By Farai D Hove| The British embassy in Harare has responded to swirling rumours that say it is supporting President Emmerson Mnangagwa win the upcoming 2018 elections.

They were replying Professor Jonathan Moyo who has alleged that the ambassador is compromised because she was once seen wearing what he termed Mnangagwa’s voodoo scarf. Moyo also claimed that the recent BBC HARDtalk interview of Nelson Chamisa was influenced by the British government’s foreign policy.

But the British embassy said, “knows the BBC is ruthlessly impartial and takes pride in giving all politicians – including and perhaps especially British ones – a hard time. The idea they would take instructions from the UK Embassy in Harare is laughable.

“Any actual substantive evidence of bias? We are spending £24 million on support to civil society this election cycle – to try and support #freeandfairelections. Would we bother if we wanted one candidate to win?”

Below was their full reply:

.@ProfJNMoyo knows the BBC is ruthlessly impartial and takes pride in giving all politicians – including and perhaps especially British ones – a hard time. The idea they would take instructions from @ukinzimbabwe is laughable 1/2

— UKinZimbabwe (@UKinZimbabwe) May 13, 2018

Any actual substantive evidence of bias? We are spending £24 million on support to civil society this election cycle – to try and support #freeandfairelections. Would we bother if we wanted one candidate to win? 2/2

— UKinZimbabwe (@UKinZimbabwe) May 13, 2018