They fret that tradition-minded voters are left perplexed, if not outraged, both by the goings-on and the high-handed way in which the government and its friends seems to brush them off.
England have strongly denied the allegations and demanded an apology from Butt, threatening legal action if one is not forthcoming, and Strauss admits he is outraged by the claims.
Outraged, the summiteers suspended Nigeria and threatened that if, by Edinburgh, it had not released named political prisoners and bowed to the Harare principles, it would be expelled.