Airstrip One

The Crack Up

Things seem to be cracking up, as a senior Mugabe ally, Edson Zvobgo, leads a parliamentary revolt that buries Mugabe's media bill. The army seems to be behind Mugabe's youth brigade. Britain tries to kick Zim out of the Commonwealth, perhaps if we just left the thing then there would be no problem in legitimising the dictator. The government claims that it is "logistically impossible" to hold pre-election elections in Harare (forecast MDC landslide).