MURDO Fraser has come under fire for saying John Swinney had a metaphorical gun to his head over the publication of legal advice in the Alex Salmond inquiry. The case, which Salmond ultimately won, cost the taxpayer more than half a million pounds. Calls for the Scottish Government to publish the legal advice it received in the run up to that court ruling came to a head this week. All four of the opposition parties in Holyrood signalled they would support a Tory motion of no confidence in Swinney in an effort to force the publication of the legal advice.
March 2, 2021, 1:49 pm
A petition calling for an inquiry into the conviction of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Al Megrahi is to be kept open (Danny Lawson/PA)
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A petition calling for an independent inquiry into the case of the Lockerbie bomber will be continued, with the next Scottish Parliament now set to consider the matter.
It comes after MSPs on Holyrood’s Justice Committee opted not to close a petition brought forward by the Jim Swire, the father of one of the Lockerbie victims, and others in the Justice for Megrahi campaign.
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