BUBUSUKU obungalibalekiyo, nangona ubukhulu becala ngenxa yezizathu ezisilela kakhulu kulonwabo. NgoJuni 9, 1983, ndabhala iimviwo zam zokugqibela zaseyunivesithi. Yayilusuku lonyulo e-Bhritane, kwaze kwathi ngorhatya lwaloo ngokuhlwa mna nabahlobo ababini baseIndiya sahlanganisana ukuze sibukele iziphumo zingena.
Kwakungekho themba kwisihogo sorhulumente kaMargaret Thatcher ukhutshelwa ngaphandle, njengoko wayefaneleka kakhulu; ekuphela kwentandabuzo yayijikeleze ubukhulu besininzi sayo esitsha. Ababini kuthi babezimisele ukuzintyintya iintsizi zethu; owesithathu, owayenegumbi lakhe lokulala esasilimisele injongo yakhe, wayengumSilamsi ozinikeleyo, wanyanzelisa ukuba size neengqayi zethu.
Kulo mcimbi, kwakungekho ntlungu yokurhaxwa, kwaye njengoko isihlalo emva kwesihlalo sawela kwiiTories, saphelelwa ngamandla salala, savuka kwiiyure ezimbalwa kamva safumanisa ukuba umlinganiselo wentshabalalo wawumbi ngakumbi kunokuba sasinjalo. esoyika. Kwakusele kumashumi eminyaka ukususela ekubeni iQela lezaBasebenzi lafumana ukoyiswa okubuhlungu ngolo hlobo.
Andiqinisekanga nokuba yasibetha na into yokuba sasibona eyona yure imnyama yaBasebenzi ukusuka kanye kuloo ndawo-iWadham College yaseOxford - apho inkokeli yeqela, uMichael Foot, wayengumfundi othembisayo malunga nesiqingatha senkulungwane ngaphambili.
UFoot, osweleke kwiveki ephelileyo esele eneminyaka engama-96 ubudala, wayengoyena mntu wayenesidima ukuba wayekhokele iqela elikhulu lezopolitiko laseBritane; Akumangalisi ukuba, kumbi nakwisiphithiphithi sezopolitiko zanamhlanje, olu phawu luncomekayo โ lubonakaliswe, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ekunqongophelweni okumangalisayo kwamabhongo obuqu โ alumphathanga kancinane.
Isidima sikaFoot sinobusoshiyali obunemigaqo-nkqubo ethe yahlala ingaphezulu okanye ingaphantsi kwithuba leminyaka yakhe kurhulumente ngeminyaka yoo-1970, kuqala phantsi kukaHarold Wilson kwaye emva koko njengosekela nkulumbuso kaJim Callaghan - ngokuqinisekileyo oko kwakuthetha ukuba njengenkokeli yenkcaso uya kuhlala ehlaselwa, ngakumbi kwi-Tory press.
Amanqaku akwi-right-wing tabloids ayenoburhalarhume obungayekeleliyo kwiminyaka eyandulela unyulo luka-1983, embonisa njengexhego elixheshayo kwaye ethetha ngokufana kwakhe nomlinganiswa wabantwana kumabonakude uWorzel Gummidge, isiduko esiphilayo. Wohlwaywa ngenxa yokuya kwinkonzo yoSuku lokuKhumbula eCenotaph ngo-1981 kwinto eyayichazwa โnjengebhatyi yedonkiโ, oku kuthetha ukuba wayedelela ngandlelโ ithile inkumbulo yokufa kwemfazwe yaseBritani ngokujika enxibe iimpahla ezingaqhelekanga.
Isiphakamiso sokuba ngandlel' ithile wasilela kumanqaku kwisebe lokuthand' izwe sasingenangqondo kwaphela: ukuba kukho nantoni na, uNyawo wayezimele kule nkalo. Wayengomnye wabaseki bePhulo lokuChithwa kweNyukliya (CND) kwaye wazichaza โnjengomgqugquzeli woxolo osele ekhulileโ, kodwa wakuxhasa ngokungananaziyo ukuthunyelwa kukaMargaret Thatcher komkhosi waseBritane ukuba uthabathe kwakhona iZiqithi zeFalkland eArgentina.
Lo yayingengomzekelo wohanahaniso: uNyawo wayengaguquguquki kwinkolelo yakhe yokuba ubundlavini bobuFasi kufuneka buchaswe, kwaye emva phayaa ngo-1940 wayengoyena mbhali uphambili wephecana elidumileyo elinesihlokomiso. Amadoda anetyala, nto leyo eyabagxekayo ababhexeshi bamaNazi phakathi kombutho waseBritani. Ngowe-1982, uzwilakhe womkhosi waseArgentina, uLeopoldo Galtieri, wamkhumbuza ngoBenito Mussolini. (Ngokungafaniyo no-Thatcher, wabamba u-Augusto Pinochet waseChile ngokulingana okulinganayo.) Kwiminyaka ye-1990, iimpembelelo ezifanayo zamqhubela ukuba axhase ukungenelela kwe-Nato kwindawo yangaphambili yeYugoslavia.
Kubalulekile ukuqaphela, nangona kunjalo, ukuba uFoot wayexhasa iqela labasebenzi laseMzantsi Atlantic ukuba lisetyenziswe ekuqaleni ukucinezela iArgentina ukuba irhoxe ngoxolo eFalklands/Malvinas endaweni yokuqalisa ubutshaba ngoko nangoko. Kwaye mhlawumbi akazange axoxisane ngegagasi elibi le-jingoism elaveliswa yimfazwe yaseMazantsi eAtlantiki, eyathi ngemvumelwano eqhelekileyo yaququzelela kakhulu uloyiso lonyulo lukaThatcher kunyaka olandelayo.
Nangona kunjalo, iirusu ngaphakathi kweLabour Party zibe negalelo ngendlela engaqinisekanga ekuboniseni kwayo kakubi. Ngaphandle kwemizamo yakhe emihle, uNyawo akazange akwazi ukunqanda iqela labadlali abalungileyo abakwinqanaba eliphezulu - iGang of Four, njengoko babebizwa njalo ngelo xesha - ekuphumeni okumangalisayo ukwenza iSocial Democratic Party (SDP), eyatsala umdla. inkitha yamanye amaLungu ePalamente yezaBasebenzi kwaye, ngo-1983, ngokonakalisa ivoti echasene neTory.
Njengoko uninzi lweziphoso kwiveki ephelileyo luye lwaphawula, kulilungelo likaFoot ukuba ukwazile ukugcina ukusebenza kweLabour njengecawe ebanzi. Ngokunikwa iziqinisekiso zakhe ezingenakuphikiswa njenge-winger yasekhohlo, oku wakwenza ngokuyinxenye ngokuvumela ilungelo libe nendlela yalo, edala imbonakalo yokuba ngokufanelekileyo wayelibanjwa lemikhosi edelela okuninzi koko wayekumela.
Obu buthathaka - okanye ipragmatism, ngokuxhomekeke kwimbono yakho - ibe negalelo ekucingeni ukuba esona siphoso sikhulu sabaSebenzi malunga no-1983 sasikwi-ajenda yesocialist ngokwayo (i-manifesto yeqela engaqondakaliyo ngaloo nyaka yachazwa lilungu lePalamente lasekunene uGerald Kaufman โnjengelona lide. inqaku lokuzibulala kwimbali"), endaweni yokungakwazi ukuyiveza ngokuhambelanayo, ivula indlela yokubuyela ngasekunene - kunye nokubuyela kwayo emandleni phantsi kwenkokeli athe uThatcher wakuvuyela ukuyithambisa njengendlalifa efanelekileyo kwicala lezoqoqosho.
Ngobo busuku bezilile ngoJuni ka-1983, akukho nkulumbuso yabasebenzi ababini kodwa ababini bangena epalamente okokuqala. Bobabini uTony Blair kunye noGordon Brown bebenyanisekile ekudumiseni uNyawo kwiveki ephelileyo, njengoko bekunjalo uninzi lwabachasi bakhe bangaphambili, bekhumbula imbono yakhe esesikweni kunye nobukrelekrele kunye nemfundo ethe yanegalelo kwisimo sakhe esiphakamileyo njengesithethi sepalamente. Ngaphandle kwengcaciso yakhe engalibalekiyo kaNorman Tebbit njenge "polecat eqeqeshelwe indlu", uNyawo wayengafane abenelizwi elirhabaxa ngaye nabani na kwaye akazange amgxeke esidlangalaleni uBlair okanye uBrown - nangona, ngaphandle kobuthathaka bakhe bomzimba, wanyanzelisa ukuthetha kwindawo enkulu ngendlela engazange ibonwe ngaphambili. Indibano yokulwa imfazwe eLondon kuhlaselo lwasemkhosini eIraq.
Ngokuphindaphindiweyo, uthando awaluphefumlelayo aluzange luthintelwe kumaqabane omphefumlo: kumashumi eminyaka eyadlulayo, wabala u-Lord Beaverbrook kunye no-Enoch Powell phakathi kwabahlobo bakhe. Njengetshantliziyo elibukhali, intatheli, umbhali kunye nosopolitiki othetha ngokungafihlisiyo, kuninzi kwibhayografi kaNyawo ethi yenze mfiliba ukubaluleka kwe-nadir yezaBasebenzi yowe-1983, nokuba ayinakunqweneleka ngokupheleleyo.
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