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The following article has just appeared on the Guardian’s website, under the headline Libya may bar UK police from visiting to investigate Lockerbie bombing. The country’s interior minister Fawzi Abdel A’al should be applauded for highlighting the UK government’s hypocrisy … Continue reading →

The BBC has today run a story, by home affairs correspondent Reevel Alderson, based on the SCCRC’s statement of reasons. I don’t intend, at this point, to comment upon those aspects of the story that concern Abdelbaset’s private life, other … Continue reading →

The Scottish Review of Books has published the first substantial review of the book. Written by the SRB’s editor, Alan Taylor, it appears under the headline Who was the Lockerbie bomber? and can be read here or below. There is … Continue reading →

Today’s Sunday Herald carries an in-depth interview with me, which can be read here.  Please note that, if the case were to be referred back to the court of appeal by the SCCRC, it would effectively have to pass three … Continue reading →

Below is the statement made by Kenny MacAskill to the Scottish Parliament this afternoon. My comments are in regular typeface at the end of each section.   Presiding Officer, can I once again put on record my sympathy for the … Continue reading →

The Scottish Justice Secretary, Kenny MacAskill, will later today (29 February) make a statement to the Scottish Parliament.  The move is in response to – or, more accurately, in response to media reports and political statements relating to – the … Continue reading →

Last night’s Al-Jazeera, which features important new evidence from the book, is now on You Tube. You can view it here.

I have a new article in The Scottish Review, which can be read here, or below. The Scottish Government does not doubt the safety of the conviction of Mr Al-Megrahi. Their words, not mine. Their exact words in fact. That, … Continue reading →

A number of press reports of the book launch, such as this one, on the Daily Record’s website, carry the following quote by the Prime Minister: “This is yet another reminder that Alex Salmond’s government’s decision to free the UK’s … Continue reading →

This Birlinn and I launched the book at a press conference in Edinburgh. It generated a huge amount of press coverage, which you can read here. Much of the coverage centres on Abdelbaset’s decision to drop his appeal and the … Continue reading →