Tony Blair and Libya (part 2)

I wrote last week of Tony Blair's deal with Libya to return the Lockerbie bomber in return for something or other apart from a nice photo opportunity in or near a tent in the dessert I asked "What matters to Tony Blair, other than his legacy and helping BP gain some more contracts." I read today that before Tont Blair even left for Libya (on 29 May) "Libya announced on Tuesday it will sign a $900-million exploration deal with British energy giant BP" '"We are going to sign with BP an oil-exploration and -prospecting accord on Libyan territory worth $900-million," said the head of Libya's National Oil Corporation, Shokri Ghanem.'

270 people died in the Lockerbie act of terrorism, that's around £171,000 per victim. To be fair that is considerably more per head than Tony Blair extracted from the IRA when he released a large number of their convicted murderers so as to be able to proclaim an end to "The Troubles". No money was passed over in Northern Ireland although power passed the other way.

Tony Blair weak on terrorism, weak on the causes of terrorism.