Pane imwe nguva apo vanochengetedza vakaedza kuvimbisa vanhu kuenderera mberi. Kurongeka kwevanhu kwaizoramba kuripo. Chimurenga nekuvandudza zvaizodzvinyirirwa, shanduko inovhiringidza ichidziviswa. Sezvo pfungwa dzezvamatongerwe enyika dzakapararira, iri shoko rakava risingabvumirwi. Vakazvimisikidza, kutanga sevagadzirisi vakangwarira, ipapo, pasi paMargaret Thatcher, saJacobins, vachiparadza chigaro chekare kuti vasunungure zvishuvo zvevanhu zvakadziviswa.
Vakarwisa mabasa. Vakarwisa hutongi hwehurumende uye nyika pachayo - kana kuti ivo vaiti. Nepo Thatcher akasimbirira kuti aive shasha yemuzvinabhizinesi, muridzi wehomwe, murume mudiki, marongero ake akapfumisa bhizinesi hombe uye kirasi yerentier. Akataura kuti aibvisa nyika kumisana yevanhu, asi akaunza mitemo inodzvinyirira yaidzora rusununguko rwedu. Akamisa bhizinesi uye akadzora vagari. Iye zvino hurumende yaCameron nevatsigiri vayo vari kuyedza nzira imwechete: kudzivirira vepamusoro nekuvarwisa.
Hapana kwazvakajeka izvi kupfuura mukurwiswa kwaKenneth Clarke parubatsiro rwemutemo, zvakaratidzwa kune veruzhinji sekurova kumagweta ane makaro ari kukama nyika. The Daily Mail, iyo inoziva manyorero etsamba iyi, inotsigira kucheka kwaakaita nekuputika "magweta ekitsi ane mafuta anotora mari kubva kune vanobhadharisa mutero"(1) uye zvirongwa zvekugamuchira zvekudzikisa "mihoro yavo yemamiriyoni emadhora."(2)
Kuumba kwacho kwashanda: hapana ani zvake - kwete bato reLabour - zvino anotsunga kupikisa kushungurudzwa kwekodzero dzevarombo uku. Mwedzi mumwe nguva yekubvunzana kwepepa rehurumende yegreen yapera (3), pane kashoma kugunun'una kwekupikisa. Undudzai, madzimai nevarume, uye pindai mushandirapamwe weSave the Lawyer.
Isu tose hativavengi here? Magweta emitero anopinda nepaburi retsono kuti vaone kuti vatengi vavo havabhadhare. Magweta ekusvibisa zita anonyararidza vanhu vanopikisa vapfumi nevane masimba. Magweta emakambani anomonyorora maoko evamiriri vemitemo. Iwo ma barristers akakwenenzverwa akazarisa mabhenji ePalace yeWestminster - senge, er, Kenneth Clarke.
Asi munyaya iyi maonero ndeenhema. Magweta anobatsira mutemo haasi makatsi akafuta, asi anorasika. Gweta rinobatsira zvemutemo anga ari pabasa kwemakore akati wandei anotambira, sekureva kweGuardian's chart yemubhadharo weruzhinji, avhareji ye ยฃ25,000 (4) Izvo zvishoma pane vadzidzisi, varongi vedhorobha, maofficial probation uye vashandi vezvemagariro, uye zvishoma pane vatariri vejeri nevashandi vezveseweji vanowana (5) Ndanga ndichipfuura nemhedzisiro inogona kuitika yegirinhi bepa nemagweta maviri kubva kumutemo wekubatsira mutemo Turpin naMiller(6) Philip Turpin, uyo anomhanyisa femu yevanhu makumi matanhatu, anotora kumba ยฃ60 pagore. Iyi haisi mibairo yenzara. Asi ivo chidimbu chezvinobhadharwa vanobatira pamwe mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzemutemo, kana chero chero ani zvake padanho iri mumatunhu kana akazvimirira.
Mhedzisiro yeiyi foney hondo yekatsi dzakafuta kusimbaradza kukuru kwevakuru vechokwadi. Kuti unzwisise zvinorehwa neshanduko idzi, usangotarisa kune vakabatwa; tarisa kune vanobatsirwa.
John McNulty, anoshandira Turpin naMiller, akandipa mienzaniso yenyaya dzaari kushanda nadzo dzisingachakodzeri kuwana rubatsiro rwemutemo. Mumwe mukadzi wechikuru achangobva kudzingwa pamba pake, nekuti mwanakomana wake akagadzira siginicha yake pakuchinjisa pfuma yake ndokuba mari. Iye zvino haana pekugara. Zvinoita senge nyaya yekuregeredza kwevegweta rekufambisa, avo vaive nechisungo chekusangana naye uye kuona kuti aiziva zvaiitika. Tarisiro yake chete yekugadziriswa ndeyekuvamhan'arira. Nekuda kweizvozvo anoda gwaro rekunyora, iro rinodhura ยฃ2000. Nhasi anogona kuwana imwe; kana shanduko yaClarke ikaruma, magweta asina musoro akadaro anoenda asina kubatwa. Ndiani anowana? Magweta akafuta emhando yekucheka aya aifanira kuzvidzora.
Mumwe mukadzi akarohwa nemapurisa kunze kweimwe bhawa, uyo akazoti ndiye akanga avarova. CCTV humbowo hunoratidza kuti account yake yaive yechokwadi uye yavo yaive yenhema. Haakwanise kuvhura nyaya pasina CCTV footage report. Nhasi rubatsiro rwemutemo ruchabhadhara; kana bepa regirini rave mutemo, hazvizodaro. Ndiani anowana? Mapurisa, ayo ane masimba masimba zvisina kufanira achasangana kunyange nezvipingamupinyi zvishoma.
Mumwe musungwa akachengetwa mukati memwedzi gumi nemina mushure mokunge asunungurwa, nokuti basa rokuedzwa rakarasa manotsi ake. Nhasi, anogona kuwana rubatsiro rwezvemutemo kuti atsvage muripo weiyo jongwe-up. Mushure mekunge Clarke aparadza sisitimu, haazokodzeri. Ndiani anowana? Vakuru vehurumende vasina ruzivo vakanyima munhu rusununguko rwake zvisizvo. Zvakawanda kune vimbiso yehurumende yekubvisa nyika kumashure kwedu.
Shanduko dzaClarke dzinodzivirira varidzi vemba avo vakadzinga maroja avo zvisiri pamutemo kuti vasamhanโarirwa. Sezvo bhiri rehurumende reLocalism Bill rinogadzira kukurudzira kwakasimba kune varidzi vemba kuti vachinje maroja avo (7), panogona kuva nekushungurudzwa kwakawanda uye, pasina rubatsiro rwemutemo, dziviriro shoma. Kuchekwa kunodzivirira mabhizinesi nemasangano everuzhinji anodzinga vashandi vawo zvisakarurama kana kutadza kubhadhara mihoro yavo, sezvo vachibvisa zano remahara remutemo iro vashandi vava nekodzero. Vanochengetedza zvikoro izvo zvakabvisa zvisina tsarukano vana vanotambura kana vakaremara. Vanochengetedza chero basa - mainjiniya ezvimiro, vanoongorora, maakaunti, magweta - anogona kumhan'arirwa nekusaita hanya. Avo vasisina kodzero yerubatsiro rwemutemo vachazviwana vachirwa, varidzi vemba, makambani einishuwarenzi nenyika. Vachavhara matare, sezvo nyaya dzinosanganisira vanomhan'ara pachavo dzinotora nguva yakareba kupfuura nyaya dzine mumiriri wepamutemo, kana kuti vanokanda mapfumo pasi votora kugogodza. Ndozvinoita Tory war against elites inoita senge. Vapfumi havakohwi kurwadziwa uye mubairo wose.
Hapana kuhwina-hapana mubhadharo kesi haigone kuzadza gap. Kunyangwe iye zvino, magweta anowanzo sarudza aya akajeka zvekuti nyaya yacho haigone kupikiswa. Shanduko dzaClarke panguva imwe chete dzemitengo yematare edzimhosva, ayo ane kodzero, achaita kuti magweta chaiwo ekitsi akafuta asade kutora nyaya dzakaoma. Uyewo Sangano Guru haringatori zvidimbu. Masangano anoyamura anobatsira vanhu vane nyaya dzekusaruramisira vanowana mari yavo yakawanda kubva murubatsiro rwemutemo(8).
Saka chenjerai vari rightwing vanozviita vanyengeri. Muhurumende yose nevezvenhau vemakambani, vachengeti vemamiriro ezvinhu anozviratidza sevane utsinye uye vane ngozi, vachirwisa gadziriro, vachipidigura zvokwadi dzinogamuchirwa. Asi ivo vanorwa hondo nechikamu chimwe chekugadzwa chete kune mukana wevatambi vane simba. Vanotuka masayendisiti emamiriro ekunze, vachidzivirira zvido zvemafuta makuru nemarasha makuru. Vanopopota nezvevanachiremba, kubatsira makambani anoda chikamu chebasa rehutano. Vanoshungurudza "hutano nekuchengeteka maNazi", asi kwete makambani asina hanya ayo vanoongorora vanoedza kuzvidzora. Sezvo kutadza kwedu kukwikwidza kuchekwa kwerubatsiro rwemutemo kwaClarke kunoratidza, tinoramba tichizvitenda.
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References:
1. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1330170/Legal-aid-gravy-train-ground-halt.html
2. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1330028/Kenneth-Clarke-calls-halt-legal-aid-gravy-train.html
3. http://www.justice.gov.uk/consultations/docs/legal-aid-reform-consultation.pdf
4. https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=tD4F8ร73jNXTW3Q-uhrRm9g#
5. https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=tD4F8ร73jNXTW3Q-uhrRm9g#
6. http://www.turpinmiller.co.uk/
7. http://www.communities.gov.uk/statements/corporate/localismbillsocialhousing
8. Eg Shelter, Citizens Advice Bureaux uye nzvimbo dzemutemo.