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07 Feb 11, 13:03
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Megrahi: UK government papers released
BBC News story
The full report
Key finding: the UK government did want Megrahi released, but there was no pressure on the Scottish government to make that decision and the Scottish government made that decision entirely on its own.
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07 Feb 11, 13:08
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Originally Posted by Silent Hunter
BBC News story
The full report
Key finding: the UK government did want Megrahi released, but there was no pressure on the Scottish government to make that decision and the Scottish government made that decision entirely on its own.
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And if you believe that, I'll tell you another. lol |
07 Feb 11, 16:06
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Originally Posted by copenhagen
And if you believe that, I'll tell you another. lol
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If there had been pressure applied to the Scottish Executive by the Labour government what benefit would it be to the Tories to bury it?
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07 Feb 11, 16:50
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Originally Posted by Fodder76
If there had been pressure applied to the Scottish Executive by the Labour government what benefit would it be to the Tories to bury it?
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Exactly; there would be no benefit to the SNP either. |
07 Feb 11, 19:27
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The Tories are now the government, the British government. They'd get the backlash. The Americans and others wouldn't give a toss about Tory/Labour.
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08 Feb 11, 10:46
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It's being reported that William Hague has written to the US Senate Cmte looking at this whole affair, basically saying sorry and that he shouldn't have been released and that 'new' information is coming to light.
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