Quote Originally Posted by Furunculus View Post
but we kind of expect that from italy*, whereas france is a civilised nation that can hold its head up high in international affairs, surely?
Ai! I think I forgot to write a sentence which I had in my mind:

'half of Italy's politicians are on the Libya payroll....and the sorry lot currently in power in France are never far behind so I wouldn't be surpised.'


It's in the genes. When there is some prospect for private gain for a client or friend French and Italian politicians are every inch as corrupt as British politicians.

Dossier to show Labour 'complicit' in Lockerbie release

The former Labour Government was “complicit” in Libya’s efforts to secure the release of the Lockerbie bomber, a dossier of previously secret documents being published on Monday is expected to suggest.


The release of the files comes after The Daily Telegraph disclosed papers obtained by WikiLeaks showing that ministers secretly advised Muammar Gaddafi's Libyan regime on how to secure the bomber's freedom.

David Cameron will today release dozens of confidential letters, 150 pages of documents, memos and minutes of meetings that are said to provide a "comprehensive" picture of the last government's involvement in freeing Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi.




Mr Cameron and Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, issued a joint statement at the weekend in which they "strongly agreed" that the decision had been a mistake.
Link to hypernationalist tabloid rag (): http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...e-release.html