Ethics, Idealism and a Minister Who Got It Right

The ScotsmanAugust 28, 2009

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After an initial outcry, it looks like most Scots agree with MacAskill's decision to free Lockerbie bomber

BY MOST accounts, the SNP administration should now be in its death throes. "Election threat over Lockerbie scandal" screamed a tabloid paper headline on Monday, "Salmond facing Holyrood revolt as backlash spreads". "Will the bomber topple Salmond?" queried another.

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Ethics, Idealism and a Minister Who Got It Right

On the BBC, the decision by justice secretary Kenny MacAskill to free the bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was treated with a tone of shocked incredulity. Here was a crisis that would surely shatter a shaky and insubstantial devolution experiment. An interview on BBC Newsni...

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