Monthly Archives: February 2012

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 →

The Scottish Review has recently published the following article by me under the headline The Crown case against Megrahi is about to sink without trace   Next week, 11 years after his conviction, all the important primary evidence concerning the … Continue reading →

The Crown Office today issued this press release, which states: Today the Lord Advocate, Frank Mulholland QC, and the Chief Constable of Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary, Pat Shearer, together with Scottish prosecutors and Scottish and US law enforcement met with … Continue reading →

Today’s Daily Mail, carries an article by Graham Grant, headlined Megrahi’s memoirs ‘will protest his innocence’. The article is below in italics, with my comments in normal typeface. The Lockerbie bomber is set to heap fresh embarrassment on the Scottish … Continue reading →

Today’s Sunday Express carries an article by Ben Borland, headlined ‘Rage at blood money’ from Megrahi book. Here is my response. The article extracts are in italics. CHARITIES are being urged to refuse the Lockerbie bomber’s ‘blood money’ as the … Continue reading →