The last Straw?

One little story that's caused quite a fuss in the UK is British Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw's controversial handshake with Mugabe at the UN last week. What is interesting is how the media has portrayed the incident. The BBC reports that Straw didn't really recognise the pariah president, but later justified the handshake on the grounds of being courteous. Meanwhile The Guardian has jumped on Straw's "political faux pas". They quote Straw as saying that he didn't recognise Mugabe because "It was quite dark in that corner...". Doesn't look so dark to me - unless he was referring to all the president's aides.



The best bit is when a former senior diplomat explains that "there are a lot of people and quite a lot of them are black, and it's quite difficult to sort them out"!! But then again, all those darkies look the same, don't they...

I tend to believe the BBC's version, but the blatant bias of The Guardian certainly makes an amusing read.

P.S Check out the guy in the background having a good chuckle.