Lockerbie bomber's release, British oil and healthcare.

Mr Salmond told the BBC the release decision was made because "it was the right thing to do in terms of the Scottish justice system".****So much for respect for the Scottish justice system. Heretofore, Yoda always considered the Scottish system enlightened for the verdict of "Not proven" rather than "Not guilty" since the onus is on the prosecution in criminal case and failure to prove someone guilty beyond a reasonable doubt hardly rises to the level of exoneration. Nevertheless, if this exemplifies the Scottish system, it stinks! However, it probably doesn't. It's probably just feckless pandering to the needs of British oil companies to negotiate with Libya. Gadhafi's son claimed that Mesrahi's release was always on the table of oil negotiations.
Perhaps the judgment that Mesrahi only has "three months to live" reflects more on the quality of the National Health Service than on the actual dire nature of the prostate cancer that Mesrahi is supposed to suffer from.
We'll see if Gadhafi ( who embraced Mesrahi after his son had done so at the airport and, indeed, had accompanied Mesrahi on the plane ) imports specialists from a better place than Britain to treat Mesrahi.
In about three months time, either Mesrahi or Kenny MacCaskill had better be dead.****