Sunday, October 11, 2009
Harris Tweed cuts Scottish ties to avoid Lockerbie backlash
Manufacturers of Harris Tweed are distancing themselves from their Scottish heritage to avoid a backlash over the controversial release of the Lockerbie bomber.
The makers of Harris Tweed normally trade on the cloth's Highland image but believe that the Scottish government's freeing of Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi last month will impact sales in America.
Mark Hogarth, the director of Harris Tweed Hebrides, the biggest of three manufacturers allowed to produce the cloth on the Isle of Harris, has
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