So, Blair keep your England, and let me keep my…

So, Blair keep your England, and let me keep my Zimbabwe.

Sourced, 2002

John Battersby, Andrew Grice, “Anti-West anger at summit as Mugabe rounds on Blair”, The Independent, 3 September 2002, p. 1.. Speech at the Earth Summit in Johannesburg, 2 September 2002.

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