A Near Thing (Part 2)

Perhaps now we can rid ourselves of the delusion that somehow we in Scotland are immune from terrorism. With our customary flair for secretly despising the English, we had assumed that the terrorist threat was directed exclusively towards London. No more. We are in the front line, and while Strathclyde's best are pursuing probably the most incompetent group of wannabe murderers in the history of terrorism, many 'why' question are being asked. Why now? Why Glasgow airport? Why so incompetent?

Questioning of these bunglers will no doubt produce some answers, but overheated speculation has already suggested the Queen's presence in Edinburgh, the coronation of Gordon Brown, proximity to Faslane, right of appeal given to Megrahi on Lockerbie.......Wait a minute. Is it possible that Glasgow was the intended target and that had the bomb gone off just a few minutes later, it would have been overflying the Dear Green Place? And that this was why these caduceus bearers chose Glasgow Airport? We shall probably never know.