Of course (you could have seen this one coming), it now turns out that the Lockerbie bomber isn’t on death’s door at all. Could live for 8 months, a year more — who knows? The prison doctor who certified him as “about to die” and thus eligible for release was obviously pressured to do so by the politicians. He’ll probably live to a ripe old age as a hero in Libya.

More shocking are the comments on that article in the Scottish newspaper. A few samples:

“Shock …Megahi is not that ill . Of course he is not dying . This was a political conviction of an innocent man and it was politicians who released him . Now B. P. can start pumping the oil out of Lybia . I hope this poor man has the same recovery as Ernest Saunders ( Guiness fraud case remember excepy Saunders was guilty ) and live a peaceful life with his family”

And…

“He may have not been sick enough for to be released, but we were undoubtedly sick enough to jail him in the first place,, If our Judicial system was even half as good as what it should be, the guy would never have been taken to court !,,
I was so pleased to see the celebrations when he arrived home !,,
Now when are we going to bring Blair and the Labour party to justice for bombing the number 30 bus and three underground tube trains on 7/7 ?”

…etc. Each earning multiple updings. That seems to be the majority opinion: The bomber was innocent, the deal was a good idea to get some nice oil, and by the way, 7/7 was an inside job.

Has Scotland gone nuts?