A CONSERVATIVE MP has urged the Government to remove Robert Mugabe's honorary knighthood.
Nigel Evans, MP for the Ribble Valley, said it was sending the wrong message to the rest of the world by repealling the award.
He added: "It is hugely regrettable that Robert Mugabe was awarded an honorary knighthood in 1994, but we have an opportunity now to show Mr Mugabe that the British Government does not endorse his position of power in any way.
"The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee recommended that we take such action in 2003 and it is lamentable that we have not taken steps to remove all the privileges that the UK bestowed upon him.
"I have co-signed an EDM to this effect and I would encourage all my colleagues to do the same.
"Millions of his countrymen starve whilst inflation reaches incredible proportions.
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"He clings to power and intimidates or crushes any opposition to him.
"He has become a dictator in denying the Zimbabwean people a free and fair election."
Mr Evans appears to be labouring under the illusion that the government of this country have some sort of regard for for anyone outside their own group of family and friends!
Remove his knighthood? Hang ona second - when Saddam was behaving is a similar manner, Blair used it as justification to invade his country and install a government of his (and Bush's) own choosing. Why don't we invade Mugabe's place, execute him for his crimes, and turn his country into a better place?
Oh... what's that? They're not an oil-rich country... ohhhhhh....
Mr Evans appears to be labouring under the illusion that the government of this country have some sort of regard for for anyone outside their own group of family and friends!
Remove his knighthood? Hang ona second - when Saddam was behaving is a similar manner, Blair used it as justification to invade his country and install a government of his (and Bush's) own choosing. Why don't we invade Mugabe's place, execute him for his crimes, and turn his country into a better place?
Oh... what's that? They're not an oil-rich country... ohhhhhh....
Posted by: boycott, stockport on 6:57pm Sat 3 May 08
The British Government were no better than Mugabe in their treatment of the Irish Nationalist community in Northen Ireland within last 20 years...rich sanctamonious humbug. Practise what you preach Evans
The British Government were no better than Mugabe in their treatment of the Irish Nationalist community in Northen Ireland within last 20 years...rich sanctamonious humbug. Practise what you preach Evans
Posted by: Hamish Mc, Darwen. on on 9:18pm Sat 3 May 08
I don't think you can judge what Mr Mugabe has done with what we did to those who killed innocent people over 20 years etc. I do agree that Mr Mugabe should be stripped of his Knighthood that he got in 1994 and he should go now.
I don't think you can judge what Mr Mugabe has done with what we did to those who killed innocent people over 20 years etc. I do agree that Mr Mugabe should be stripped of his Knighthood that he got in 1994 and he should go now.
Posted by: Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe on 5:07am Sun 4 May 08
What is a knighthood?it is no more than a symbol of old colonialism,I have said it once and i will say it again ZIMBABWE is not for sale neither is my Knighthood so tell evens to go to hell.
What is a knighthood?it is no more than a symbol of old colonialism,I have said it once and i will say it again ZIMBABWE is not for sale neither is my Knighthood so tell evens to go to hell.
Posted by: will obama, New York on 1:07pm Sun 4 May 08
Mugabe's knighthood is a historical testament to how he and British colonialists used to play ball with each other quite closely. (Margaret Thatcher and Mugabe did a lot of business together, lest we forget the role of imperial power in supporting terrible governance under Mugabe.) Western ideologues today seem to be so terribly blind and self-serving that they actually fail to realize that Mugabe would be very happy to lose his knighthood now. If England takes away Mugabe's knighthood, this would do nothing more than hurt the opposition movement in Zimbabwe.
Mugabe's knighthood is a historical testament to how he and British colonialists used to play ball with each other quite closely. (Margaret Thatcher and Mugabe did a lot of business together, lest we forget the role of imperial power in supporting terrible governance under Mugabe.) Western ideologues today seem to be so terribly blind and self-serving that they actually fail to realize that Mugabe would be very happy to lose his knighthood now. If England takes away Mugabe's knighthood, this would do nothing more than hurt the opposition movement in Zimbabwe.
Posted by: top cat, burnley on 9:34pm Sun 4 May 08
mugabes doing a job for the world,he controls everything and keeps extreamists in line..look at iraq without saddam!!lawless keep mugabe in place or risk a new iraq!!!
mugabes doing a job for the world,he controls everything and keeps extreamists in line..look at iraq without saddam!!lawless keep mugabe in place or risk a new iraq!!!
Posted by: Hellboy, Black Nazi Hell... on 8:54pm Mon 5 May 08
Personally,I would strip this vile individual of his SKIN,never mind the faux 'knighthood' that he somehow managed to aquire.
This maggot has proven that rabid racism is not exclusively confind to the white race. He managed to decimate (in the most horrific way...)all the white farmers AND their families,babies included,and turn Zimbabwé into the worst country on planet Earth...
Personally,I would strip this vile individual of his SKIN,never mind the faux 'knighthood' that he somehow managed to aquire.
This maggot has proven that rabid racism is not exclusively confind to the white race. He managed to decimate (in the most horrific way...)all the white farmers AND their families,babies included,and turn Zimbabwé into the worst country on planet Earth...
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