No Control

Evening,

I think we need to comment on the latest falling out from Westminster concerning the government’s involvement in the release of the Lockerbie bomber – with news stories this morning suggesting that the Foreign Office had advised the Prime Minister to dissuade IRA victims suing Libya due to their connection in supplying weapons to the Provos – in order to protect business interests in North Africa.  So in one swift movement the accusation that we are in Afghanistan to protect business links rather than the War on Terror becomes that bit more pertinent… whoops…haven’t we been here before now…

Thought so, and yet it still seems like that the government has not learnt how to news-manage the narrative, so when the Tories announced through their Defence spokesman that if they were re-elected they would reopen negotiations with Libya over such payments being paid towards the IRA’s victims families, Chairman Brown had no alternative to follow the Conservatives’ lead and say that he would support campaigners demanding similar recompense as the American victims did.  In fact one of the cogs in America welcoming Libya back into the from the cold was the understanding that Libya would compensate American victims of attacks by the IRA.

To the tune of £10million…

In spite of the knowledge that the Scottish executive did take the ultimate decision to release al-Megrahi It has tarnished Britain's reputation abroad, because there is ever-increasing evidence, that the British Government had, at the very least, a powerfully compelling role in the decision.

Across the world, there is little doubt that the British Government is perceived as responsible for the Megrahi affair. Diplomatic relations with America have been strained, because Britain has broken a promise given to the US government that the Libyan would not be released before he had served his minimum tariff of 20 years. Worse, Britain is now identified with a policy of preferring money to justice, and being prepared to sell criminals in exchange for trade deals and concessions. That sets an worrying precedent.  The Americans will not want us to find Bin Laden…

Seriously, Chairman Brown has to get hold of the narrative and control it.  It is as simple as that.  That is why he bought Randy Mandy back in from Brussels, because he had lost it back then, and he has still not regained it – and to be blunt he probably will not be able to, certainly not this side of the Party Conference.  By which time, it will probably be too late.

Because of the fucking hap-hazard way that this Prime Minister has dealt with the above, his time as Prime Minister is going to come to a very brutal end.  Labour’s dillydallying has probably absolved them of any power south of Hadrian’s Wall for another 19 years…

They had so many chances to get rid of Brown and they fucked up every single time, and we’re the ones who are going to suffer…

Well Done!