I have posted on TD before about how I was in Salisbury on the day of Independence.

Even though there were a few tanks on the street corners, there was also real genuine hope in the air. Looking back now 28 years later, I can only think of how we were all made to look like fools. Fuck, Mugabe didn't even play a really major role in the "struggle" - not that he would ever let you know otherwise.

A typical communist who wrote history as he wanted it to be seen - rather than what it was. Then again, a few Brits have done that in their time too