tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post1708552415394855129..comments2024-03-21T19:46:44.129+01:00Comments on Maravi: Zimbabwe - Claire Short's Letter Nov 5th 1997MrKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post-4961111097429654802020-11-28T17:57:25.410+01:002020-11-28T17:57:25.410+01:00Am not sure why the monarch did not intervene as t...Am not sure why the monarch did not intervene as the prime ruler. Thats why Prince Charles handed over power to Ind. Zimb not Labour or Conservative parties.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03267828344580495197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post-5389677622445277552010-01-03T13:27:33.569+01:002010-01-03T13:27:33.569+01:00This letter is equivalent to a declaration of war,...This letter is equivalent to a declaration of war, i.e., the resumption of the liberation struggle. This is so precisely because, the reason why ZANLA and ZANU, ZAPU and ZIPRA, downed their arms of war was the promise by Brittain and USA to fund the acquisition of land from white settlers on the basis of the willing-seller willing-buyer policy. This promise came after the British Government Murengahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056329505541703681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post-86324251887088195912007-11-05T21:58:00.000+01:002007-11-05T21:58:00.000+01:00The 'very light sanctions against Zimbabwe' includ...The 'very light sanctions against Zimbabwe' include ZDERA, which prohibits the government of Zimbabwe from borrowing from a slew of international financial institutions. <BR/><BR/>This created it's original balance of payment crisis, and is the reason why they are now borrowing from the Chinese. <BR/><BR/>Job well done.MrKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post-59104148587439926062007-03-20T16:54:00.000+01:002007-03-20T16:54:00.000+01:00" " through all the fancy words the bitter pill is..." " through all the fancy words the bitter pill is for those who are seriously suffering and dying of hanger. I dont have solutions for Zimbabwe and no one has! " Actually there are many ways to move on from here. "<BR/><BR/>Actually there are many constructive ways forward from here. The following should help: <BR/><BR/>1) The recognition that the land redistribution exercise is legitimate and MrKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post-70732535567740095522007-03-20T01:49:00.000+01:002007-03-20T01:49:00.000+01:00Theres no where safe for the zimbabweans.was it ri...Theres no where safe for the zimbabweans.<BR/>was it right for the US to invade Iraq? NO<BR/>were the kurds happy? yes<BR/>have they become any better? no<BR/>before the invasion would anyone have convinced the Kurds of the possible outcome? no.<BR/>thats the story in Zimbabwe if it was all just land,it would help,<BR/>through all the fancy words the bitter pill is for those who are seriously Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post-30623205627630850822007-03-19T22:01:00.000+01:002007-03-19T22:01:00.000+01:00Especially this segment is telling:" I should make...Especially this segment is telling:<BR/><BR/>" I should make it clear that we do not accept that Britain has a special responsibility to meet the costs of land purchase in Zimbabwe. We are a new Government from diverse backgrounds without links to former colonial interests. My own origins are Irish and as you know we were colonised not colonisers. "<BR/><BR/>Tony Blair's 1997 New Labour MrKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.com