they are the Scottish electorate would rather a center left party in power than the Tories.
From a Conservative point of view I'd guess they'd be very happy with a SNP majority so that it reduces the Labour vote nationally, but as I'm sure your aware Chris there is still a very strong anti-Tory feeling north of the border and this in my opinion is precisely what'll get Labour their majority back...better the devil you know I suppose.

Labour has never had a majority in the Scottish parliament. The proportional voting ensures that, barring miracles, nobody ever will. That's Donald Dewar's bequest to the nationalists: a system that ensures they'll never be able to use the parliament as a platform for breaking up the UK.

It's interesting how people choose to characterise the feeling towards the Tories in Scotland in the way you have. The level of support for the Scottish Conservatives is almost exactly the same as that for the Lib Dems, and yet nobody ever gets fired up and tries to claim there's 'anti-Liberal' feeling in Scotland.

That said, the Tories are never going to form the bulk of an administration in Edinburgh. And to be fair to all concerned, nobody is actually claiming that they ever will. Labour and the SNP are, for the long term, going to be the largest parties at Holyrood. However more than one commentator has suggested there may come a day when a marriage of convenience places an SNP/Tory coalition in power.

[naeskydish]

Found this thread to be an interesting read.

I agree with the release on compassionate grounds. I don't think politics came into it although the opposition parties in Scotland will regretfully try to make something out of it.

Originally Posted by naeskydish

Found this thread to be an interesting read.

I agree with the release on compassionate grounds. I don't think politics came into it although the opposition parties in Scotland will regretfully try to make something out of it.

Whilst I understand your viewpoint, what about compassion for the Lockerbie victims' families. I have doubts about the validity of the case against the Libyan, but that should have been dealt with by an appeal (imho).

[naeskydish]

Whilst I understand your viewpoint, what about compassion for the Lockerbie victims' families. I have doubts about the validity of the case against the Libyan, but that should have been dealt with by an appeal (imho).

I agree, but terminal cancer has scoopered that.

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by naeskydish

I agree, but terminal cancer has scoopered that.

I wonder if in the same way as it did for Ernest Saunders after being jailed for the Guinness shares scandal.

[naeskydish]

I wonder if in the same way as it did for Ernest Saunders after being jailed for the Guinness shares scandal.
Today 15:18

That's some story.

if that's the case for the Libyan, then there will cries of miracle and a few hospital consultants having their reputations wrecked and politicians kicked oot on their arses. Don't see this as a con job though.

Gordon Brown finally put his head above the parapet ... but he still managed not to say anything about what he thinks of the decision.

[Peter_]

Originally Posted by Chris

Gordon Brown finally put his head above the parapet ... but he still managed not to say anything about what he thinks of the decision.

I thought that was a story about Gordon Brown being able to think, surely not.

Exactly what we have come to expect from GB sod all all he did was cover his own backside on the whole "was a deal done" when he should have backed up scotland or had the guts to criticise if that is what he believes. But then again were talking about GB he won't know what he believes untill tomorrows newspapers tell him and he thinks he can scrape some votes off it.

[TheDaddy]

Dr Richard Simpson said that medical reports show there is “significant doubt” that Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi will die within the next three months.

There's a shock!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...re-months.html

[TheDaddy]

And another shock

Mr Straw's change of stance over Megrahi's inclusion the transfer agreement came at a crucial time in negotiations over an oil exploration contract for BP worth billions of pounds

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8229114.stm

it does seem that ,if we believe all the media stories and i don't doubt that they are a bit exagerated ,that the scotish justice system only played a very small part in his release

[Osem]

And another shock

Mr Straw's change of stance over Megrahi's inclusion the transfer agreement came at a crucial time in negotiations over an oil exploration contract for BP worth billions of pounds..

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6814939.ece

Yes, surprise, surprise.....