http://standpointmag.co.uk Welcome to the Standpoint magazine, the culture and politics monthly en /node/2020 <!--paging_filter--><!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --><p class="MsoNormal"><span>I have a piece in today’s <em><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/aug/16/nick-cohen-lockerbie-bombing">Observer </a> </em>about the proposal to release the Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of the Lockerbie bombing on compassionate grounds. It is one thing to free the dying Ronnie Biggs – who never hurt anyone. Quite another to release a dying man convicted of the murder of 270 people on any grounds other than that an appeal court has decided that he is not guilty. But it looks as if the Scottish nationalist politicians in charge of the case are preparing to do just that. By my reckoning, he will have served one year for every 30 people he murdered.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span>    </span>I picked up two impressions as I researched the article last week.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><p><a href="/node/2020"><span>read more</span></a></p> /node/2020#comments Lockerbie Scottish National Party Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:28:26 +0100 2020 at http://standpointmag.co.uk