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Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was freed on August 20th 2009
MSPs attack Lockerbie bomber release

By politics.co.uk staff A “divisive” Holyrood report has condemned the Scottish government’s decision to free Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi last summer. The Scottish parliament’s justice committee was forced to rely on majority voting as it concluded that it is “extremely concerned” by some aspects of the decision-making process. Megrahi, who is terminally ill with prostate… Read more »

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The Gaza conflict appears to be behind the surge in anti-semitic attacks
Anti-semitism ‘on the rise’

By politics.co.uk staff Gordon Brown has called last year’s highest levels of anti-semitism on record “deeply troubling”. According to the Community Security Trust (CST) organisation there were 924 anti-semitic incidents in 2009 – the highest level since it began recording incidents in 1984. “These record figures show that anti-semitism is an increasingly significant problem for… Read more »