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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on November 15, 2017, 12:50:52 PM

Title: Mugabe 'under house arrest'
Post by: Nearly Sane on November 15, 2017, 12:50:52 PM
While army coups are not guarantees of good governance, couldn't happen to a 'nicer' bloke.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41997982
Title: Re: Mugabe 'under house arrest'
Post by: wigginhall on November 15, 2017, 01:00:50 PM
I should think that making his wife his successor was a final straw for some people.   Not another 40 years of Mugabe rule. 
Title: Re: Mugabe 'under house arrest'
Post by: Anchorman on November 15, 2017, 01:15:38 PM
While army coups are not guarantees of good governance, couldn't happen to a 'nicer' bloke.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-41997982


He could escape, you know.....he might have 'go faster' stripes on his zimmer.
Title: Re: Mugabe 'under house arrest'
Post by: floo on November 15, 2017, 01:36:24 PM
Mugabe is a nasty piece of work, hopefully the regime which will succeed him will be better.
Title: Re: Mugabe 'under house arrest'
Post by: Robbie on November 15, 2017, 05:08:01 PM
While army coups are not guarantees of good governance, couldn't happen to a 'nicer' bloke.

Just what I thought, my heart bleeds for him.
Title: Re: Mugabe 'under house arrest'
Post by: Owlswing on November 15, 2017, 07:25:53 PM

Mugabe is a nasty piece of work, hopefully the regime which will succeed him will be better.


Africvan military regimes have rarely been any closer to democratic than Mugabe's.
Title: Re: Mugabe 'under house arrest'
Post by: Nearly Sane on November 15, 2017, 07:27:19 PM
Africvan military regimes have rarely been any closer to democratic than Mugabe's.
Surely the first word in your post is redundant?
Title: Re: Mugabe 'under house arrest'
Post by: Shaker on November 15, 2017, 07:39:28 PM
No, it was Africvan.

Bit like a Citroen Xsara Picasso or something I guess.
Title: Re: Mugabe 'under house arrest'
Post by: Nearly Sane on November 15, 2017, 07:45:13 PM
No, it was Africvan.

Bit like a Citroen Xsara Picasso or something I guess.

Surely a Citroevn Xsvara Picassvo?
Title: Re: Mugabe 'under house arrest'
Post by: Owlswing on November 15, 2017, 08:04:02 PM

Surely a Citroevn Xsvara Picassvo?


Sorry!
Title: Re: Mugabe 'under house arrest'
Post by: Nearly Sane on November 15, 2017, 08:05:29 PM
Sorry!
The random V in Africvan?
Title: Re: Mugabe 'under house arrest'
Post by: Owlswing on November 15, 2017, 08:09:11 PM

The random V in Africvan?


Don't take the piss - that is what I was saying sorry for!

I blame my senility on a overindulgence in jacket potatoes with cheese and beans - I think it is the beans that do the damage! The resultant gas blurs my vision resulting in poor proofreading!
Title: Re: Mugabe 'under house arrest'
Post by: jeremyp on November 15, 2017, 08:18:48 PM
No, it was Africvan.
Native home of the covfefe been
Title: Re: Mugabe 'under house arrest'
Post by: floo on November 19, 2017, 12:07:31 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42043370

Mugabe has been sacked. The vice president, whom he sacked the other week, has now been appointed President. Hopefully he will do a much better job of ruling the country.
Title: Re: Mugabe 'under house arrest'
Post by: Owlswing on November 19, 2017, 05:53:48 PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42043370

Mugabe has been sacked. The vice president, whom he sacked the other week, has now been appointed President. Hopefully he will do a much better job of ruling the country.


By some reports the proposed replacement is a bigger bastard than Mugabe. Not known as the Croco0dile for nothing apparently
Title: Re: Mugabe 'under house arrest'
Post by: floo on November 21, 2017, 04:15:25 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news

Mugabe has resigned.
Title: Re: Mugabe 'under house arrest'
Post by: Anchorman on November 21, 2017, 04:41:47 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42043370

Mugabe has been sacked. The vice president, whom he sacked the other week, has now been appointed President. Hopefully he will do a much better job of ruling the country.
 



We can hope.
However, his track record suggests otherwise.