We have always related better with the British through the Conservatives than Labour,” Mugabe told journalists.
“Conservatives are bold, [Tony] Blair and [Gordon] Brown run away when they see me, but not these fools, they know how to relate to others,” he added.
Subscribe to the New Statesman and save 40% for 1 year!Mugabe’s rant comes after Prime Minister Gordon Brown told South Africa’s Jacob Zuma in London that Zimbabwe’s targeted sanctions would not be lifted until progress was seen in the power-sharing government.
Zuma, who is the mediator in Zimbabwe’s fragile unity accord, wants the sanctions lifted.
“We have a better chance with [British Conservative leader] David Cameron than with Brown,” said Mugabe.
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