INkosana yase Wales igalela iindwendwe ngepeyinti yebhiya awayeyitsala ngokwakhe empompini xa wayetyelele eJW Lees Brewery eMiddleton kufutshane neManchester, nge-17 kaNovemba ka-2003.Ifoto: JOHN GILES / AFP / Getty Izithombe Ngentseni yangoLwesihlanu, uSam Armstrong, inkosi yabasebenzi kwiLungu lePalamente yaseThanet South, wabanjwa ngenxa yodlwengulo. Iingxelo zamajelo eendaba zibonisa ukuba umntu obhinqileyo ongenagama wenza isikhalazo ngokuchasene no-Armstrong emva kwetywala eyaphembelela itheko lasebusuku kwibhotwe lase Westminster.
Iingxelo zikhanyisa kwicala laseWestminster bambalwa abantu bangaphandle ababonayo: ukusetyenziswa okucacileyo kotywala obuncinci. Ezixhonyiweyo phakathi kweziciko zembali yobugcisa bukaGiric kaSir Charles Barry ziintlobo ngeentlobo zemivalo apho iipeyinti zebhiya zinokubiza imali encinci njenge- $ 3 ngenxa ye- $ 8m ngonyaka yenkxaso-mali yoluntu.
Njengentatheli esebhotwe, ndinelungelo lokungena kule mivalo, kwaye ndindwendwele abaninzi kangangoko ndinako… ndenzela uphando, ngokucacileyo. Kwiminyaka yam eli-12 ndise Westminster ndisele kwezi ndawo zilandelayo:
Ibha yeNkosi, ibhari kaBhishophu, Igumbi lokutyela oontanga, Igumbi leendwendwe zoontanga, Igumbi lePugin, iTerrace Pavillion, Ibha yomhambi, iTerrace Cafeteria, iThames Pavillion, Amagumbi eSithethi kaRhulumente, Indawo yokutyela yoMlambo, iBellamy, The Ingxoxo-mpikiswano, Igumbi leNtlokoma, i-Adjournment, Igumbi lokutyela leLungu, Igumbi lokutyela le-Stranger, Igumbi lezemidlalo kunye neNtlalontle, Igumbi leManyano ePalamente, Igumbi leChurchill, Igumbi leCholmondeley, Igumbi leBarry, Igumbi laseKhaya, iJubili I-Cafe, Igumbi le-Atlee, iMillbank House Cafeteria, amagumbi okutyela oMlambo kunye neMoncrieffs (indlu yeklabhu yeentatheli).
Uluhlu lwam lweendawo aluphelelanga, njengoko ndixelelwa ukuba ziphantse zibe ngama-30 iindawo zokusela kulo lonke ipalamente. Akumangalisi ukuba, kwii-1980s, kuqikelelwa ukuba iipesenti ezili-10 zamalungu epalamente zazingamakhoboka otywala kwaye zinokwenza ngokuya kubuyela kwimo yesiqhelo.
Abantu bangaphandle banokuzibuza ukuba kutheni emhlabeni umntu angayila iPalamente eneebhari ezininzi kangaka.
Inkokeli ye-Liberal Democrat engasekhoyo, u-Charles Kennedy, kwathiwa wayenxile kakhulu phambi kwengxoxo yohlahlo-lwabiwo mali yokuba wafumana ingozi ehlazisayo eblukhweni kwaye kwafuneka avalelwe eofisini yakhe ukumthintela angayi egumbini. Wazisela ukufa emva nje kokuphulukana nesihlalo sakhe kunyulo jikelele luka-2015.
Kwi-2013, iLungu lePalamente lezabaSebenzi u-Eric Joyce waye wanqatshelwa ukusela ePalamente emva kokugwetywa ngokubetha ngentloko omnye umthetho. Kuthiwa wayeye kwi-beserk, ehlasela uninzi lwabalingane bakhe emva kokunxila malunga nama-Conservatives amaninzi kwi-Stranger's Bar, edla ngokuhamba rhoqo ngamalungu ePalamente yabasebenzi.
Iinkxalabo ziye zaphakanyiswa malunga nenani elipheleleyo labafundi abanomdla, abancinci, nabanxilileyo, ekuthiwa bajongwa njengendawo yokuma ngobusuku obunye bezopolitiko. Oku kukhokelele kwizikhalazo zesinyanzeliso sesincwaso, apho abasemagunyeni epalamente bezabalazile ukuziphelisa.
Abantu bangaphandle banokuzibuza ukuba kutheni emhlabeni umntu angayila iPalamente eneebhari ezininzi kangaka. Impendulo ilula: ibhotwe lingakhangeleka lineminyaka engama-500 ubudala, kodwa uninzi lwayo lwaphinda lwakhiwa kwindlebe yase-Victorian emva komlilo ngo-1834. Ngeli xesha amaqela abucala eWest End yaseLondon ayekwimini yawo ye-hay.
Ngelixa uBarry esakha ibhotwe, omabini amalungu ePalamente kunye neeNkosi banyanzelisa izibonelelo ezifanayo kwabo bafunyanwa kwiiklabhu zabo. Oku kuthetha ukongeza amathala eencwadi, amagumbi okutyela kunye nemivalo. Ngapha koko, yonke le ndawo ngoku ifana kakhulu neklabhu yabucala yabucala kunokuba iyiPalamente- ubuncinci kuba phantse zonke ezi meko zivaliwe eluntwini.
Enye into awayenzayo uBarry kukufihla imibhobho yokuhambisa amanzi ngaphakathi kwiindonga zamatye esanti ebhotwe. Kwiminyaka eyi-150 kamva, uninzi luye lwangxola kwaye lwavuza-kodwa ngenxa yokuba bengcwatyelwe ezindongeni, akukho mntu waziyo ukuba kukho ingxaki de iqhuma lodonga liwele phantsi.
Oku kukhokelele kwizicwangciso zokuphuma kwibhotwe iminyaka emithandathu ngelixa uhlengahlengiso lwezigidigidi ezi-5. Yeha kwabo basela kwiNdlu, icebo kukungena kwiNdlu yaseRichmond-ephethwe ngabatyali zimali baseMpuma Mpuma abathe banqanda utywala.
Ngeli xesha siza kubona ukuba ukungcungcutheka okungathethekiyo kwezopolitiko eWestminster kunika indlela yokucinga yezopolitiko. Andizukubamba umphefumlo wam!
AbanyeU-Walker nguNobhala weLobby ohlanganisa umsebenzi wePalamente yase-Bhritane kunye ne-Nkulumbuso. Phambi kokuba afunde ubuntatheli kwiYunivesithi yaseLondon wasebenza njengomsebenzi wezopolitiko iminyaka eli-15. Ungamlandela kwi-Twitter @andrejpwalker
