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Increasing calls for the University of Edinburgh to strip Mugabe of his honorary doctorate. Peter Hain adding his voice today. Should the university remove this degree asap and make a political statement while doing so or would this just be a pointless act that will benefit no-one in Zimbabwe.

Aventinian · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:29 pm Post subject:

Yes, and it should've been done a long time ago.
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azzuri · 'Our Scotland' Fossil Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Posts: 3787

I don't think it will make any difference, but they should still strip him of it if only to distance themselves from him and show their public disapproval.
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macnumpty · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:00 pm Post subject:

I read somewhere that Nicolae Ceaucescu had been awarded with an honorary GCB, but that it was rescinded. If such a radical, forward-thinking institution as Buckingham Palace can rescind honorary titles, surely the University of Edinburgh can follow suit?
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Holebender · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:58 pm Post subject:

Sure it wasn't a JCB?
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macnumpty · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 6:52 pm Post subject:

No, I think that's what his own people awarded him a little while afterwards.
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macnumpty · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:28 pm Post subject:

Yeh, I wanted to put an Laughing

myself but just managed to resist the urge.
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