Cameron’s refusal to investigate al Magrahi & BP

Some in the UK are hailing David Cameron, Prime Minister and leader of the ConDem Coalition as a statesman for resisting the calls to launch a major investigation into a possible BP link to the freeing of the Lockerbie bomber.

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““I haven’t seen anything to suggest that in anyway the Scottish government was swayed by BP,” Cameron said. “BP should rightly be blamed for what has happened in the Gulf … It’s important to separate that from the decision to release [Libyan bomber] Abdel Baset al-Megrahi.” Al Magrahi is the man who had days to live when he was released a year ago. He is also the man who is still alive and treated like a hero in his home country of Libya. “Al-Megrahi, 58, was said to be dying of cancer with three months to live. But the monster who killed 270 - 190 of them Americans - on Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988 is still alive almost one year on.” The outcry of the families of those lost both on the ground and on the Pan Am flight was understandable. As was the shame of the Scottish people when it was discovered they were conned. One has to speculate that the reason Cameron is resisting the calls for his government to investigate how the farce occurred could be down to electoral realities. His Conservative Party is no where in Scotland. It did so badly in the last General Election, that many are calling for root and branch change in the Scottish Conservative Party. Some are even calling for a relationship to the national Conservative Party in manner like the CDU and CSU in Germany. It is possible Cameron did not want to meddle in Scottish affairs and question the motives of the Scottish government as he thought it would hurt his party in Scotland. Had his party done better in Scotland he would not have had to go into coalition with the Liberal Democrats. The lack of success in Scotland lost Cameron the election. Cameron’s supporters may believe he is standing up for a British company against the bullying of the Obama administration. It is clear he is standing up for British pensioners who have invested so heavily in BP. He should not forget Lockerbie finished off Pan Am as an airline, costing thousands of jobs worldwide. In fact he could be seen as cheapening the lives of terrorist victims for the sake of his own party. Many would be right to see the action as less statesman-like and more craven. The victims of the worst act of terror on British soil deserve an investigation into why Al Magrahi was released to the lap of luxury. Those upset by the release of the bomber will be pleased to hear that an MP has taken up their cause and is not happy with the government’s current actions on the affair. Douglas Carswell, the radical Conservative, had this to say on his blog. He thinks that Parliament should set up its own inquiry into the affair. “David Cameron yesterday suggested that HMG wasn't about to unveil a full investigation into the extent to which BP lobbied for the release of Lockerbie bomber, Adelbaset al-Megrahi.  Instead, David Cameron says he’ll leave it up to Sir Humphrey Appleby Sir Gus O'Donnell to investigate tell us all was just tickety-boo.” If BP is even partly responsible for this farcical event they need to brought to book on it. This is not an issue on which Cameron should be scoring points against Obama. It’s too important to be left to bureaucrats. Andrew Ian Dodge is a 40 something writer, consultant and rocker. He married Kim in 2007 and is busy working on writing projects with her including several novels, lyrics/singing for Growing Old Disgracefully. He is author of the political techno thriller “And Glory”. He writes for The Examiner, PJM, his own blog and other online outlets frequently. Andrew can be reached at: lagwolf@mac.com