""The bit that I had in mind, Don, was your gratuitous aside in brackets:

I am also ignoring the (possibly underhand) reasons why the Scottish authorities released him...""


You really don't pay attention do you.

That comment had been made further up this thread (NOT BY ME!), and in several media comments. I reproduced it to point up the FACT that it was playing no part in my decisions as to my response.

Why do you find that so difficult to grasp? Or are you just trying to detract from my rationale generally? If so, WHY?

Don T.