Taking a stand

With regards to your reports and letters over the release of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, for the first time in my life, I plan to vote SNP at the next election. The reason being I was pleased with our First Minister for standing up to that vindictive race of people who live across the Atlantic.

I don't recall an inquiry when the Americans shot down an Iranian airliner full of innocent people. Nor do I hear them showing remorse for the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians killed by their troops.

Perhaps the reason that Megrahi has survived longer than the prognosis is that the Libyan medical system is superior to ours.

JAMES MacDONALD

Crow Road

Glasgow