Brown’s fightback is hampered by the negative stories that hover over him
So Brown has said more about the al-Megrahi case, although he hasn’t said anything particularly new. Speaking at an event to mark the government’s new “Backing Young Britain” project, the PM claimed that, “There was no conspiracy, no cover up, no double-dealing, no deal on oil, no attempt to instruct Scottish ministers, no private assurances to Colonel Gaddafi”. Which is exactly the message we’ve heard from a string of ministers, and which has been thrown into doubt by all those published letters. No word yet on whether Brown agreed or disagreed with Megrahi’s release, when it finally came. All this exemplifies the problem that Labour have had for months now,