Pandakatanga kugara muBritain, upenyu huzhinji hwakanga hwakavakirwa papfungwa yenzanga. Zvakanyanya kutaurwa; apo neapo, raizove rakajeka, kunyange kuva ugamba. Kuona vashandi vemumigodhi veDurham, vakundwa asi vasina kukotama nenzara uye nechikwereti, vachifora vachidzokera kugomba muna 1985, vachitungamirirwa nevakadzi vavo, kwaive kuona Britain pakugona kwayo. Kunyangwe naThatcher naBlair, hunhu hwemunharaunda hunopona, kunyangwe ungazozvitsvaga. Nzvimbo yakanaka yekutarisa inzvimbo yepositi.
Mahofisi eposvo emunharaunda, kubva kuHighlands kuenda kuPennines kuenda kumaguta emukati, ndiko kunotangira mapasuru anokosha kuenda kune rimwe divi renyika, uye penjeni, rubatsiro rwemari, rubatsiro rwevana uye Incapacity Benefit inodhirowewa, uye Rusununguko Pase rwunopihwa. , pamwe chete nematikiti eLottery uye Mars Bars. Ini ndinowanzo famba ndichienda kuhofisi yeposvo yekwangu kuti ndingotarisa, ndichiona mutsa unopiwa naShailesh naSmita Patel kune vakuru, vasinganzwisisike, vasinganzwisisike, vane hasha. Kana munhu akura atadza kuuya pazuva remudyandigere, achashanyirwa neSmita, aine girosari. Smita ave achiita izvi kweakawanda amakore makumi maviri.
Hofisi yavo yepositi, muAbbeville Road, Clapham, nderimwe remapazi eLondon 169 nekuda kwekuvhara muna Chivabvu. Icho chikamu chechishanu chemahofisi ese eposvo muguta guru. Maposvo anenge 2,500 2009 anotarisirwa kuvharwa muBritain panopera 4,500. Izvi zvinosanganisira nzvimbo dzekumaruwa nedzekure, uko nzvimbo yeposvo iri musimboti wenharaunda. Patels muAbbeville Road vanga vaine mavhiki matanhatu chete ekuita mushandirapamwe. Vakaunganidza masiginicha XNUMX XNUMX ndokuzadza horo yechechi yomunzvimbomo. Vavakidzani vangu vane kukahadzika kushoma pamusoro pezvichaitika ku "Abbeville Village" kana zvivharo zveposvo zvikadzika. Chitoro chekubheja chakafungidzirwa ipfungwa yeLambeth Council yenharaunda - kana imwezve mumiriri wezvivakwa.
Kuparadza kwese nemaune imhando nyowani yeBasa uye inoratidza chikonzero nei, muchidimbu, kunyangwe avo vakambogara vakatendeka vakavashandura. Sezvo yakatovhara mapositi zviuru zvitanhatu kubva payakatanga kutonga muna 6,000, kudarika hurumende ipi neipi, inoburitsa zvinyorwa nevatori venhau ichiti inoda โkubatsira Posvo kuti ive yechimanjemanje, kudzorera pundutso ... kuendesa masevhisi". Tinoziva kuti izvi zvinorevei. Yakasiiwa kune imwe nhengo yeParamende yeScottish, Fergus Ewing, kuti ataure kuti: "Vakuru vakuru vari kugadzirira nzvimbo yekutengesa kukuru kwebasa repositi."
Cherechedza nzira yavari kuzviita nayo. Pabazi rega rega rakacherechedzwa kuvharwa, mavhiki matanhatu "maitiro ekubvunzana" "akafukidzwa nekuvanzika", anodaro Peter Luff, sachigaro weCommons bhizinesi, bhizinesi uye regulatory reform committee, "kuti kana yasvika pakubvunza veruzhinji. nhanho, sarudzo pabazi rePost Office ifait accompli". Mamaneja eRoyal Mail pavakatarisana nemusangano weveruzhinji kubva kuAbbeville Road, vakakanganisa chokwadi nezvesevhisi inopihwa nebazi reko, uye vaiita sevasina ruzivo rwemutengo wayo. Havana kukwanisa kutsanangura kuti nei dzimwe nzira dzaive dzeposvo dzakaiswa chiratidzo chekuti dzivharwe. Mukuru wavo, Adam Crozier, ndiye murume ane mhosva yekukanzura kechipiri kutumira tsamba uye kuunza isingaite "inochinjika" maitiro ekushanda ayo akaodza moyo avo vaimbove vashandi vakavimbika munyika. Nezveizvi, akaona mubhadharo wake uchikwira ne26 per cent kusvika pa ยฃ1.25m gore rapfuura. Ndiyo ยฃ1,000 paawa yega yega uye maminitsi makumi maviri nemanomwe akagara padhesiki rake.
"S-izwi" irubatsiro. Nepo Basa idzva richifara kupa mari yehupfumi hwaCrozier, bhanga rakakundikana, kuteura ropa kwevakoloni muIraq neAfghan istan uye isina basa reTrident zvombo zvenyukireya system inodhura kusvika pamadhora makumi maviri emabhiriyoni, inoramba kupa rubatsiro rwechokwadi rweruzhinji basa rinodhura, maererano. nzungu.
Musi wa19 Kurume, vamiriri makumi maviri chete veVashandi veParamende vakavhota vachipokana nehurumende pachikumbiro chekuti kunonoka kuvharwa kwemahofisi epositi. Munzvimbo yangu, MP weLabour, Keith Hill, akaita hurukuro yaakadana hofisi yeposvo yeAbbeville Road "nzira yehupenyu yekusangana nevanhu". Akazvidaidzawo kuti "imwe yemakumi matatu muzana evashoma ekuita purofiti, mahofisi eposvo ekutengesa", aakaenzanisa zvakanaka neaya mapositi anongopa basa reveruzhinji. Akanga asiri kupokana nekuvhara mapazi, akadaro, asi "hazvina musoro" kana vakaita purofiti. Charles Darwin angadai akanzwisisa pfungwa.