"Ngubani owaphula ibhabhathane kwivili?" Impendulo yangoku kumbuzo ka-Alexander Pope yinkampani yamandla i-Électricité de France (EDF). Imangalela abaphembeleli be-21 benguqu yemozulu nge-£ 5m ngenxa yabo ukusebenza kweveki yonke kwisikhululo saso samandla eWest Burton eNottinghamshire.
Ngokwenza oko yenze eyona mpazamo inkulu ukusukela oko uMcDonald's wasukela amatsha ntliziyo amabini angathathi ntweni - kwaye yenze umonakalo omkhulu kuhlobo lwayo kunokuba abagxeki bakhe balawula. Iphulo elichasene nokuxhatshazwa ngokuziphindezela kwe-EDF kukuqengqeleka kwekhephu ngesantya esimangalisayo. Ngexesha lemini izolo, utyikityo luvuliwe isikhalazo esichasene neli tyala zazingena ngomlinganiselo we-1,000 XNUMX ngeyure.
Sele abathengi benkampani behamba ngobuninzi, kwaye ukwazisa abanye abantu ukuba kutheni. Kwaye umvandedwa sele uqalisile. Oku, ukuba i-EDF ayikhuphi, iya kujika ibe liphulo elikhulu lokuchasana ne-UK ubuncinane iminyaka elishumi.
Abantu ababehleli kwitshimini yesi sikhululo sombane ngoNovemba wonyaka ophelileyo bachukunyiswe ukuba benze ezona njongo ziphezulu. Bayayiqonda loo nto imo iyatshintsha okubangelwa kukutshiswa kwamafutha efosili kusongela ikamva lomntu kunye nesijikelezi-langa esiphilayo. Babeka inkululeko yabo yaye mhlawumbi nobomi babo emngciphekweni ngenxa yabanye abantu: abaphilayo nabangekazalwa.
Ngenxa yoku, i-EDF, inkampani enkulu yelizwe laseFransi, igqibe ekubeni ibatshabalalise. Ngokwenza oko iqalise uhlaselo kubomi bezopolitiko baseBritane: a Isimangalo soBuchule esichasene nentatho-nxaxheba yoluntu (Slapp), injongo yakhe ibonakala ngathi ivaliwe mbhikisho, ukupholisa ukuphikisa kunye nokuthintela isenzo esisebenzayo e-UK ngokuchasene nokutshintsha kwemozulu. Uxhatshazo lwayo olusemthethweni kufuneka lukhubekise abathandi belizwe labo ngokufana nama-radical ecowarriors.
Inqabile inkululeko yomntu efunyenweyo ngaphandle koncedo loqhanqalazo loluntu. Kunqabile i-intshi yenkqubela phambili yentlalontle efunyenweyo ngaphandle kokufana. Kancinci nayiphi na intshukumo esebenzayo ekufuneni le nkqubela phambili ihleli ngaphakathi kwemida yomthetho. Ukuphepha izenzo ezingekho mthethweni, ngakumbi phantsi kwezithintelo ezingqongqo zangoku, ezivumela amapolisa ukuba avale naluphi na uqhanqalazo aluthandayo, kuthetha ukuzibophelela ekusileleni.
Xa kuthelekiswa nabandulelayo, intshukumo yokusingqongileyo inoxolo ngokuphawulekayo kwaye inqande. Abanelungelo bakhwaza phantsi iingxoxo zepalamente, bangena ngenkani kwa-10 Downing Street, bagibisela amaqanda nomgubo ezinkundleni, bakroboza amawaka eefestile (kuquka nezo zeofisi ezininzi zikarhulumente), babetha abezopolitiko nabahleli bamaphephandaba, balayita iibhokisi, batshisa iPosi Jikelele. kunye nethiyetha yaseWest End, batshisa iziqubulo ekubekeni imifuno, baqhekeza ilitye elinqabileyo kwiNqaba yaseLondon, batshabalalisa imizobo kwiNational Gallery kunye neRoyal Academy, basika iingcingo zomnxeba kwaye baqhushumba ibhombu kwindlu kaDavid Lloyd George eyakhiwe ngesiqingatha.
Ngaphandle kweenzame eziphindaphindiweyo zokungcolisa abakhankasi abanoxolo njengabanqolobi bendalo, akukho nto ifana namaqhinga obundlobongela obuninzi be-suffragette eyazanywa ngabaqhankqalazi bendalo e-UK. Njengentsumpa uSteve Pearl, intloko yeYunithi yokuLungelelanisa ubuGcisa beSizwe yamapolisa, ibonwe ngo-2009: "Andizange nditsho - kwaye asiboni - ukuba nayiphi na ingcali yendalo esingqongileyo iya okanye yenza naziphi na izenzo zobundlobongela."
Abantu abanoxolo ababehleli kwisikhululo sombane babesazi ngokupheleleyo ukuba babenokutshutshiswa kwaye mhlawumbi bavalelwe. Eli yayilidini ababekulungele ukulenza ngenxa yabanye. Kodwa kwi-EDF, ukutshutshiswa kunye nokuvalelwa entolongweni akwanelanga. Ikwafuna ukutshabalalisa abachasi bayo: ukubahlutha amakhaya abo, imivuzo yabo, imali abayigcinayo, imali yabo yomhlalaphantsi, umvuzo wabo wekamva.
NjengoBrendan May, umseki womcebisi wenkampani uRobertsbridge, bonisa, oku "kukuzibulala okudumileyo kwe-EDF amandla".
"Ngamanye amaxesha uyazi nje, yinto yokucinga, ukuba intshukumo iya kuqalisa kwaye iya kuhlala, de idabi liphumelele. ... Kuya kuthatha i-EDF isizukulwana ukuba iphinde ibuyele kubudenge bayo ukuba inkampani iyaqhubeka neli bango lingazange libonwe ngaphambili ngokuchasene ne-EDF. abaqhankqalazi ngabanye baya kuba ngumntwana we-EDF kuyo yonke into engalunganga, kungekuphela nje ngomgaqo-nkqubo wamandla, kodwa namashishini amakhulu abo bethu basebenza kunye neenkampani ezinkulu ngosuku, kufuneka bathethe ngokuphandle Iifemu ezigcina imilinganiselo yokuziphatha ebuthathaka ye-EDF kufuneka ihlazeke Amandla e-EDF bade baliyeke eli qhinga ligwenxa."
Kuya kuthatha ixesha elingakanani ngaphambi kokuba abanye abathengi abaphambili beshishini, bebona ukuba uphawu lungcoliswe ngokungenakuguqulwa kweli lizwe, kwaye unxulumano nalo lonakalise ishishini labo, bayilahle inkampani? Kuya kuthatha ixesha elingakanani phambi kwe-EDF, njengoko uMcDonalds kunye neTasmanian rainforest pulper Gunns wenzayo, zizifumana sele zihamba-in-hand-in-hand kubantu ebamangalelayo, becela imvume yokuyeka ityala?
Ndaqaphela ngaphakathi ikholamu yam ekuqaleni kweveki ukuba, ngokuzama ukumangalela abaqhankqalazi nge-6.4 yezigidi zeerandi (Aus), uGunns waphembelela iphulo lehlabathi elichasene nenkampani:
"Abathengi bayo babalekile, ixabiso lesabelo salo lehla kwaye umphathi wayo oyintloko wanyanzeleka ukuba aphume. UGunn's wazifumana enyanzelekile ukuba alisombulule eli tyala ngokwenza intlawulo enkulu ebantwini ebebamangalele."
Kodwa ndandingekho ncam. Ngomhla wama-26 kaFebruwari, imini eyapapashwa ngayo ikholamu yam, Umhloli weTasmania wapapasha eli bali lilandelayo:
"Abalawuli benkampani yamaplanga esileleyo iGunns basesenokujongana nezityholo zokurhweba ngokungenamali kwaye bavavanywe izikhundla zabo zezimali. Umlawuli we-Gunns PPB Advisory ... uya kucebisa abatyalwayo kwintlanganiso yabo yesibini ngoLwesibini olandelayo, nge-5 kaMatshi, ukuba bavotele zonke iinkampani zeGunns ukuba zibekwe. ekubhangisweni. … Akufane kwenzeke ukuba kubekho imali eyaneleyo yokwanelisa ityala lababolekisi benkampani elimalunga nezigidi ezingama-446 zeerandi…
Imipu, ngamanye amazwi, iye yagqitywa. Isizathu sokuwa kwale nkampani yakha yanengeniso yayikukubhabha kwabathengi bayo besuka kuphawu oluye lwaba yingozi kangangokuba lungenakuchukunyiswa. Kwaye isizathu soku yayiyi-suit elandelwayo kubantu abazama ukukhusela amahlathi emvula. Ibango le-$ 6.4 yezigidi libangele ukuwa kwe-2.4 yezigidigidi.
I-EDF, enomdla wayo isasazwe ngokubanzi kuneeGunns kwaye ikhuselwe ubunini bombuso, ayiyi kudilika ngenxa yobu bubudenge, kodwa iya konakala kakhulu. Ibonisa kwihlabathi umboniso ongoNdliyo wabanyolukileyo basukela abazincamayo, abazizityebi basukela amahlwempu, ababhuqi behlabathi abasukela abakhuseli bemekobume. Kwaye akukho mntu unentliziyo okanye ingqondo ofuna ukunxulumana naloo nto.
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