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Saying of the week

Both sides of the Atlantic you see the same thing. Pro-Trump, anti-Trump. Pro-Brexit anti-Brexit. Social media itself a revolutionary phenomenon then amplifies this tendency. Now social media carries many benefits but in politics it is too frequently the medium of the loudmouth, instant opinions unrelated to depth of knowledge, and yet expressed with all the certainty of a true fanatic accompanied by vicious denunciations of those who disagree.- Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair

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Charles Rukuni

The Insider is a political and business bulletin about Zimbabwe, edited by Charles Rukuni. Founded in 1990, it was a printed 12-page subscription only newsletter until 2003 when Zimbabwe's hyper-inflation made it impossible to continue printing.

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