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Nalapha futhi, ngokunganaki okukhulu, uhulumeni usengozini yokuhlwitha ukwehlulwa emihlathini yokunqoba. Ukudinwa kwayo okumangazayo phezu kokwehluka kwe-India kwe-Covid-19 kugcina irekhodi layo elingenaphutha lokungakwazi ukwenza umsebenzi nokuhlehlisa izinto.
Uhulumeni ka-Boris Johnson ubambezele ukufakwa kwe-India ohlwini olubomvu lukahulumeni ngisho nangemva kokuba amazwe anamazinga amancane okutheleleka efakwe ohlwini, mhlawumbe ukuze akwazi ukuqhubeka nokuvakasha kwakhe okuhleliwe uvikele isivumelwano sohwebo samaNdiya lokho kuzofakazela ukuthi i-Brexit iyasebenza. Nakulokhu, kwaba namasonto amabili abalulekile lapho uhulumeni wayengase enze okuthile kodwa akazange akwenze. Umphumela uba ukuthi manje sesibhekene negagasi lesithathu lokutheleleka okungenzeka.
Ezinyangeni ezintathu zokuqala zalolu bhubhane - kusukela ngomhlaka-1 Januwari kuze kube kuvalwa izikhala zingama-23 Mashi ngonyaka odlule, kwafika abantu abayizigidi eziyi-18 e-UK bevela phesheya. Kodwa kuphela 273 kubo kwaphoqeleka ukuthi bavalelwe bodwa. Ngokuphambene, phakathi nezinyanga eziyi-12 kuya kuMashi 2020, 23,075 abantu baphonswa ezikhungweni zokuvalelwa kwabokufika: amajele abantu abangakagwetshwa nanoma yibuphi ubugebengu kodwa abasolwa ngokungena - noma ukuhlala - ezweni ngaphandle kwamaphepha afanele. Ngokumangazayo futhi ngendlela engaqondakali, ngomhlaka 13 Mashi 2020 uhulumeni ihlile noma yisiphi isibopho kubagibeli abafika kuleli lizwe ukuze bazihlukanise. Ngenxa yalokhu, siyazi ukuthi ngomhla zingama-31 kuNdasa wezi-2020, isonto elilodwa kuvaliwe, bekunabantu abangama-895 ababoshiwe futhi abekho abavalelwe yedwa ngokusemthethweni.
Ngomhla ziyisi-8 kuNhlangulana kuphela lapho kwaqalwa khona ukuvalelwa kabusha, futhi nangaleso sikhathi uhlelo lwaluvuzayo futhi lungaphoqelelwa ngendlela yokuthi kungenzeka ukuthi lwalungekho. Ngenkathi ezinye izizwe ibeke imingcele eqinile kusukela ekuqaleni, ukuvimbela ukutheleleka okusakazekile, ukuhlaziya okwenziwa yi-Covid-19 Genomics UK Consortium kwathola ukuthi, kusukela zingama-22 kuMeyi 2020, leli gciwane lalethulwe e-UK ngabahambi okungenani. Izikhathi ezingu-1,300.
Kepha phakathi nalesi sikhathi se-latitude eyeqisayo maqondana naleli gciwane, iHhovisi Lasekhaya liye lenza yaqinisa umbuso wayo ononya kanye ne-paranoia, egameni lokuvikela imingcele yethu ngokumelene nosongo olusabekayo lwabantu okungenzeka bangabi nayo i-visa efanele. Ngesikhathi sokuqubuka kwalolu bhubhane, uhulumeni waphusha umthethosivivinywa wakhe omusha wokufika ephalamende, ukuthi "uqede ukuhamba ngokukhululeka" futhi wethule uhlelo olusekelwe amaphuzu, elifaniswe nohlelo olubi lwase-Australia. Omunye wemiphumela yemithetho emisha kahulumeni kube wukukhipha ngaphandle abasebenzi abaphambili ababalulekile okungenzeka ukuthi usize ukulawula igciwane.
Njengoba i-Covid-19 idlangile, iHhovisi Lasekhaya lacubungula okwengeziwe izinyathelo ezidlulele neziyinqaba ukuvimbela isibalo esincane sabantu abazama ukuwela Isiteshi ngezikebhe: izinhlelo ezintsha ze-radar, izindonga namanetha ngaphesheya kolwandle, imishini yamagagasi kanye nanoma yiluphi olunye uhlelo olumangalisayo Izisebenzi zikahulumeni zikaPriti Patel zingase zicabange njengoba zifuna ukwanelisa izimfuno ezikhulayo zomphathi wazo.
Unyaka kulo bhubhane, ukulawulwa kwemingcele ngokumelene naleli gciwane kwahlala kuwumbono ophelele. Lapho, ngoFebhuwari, uhulumeni ekugcineni wethula uhlu lwakhe olubomvu ukuze avimbele ukuhlukahluka okusha ekufikeni, iHhovisi Lasekhaya wehlulekile ukuchazela izikhulu zezokufika kuleli ngokuthi yayiyini imisebenzi yabo emisha noma ukuthi kufanele bakhishwe kanjani. Ngenxa yalokho, umngcele wahlala ungangeni manzi njenge-colander.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, izisulu zokuhlukunyezwa ezazinesikhathi sokufuna ukukhoseliswa kuleli lizwe uphonswe esitokisini esihlala yedwa - ngoba indlela efanele yokuphatha ukuhlushwa iwukuhlushwa. Maphakathi no-Ephreli kulo nyaka, njengoba izivakashi ezivela eNdiya ziqhubeka nokungena ezweni ngaphandle kokuhlala zodwa, uPatel wethula Uhlelo lwakhe Olusha Lokuthuthela kwelinye izwe, okuwumsebenzi omude omude wokucabanga okungama-22, oklanyelwe ukuwenza cishe akunakwenzeka ukuthi ababaleki bathole indawo yokukhosela lapha. Uphinde wakhuthaza inganekwane yakhe ayintandokazi: ukuthumela ababaleki ku- ijele elingasogwini lolwandle, umbono obonakala ugqugquzelwe amakoloni okujezisa ase-Australia eNauru naseManus.
Kusukela i-Brexit, onogada basemngceleni bebelokhu bebamba izakhamizi ze-EU futhi bejikijela ezinye zazo, ngokungafanele kanye nokucindezeleka kwabo okukhulu, singene izikhungo zokuboshwa ngokuvamile kuhlala abahambi abavela emazweni ampofu. Kwezinye izimo babonakala benelungelo elingokomthetho lokuvakashela lapha, kodwa akekho kuhulumeni obonakala enendaba. Ngicabanga ukuthi into eyodwa ongayisho ngeHhovisi Lasekhaya ngaphansi kukaPriti Patel ukuthi seliba umcindezeli wamathuba alinganayo.
Izikhungo zokuboshwa, ngenhlanhla - ezinesiphithiphithi, ezigcwele kakhulu futhi azihlanzekile - ziye zahlushwa ukuqubuka okuphindaphindiwe kwe-Covid-19. Abasebenzi bangena bephuma kubo okungenzeka ukuthi isize ekusakazeni igciwane ngomphakathi obanzi. Bekungeke kumangaze ukube umthelela ophelele wokulawulwa kwemingcele yase-UK bekuwukusakaza lesi sifo.
Ngenkathi uhlobo lwamaNdiya lwaluwela imingcele yethu ngokujabula, uPatel wayekhuluma nohulumeni waseNdiya. Kodwa hhayi ngegciwane. Wayelungiselela entsha yakhe Ubambiswano lokufuduka nokuhamba isivumelwano neNdiya, okwakukhona yethulwe nge-fanfare kanye ne-photo-op ngomhlaka-4 Meyi. Lokhu akwethuli izinyathelo ezintsha zokuvimbela ukutheleleka. Esikhundleni salokho idala i-firewall yohlobo oluhlukile: phakathi "kochwepheshe abasebasha", abasuka ezizindeni ezingcono kakhulu, abanikezwa imisebenzi ezuzisayo noma izikhundla ezixhasiwe lapha, kanye ne-riffraff engase ifise ukunakekela abantu abadala, ukuhlanza izindlu zangasese zethu noma. yenza eminye imisebenzi engabalulekile - okuqinisekisa ukuthi ubudlelwano obusha buqinisekisa, izilwane zesihogo zizodedelwa.
Zonke lezi zinyathelo ezeqisayo zithathwa ngokuvuma ngekhanda kumaphephandaba alwela ilungelo, iningi lawo eliphethwe ngosozigidigidi: uRupert Murdoch, uFrederick Barclay noJonathan Harmsworth (Lord Rothermere). Nakuba la madoda eqa imingcele yethu ngokukhululeka, ehamba phakathi kwezindawo zawo zokuhlala ezihlukahlukene, amaphepha awo athi acasulwe kakhulu umcabango wokuthi nabanye abantu bangase bajabulele ilungelo elifanayo. Kodwa-ke futhi babonakala bekhululeke kakhulu ngokuhamba kwaleli gciwane mahhala: empeleni lawa maphephandaba aqukethe izimfuno eziphindaphindwayo zokukhululeka kwezakhamizi zase-UK ukuthi zihambele phesheya futhi zibuye ngaphandle kokuhlukaniswa.
Ngakho-ke silapha, isizwe esishushisa izivakashi ezingenacala kanye nezisebenzi zaso ezibalulekile, sibopha ababaleki ababalekela ukuboshwa, futhi samukela leli gciwane ngezandla ezimhlophe.
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