Ordinary life continues in Zimbabwe even though this country is plunged in a profound political and economic crisis.
People still go to work in the mornings, children go to school and people shop for food.
But there are telling differences. Secret intelligence reports to the Foreign Office have revealed that the Zimbabwean President ordered the destruction of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change before elections were called. Ministers received the reports in February. Zimbabwe's foreign minister has accused the United States and Britain at a weekend rally of teaming up to destabilise the country before parliamentary elections on June 24-25.