"Oil is vital and Britain hasn't got much of it. I hope it won't be vital forever but it certainly still is. There are worse reasons to fight or appease than the procurement of a necessity. If we went to war for food, I doubt anyone would blame us."
Private Eye has been running a number of features on this recently. The evidence appears to point to Megrahi's innocence, and his early release a way of avoiding an appeals process that would have been damaging for both the British and US governments.
Against this back-story it looks as though David Mitchell is guilty of slightly cheap point-scoring. Either that or he doesn't read Private Eye.
Private Eye has been running a number of features on this recently. The evidence appears to point to Megrahi's innocence, and his early release a way of avoiding an appeals process that would have been damaging for both the British and US governments.
ReplyDeleteAgainst this back-story it looks as though David Mitchell is guilty of slightly cheap point-scoring. Either that or he doesn't read Private Eye.
Interesting, thanks Daz. I'll try to pick up the Private Eyes in question (Alex often has back issues kicking about at work...)
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