Megrahi release: SNP will not face ‘no confidence’ vote

The Scottish Parliament looks like it is getting ready to debate the Lockerbie bomber release on Wednesday morning of next week – just after 9.30am.

The SNP will put down its own motion supporting the decision… the opposition parties are then expected to table an amendment attacking the decision and vote on that at the end of the debate.

There will NOT be a “no confidence” vote in the SNP government because the SNP and the Greens have enough votes between them to deny the combined opposition the two thirds majority they need to win a no confidence vote.

The opposition parties don’t want to be seen publicly pressing a button that doesn’t work. They do want to add to the SNP government’s discomfort and the theme of next Wednesday’s debate looks like being that the release of Mr al-Megrahi was “not in Scotland’s name”.

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