Gordon Brown’s silence on Megrahi absurd and damaging

4.45.00pm BST (GMT +0100) Mon 24th Aug 2009

Speaking ahead of today’s statement in Holyrood on the release of Abdelbaset Ali Al Megrahi, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg said: "It is absurd and damaging that the British Prime Minister simply remains silent in the hope that someone else will take the flak.”