The Megrahi affair is a shambles. It made the last government – and the Scottish executive – look weak and shifty. The new Government has failed to eradicate that impression. As a result, Britain's reputation has suffered.
This is all so unnecessary. To bring the matter under control would require only the assertion of two simple principles: truth and realism. First, truth, and some history. In the late 1980s, the UK was in a state of undeclared war with Libya. For years, the Libyans had been sponsoring terrorists, including the IRA.
