Gordon Brown in Denial over Lockerbie bomber release

Gordon Brown seems to have gone into denial over the release, on compassionate grounds, of Mergahi. I’ve been waiting eagerly to watch his body language as he first speaks out on the subject.....yet even today, at his first press conference since the news came out, it seems he’s ducking the issue.
Does he really believe that if he doesn’t acknowledge what everyone’s talking about, namely whether or not the alleged Lockerbie bomber should have been released, then we’ll all just think the problem’s gone away?
Can he be that stupid? People who won’t acknowledge difficult things, or who shy away from difficult issues, people who can’t handle confrontation or who choose to avoid sensitive issues don’t come across as strong or able. Instead they appear weak and pathetic. That doesn’t mean I wanted to see him plough into the argument all guns blazing, putting on a strong act to cover up whatever his own part in it was.
But I would have liked to see him engaging in some discussion over whether the release was, in essence, a good idea: whether Mergahi would have received the same compassionate treatment under English law, if he’d been in an English jail; whether it can ever be right to release someone who has the blood of 270 innocent victims on his hands; whether the need for trade ever outweighs the need for justice; whether we are a more compassionate people than all those Americans who are so angry at this result.
A good Prime Minister, one who was at ease with himself and comfortable in his role would surely have been able to take these awkward arguments in his stride.
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