Blair's friction with Mandela on Lockerbie
Daily Record|December 30, 2022
South Africa leader said Libya were not legally responsible for bombing
GAVIN CORDON
Blair's friction with Mandela on Lockerbie

NELSON Mandela's attempts to act as an intermediary over the Lockerbie bombing led to friction with Tony Blair's Labour government, according newly-released official documents.

Files released to the National Archives showed officials in No 10 feared the former South African president's efforts to act as a go-between with the Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi were "unlikely to be helpful".

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