Kampeni zachisankho zakhala zikusinthiratu nkhanza zomwe zimayimitsa anthu ambiri; kuchuluka kwa malonjezo osankhidwa omwe amagulitsidwa ndi ogulitsa othamanga kwambiri; ndi machenjezo okhazikika okhudza kusasamala - ngati kuti mavuto enieni ku Britain adayambitsidwa ndi kusagwira ntchito kwa anthu, osati ntchito za aphungu.
Mphwayi ili ndi ubwino wake kwa gulu la ndale - zomwe ndikutanthauza atsogoleri a chipani, madokotala awo ozungulira ndi olemba awo ophatikizidwa m'manyuzipepala, omwe amakhala m'mudzi wa Westminster ndipo samawoneka kuti akutuluka kuti amvetsere zomwe zikunenedwa.
Imalimbikitsa nduna kuchita zomwe amakonda potengera kuti anthu alibe chidwi kwenikweni. Pachifukwa chomwechi, imapatsa mwayi ofalitsa nkhani kuti asamaulutse nkhani zawo ngati kuti ndiyo njira yokhayo yopezera chidwi. Izi zikusonyeza kuti iwo omwe ali pamwamba alibe chidaliro chochepa pa luntha la anthu.
Zomwe ndinakumana nazo, zaka zinayi chichokereni ku nyumba yamalamulo kuti ndipereke nthawi yochulukirapo ku ndale, zanditsimikizira kuti, osati kukhala opanda chidwi, anthu ambiri amakwiya kuti palibe amene akuwoneka kuti akumvetsera; ndiponso sakhulupirira zimene akuuzidwa. Mkwiyo ndi kusakhulupirirana ndi mayankho a ndale kwambiri ndipo m'pang'ono pomwe sizingafotokozedwe ngati mphwayi.
Ichi ndichifukwa chake tawona magulu ambiri otchuka akukula omwe amapereka njira yeniyeni kwa iwo omwe sakumva kuti akugwirizana ndi ndondomeko ya nyumba yamalamulo ndi gulu lake lazofalitsa. Chotsatira chake nโchakuti ndale zenizeni zikugogomezera kwambiri nkhani za mtendere, chilengedwe, ufulu wachibadwidwe, penshoni, ngongole za ophunzira, ndi ufulu wa amayi ndi mabungwe a zamalonda, amene omenyera ufulu wawo amapeza chidziลตitso chocheperapo kusiyana ndi umunthu wa mโzipani zazikulu, ndipo ali. nthawi zambiri amafotokozedwa kuti ndi oyambitsa mavuto kapena opanduka.
Chiwonetsero chachikulu chamtendere Loweruka lino ku Trafalgar Square chikhala choyesa. Ngati chizolowezi cham'mbuyomu chikutsatiridwa, chidwi chokhacho chawailesi chidzakhala ngati pali chipwirikiti kapena kumangidwa, pomwe zolankhula zochokera ku plinth zidzanyalanyazidwa kwathunthu.
Pakali pano, ngakhale amene anavota kuti asamangidwe popanda kuzengedwa mlandu, akunenedwa kuti ndi odekha pa uchigawenga. Izi zili choncho ngakhale kuti mmodzi wa iwo anali Lord Irvine, yemwe nduna yaikulu inamusankha kukhala bwanamkubwa, ponena kuti kampeni ya New Labor iyenera kuzikidwa pa mantha.
Aliyense angachite bwino kukumbukira kuti tsiku loponya voti ndi la anthu oponya voti osati makina a zipani, chifukwa ndi tsiku limodzi m'zaka zisanu pamene wovota aliyense ali ndi mphamvu zandale zofanana ndendende ndi nduna yaikulu, ndipo zofalitsa zofalitsa zingatheke - ndi ayenera - kuyang'ana pa izo.
Mavoti omwe amaneneratu zotsatira, ngakhale ali ndi chidwi ndi oyang'anira zipani pamene akukonzekera kampeni yawo, sathandiza osankhidwawo, omwe amafuna kudziwa zomwe osankhidwawo amakhulupirira asanavote. Chofunikira pakali pano ndikuti bungwe lina loganiza zoponya voti litumize mafunso kwa onse omwe ali ndi mafunso ofunika 20 komanso kudzipereka kufalitsa mayankho awo, m'dziko lonse komanso m'madera awo, ndikuwonetsetsa kuti ngati akana kuyankha. kukana kudzakhalanso poyera.
Sizingakhale zovuta kulemba mafunso ofunikira kwambiri popeza, tisanavote, tili ndi ufulu wodziwa malingaliro a anthu onse omwe akufuna kumenya nkhondo, UN, zida za nyukiliya, mfundo zothetsa umphawi wapadziko lonse lapansi, malamulo a EU, maphunziro, chilengedwe, chindapusa cha ophunzira, kubisa, kutengera mayeso kwa opuma pantchito, ufulu wachibadwidwe, msonkho, ufulu wamagulu a ogwira ntchito, nyumba zomanga nyumba zamakhonsolo, ndi mafunso ena ofunikira.
Demokalase ndi yoyimira, koma anthu ambiri tsopano akuwona kuti tikuyendetsedwa nthawi zonse. Zitha kukhala kuti cholowa chenicheni cha New Labor chidzakhala kusokonekera kwa ufulu wa demokalase, pomwe msonkhano wathu udanyalanyazidwa, nyumba yamalamulo idatengedwa mopepuka ndipo nduna idauza zomwe Prime Minister adasankha kale ndi alangizi ake aumwini - monga Lord Birt. , amene sanasankhidwe, sangafunsidwe ndipo alibe mlandu uliwonse.
Ichi ndichifukwa chake anthu ambiri akudabwa kuti zili bwanji kuti utsogoleri womwe udadziwonetsa ngati wodekha ukanatiyambitsa nkhondo zinayi, kuthetsa Magna Carta, ndikuletsa ziwonetsero ku Parliament Square pansi pa mbendera ya masiku ano.
Koma izi siziyenera kutifooketsa mwanjira ina iliyonse, chifukwa m'mbiri yonse kupita patsogolo kumachokera pansi, monga a Tolpuddle Martyrs, Chartists ndi Suffragettes adazindikira. Momwemonso "zigawenga" zomwe tidawatsekera chifukwa cha gawo lawo pankhondo yomenyera ufulu wachitsamunda, omwe adamaliza kumwa tiyi ndi Mfumukazi ngati atsogoleri a mayiko a Commonwealth.
Kwa nthawi yoyamba m'moyo wanga malingaliro a anthu ali kumanzere kwa boma la Labor ndi chifukwa chake - pafupifupi 80 - ndili ndi chiyembekezo.
* Buku laposachedwa la Tony Benn ndi Free Radical
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