tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-21509574018942823592008-05-01T00:01:00.001+01:002008-05-01T00:08:02.472+01:002008-05-01T00:08:02.472+01:00<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">A co-conspirator draws an interesting parallel.</span><br /><br />From <span style="font-style: italic;">The History of Zimbabwe</span> based on Nyerere's recollections:<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EQc_hLHXONE/SBj6vNqYiyI/AAAAAAAABv0/tCLR3Jyh924/s1600-h/nkomo%2Band%2Brobert.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EQc_hLHXONE/SBj6vNqYiyI/AAAAAAAABv0/tCLR3Jyh924/s200/nkomo%2Band%2Brobert.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195177859200092962" border="0" /></a>During tension between the two political leaders Julius Nyerere summoned Nkomo then Mugabe to talks to try and reconcile them. When Mugabe went in and was offered a seat, Mugabe refused and went up to Nyerere's face and told him <span style="font-style: italic;">"If you think I'm going to sit right where that fat bastard just sat, you'll have to think again"</span>. As a result of this strained relationship with the two, fighting between ZANLA and ZIPRA soldiers only increased and widened the gap between the two men.</blockquote></div>From <span style="font-style: italic;">The Mail On Sunday</span> based on Prescott's memoirs:<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EQc_hLHXONE/SBj63dqYizI/AAAAAAAABv8/rzXe-dhM3W0/s1600-h/tb%2Bgb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EQc_hLHXONE/SBj63dqYizI/AAAAAAAABv8/rzXe-dhM3W0/s200/tb%2Bgb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195178000934013746" border="0" /></a>Mr Prescott, who will stand down as an MP at the next election, also tells of more comical encounters, including the time the then Chancellor insisted on having a larger chair at a peace-making dinner. Mr Blair reportedly said:<span style="font-style: italic;"> "I'm used to Gordon looking down on me."</span></blockquote></div>Guido Fawkeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15091277669318213298noreply@blogger.com