Hurrah for Prime Minister Gordon Brown for standing up to Zimbabwean President horribilis Robert Mugabe. The EU has imposed a travel ban on the tyrant in as an act of condemnation of the way he governs. Now the EU wants to have an African summit with every President from the continent attending, including Mugabe. Brown has come out adamantly against this.
He told the Independent newspaper that Mr Mugabe has an EU travel ban for a reason – “the abuse of his own people”.
Well done Mr Brown. Well done indeed. Not many leaders would stand up for human rights as sufficiently as you are doing.