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“WELSHMAN! SIMBA! MAC e’BOERE! came a great roar from the e’Jock, for a mighty crowd had gathered around Mac Morgan, they were the supporters of three clansman who backed Mac Morgan. “Where are they? What happened?” Laird Robert raged, as it became apparent Mac Morgan would beat him, Then it became apparent where his missing voters were.
Zimbabwe elections didn’t quite work out the way I wrote them, WELSHMAN! SIMBA! MAC e’BOERE! What happened to them, looks like Mac Morgan tried to go on his own, his best bet now is to consolidate the opposition.
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