Izigaba ezibusayo ngokuvamile zihlakaniphile, ngendlela ekhohlisayo, kunjalo. Awutholi ukuba usozigidi futhi ugcine izigidigidi zakho ngokusebenzisa idiocy. Uhlelo lwe-indoctrination lwezikole ezizimele kanye namakolishi e-Ivy League luqeqesha abasha bezigaba ezibusayo ngendlela yokugcina nokwandisa amandla abo. Kodwa ngisho nomuntu onobuqili kakhulu angaba yisisulu sezingibe zobuthakathaka bomuntu kanye nezinguquko zesistimu. I-Republican Party iyisibonelo. Abashisekeli abamelene nentela benhlangano ye-Tea Party bafanekisela unyawo lokuqala lwabalukhuni kwesokudla emnyango we-White House. Ikhuthazwe amandla ephathi yetiye, usozigidi ex-Goldman Sachs umphathi webhange, uSteve Bannon, oqalwe Izindaba zeBreitbart emzamweni wokuhlanganisa abavoti abangathintekile, ikakhulukazi abasezingeni eliphakathi ababone ukwehla kwengcebo yabo esikhathini esiyiminyaka engama-40 ye-neoliberalism. U-Bannon wenza kanjalo ngokusebenzisa Breitbart ukuxosha zonke izinhlobo zenzondo kumaMuslim, abathuthukisi, โabashisekeli bomhlaba wonke,โ abalwela amalungelo abesifazane, kanye nabaseNxele jikelele. Ngaso leso sikhathi, usomathuba webhiliyoni ogama lakhe linguDonald Trump wasebenzisa iqembu eliqinile le-GOP, kanye nabavoti abakude kwesokudla emaphethelweni, ukuze abe nguMongameli.
UTrump, uBannon, kanye nozakwabo abacebile kakhulu, njengosozigidigidi we-hedge fund uRobert Mercer, bebeyingxenye ye i-pro-Brexit push e-UK. I-Brexit idale uqhekeko olujulile ekusungulweni kwezepolitiki e-UK: ingxenye yabo ezizwa ikhululeke kakhudlwana ku-neoliberal, anti-democratic European Union, kanti enye ingxenye ibona amathuba i-ultra-neoliberal uhlobo lobuzwe ngaphandle kwe-EU, abathemba ukuthi luzobandakanya ukusayina isivumelwano โsokuhweba ngokukhululekileโ ne-US; okusho ukwenza okuyimfihlo okusele kwezinsizakalo zomphakathi waseBrithani nokuthumba izimakethe zezimali zaseBrithani ezintengantengayo.
Kodwa ukuhlakanipha kwalabo abandisa ingcebo yabo kunemingcele, ikakhulukazi lapho belwa bodwa, njengoba kwenzeka manje.
U-Boris Johnson (BoJo) uyilungu lePhalamende le-Uxbridge. Wazalelwa engcebweni nelungelo, usozigidi kanye kuchazwe iholo lakhe elingu-ยฃ250,000 ngonyaka njengomlobi wephephandaba Telegraph ngokuthi โukudla kwenkukhu.โ Endimeni yakhe njengomlobi waseBrussels, wasakaza ukuthi yini eyodwa Telegraph umhleli kuchazwe njengezindaba ezingamanga nge-European Union. Njengoba esebenze njengeMeya yaseLondon kanye noNobhala Wezangaphandle, uBoJo ngandlela thize uyiConservative (Tory). Ngokusho kuka-a iwebhusayithi yokuhlaziya ukuvota, yena: โCishe uvotele ukusetshenziswa kwamasosha ase-UK ekulweni phesheya kwezilwandleโ; "Ivotelwe njalo impi yase-Iraq" (2002-2003); โCishe njalo uvotele ukufaka i-Trident esikhundleni sohlelo olusha lwezikhali zenuziโ; โUvotele ngokungaguquki isinyathelo sezempi ngokumelene ne-ISIL (Daesh)โ; โAngikaze ngivotele ukwehliswa kwenzuzo yezindlu kubaqashi bezenhlalakahle abathathwa njengabanamagumbi okulala angaphezulu (okuchazwa Abasebenzi โnjengentela yekameloโ)โ (ukungayi kulo mthethosivivinywa kusho ukuwuvotela); โCishe ngaso sonke isikhathi bavotela ukungahambisani nokukhokha izinzuzo eziphakeme isikhathi eside kulabo abangakwazi ukusebenza ngenxa yokugula noma ukukhubazekaโ; โCishe njalo uvotele ukwehliswa kwemali esetshenziswa ezinzuzweni zezenhlalakahleโ; โUvote ngokungaguquki ngokumelene nezintela eziphakeme emabhangeโ; โNgokujwayelekile ivotele ukulawulwa okunemikhawulo eyengeziwe yemisebenzi yezinyunyanaโ; โNgokujwayelekile kuvotelwe ukwehliswa kwentela yenzuzo enkuluโ; โCishe njalo uvotele ukwehlisa izinga lentela yenhlanganoโ; โNgokujwayelekile kuvotelwe uhlelo oluqinile lokukhoseliswaโ; โNgokujwayelekile kuvotelwe ukuqiniswa okuqinile kwemithetho yokuthuthela kwelinye izweโ; โUvotele ngokungaguquki ukuthi kuqashwe abantu abaningi ukuxhumana nemisebenziโ; โCishe njalo uvotele ukuyeka ukuqashwa okuphephile impilo yakhe yonkeโ; njalo njalo.
Iminikelo kaBoJo emkhankasweni wongqongqoshe ka-2019 ayimangazi, nayo. Ngaphezu kokuthola ipolitiki ukugunyazwa evela kuDonald Trump, ethola iseluleko mayelana izinkulumo kusukela kubandlululo (lokho "ibheji lokuhlonipha" kuye) uSteve Bannon, futhi esekela imibono yangaphambili ye-pro-Brexit, Reuters imibiko ukuthi uBoJo "uphule irekhodi lemali eningi eqoqwe usopolitiki waseBrithani."
Njengoba nje ukusekelwa kukaTrump kwafika kakhulu kusuka ku-hedge funds, ama-BoJo nawo aqhamuka kwi-hedge funds kanye โnezinkampani ezizinze ezindaweni zentelaโ (Reuters). AmaTories amabili, uTerence Mordaunt noSir David Ord, ezanikelwa emkhankasweni kaBoJo ngenkampani yabo engaphansi kweBristol Port, First Corporate Shipping. Kepha uMordaunt ungumqondisi we-Global Warming Policy Forum ebuza ngokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, ingalo yeGlobal Warming Policy Foundation. IGreenpeace iligxekile leli qembu, okungase kuchaze ukuthi kungani iqeqebana lababhikishi baseGreenpeace lizame ukuvimba izimoto ezazithatha uBoJo ukuze zihlangane nendlovukazi futhi bathole imvume yokusungula uhulumeni wakhe.
Ngezinye izindlela, i-BoJo ayifani nabanye osopolitiki beTory abaholayo. Lapho ubandlululo lwabo lukhona sobala (njengalowo owayenguNobhala Wezasekhaya u-Theresa May Iya ekhaya amaveni okuqondiswe kubokufika "abangekho emthethweni" (funda: inja-whistle against konke izifiki)), uBoJo ngokucacile ukucwasa ngokwebala: Abantu base-Afrika โbangama-piccaninniesโ โanokumamatheka kwekhabeโ; abesifazane be-burqas babukeka "njengabaphangi bamabhange" kanye "namabhokisi ezincwadi"; Abesifazane abangamaSulumane kufanele baye enyuvesi โukuze bathole amadoda azobashadaโ; ithonya lamasiko laseShayina โalikho,โ ngakho-ke akubalulekile ukufundisa izingane isiMandarin; Kungenzeka ukuthi u-Obama wayizonda i-UK ngenxa โyokungathandi kokhokhoโ bakhe boMbuso WaseBrithani; njalo njalo. (Imithombo yezingcaphuno eziningi ingatholakala encwadini yami, I-Great Brexit Swindle, 2016.)
UBoJo naye akajwayelekile ngoba ozakwabo bambona njengecala eliphelele. Ukwesula kwakhe eHhovisi Lezangaphandle kubizwa ngabasebenzi balo ngokuthi "Usuku lwenkululeko," nozakwabo bemchaza endimeni kaNobhala Wezangaphandle njengomuntu ongagxilile, ongathembekile, futhi ozicabangela yena yedwa. Ukuqokwa kukaBoJo njengoNdunankulu โkuntando yeningiโ yaseBrithani kwenziwa ngu amaphesenti angu-0.3 wabavoti; okungukuthi amalungu eqembu le-Tory: iningi licebile, elimhlophe, abesilisa, nabadala kuya kwabadala. Amaphesenti angamashumi ayisithupha abo ukucabanga ukuthi i-Islam iwusongo โempucukweni yaseNtshonalanga.โ Ngokusho kwe Ukuvota kweNkosi Ashcroft, laba uhlobo olufanayo lwabantu abavotele i-Brexit futhi abakholelwa ukuthi ukusebenzelana kwamazwe ngamazwe, ubufazi, ukugcinwa kwemvelo, kanye nokuthuthela kwelinye izwe kuyimbangela yokuwohloka kwamasiko. Ngamanye amazwi, ama-wingnuts akhohlisiwe. Eqinisweni, i-Tory grassroots, ngokuvunywayo ngokungenela okuthile okuvela e-UK Independence Party ne-Brexit Party, baphumile odongeni: a iningi ngingancamela ukubona isiphetho se-Tory Party kanye nesizwe ngempela njenge-United Kingdom (okungukuthi, ukuvumela i-EU Northern Ireland ne-Scotland ukuthi zizihlukanise) kunokungayitholi i-Brexit yabo.
Ubani ongcono ukuphatha ukungcola okunje kunosomahlaya?
Kusukela maphakathi nawo-2000 kuqhubeke, lolu hlobo lwemibono lwaphonswa emaphethelweni e-Parliamentary Conservative Party emzamweni wayo wokuwina amavoti avela kubantu abanengqondo ebanzi. Lokhu, kanye nokubekwa ndawonye kwamandla phakathi kweqembu, kubangele ukuphelelwa ithemba phakathi kwama-Tory grassroots, wazizwa ukuthi isigaba sezombangazwe sasingaphenduli ezithakazelweni zabo. Kepha i-Brexit Party esekela uTrump, eholwa ngumhwebi wangaphambili weDolobha kanye nomngane kaTrump, uNigel Farage, ukuguqule konke lokho. Kungazelelwe, amalungu ePhalamende e-Tory abona ukubaluleka kokuba nohulumeni oholwa yiBoJo. Owabo umzamo wokubhuqa ukuncintisana ne-Brexit Party phakathi nokhetho olulandelayo. Kwake kwaqanjwa โamadoda agqoke amasudi ampungaโ utshele uNdunankulu u-Theresa May ukuthi aduke, i-Tories yasemazingeni yathola indlela entsha yokuphila futhi yavotela kakhulu ukuthi i-BoJo ibe yibo-futhi kanjalo abantu base-UK-PM entsha.
Konke lokhu kwakungagwemeki ngendlela edabukisayo futhi kunanela okwenzeka e-US, ikakhulukazi ukuhlukana phakathi kweGOP yaphansi (iningi labo elithanda uTrump) kanye โnabameleโ babo kuCongress (abaningi babo abamzondayo). Kodwa akuwona wonke amalungu e-Tory MP ajabule. Bayakwazi lokho ngokuvumelana ne Isikhungo socwaningo i-YouGov, i-BoJo iyisibalo esihlukanisayo, ngamaphesenti angama-43 omphakathi jikelele umchaza ngokuthi โuyathandekaโ namaphesenti angama-41 ngokuthi โakathandeki.โ Kodwa amaphesenti angama-58 kuya kumaphesenti angama-31 ane engathandeki umbono โwesekisi,โ njengoNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle u-Alan Duncan ichaza yena; i-clowery ingesinye isici esabiwe nguTrump noBoJo. AbaseScots, abebezonda ngokwesiko iTories, baguqule umbono wabo ngokufuna izwe labo lihlale liyingxenye ye-UK. Manje njengoba i-BoJo isingu-PM, iningi elincane lama-Scots ufuna ukuhlukana kusuka e-United Kingdom futhi ujoyine i-EU njengezwe elisanda kuzimela.
Ukungagwemeki okudabukisayo kukaBoJo, umlingisi wobandlululo, engena kuNombolo 10 kuwuphawu lokuthi ubuqili izigaba ezibusayo ezibuse ngabo kuze kube manje buye buntengantenga ngaphansi kwesisindo sokuhaha kwabo; kulokhu ukukhulisa inzuzo yabo evele inenhlamba ngokushiya i-EU. Esikhundleni sokuhamba nomthamo, baye bahlukana phakathi ngenxa yemibono yabo. Iqembu le-pro-Brexit lifunde ubuciko bokuzikhohlisa; ukuthi ngandlela thize ukhetho olwenziwa ngamaphesenti angu-0.3 abantu abanelungelo elikhethekile (embusweni wentando yeningi ePhalamende) lesidlakela esingathandwa kwezombusazwe esingenagunya, ezondwa ngozakwabo abaningi, kuyindlela enhle ebheke โenkululekweniโ i-EU kanye nokunqoba okuthile okhethweni lukazwelonke olulandelayo.
Emhlabeni wangempela, lokhu kungaba yinto enhle kuphela ekilasini elisebenzayo, ngoba kungasheshisa ukufika kukaJeremy Corbyn, umholi we-Labour Party manje eyiqiniso, kuNombolo 10: ecabanga ukuthi isimo esijulile kanye nephiko elilungile izingxenye zeQembu Lezabasebenzi ziyehluleka ukuhoxa ukuvimbela ukhetho lukaCorbyn.
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