Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I nga ra i muri i te tukunga o Megrahi me te hokinga ki Libya, ka tiimata te whakapae mo te uru mai o te Kawanatanga o Westminster ki te whakatau a te Kawanatanga o Scotland, ina koa i muri i te kii a Saif Gaddafi kua korerohia te keehi a Megrahi i nga korerorero pakihi me te UK, ana i muri i te mihi a Colonel Gaddafi ki a Gordon Brown mo te "whakangungu" i te tukunga. Na tenei i akiaki ai a Downing Street ki te whakapumautia kua korero a Brown mo te tuku pea ki a Gaddafi i te wa o te
Ko te hui G8 i Itari i te Hōngongoi 2009, engari ko te reta i tukuna e Brown ki te kaiarahi o Libya i kii, "I te wa i tutaki ai matou, i whakapumautia e au, mena ka whakatau te Kaiwhakahaere o Scottish ka taea e Megrahi te hoki ki Libya, me waiho tenei hei huihuinga motuhake, mo te whanau".