Posts Tagged “scottish parliament”
Lib Dems step up pressure on Brown over Lockerbie comments silence
by Stephen Tall on August 25, 2009
Gordon Brown has, after five days’ silence, commented on the Scottish government’s decision to release on compassionate grounds Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of involvement in the Lockerbie bombing. Mr Brown said he was “repulsed” by the welcome Mr (…)
Scottish Lib Dems win anti-independence vote, call for new Holyrood powers
by Stephen Tall on March 6, 2009
As anticipated on Lib Dem Voice here, the Scottish Lib Dems’ call for a referendum on Scottish independence to be postponed until at least 2011 – the date of the next Holyrood elections – received a substantial majority last night. (…)