The news that the Lockerbie bomber is not dying of cancer after all does not come as a great surprise. I thought the fix was in at the time -- with his "compassionate release" a smokescreen to conceal a cynical quid pro quo that had been worked out between the British Government and Colonel Gaddafi -- and so it has proved to be. Yes, yes, I know he was released by Kenny MacAskill, the Scottish Justice Secretary, but I suspect he was just doing the bidding of his countryman in Downing Street. (To read more, click here.)
