Two years on from the release of the man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, an Ipsos MORI poll finds that the majority of Scots still disagree with the decision to release him.

1. Ipsos MORI Scottish Public Opinion Monitor
August 2011
Contacts:
Mark.Diffley@ipsos.com
0131 240 3269

2. Lockerbie
Q. Last week, it was two years since the Scottish Justice Secretary, Kenny
MacAskill, announced the release of the man convicted of the 1988 bombing of
the Pan Am aeroplane over Lockerbie, in which 270 people died. To what
extent do you agree or disagree with the decision to release him?
Don’t know, 3%
18% Strongly agree
Strongly disagree
46%
16% Tend to agree
8%
9% Neither/ nor
Tend to disagree
Base: 1,002 Scottish adults, 18+, 25th-29th August 2011 Source: Ipsos MORI

3. Lockerbie
Q. Last week, it was two years since the Scottish Justice Secretary, Kenny
MacAskill, announced the release of the man convicted of the 1988 bombing of
the Pan Am aeroplane over Lockerbie, in which 270 people died. To what
extent do you agree or disagree with the decision to release him?
% Agree % Disagree
42 36 34
46 54 55
2009 2010 2011
Base: 1,002 Scottish adults, 18+, 25th-29th August 2011 Source: Ipsos MORI

4. Lockerbie
Q. Last week, it was two years since the Scottish Justice Secretary, Kenny MacAskill,
announced the release of the man convicted of the 1988 bombing of the Pan Am
aeroplane over Lockerbie, in which 270 people died. To what extent do you agree or
disagree with the decision to release him? Agree
Agree Disagree
2009 2010
% %
All 34% 55% 42 36
SNP supporters 44% 45% 58 50
Lib Dem supporters 31% 52% 45 33
Labour supporters 30% 61% 32 29
Conservative supporters 19% 74% 34 25
Base: 1,002 Scottish adults 18+, 25th-29th August 2011 Source: Ipsos MORI