VISITING British shadow foreign secretary Francis Maude has called for Zimbabwe to be suspended from the Commonwealth for what he called the repeated flouting of basic rules of law. Maude, from Britain’s opposition Conservative party, said Britain should lead the international community in trying to normalise the political situation in its former colony. “It’s quite clear now that there should be urgent steps to expel or suspend Zimbabwe from the Commonwealth,” said Maude. Maude later met with the Information and Publicity Minister in Mugabe’s office, Jonathan Moyo, who according to state television told Maude “to stop meddling in Zimbabwean affairs”.- AFP