ZIMBABWE

Yesterday Gordon Brown was talking tough on Robert Mugabe. But just talking — no doing. A pity he can't be tough on the ruffians and scoundrels who roam the streets of our cities.

ZIMBABWE

Quite a lot of pious outrage in the UK press about Mugabe and the recent elections. The signs are that like Wendy Alexander he's pushed electoral procedure to its legal limits and like Michael Martin and the Conway guy he's probably done well out of expenses. But if British politics continues on its present path it will not be long before we are the new Zimbabwe.