Kwilinge labo lokuqhubeka nokuhlola ngokungekho mthethweni phantse wonke umntu, "ubukrelekrele" baseBritane kunye "nokhuseleko" basungule uhlaselo kwi-Guardian. Kunjalo ukunyuka kwelizwe elinobuzwilakhe ukuba amapolisa afihlakeleyo angena kwiphephandaba ukuze abone ukutyunyuzwa kwee-hard-drive zekhompyutha, njengoko kwenzeka kwi-Guardian, kwaye urhulumente, nge-Poodle MP, angabiza ukuba iphepha litshutshiswe ngokungcatsha. Ngokungathi ukubonakalisa ukuhlonipheka kwayo, uMgcini-mali uye wafuna ukuvunywa kwabaphawulekayo, kuquka uNick Clegg, uHarold Evans kunye nezinye iingcali ekudumiseni okungapheliyo.
Oyena mkhuseli osebenzayo wephepha akakho kwezi. Uneenwele ezichetyiweyo ezimnyama kunye neendevu โ okanye wazenza xa ndamgqibela. Ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-20 ndiye ndaphendukela emsebenzini wakhe njengoko ubuya kufumana ikofu kusasa. Unomsindo, unomsindo, ukrelekrele, ngamanye amaxesha akacaci kwaye uyaphambana (hayi ngokwenene). Kwabo bathandabuzayo inyani iyabhukuqa kwaye ihlala ingekho ngqiqweni, ndibakhomba kumaphepha amabini kwi-Guardian, apho ahlala khona.
NguSteve Bell kuphela obhenca ngokungaguqukiyo, ngokungenaloyiko, ubuqhetseba "bobomi boluntu". Ewe, abalinganiswa bakhe bahlala bentywila ngaphakathi okanye batyibilika emanzini kwizinto. โKunjalo, nantso,โ yatsho irhuluneli yokugqibela yeBhanki yaseNgilani, uMhlekazi uMervyn King, ebhekisa kuGordon Brown, owayesakuba yinkulumbuso, kunye noChansela u-Alistair Darling, โentloko ezantsi, kuqhawuke iti!โ Bathe gqolo ukuya ezilevini kwitanki yee-turds.
USteve Bell ngumzobi wekhathuni kunye nentatheli yokwenyani enabakhuseli abambalwa. UnguHogarth kunye no-Swift ngokuchukumisa kukaPeter Sellers kunye nokufafaza kwe-Orwell. Ungaphezulu kweNgesi yoqobo kunomnye weenjongo zakhe eziphambili, uMargaret Thatcher, owayesakuba yi-petit-bourgeois totem. Ehlala esebenzisa inkwenkwezi ebona yonke into ekhohlakeleyo yepenguin yomgca wakhe, "Ukuba..." wayengxola bobabini uThatcher kunye neprotein yakhe, uBlair, kwasekuqaleni kolwaphulo-mthetho.
Ngelixa ooGcini bakhe bagxwala kuBlair njengemfihlakalo ye "Ndlela yesiThathu", uSteve Bell watyala iliso likaThatcher eliphambeneyo kwimaski kaBlair. Ushicilelo lwaloo mbonakalo yokuqala yeliso likaThatcher/Blair, awandithumelela lona, โโlijinga ngokuzingca ngendawo, nangona inkangeleko iphazamisa. Ukuvula amaphepha eendaba e-Guardian kutshanje ukufumana uBlair eqhayisa ngokukwazi kwakhe ukufunxa "imvakalelo yeentlungu" zabanye kwakufana nokufunda ikhathuni kaSteve Bell.
Ukuba bekukho ushicilelo oluyinyani lwasimahla eBritani, amaphephandaba angenza njengoko uSteve Bell esenza; bebeya kuyichitha imbonakalo yenkqubo apho amaqela ezopolitiko adibana khona kwaye idemokhrasi ligama lokusasaza. Abasebenzi ngumbutho olondolozayo onomphathiswa omtsha wesithunzi somsebenzi kunye nomhlalaphantsi, uRachel Reeves, owayesakuba yiBhanki yaseNgilani, uthi urhulumente we-Miliband uya kuba nzima kuneTories ekunqumleni izibonelelo zabantu abaqhelekileyo. U-Tristram Hunt, umphathiswa omtsha wezemfundo, uthi "akayi kukuthintela" ukuvulwa kwezikolo zabucala. ZiiTories zolawulo.
USteve Bell uyala ukudlala umdlalo wabo, owenzelwe ukubhida kunye nokudimaza abavoti, ngakumbi abavoti bezabasebenzi. Ukungaguquguquki kwaye kungalindelekanga, ukhanyisa ukukhanya okumhlophe kokungcatsha kunye nohanahaniso olunjalo. Ubabonisa bonke abalawuli bethu ngokulinganisa okumangalisayo kobugwenxa bakhe. UDavid Cameron, owayesakuba yi-PR spiv, ulungile kwikhondom yakhe epinki; UJack Straw, okhohlakeleyo kwiiglasi zengqalutye ezingaphandle, owagubungela ubuxoki base-Iraq kwaye wavuma ukuvalelwa eGuantanamo; Gordon Brown othe wabhuda malunga nokuphelisa intlupheko ngelixa erhubuluza kwimimandla ehlala emathambekeni kwezona kati zityebileyo zeSixeko; kunye noClare Short. Ah, uClare Mfutshane. Ngo-1999, emva kokuba eziphakamisile njenge-feminist-of-the-people kunye ne-Labour dissident, uMfutshane waba ngomnye wabalandeli bakaBlair abanenzondelelo "kwimfazwe" yakhe kwi-Balkans, i-harbinger yegazi lakhe e-Iraq. Ibhombu yeNato eyabangela ukunyathelana kwabantu kwaye yatshabalalisa uninzi lweziseko ezingundoqo zaseSerbia, yaphehlelela "amagorha esitulo esixhobileyo" sikaSteve Bell.
Ukubhabha kwisibhakabhaka saseBalkan, izitulo ezizitulo zafikelela kwabo bajolise kuko: "Siyangena, soyise ... kodwa siphepha uloyiso ... kungangcono uyikholelwe, maSerb abafunxa!" Kwesinye isitulo esikhulu sengalo kwakuhleli uClare Mfutshane: โNdicinga ukuba lifikile ixesha,โ watsho, โlokuba uPilger kunye nomlingane wakheโฆ OnguMfutshane, owayengumphathiswa weSebe Lophuhliso Lwezizwe Ngezizwe, wafanisa abo kuthi babecelโ umngeni ubuqhetseba bemfazwe kaBlair nabacengi bamaNazi. USteve Bell uye wamwonga ngomgca onomxholo othi "Ukucocwa kweArmchair kwabaqalayo."
USteve Bell wayengomnye wabokuqala ukutyhila ubume boMsebenzi oMtsha kwaye wahlekisa umdali wayo, uPeter Mandelson. "Wenza ntoni phezulu emthini, nkosi?" Itsho inja. "NdinguMan-dee, inyoka yeblukhwe eneliso elinye ... ndingumgcini womthi wolwazi lweNew Labour. Ndiyazi apho ingcwatywe khona imizimba ... ndingayitshabalalisa i-Labour Party ... ngaphandle kokuba ndinikwe isikhundla esibalulekileyo kwikhabhinethi ngokukhawuleza. isiphumo."
Ukutyelela isikolo esibanzi, unobhala wezemfundo ongawamkeliyo, uDavid Blunkett, ufuna "iithagethi eziqhutywa lixabiso, ezisekelwe elukholweniโฆ kungenjalo inja [ebonayo] iyayifumana!" Inqununu, ekusenokwenzeka ukuba ingunombombiya ofumaneka kuyo yonke indawo, ithobela ize iqalise ikharityhulamu entsha ngolu vavanyo lwezibalo: โOobhishophu abalishumi elinesithandathu baya eSinodi. Abathandathu nekota ekhulwini babo babanjelwa ukubetha ngokungafanelekanga. Ungasebenzisa iintambula.
Njengoko i-Guardian ipapashe izityhilelo zika-Edward Snowden kwaye ke ngoko watsalwa ngumsindo weDaily Mail, uSteve Bell wamkele umhleli we-Mail, uPaul Dacre, kwizisele zomcu wakhe othi "Ukuba ...". Ufana nabathengisi njengo-Strangelove, uDacre ufuna "ein bonfeur of der Red Tape und der Red everything!" Nkqu nomnini wakhe, uLord Rothemere, ubonakala othukile, ngelixa isigqubuthelo sokufa esineliso elingenanto lika-Rupert Murdoch, sikhwaza, "I-priss yasimahla! Tshisa umGcini omncinci wasekhohlo!"
Kwimiba yangoku ye-Journalist, kukho i-cartoon ye-Steve Bell enokuthi ibe ngumfanekiso wexesha lethu - intatheli esebenza kwikhompyutheni yakhe kunye ne-jackboot enkulu eqhuma kwisikrini. Ikhumbuza i-EH Shepherd's Punch cartoon, "I-Goosestep" (1936), eyalumkisa ngokudumileyo ngokunyuka kwe-fascism, iqaqambileyo kwaye ayihlekisi.
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