Sore loser

Robert Mugabe is still vowing to defeat the opposition in Zimbabwe's election, even though he will probably lose the run-off: "The regime has unleashed thugs, war veterans, and police to beat up opposition supporters in a campaign of intimidation. Resorting to increasingly violent threats, Mr Mugabe in effect warned at the weekend of a return to a bush war like the one in which thousands of Zimbabweans died in the 1970s, if he does not get his way."

Rico says he hopes the Zimbabwean people wake up and get rid of this clown before he takes the whole operation into the toilet with him...