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PM short of options as
rebels vow to break him
Death of
Mugabe at 95
marks end
of an era for
Zimbabwe
Heather Stewart
Political editorBoris Johnson’s shrinking options
narrowed further last night, after
opposition leaders agreed to reject
his demand for a snap general election
until a Brexit delay has been secured.
Senior members of the “rebel alli-
ance” who have pledged to block
a no-deal Brexit, including Jeremy
Corbyn and Jo Swinson, agreed to
withhold support when the govern-
ment holds a second vote on Monday
to trigger an early poll.
It now appears unlikely Johnson
will succeed in his bid to force an elec-
tion before 31 October – unless he takes
the nuclear option of resigning. The
rebels’ pact came as:- The former justice secretary David
Gauke warned that Johnson risked
turning the Conservative party into
“Farage-lite”. - A scrawled note leaked to Sky News
showed Johnson referring to David
Cameron as a “girly swot”. - The backbench bill aimed at blocking
a no-deal Brexit completed
its passage through the
Jason Burke and David SmithRobert Mugabe, the deeply divisive
former president of Zimbabwe, was
declared a “national hero” by the
ruling Zanu-PF party yesterday, as
preparations for his funeral got under
way in the nation he ruled with an iron
fi rst for almost 40 years.
The death of the former president t
in a clinic in Singapore marks the end
of an era in the history of the former
British colony.
Mugabe, who died aged 95, ruled
Zimbabwe for close to four decades
before being ousted in a military
take over in November 2017. Though
initially admired as a hero of Africa’s
independence struggle, his rule
descended into tyranny, corrup-
tion and incompetence, earning him
international pariah status. His death
prompted mixed reactions in Zimba-
bwe and around the world.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa,
who took power after Mugabe’s fall,
called his predecessor “an icon of lib-
eration, a pan-Africanist
who dedicated his life to the
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