James Foley: Vezvematongerwo enyika veScottish Labor vanoti vanotaura nezvekudyidzana nedzimwe nyika, uye vanowanzopomera vatsigiri verusununguko rweparochialism uye hunhu hudiki. Semunhu wepasi rose anogara muLondon, nei uri kutsigira rusununguko?
Tariq Ali: Nekuti ini handigamuchire zvirevo zveNew Labor kana mubatanidzwa wavo unotaridzika kuti ndivo vekunze. Kushamwaridzana kwavo nedzimwe nyika kunoreva kuisa pasi nyika yese yeBritish kune zvido zveUnited States. Vaita kuti Britain ive nyika yevassal: paIraq, paAfghanistan, pane zvimwe zvinhu zvakasiyana. Ichi hachisi kunyange chakavanzika chikuru.
Saka ndaizopikisa zvakasimba chero pfungwa yekuti hurumende dziri mukati meBritish nyika dzave dzepasi rose. Havana kumbove, kwenguva yakareba. Icho chinhu chinoda kurohwa.
Pfungwa yechipiri ndeiyi: Scotland yakazvimirira, nyika diki, ine mikana yakawanda kwazvo yechokwadi, yechokwadi yepasirese. Izvi zvinoreva kutanga hukama hwakananga nenyika dzakawanda nevanhu vari munyika. MaNorwegians, semuenzaniso, mune yavo midhiya uye netsika yavo, vanofananidzwa nenyika dzepasirese. Ndakanga ndiri kuNorway svondo rapfuura pamusangano weMiddle East, waitungamirirwa nemumiriri weNorway. Uye akati achangodzoka kubva kumakore maviri muguta reParesitina reRamallah, uye aizviziva zvose. Saka zvauri kuita mudiki hazvireve kuti unenge wava parochial. Mukupesana, inogona kuva nepesvedzero chaiyo yakapesana.
JF: Vazhinji vezvematongerwo enyika veVashandi vanosekawo SNP sevaneoliberal populists, sevanopokana nevashandi, zvichingodaro. Ndeapi maonero ako pamusoro peScottish nationalism?
TA: The Scottish National Party yakashandurwa. Payakatanga kumisikidzwa, yaive diki-C inochengetedza, uye yakati rebei. Asi izvo zvakashandurwa ne'79 Group. Kunyange hazvo vazhinji venhengo dzayo vakambodzingwa, kusanganisira naAlex Salmond, vava muhurumende. Zvakare, SNP yanga ichitsvaga vanhu vazhinji, kusanganisira vatsigiri veBasa uye vaimbove nhengo dzemapoka ari Kuruboshwe. Ini pachangu handibvumirani nehurongwa hwavo hwemagariro nehupfumi, ndinofunga kuti hauna kusimba. Pane zvimwe zvinhu zvakawanda, ndaizovawo nekutsoropodza.
Asi ndinofunga kuti ndaizotsigira vhoti yeHongu, nekuda kwechikonzero chekuti vanhu veScottish vane kodzero yedemokrasi yekusarudza ramangwana ravo. Aka ndekekutanga kukumbirwa kuti vavhote pane izvozvo. Mubatanidzwa uyo wakasundidzirwa kuburikidza nemukana, huori, uye chiokomuhomwe muna 1707 yakanga isiri mhedzisiro yevhoti yedemokrasi, sezvatinonyatsoziva. Ndosaka vaifanira kurwa hondo yeCulloden. Icho chaive chiitiko chakakosha chenhoroondo yeScotland, nekuti kukundwa uku kuCulloden kwakamanikidza Union sezvatinoiziva, chimwe chinhu chakadzorwa neBritain.
Iyo SNP ikozvino iri kuedza kuputsa netsika iyoyo, uye zvinobudirira kubvunza vanhu veScottish kuti vazivise rusununguko rwavaimbove narwo. Uye ndinofunga zvingave nani kuScotland, uye ndinofunga zvingave nani kuEngland. Basa Idzva rave nehuwori hwakazara, mumaonero angu, pane zvese zvemagariro, zvematongerwo enyika, uye zvehupfumi. New Labor ndiyo itsva Tartan Tories.
Izvi hazvireve kuti SNP haifanirwe kupokana nayo, kupokana nayo, uye ndine chokwadi chekuti vanhu vari mukati mayo vachazviita. Uye iyo Radical Independence mubatanidzwa chinhu chikuru mune izvi. Ndakokwa kuti nditaure kumusangano weHongu wakarongwa neSNP muKirkcaldy muna Chikumi, izvo zvandichaita.
Ini ndiri chaizvo, zvakasimba mukuda rusununguko rweScottish, uye ndagara ndiri, zvisinei nekusawirirana neSNP. Pfungwa yekuti munhu haagone kupokana neSNP kana munhu achitsigira rusununguko ipenzi.
JF: Unogona here kutaura zvishoma nezve zvinogona kuitika pasi rose zvekuparara kweBritain?
TA: Ndinofunga, kunyanya, zvingave zvakanaka kuEngland, iyo yagara iri chinhu chikuru muMubatanidzwa. Ichavhura nzvimbo itsva yezvematongerwo enyika. Zvinogona kusabatsira vanofambira mberi pakutanga, asi zvinozobvumira zvematongerwo enyika kuti zvikurukurwe patsva uye patsva. Ndicho chinhu chekutanga: zvichave zvakanaka kune demokrasi yeChirungu, iyo iri mumamiriro ezvinhu anosuruvarisa.
Chechipiri ndechekuti zvichabatsira kunyangwe vanonyanya kupenga mubatanidzwa muBritain kuti vanzwisise kuti mutambo wapera, uye kuti vanofanirwa kusimuka vachisiya zvekunyepedzera. Kunyepedzera ikoko kunoenderera kunyangwe kuri kuseka muhurongwa, uye ingori ruremekedzo rweUnited States. Uye ndiani anoziva? Inogona kuvhura nzvimbo yerusununguko rweBritain zvakare. Ndinoreva rusununguko rwechokwadi rweBritish, izvo zvisati zvaitika kubvira 1956.
Tichaona zvichaitika, asi ndinokahadzika kuti mhedzisiro yacho ichave yakaipa. Uye ini ndinofunga Scotland yakazvimirira, ichiita yakazvimirira mune zvematongerwo enyika uye muEurope, yaizove nemhedzisiro muBritain.
Chimwe chinhu chakakodzera kutaura ndechekuti izvi zvinogona kuitwa chete nemvumo yevanhu vekuScotland. Hapana anogona kuzvimanikidza. Saka hapagoni kuva nenharo yokuti maoko akamonyaniswa. Kana paine chinhu, mushandirapamwe wekutya uye kutyisidzira wakaitwa neLondon unonzwisa tsitsi, uye ndinovimba vanhu vekuScotland vacharwisana nazvo.
Ndinorangarira Tony Blair paakauya parwendo rwake rwekupedzisira kuScotland, uye akati, Kana ukavhotera rusununguko, mhuri yese icharasikirwa neยฃ5,000 pagore. Ndiani akarota nhamba iyoyo? Vamwe bureaucrat muWhitehall vanoda chimwe chinhu chinotyisa maScots. Uye ipapo ndakaverenga, mazuva mashoma apfuura, kuti Danny Alexander ari kudzokorora manhamba aya asina musoro. Vanoita izvi nokuti vanoda kutyisidzira vanhu, nokutaura kuti mararamiro ako achaderera. Asi hapana chikonzero chekuti vadzike kana hupfumi hwabatwa nemazvo.
JF: Unofunga kuti veBritain vepamusoro vari kunetseka nezve tarisiro yekuzvitonga?
TA: Zvikamu zvawo zvingangove zvakadaro, nekuti vanozozviona sekurova kukunyepedzera kweBritish. Asi ini ndinofunga panogona kunge paine chikamu chevakuru vanogona kutaura zvakanaka, zvichatichengetera mari, zvinomisa rubatsiro, nezvimwe, uye Scotland haiite mari yakawanda zvakadaro. Ichi ndicho chikamu chevakuru vanotenda kuti nzira chete yekumberi ndeyekutengesa hupfumi hweBritain nemaguta ekumaodzanyemba kune vapfumi, kune oligarchs kubva kumarudzi akasiyana-siyana, Ukrainian, Russian, Arab, etc, vanotonga zvikamu zvikuru zve misika yemari muLondon nhasi. Icho chikamu chevakuru, icho chinofunga kuti iyi inguva yemberi, hachina basa zvachose, chero zvavanotaura paruzhinji.
JF: Iwe unofunga kuti maUnionists ari kukanganisa pamusoro pemubvunzo wemubatanidzwa wemari?
TA: Ndinofunga ivo vari kunyanya kupusa. Asi ndinofunga Alex Salmond anofanira kufonera bluff achiti, Kana iwe uchizozvibata nenzira yakashata-yemweya uye ine pfungwa shoma, saka Scotland haizove neimwe nzira kunze kwekugadzira yayo mari. Sezvazviri, mari yeScottish inotaridzika zvakasiyana nemari yekuBritain. Scotland inodhinda mari iyoyo. Uye isu tichadhinda mari yedu, kana iwe ukatirambidza kubva mukufurirwa, isu tichatsvaga dzimwe nzira. Ini ndinofunga Salmond inofanirwa kuve yakapinza pane izvi, uye kufonera bluff yavo. Haafaniri kutya.
JF: Ndinogona here kubvunza zvishoma nezve nhoroondo yechinhu. Sei uchifunga kuti neoliberal counter-revolution yakabudirira kudaro muBritain?
TA: Zvakanaka, ndingapikisa maonero ekuti yakabudirira. Kana kuti kana yakabudirira, imhaka yekuti masangano evashandi neBato reLabour havana kumisa kana kurwisana nazvo. Ukatarisa kuSouth America, kunyangwe nyika diki dzemukondinendi iyoyo dzakapokana neoliberalism, uye dzakabva pairi kusvika kune madhigirii akasiyana, dzakazviita nerubatsiro rwemafambisirwo makuru emagariro akatanga. Sezvineiwo, sangano reBritish trade union rakakundwa mushure meMiners' Strike zvekuti vakabva vakanda mapfumo pasi. Havana kunetsa, havana kurwa, uye kana bato reLabour rangozviuraya nekuva New Labour, maive munaTony Blair mutungamiriri akaomarara weThatcherite. Uye akaenderera mberi nenzira imwe chete yekare yaThacherite.
Saka panyaya yekupa chero imwe nzira kune vanhu ava, New Labor neConservatives vakabatsirana vachiti pakanga pasina imwe nzira. Uye hazvisi izvo vanhu vanoitsigira, kunyanya mushure mekuparara kweWall Street muna 2008. Izvo zvinobudirira kuti havana kupiwa dzimwe nzira.
Kana Scotland ikawana rusununguko, uye hutungamiriri hwayo hune huturu, inogona kutyora neoliberalism. MuBritain, pakanga pasina simba raibva pasi rokuipikisa. Vanhu vakanzwa vakundwa, vakanzwa vaora mwoyo, uye vakafunga kuti masangano nevatungamiriri vavaivimba navo kwenguva yakareba vakanga vavatengesa zvachose. Uye nzira iyo vanhu vanopikisa izvi kubva kurudyi. Kutsigira kuri kukura kweUKIP, kunyanya, inzira yekupikisa mitambo inotambwa nevakuru. Hupenzi, nekuti Farage nekambani inopa zvachose hapana. Asi ndiwo chiyero chekupererwa. Uye hapana chiripo Kuruboshwe chekupikisa izvozvo.
Mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzeEurope, kune matambudziko kubva Kuruboshwe. Asi kwete muBritain. Handingati vanhu vanozvigamuchira, ndingati vakaratidzwa hapana imwe nzira neboka revanhu.
JF: Uchataura svondo rino nezve "kubvisa" nyika yeBritish. Vamwe vanhu vakakubvunza uchirevesa neizvi.
TA: Ndinoreva kuti nyika yeBritish, yakagadzirwa neMubatanidzwa muzana ramakore regumi nesere, haina kupikiswa. Chinhu chimwe chete chakanyorwa chebumbiro remutemo reBritish ndicho chinonzi Treaty of Union of 18. Zvino, izvo vanhu veScottish vari kuvhotera, kana, sezvandinotarisira, vakavhotera hungu, ipapo nyika yeBritain sezvairipo inobviswa, full stop. Vhoti yerusununguko rweScottish ndiko kupera kwehurumende yeBritish sezvatinoiziva. Kuti ichakura sei mushure meizvi zvicharamba zvichionekwa. Asi, chokwadi, Scotland ichipaza inobvisa nyika yeBritish.
JF: Vazhinji vesocialist vangaramba kuti pane chimwe chinhu chine muchetura pamusoro penyika yeBritish, uye vangati nyika dzese dzechi capitalist dzakaipa. Ehe, tinoziva kuti vanokwikwidza vakaita seFrance, Germany, neItaly vane matambudziko avo zvakare. Iwe unofunga kuti kune mutsauko kune iyo nyika yeBritish? Uye izvi zvinoreva here kuti tinofanira kuzvipikisa neimwe nzira?
TA: Pane imwe nhanho, zvinogona kutaurwa kuti hupfumi hwehupfumi hwenyika idzi hwakanyanya kana kushoma zvakafanana. Asi nyika idzi dzine zvadzo. Panyaya yeBritain, sekutaura kwakaita shamwari yangu yekare Tom Nairn, izvi zvakasarudzika zviri munzvimbo yekuseka. Kuchengetedzwa kwehumambo, kwakaramba kuchienda zvakanyanya kuburikidza nemonarchic internationalism yeImba yeHanover, iyo yakawana vatongi veBritain payakapera zvechisikigo. Kugadzira nekuchengetedza humambo uhwu ifaro.
Imba yeMadzishe zvakare haina demokrasi zvachose. Zvose izvi zvinopa hurumende yeBritish chimiro chekare. Iyo nyaya yekuti iyo isina musoro sipo opera Downton Abbey ine mukurumbira zvinoshamisa chiratidzo chezvinoreva. Zvese izvi zvakaunza mukati meBritain ruremekedzo kumutongi, doffing of cap, uye zvese izvo, izvo zvinoendeswa kuScotland nenzira imwecheteyo, mupfungwa yekuti iyo mhuri yeRoyal ine imba muBalmoral kana zvasvika kuScotland. zvichingoenda zvakadaro.
Kuvandudzwa kweBritain kwakadziviswa neizvi. Saka nyika yeBritish ine zvimiro zvayo zvakasiyana. Uye ndinofunga chimwe chinhu chinoda kutyorwa nacho. Asi zvave zvisingaite kuti ndisiyane navo neimwe nzira, saka kuzvitonga kweScottish ingave nzvimbo yakanaka yekutanga. Uye nenzira, apo Norway yakasarudza kubuda muSweden muna 1905, vakaita saizvozvo nokuda kwezvikonzero zvakafanana, kuti vaida nyika yavo vamene, uye vakadyiswa nokudzorwa neStockholm. Uye zvakaitika zvine ushamwari. Saka zvinhu izvi zvinogona kuitika.
Ehe, unogona kuita nharo kuti sezvo capitalism yava kutonga kwese kwese, saka munhu haafanire kuita chero chinhu. Asi ikoko kungave kudzoreredza mukusava nehanya uye kufatalism.
JF: Britain yakarasikirwa neHumambo hwayo zvizvarwa zvakapfuura, asi Britain ichiri imperialist?
TA: Zvakanaka, i-sub-imperialism, yakabvumiranwa kune imwe chete Empire iripo nhasi, inova United States of America. Asi dzimwe nyika dzichiri nekunyepedzera. Vamwe vanoedza kumutsidzira zvekare, sezviri kuita Putin muUkraine. Vamwe vanoedza uye kunyepedzera, uye muchokwadi vanoita bhokisi pamusoro pehuremu-kirasi yavo, nekuti ivo vakanamatira kune jasi-miswe yehumambo huripo. Kana ukatarisa Humambo hukuru hwaivepo, maJapani, maGerman, maFrench, maBritish, ndeapi izvozvi? Ivo vanonyatso bvumiranwa kuUnited States of America. Hapana zvachose chavanogona kuita vasina kuwana mvumo yeWashington. United States ndiyo yega Humambo nhasi.
JF: Wataura hurombo hwehutongi hwejekerere hweChirungu. Unonetsekana sei nekusimuka kwezvematongerwo enyika epopulist muEngland? Sei uchifunga kuti izvi zvakabudirira muEngland izvozvi?
TA: Zvakanaka, zvinobudirira nekuti hapana chimwe. Zvichiri kushanda, nyaya mbiri dziri pamusoro pe UKIP mishandirapamwe iEuropean Union uye immigration. Izvo zvakabatana, nekuti kutama kwavanorwisa, zvakanyanya, kutama kubva kuEuropean Union. Nehurombo, izvi ndizvo zvinodiwa zvakakurumbira muEurope yese panguva ino nekuda kwedambudziko rehupfumi.
Zvakare, mumaonero angu, Kuruboshwe kwave kusisina kusimba mukusaisa pamberi pekushoropodza kwakasimba kweEuropean Union uye mashandiro ayo nhasi, nekuti vanotya kunzi vanopesana neEurope. Asi hazvisi zvinopesana neEurope kupokana kuti European Union ine huwori zvachose, hurumende, haina demokrasi, inotungamirwa nevakuru, uye, zvinobudirira, mubatanidzwa wemabhanga. Icho chinongova chokwadi. Asi Kuruboshwe kwave kusiri kuita mushandirapamwe zvakadaro, kunze kwemuFrance, nenzira.
Saka iwe une mamiriro ezvinhu apo bato rinobuda mumatumbo ekare reTory Party, uye rinouya nezvinhu zvose izvi, uye mapoka efascist anotanga kuita basa rekupinda mairi, uye rava simba rezvematongerwo enyika, iro chinangwa chake chikuru ndechokuisa kumanikidza. paConservatives uye kuvaputsa kubva kuEurope. Uye ivo zvirokwazvo vakabudirira kusundira mapato ese eWestminster kurudyi pamusoro pekupinda. Saka ndosaka vamuka.
Asi ndinofunga kuti pane dambudziko rakadzama, rinopokana namushakabvu Peter Mair, nyanzvi munyaya dzezvematongerwo enyika, mubhuku rake rakafa, Kutonga Kusina. Inonyatsopokana, zvakarurama mumaonero angu, kuti zvatinazvo iye zvino munyika dzepamusoro-soro dzepamusoro-soro mamiriro ezvinhu apo boka rezvematongerwo enyika harimiriri zvinodiwa kana maonero ehuwandu hwevanhu. Izvi zviri kupa kuti kusabatana nezvematongerwo enyika kuwedzere.
Saka kushomeka kwedemocracy muBritain kwakakura. Uye ichi zvakare chikonzero nei vanhu vekuScotland vachifanira kutora mukana uyu uye kubuda mutirongo inova United Kingdom, vogadzira yavo marongero, uye kukurukura pachena nzira dzekuenda kumberi. Ivo havafanirwe kubvuma diki vhezheni yeNeoliberal Britain sechinangwa chavo muhupenyu.
JF: Vanhu vazhinji vari kunetsekana nezvazvinoreva, kana Scotland ikaenda, nezveramangwana rehurumende dzepakati-kuruboshwe dzevashandi muUK yasara. Muchirevo cheUKIP, kusimuka kwevanhu vakawanda, Collins Ongororo, uye zvichingodaro, chii chiri ramangwana reBritish social democracy?
TA: Maonero angu pane izvi akataurwa pachena kubva pakatangwa New Labor. Ikozvino zvave kugamuchirwa kuti hapana mutsauko wakakosha pakati pepakati-kuruboshwe nepakati-kurudyi, mune zvematongerwo enyika zveBritain, kana nenyaya iyoyo mune zvematongerwo enyika dzeFrance kana dzeGerman. Zvinobudirira zvatinazvo inzvimbo yakanyanyisa. Zvakanyanya nekuti zvinotsigira hondo nemabasa. Yakanyanya nekuti inozivisa hondo kune vanhu vayo, inoedza kupa mhosva vanobatwa nemhosva dzakaparwa nevakuru. Zvakanyanya nekuti zvakagadzirira kubvisa kodzero dzakakosha dzedemocracy kuitira kudzivirira kupokana munhaurirano dzehurumende yakavanzika.
Iyi yakanyanyisa nzvimbo inotenderedza zvese pakati-kuruboshwe uye pakati-kurudyi. Vanoita karuzha kashoma kekunakisa kana mumwe nemumwe achipikisa, asi kazhinji kacho, pavanenge vava nesimba, vanoita zvimwe chetezvo. Nanhasi bhenji reNew Labor Front harisati rambokwanisa kutaura kuti richatyora mitemo yemubatanidzwa ine chekuita nehupfumi. Havagoni kuzvitaura, nokuti ivava ndivo mitemo yavo. Havana kusiyana.
Saka kutaura kwese uku kwekupera simba Kuruboshwe mune zvichasara zveUnited Kingdom chivharo. Chifukidziro chei? pasina. Hachina hukama kune chokwadi. Mibatanidzwa yevashandi haina simba, Yekupedzisira General Strike yaive muna 1926, saka pfungwa yekuti imwe neimwe nzira iri kutengesa kubatana kwevaScottish neChirungu vanoshanda kirasi haina maturo. Chero zvazvingava, kubatana ikoko kunogona kushandiswa kuseri kwemiganhu yakazvimirira. MaSocialists aigara achipokana nezvekubatana kweboka revashandi vepasirese, kusvika Hondo Yenyika Yekutanga yaratidza kusimba kwerudzi rwemhando yekudzokera shure, iyo yakabata vashandi zvakare.
Saka hapana imwe yenharo idzi nharo dzakakomba, mukuona kwangu. Vakasimba vemubatanidzwa vane nharo huru vachiti, Mwari, chechi, humambo ndizvo zvinobatanidza Mubatanidzwa wedu, uye zvavepo kubva 1707, uye isu hatifanirwe kuputsa navo, uye nhamo inowira maScots anoda kuzviita. Ndiwo maonero anowirirana, asi anachronistic zvachose.
JF: Vamwe vanhu vanopikisawo kuti Scotland neEngland dzichakweverwa mumujaho kusvika pasi mushure mekuwana kuzvitonga. Vanotaurawo nezvemitero yemakambani nezvimwe zvakadaro. Iwe unofunga kuti zvinhu zvichanyatsoita nani kana Scotland ikawana rusununguko?
TA: Zvakanaka, ndinofunga hwaro hwakagadzirwa kuti zvinhu zvigadzirike. Kana vachivandudza kana kuti kwete zvinoenderana nezvinhu zviviri: kana vatungamiri veSNP vakagadzirira kuenda mberi maererano nekugadzira Scotland yegutsaruzhinji kana kwete. Ndinovimba kuna Mwari varipo. Chechipiri, uye chinonyanya kukosha, ingave muScotland yakazvimirira pachave nechishuwo chevanhu kutora chikamu zvakanyanya mune zvematongerwo enyika pamatanho ese. Kwete chete kuburikidza nemasangano aripo, asi kuburikidza nekugadzirwa kwemasangano ekutarisa uye kuona hutsva hweScotland democracy. Vanofanira kutora rutivi mariri, uye kutaura apo zvinhu zvinenge zvisina kumira zvakanaka. Munyika diki, zviri nyore kuita izvozvo. Ndinofunga kuti pamwe ndiwo uchava mugumisiro wacho. Uye Kuruboshwe muScotland kunofanirwa kuita chikamu chayo.
JF: Ndeapi maonero ako paNordic modhi uye mamwe marudzi e capitalism? Ko Scotland inogona kutora pane aya mazano?
TA: Zvakanaka, tiri kutaura nezvenguva iyo capitalist system yakakunda, uye pfungwa dzesocialism dzakakundwa zvakanyanya pasi rose. Saka tiri kurarama munguva yeshanduko yechienzi, inogona kugara kusvika pakupera kwezana ramakore. Munhu haafaniri kusiya izvozvo. Saka munhu anofanirwa kushanda nezviripo, uye kuona kuti mari muzvinhu zvakaipisisa inogona kudzorwa sei, kuti nyika ingadzorwe sei inoshanda kubatsira vanhu vanoshandaโฆ purogiramu yakanga yakanaka, nenzira. Izvo chaizvoizvo zvakachinja mararamiro evanhu, uye kunyange nhasi, handisi kugara muScotland, asi vanhu vanondiudza kuti dzidzo yeScotland iri nani, kubva pamaonero iwayo, kupfuura dzidzo yeChirungu.
Apa ndipo apo Scotland yakazvimirira inogona kuita mutsauko mukuru. Kana inobata hupfumi hwayo nemazvo, mafuta ayo, chidzidzo chekudzidza kubva kuNorway, iyo yakaisa hupfumi hwayo hwemafuta nehungwaru. Nekuda kweizvozvo, ine nharaunda yedemocratic welfare inova godo remunhu wese. Ndiripo shamwari dzangu dzekuNorway dzakanditi handikuone kusvika October nekuti ndiri kuenda kuzororo remwedzi mitanhatu. Ini ndikati, mwedzi mitanhatu iende?! Sei, chii chaitika? Uye akati, mudzimai wangu ane mwana, uye maererano nemutemo wekuNorway, vaviri vanobatana vanobvumirwa mwedzi mitanhatu yezororo inobhadharwa. Ndakashamisika, nokuti ndaiziva kuti pane chimwe chinhu chakadai, asi ndaisaziva tsanangudzo yacho.
Saka, vanhu vanonzwa, neimwe nzira, kuti vanopona zviri nani pasi pehurumende dzegutsaruzhinji, kana pasi pechibvumirano chinobvuma kuti mamwe mabhindauko akakosha. Uye zvirongwa zveprivatization zveBritish elite zvakaparadza nyika. Iye zvino, vari kutengesa basa rehutano. New Labor inofanira kuyeuka izvi. Paive nechinyorwa cheaimbova munyori wezvehutano Alan Milburn muFinancial Times svondo rapfuura achipokana nenyaya yehutano hwakazvimirira, achinyepedzera kuti inzira yekudzivirira iyo National Health Service. Izvi ndizvo zvakagadzira hasha muBritain neScotland. Ndiyo New Labor yakaita izvi. Uye munhu anofanira kubvarura zvine mutsindo kubva kune izvo zvematongerwo enyika uye kugadzira nzanga iri nani.
Iyi haizove iyo socialist nzanga inorota vazhinji vesocialists. Asi yaizovhura nzvimbo iyo ingangoita zvinhu zvakadaro zvinogona kupokana, uye shanduko dzinoitwa dzinovandudza mararamiro eScotland. Iko hakuna zvachose chikonzero nei yakazvimirira Scotland isingakwanise kutanga kugadzirazve indasitiri, uye kuvaka indasitiri hombe yekuvaka ngarava, nerubatsiro rwenyika dziri kunze kweEurope, dzakagadzirira kuenda. Hupenzi kungoona ramangwana reScotland zvine hukama neEngland kana kusara kweEurope. Kana iri yekufungidzira, inogona kupfuura ipapo.
JF: Kushushikana kukuru kwevanhu ndechekuti Scotland ichave yega mushure mekuzvimiririra mushure mekuzvitonga. Scotland inofanira kudzivirira sei izvozvo? Uye rudzii rwemibatanidzwa yaunofunga kuti Scotland inofanira kuvaka?
TA: Asi Scotland haisi yega ikozvino? Ndingati Scotland yaparadzaniswa iye zvino, nekuva chikamu cheBritain. Britain haisi, asi Scotland ndizvo chaizvo. Saka pfungwa iyi yekuti ichave yega mushure mekusununguka haina kururama. Maseti emibatanidzwa yaanofanira kugadzira? Pakutanga, chinangwa chinofanira kunge chiri chekuvaka mibatanidzwa neScandinavian bloc, kunyanya Norway neSweden. Ndinofunga kuti vaizogamuchirwa nemaoko maviri, kuita zvibvumirano zvehupfumi, kushanya, zvibvumirano zvezvematongerwe enyika, nezvimwewo.
MuEuropean Union, vanofanirwa kurwira kodzero dzematunhu madiki kuti ataure. Scotland inofanirwawo kuvaka hukama nemarepublic madiki mukati meEuropean Union, kana kunyange idzo nzvimbo dziri mukati meEU dzisati dzazvimiririra, seCatalonia.
Ndiko kusataura nezvenyika yose. Sei Scotland ichifanira kuvimba neBritain kuti iyananise hukama hwayo nenyika dziri muAsia, kana Africa? Saka ndinofunga maScots anofanirwa kutarisa kunze kwenyika. Iyo imwe institution ichafanirwa kugadzirwa, pakati pezvitsva, ichava Hofisi Yekune dzimwe nyika, uye kutengeserana mhiri kwemakungwa, izvo zvakakosha.
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