Inkwenkwe iphakamisa iflegi yaseScotland eTrafalgar Square.Ifoto nguDan Kitwood / Getty Izithombe Unyulo jikelele lwase-UK kunye nevoti ye-Brexit yonyaka ophelileyo zikhokelele kwiminxeba emitsha ngurhulumente waseScotland yereferendamu yenkululeko. Umnqweno wokumka e-UK uyonwabele inkxaso phantse yesiqingatha sabemi baseScotland, kodwa kujongwa ngolwaphulo-mthetho olukhulu eNgilane.
AmaNgesi aqinisekile ukuba isizathu sokuba abantu baseScotland bafune ukuzimela yintiyo ehleliyo, engeyomfuneko kwaye eyenzakalisayo. Bayithatha buqu, kodwa ingxaki abayiqapheleyo iScotland yeyona nto ifuna ukucinga.
Xa ndaya e-Edinburgh ukuyokugubungela i-Independent Independent Referendum yase-Scottish ka-2014, ndandilungele umnqwazi wam wenkcenkce. Ndilindele idosi eqinileyo ye-anglo-phobia kwaye ndandixhalabile nangokukhupha intetho yam yesiNgesi kwii-pubs.
Endaweni yoko, ndafumanisa uhlanga lwentando yesininzi yaseScandinavia ezimisele ukuhlala kwindawo yeoli etyebileyo, enkulu njenge-Norway. Babamonela amazwe angama-nanny afana neSweden neDenmark kwaye baphupha ngosuku abanokubalandela ngalo.
Ke, uyazibuza, Kutheni ungavoteli nje ukuba ube njengeScandinavia? Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, iScotland iqhuba kakuhle kwaye inenxalenye efanelekileyo yeoyile efanayo eyenza iNorway ityebe.
Ingxaki ilula njengoko ingenakuchukunyiswa: IsiNgesi.
Phantse iipesenti ezingama-90 zabemi base-UK ngamaNgesi, kwaye iNgilani lelinye lawona mazwe alondolozayo emhlabeni. Izihlalo zepalamente zenziwe ngabom ukuba zibonakalise iScotland, iWales kunye noMantla eIreland, kodwa iNgilane inezihlalo ezingama-532 kwezi-650.
Kwezi zihlalo ezingama-532, iQela leConservative labamba ama-317 kunyulo lowama-2015, kwaye ngoJuni oku kuyakonyuka ngokuphawulekayo. Ngapha koko, ukuba iNgilane yayililizwe elizimeleyo, ngekhe baphinde bakhethe omnye umntu.
Kodwa iindaba ziya zisiba mandundu ngakumbi kwiScots kuba ii-Conservatives ngoku zingaphambili eWales, ethumela ama-40 ePalamente eWestminster. Kwaye eMantla eIreland izihlalo ezili-11 kwezili-18 zibanjwe yimibutho yamaManyano, ahambelana ngokufanelekileyo neConservatives. Yongeza kuloo nto icebo lokuyila kwakhona imida yepalamente yokunika iNgilani isabelo sayo esifanelekileyo ngezihlalo ngokusekwe kubemi kwaye umfanekiso ucacile: Nokuba yeyiphi na indlela iScotland evota ngayo, bafumana urhulumente olwela amalungelo ngakumbi kunokuba befuna.
Ukuzimela geqe kuyathandwa ngenxa yabantu. Kukho ukungalingani okusisiseko e-UK okuvela ngokudibanisa amazwe amane anabantu abangafani ngokulinganayo. Nokuba iScotland inyulwe njengenkulumbuso yase-Bhritane, ngeyayifumene kuphela ngenkxaso yamaNgesi, kwaye loo nkxaso ayifakwanga kubusoshiyali bokwenene.
Mhlawumbi ayisiyiyo yonke intshabalalo kunye nesithokothoko. IScots isombulula ingxaki ngesiqwenga ngamagunya ongezelelweyo anikezelwa rhoqo kwipalamente yawo. Kumashumi ambalwa eminyaka, urhulumente waseScotland uza kuqhuba phantse yonke into kweli lizwe ngaphandle kwezopolitiko, ukhuselo kunye neponti.
Kodwa iScotland ayisayi kukonwabela inkululeko eziyifunayo okoko nje urhulumente wase-UK emkhulu kakhulu kwaye ekuyo yonke indawo. Isisombululo soku kukuhambisa amandla ngakumbi eNgilane, umbono ogcwele iingxaki.
Yeha, amaNgesi awamthandi urhulumente omkhulu kangangokuba aphikisana kakhulu nokuba nePalamente yabo, nangona iScotland, iWales kunye ne-Northern Ireland inayo.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, isisombululo koku ibikukudala ooSodolophu beMetro ngamandla amakhulu kwizixeko ezikhulu zamaNgesi. Abadumi ngokuthandwa ngabantu bonke, kodwa bayakhonza ukuqala inkqubo yokwenza amandla asekhaya kunye nokunciphisa ilizwe lase-UK. Ingxaki abayigubungeli yonke iNgilane, kwaye akukho zicwangciso zoku kwenzeka okwangoku.
Nangona kunjalo, kukho into efuna ukunika ngenye indlela iScots iya kunyanzelwa ukuba ikhethe phakathi kokwamkela inkqubo yezopolitiko ebashiya bekhutshiwe kwaye beshiya i-UK ngokupheleleyo. Oku akubonakali kum njengokonwaba kakhulu okanye ukhetho olulungileyo.
AmaNgesi azimanyano entliziyweni kwaye angenza phantse nantoni na ukugcina iScotland e-UK Babona umanyano njengentlanganiso yabalinganayo, nangona oko kungenjalo.
Kunzima ukubona ukuba bangayixolela njani na inkulumbuso yaseBritane eyavumela iScotland ukuba ihambe. Ke, utshintsho eNgilane kufuneka lukhawuleze. IWestminster kufuneka ifane kakhulu neWashington: Umzimba ozigcinayo ukuze ujongane nezinto ezo kuphela ezingenakuzenzela zona. IScotland kufuneka inikwe amandla ayifunayo ukudala ilizwe elifunayo.
Ubuninzi impendulo.
UAndre Walker ngumbhaleli wolwamkelo egubungela umsebenzi wePalamente yase-Bhritane kunye nenkulumbuso. Phambi kokuba afunde ubuntatheli kwiYunivesithi yaseLondon wasebenza njengomsebenzi wezopolitiko iminyaka eli-15. Ungamlandela kwi-Twitter @andrejpwalker
