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• 1. At 09:05am on 02 Sep 2009, AgeOfNepotism wrote:

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• 2. At 09:14am on 02 Sep 2009, zeldalicious wrote:

  I don't believe any of them. Some of the underground deals that go on in the political world doesn't bear thinking about and there is no way of stopping it.

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• 3. At 09:19am on 02 Sep 2009, jimmy-dean-2009 wrote:

  jack straw and gordon brown should come clean about the 16 billion pound oil deal signed by bp 6 weeks later was that the overwhelming intrest of the british goverment?

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• 4. At 09:57am on 02 Sep 2009, pedrokelly wrote:

  Your first line is 'Gordon Brown is coming under increasing pressure to explain his role in the release of the Lockerbie bomber.' How hard is it for you to understand that Gordon Brown had no role, none what so ever, in the decision to release Magrahi. This was a decision made by one man, Kenny MacAskill, the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Justice.
  
  What sort of question are you asking? Who do you mean when you ask who is right and wrong? Do you mean MacAskill? Brown has made no dicision, so it it cannot be him, do you mean Cameron and Clegg for turning this into a political withchhunt?
  
  Whatever you mean it is all to typical of the shappiness of the BBC all through this episode with its misleading, wrong and silly reporting of all this.

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• 5. At 10:02am on 02 Sep 2009, Sarnia wrote:

  "...a decision made by one man..."
  
  Of course it wasn't! How naive are you?
  
  
  
  

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• 6. At 10:26am on 02 Sep 2009, 0ggers wrote:

  The Scottish system allows for compassionate release and that is what has happened (possibly a touch early but time will tell). Now can all the politicians, the media and every other member of the public with a phone and a radio please move on from their lame conspiracy theories.
  
  In the coming days a young Scot who was nearly caught up in a different mass murder may REALLY upset the Yanks by winning the US Open tennis - an endeavour that shows up all this fruitless speculation and political nonsense for what it is: dull. I expect a few Saltires to be waving in Tripoli if Murray pulls it off.

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• 7. At 10:57am on 02 Sep 2009, pedrokelly wrote:

  post 5, you know this for a fact? how do you know this?

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• 8. At 1:18pm on 02 Sep 2009, supersouthend wrote:

  Nobody, as usual!
  
  I do not feel he should have been released on compassionate grounds as no compassion was shown to the victims of the disaster. But there may have been a case for him to transferred on the Prisoner Transfer Agreement so that he did serve his full sentence in prison.

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• 9. At 9:38pm on 02 Sep 2009, Dennis Junior wrote:

  Gillian:
  
  Who do you believe?
  
  I personally don't believe either side...
  
  =Dennis Junior=

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• 10. At 10:07am on 03 Sep 2009, Tempus Fugit wrote:

  I'm certainly not inclined to believe anything that comes out of Browns mouth, or that of anyone else in his party, given their track-record of lies, spin, obfuscation, gimmickery and selective use of facts and figures and jargon to hoodwink the public. I'm only slightly less sceptical of anything any other politician has to say, too, since they one lot will use the same ruse as another lot to nick the headlines off of 'em.
  
  Shabby, the lot of them.
  
  As to Megrahi, well; he was convicted in a court of law and should serve the sentence thus imposed for the crimes of which he was convicted after due process. If he did it, then so what if he dies inside? It would show more consideration than he gave his victims, since he'd still be alive and receiving medical treatment. And that's antoher thing; he's almost certain to have received better treatment here than in Libya.
  
  On the other hand, he's not costing us anything anymore.

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• 11. At 10:39pm on 03 Sep 2009, Nick Vinehill wrote:

  So Tempus Fugit. Presumably you don't think Megrahi's jury less trial and conviction incorporated the same 'lies, spin, obfuscation, gimmickry and selective use of facts and figures and jargon' you've listed to weigh in against easy targets like Brown and his government.
  
  Despite all the rantings of the US against Bonny Scotland etc, Megrahi was released not out of compassion but to prevent his appeal that would have undoubtebly confirmed his innocence.
  
  

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• 12. At 00:47am on 04 Sep 2009, wendymann wrote:

  extraordinary news reporting, we're told that the afghan poppy production has gone down by 10% as a result of uk troops in helmand in the morning and by the afternoon the un inform us that its due to an over production of poppy and therefore wheat was more profitable for now.
  
  so much spin these days. and so many MoD inspired stories leaking into the mainstream media these days it appears.

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• 13. At 00:49am on 04 Sep 2009, wendymann wrote:

  "Despite all the rantings of the US against Bonny Scotland etc, Megrahi was released not out of compassion but to prevent his appeal that would have undoubtebly confirmed his innocence."
  
  the other option was of course to ride it out until he had died .. after all thats why his appeal decisions have taken so long.
  
  the tories and lib dems dont do themselves any favours in the manner they have pursued the point scoring rather seeking justice and fact.

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• 14. At 08:03am on 05 Sep 2009, Tempus Fugit wrote:

  "would have undoubtedly confirmed his innocence. "
  
  Easy to say now we'll find out, isn't it...?

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• 15. At 08:05am on 05 Sep 2009, Tempus Fugit wrote:

  Easy to say now we'll NEVER find out, isn't it...?
  
  Whoops...

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• 16. At 4:39pm on 08 Sep 2009, mindharrowboy wrote:

  I believe these terrorists have committed treason and therefore should be delt with accordingly. I believe the Death sentence is still active for this act? They are British citizens?

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• 17. At 02:59am on 09 Sep 2009, Tempus Fugit wrote:

  No death sentence - the EU made us get rid of it.

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