Did governments block Blair invitation to Senate?

As an addendum to the previous post, number 374 of my Questions to Which the Answer is No is asked by … the Scottish National Party.

Robert, a correspondent of mine, writes to draw attention to the above question, the title of an SNP press release issued yesterday, the first paragraph of which reads as follows:

The UK and US authorities are to be asked to clarify if any member of their administration or diplomatic service made representations to stop the Senate Foreign Relations Committee inviting former Prime Minister Tony Blair to give evidence on the relationship between the UK-Libya Prisoner Transfer Agreement and a $900 million oil deal between BP and Libya.

If you want to know what on earth they are talking about, my article in The Independent on Sunday tries to assist you. Meanwhile Robert announces a new series:

The Brass Neck award goes to the people who did free Megrahi, demanding an investigation into someone who left office two years before the event, to see if he secretly made them do it.

Photograph of Alex Salmond and Kenny MacAskill, Tony Blair’s stooges: PA

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