Tony Blair and Libya

Last month, Tony Blair visited Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. The visit may have included according to Alex Salmond, Scotland's First Minister, a "memorandum of understanding", which included mention of the transfer of prisoners, with Libya. The First Minister's official spokesman last night insisted that it was not a draft and that it stated on the agreement that it had been signed by both the UK and Libyan government at Sirte, in Libya, on May 29.

Downing Street insisted that the memorandum of understanding with Libya did not cover the case of the Lockerbie bomber... "The memorandum of understanding agreed with the Libyan government last week does not cover this case."

I wonder which Libyan prisoners other than Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Megrahi, the convicted Lockerbie bomber Tony Blair was discussing. I remind you that 270 people were killed when Pan Am Flight 103 from London to New York was blown up over Lockerbie on 21 Dec 1988.

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Megrahi, an agent in Libya's intelligence service, was convicted of the atrocity by a Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands six years ago. He is serving a minimum 27-year life sentence in Greenock Prison.

What matters to Tony Blair, other than his legacy and helping BP gain some more contracts.