Ba ranar Litinin ne a watan Agusta, kuma yayin da Ingila ke fama da zafi mai tsanani, ni da Gordon Brown muna cikin ofishinsa da ke saman gidansa a North Queensferry, muna kallon ruwan Firth of Forth mai duhu. Yana da wuya a tuna saman gidana mai zafi a Landan yayin da muke tsaye a nan cikin sanyi, sanye da rigunan ulu da safa masu muhimmanci, rigata a kwance a bayan kujera. "Ina kallon Raith Rovers – ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta gida – a ranar Asabar," in ji Brown, "kuma yana da sanyi sosai. Akwai iska da ke kadawa daga teku." Ya tambaye ni ko na ji wannan barkwanci mai shahara – "Ƙasar Scotland tana da yanayi biyu kawai: Yuli da hunturu" – sannan ya yi dariya. Yana ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da ya fi so. (Zan ji shi yana ba da wannan labari sau uku a yau.)
Wannan ba yana nufin cewa Fife ba ta taɓa shan wahalar zafin ba. Sun sami ƴan kwanakin rana. Ɗaya ya kai 24C – "abin mamaki," in ji Brown, tunda yawan zafin Yuli 15-17C ne. Ya tsaya a kicin ɗinsa yana kallon ƙaramin filin ciyawa a bayan gidan. "Ban taɓa tunanin zama a waje a cikin lambu a lokacin rani ba. Ban taɓa tunanin haka ba domin ko ana ruwa ko kuma yana da sanyi." Da ya fita can, ya sami kansa yana yaƙi da gidan ƙudan zuma mai "haɗari sosai." Ɗaya daga cikin dangin ya sami tsoka, sannan akwai dukan wannan aikin na ƙwararru masu safar hannu masu kauri da rigunan kariya da suka zo don cire shi. Da aka gama hakan, rana ta faɗi.
Yanayi abu ne da za mu tattauna a yau, kasancewar shi kansa wani abu ne mai haɗari. Hakanan a cikin ajanda: Donald Trump, Turai, Andy Burnham, da jam'iyyar Labour. Tsohon firaminista (2007-2010) kuma wanda ya fi dade a matsayin ministan kudi a tarihin zamani (1997-2007) zai taɓa batun Iraki, rikicin kuɗi, da ’yancin kai na Scotland. Zai ba da ganewarsa game da halin da duniya ke ciki a yanzu, wanda shine abin da littafinsa na sabon, The Future Starts With Us ya mayar da hankali a kai.
Abin da ke da muhimmanci shi ne yadda mutane har yanzu suke son jin ra'ayinsa – wanda za a iya cewa ya fi kowane ɗaya daga cikin firaministoci shida da suka lalace bayansa (tikitin taron littafinsa na zuwa a Bath da Edinburgh sun sayar a cikin mintuna). Mutane da yawa suna jin cewa ba mu san yadda muka yi sa'a da Brown da tsohon salon aikinsa ba. A lokacin, muna ganinsa a matsayin mutum mai duhu, mai raɗaɗi, mai yanke kauna, maimakon mu daraja godiyarsa da hankalinsa. Muryar mahaifinsa mai ƙarfi ita ce "Ka yi godiya da abin da kake da shi; za ka iya jurewa da ƙasa da yawa!" don haka watakila ba abin mamaki ba ne cewa Brown bai yi amfani da damar ba lokacin da ya bar No 10. Bai ɗauki babban aiki a banki ba, bai karɓi sarauta ba, ko ma fensho na firaminista da ya cancanta.
Ya san cewa, a matsayinsa na babban ɗan siyasa, ra'ayinsa game da Labour har yanzu yana da muhimmanci, kuma yana da suna na yin ƙananan kulawa, don haka da farko yana mai da hankali lokacin da na tambaye shi game da Burnham. "Ba na son zama direban kujerar baya," in ji shi, yana zaune a kujera mai laushi kusa da bangon littattafai (tarihin siyasa, falsafar siyasa, bugu na farko na Keynes). Amma shin zai iya kame kansa? A'a, ba zai iya ba. Bayan dakika ɗaya, yana cewa yana "fata" Burnham zai bi rahoton da ya yi wa Keir Starmer wanda ya ba da shawarar soke House of Lords kuma a maye gurbinsa da majalisa zaɓaɓɓiya "mai wakiltar dukan yankuna da ƙasashen ƙasar, wanda ya dace da ra'ayin Andy cewa yankuna da ƙasashe za su sami babbar murya."
Ya tunatar da ni cewa Lords majalisa ce da ba a zaɓa ba mai kimanin 800, "majalisa ta biyu mafi girma a duniya bayan China." Ta cika da masu sha'awar ciniki. Matsalar za ta kasance shawo kansu su zaɓi yanke wuƙansu. "Amma wani abu dole ya canza."
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A matsayin firaminista, tare da sakataren lafiya na lokacin Andy Burnham, a cikin Maris 2010 ... Hoton: Stefan Rousseau/AFP/Getty Images
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... kuma tare da matarsa Sarah da ƴaƴansu maza bayan murabus ɗinsa watanni biyu bayan haka. Hoton: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images
Brown yana kiran Burnham "Andy." Ya daɗe yana saninsa. Matsayin farko na Burnham a majalisar ministoci ya kasance ƙarƙashin Brown, yana aiki a matsayin babban sakataren Baitulmali (kuma daga baya sakataren lafiya a gwamnatin Brown). Matsayin hukuma na Brown a ƙarƙashin Burnham shine mai ba da shawara wanda ke kula da G20, wanda Biritaniya za ta karbi bakuncinsa shekara mai zuwa. Starmer ya kawo shi don wannan matsayi – ka tuna da hoton shigarsa No. 10 tare da Harriet Harman? – tare da bita kan kashe kuɗin tsaro. Brown bai musanta cewa Burnham ya nemi shawararsa kafin ya naɗa John Healey, abokin Brown kuma tsohon sakataren sirri na majalisa, a matsayin ministan kudi ba, amma ya ce, "Shawarata da ba za a ɗauki shawarata ba." (Wannan shine irin maganar da ya yi amfani da ita lokacin da 'yan jarida suka tambaye shi ko yana ba Rachel Reeves shawara.)
Ba wai yana rasa shawarar da zai bayar ba: "Duba, tattalin arzikin Biritaniya yana girma kusan 2.5% a shekara lokacin da nake ministan kudi, kuma yanzu yana girma kusan 1% a shekara. Don haka na yi imani, kamar yadda na faɗa wa Andy, cewa mayar da hankali kan Biritaniya a matsayin ƙasa mai ƙirƙira wani muhimmin ɓangare ne na magance wannan ƙarancin ci gaba."
Wani ya kawo mini shayi kuma Brown ruwa mai tsafta. Ya guje wa maganin kafeyin tun lokacin da ya wuce gona da iri a rikicin kuɗi na 2008, kuma kwanan nan ya daina ruwan ƙumshi saboda "dalilai na lafiya." (Ba wasa ba, buƙatunsa don taron littafi ruwan famfo ne. Wani mai ba shi shawara ya ƙara, "Kuma watakila banana.")
Tun lokacin da ya bar ofis, Brown ya yi magana a kan wasu batutuwa: Brexit, kyamar Yahudawa, universal credit. Yana da matukar damuwa game da masu ra'ayin mazan jiya, waɗanda suka fi shahara a Turai yanzu fiye da kafin masu fasikanci su kama mulki a shekarun 1930. Adadin dimokuradiyya masu sassaucin ra'ayi na gaske ya ragu zuwa mafi ƙanƙanta a cikin shekaru talatin – 29, in ji shi a littafinsa. "Wasu suna tsoron cewa muna gabatowa lokacin da za a iya kwatanta shi da lokacin kafin yakin duniya na biyu."
Wani ɓangare na matsalar shi ne cewa tsarin tushen dokoki na bayan yakin ya daina wanzuwa. Mun ƙaura daga "ƙasa ɗaya" zuwa "ƙasashe da yawa" inda shugabanni ke tura wani nau'in kishin ƙasa na rashin kulawa – Amurka ta Farko, Italiya ta Farko, Rasha ta Farko. "Putin yana jin zai iya yin watsi da doka ba tare da wani sakamako ba," in ji Brown. "Netanyahu ma yana jin haka. A littafina, ina da maganganun kowannensu a fili suna cewa komai game da iko ne yanzu. Idan kana da iko, ka yi amfani da shi. Ba kome ba ne game da ɗabi'ar abin da kake yi. Ina da Trump yana cewa, 'Ni ne ke yanke shawarar ɗabi'ata. Ba na karɓar wa'azi na ɗabi'a daga kowa.'"
Mutane suna fushi. Kuma daidai ne, domin abubuwan da suka ɗauka a matsayin masu tabbatuwa an lalata su ko ta yaya.
Wannan ƙwazo ne ke bayan kisan gilla na Putin da Netanyahu a Ukraine, Gaza, da Lebanon, da kuma bayan hare-haren Amurka masu lalata a Iran ("asibitoci da makarantu bai kamata su kasance ƙarƙashin harin bam a kowane yaƙi"). Amma kuma, in ji Brown, "Amurka ba ta iya hana mamayar Ukraine ba, ko da yake sun san game da shi a gaba. Kuma Amurkawa ba sa gaya wa Isra'ila su mutunta ra'ayin cewa Falasdinu ya kamata ta sami 'yancin kai. Lokacin da nake firaminista kuma Isra'ila ta mamaye Gaza a 2009, Amurkawa sun gaya musu su fita kuma suka fita."
Brown ya sadu da Netanyahu sau da yawa lokacin da shugaban Isra'ila yake ministan kuɗi kuma shi ministan kuɗi ne. "Ya canza sosai," in ji Brown, sannan ya gyara kansa, domin "ya kasance yana sha'awar Iran. Shekaru 20 ita ce ƙasar da yake so ya lalata ko ya tayar da hankali. Don haka ban yi mamakin cewa ya rinjayi Trump ya [yi bam] ba."
Amma ba a shuka irin waɗannan ƙetarewa ne da yaƙin Iraki ba, wanda ya goyi bayan Tony Blair a 2003? "A wani ɓangare, shisshigin a shekarun 2000. Za ka iya komawa yaƙin Vietnam, a gaskiya."
Ya daɗe ya yarda cewa ya yi "kuskure" da Iraki. Ya ji "an yaudare shi" lokacin da ya koyi, ta hanyar takardar da ya gani bayan ya bar gwamnati, cewa Amurka ta san Saddam Hussein ba shi da makamai. A 2002, game da makamai masu guba. Da ya san, shin zai yi murabus? "Ee. Ba zan iya goyon bayan gwamnati ba."
Blair yanzu yana kan Hukumar Zaman Lafiya ta Trump. Yayin da ake tallata shi a matsayin wata hukuma ta zaman lafiya, Brown yana ganinsa a matsayin aikin kamfani ne kawai. Takardar kafa ta, in ji Brown, ta fi kusa "da mai gina ƙasa na duniya a ƙarƙashin sunan yin zaman lafiya." Na fara yin tambaya sai ya katse ni: "Na san abin da za ka tambaya." Menene? "Game da Tony Blair. Ba na son yin magana game da Tony Blair."
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Tare da Keir Starmer da Tony Blair a cikin Satumba 2022, lokacin da aka ayyana Charles a matsayin sabon sarki ... Hoton: Kirsty O'Connor/AFP/Getty Images
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... kuma tare da Starmer kuma, a dawowar Brown zuwa Downing Street a watan Mayu na wannan shekara. Hoton: Simon Dawson/No 10 Downing Street
A littafinsa, Brown ya rubuta cewa Amurka "na iya" samun sabon shugaban kasa a 2028. Me ya sa "na iya" ba "za ta" ba, ganin cewa akwai iyaka na wa'adi biyu? Shin yana jin ba za a yi zaɓe ba? "A'a, Trump bai taɓa adawa da zaɓe ba. Yana adawa da sakamakon da ba ya so." Wannan na iya nufin menene ga dangantakar Biritaniya da Amurka? "Abin game da wannan shi ne, ko menene ka yi tunani game da kowane mutum, dole ne ka yi ƙoƙari ka sa ya yi aiki. Keir Starmer, a yabonsa, ya yi ƙoƙari. Andy Burnham zai yi ƙoƙari. Babu wanda ke cewa za su zama abokan rai. Kana so ka sa ya yi aiki ba tare da barin kowane ƙa'ida ba."
Shawarar Brown don magance rikice-rikicen duniya da ke ta ƙaruwa ita ce komawa ga tsarin tushen dokoki da wuri-wuri, tare da "sabunta" sadaukarwa ga "mulkin doka, lissafin dimokuradiyya, mutunta haƙƙin ɗan adam, 'yancin taro, haɗin gwiwar kasa da kasa, taimakon jin kai, kula da muhalli. Mutane suna fushi," ya ci gaba. "Daidai ne, domin abubuwan da suka ɗauka a matsayin masu tabbatuwa an lalata su ko ta yaya."
Amma ya yi watsi da rawar da kafofin sada zumunta ke takawa a cikin duhun maganganun siyasa, sai dai ya ce "muhawara ce mai ƙara ba tare da alkalin wasa ba." Masu fasaha sune masu jan hankalin ƴaƴanmu, na ce. Ya nuna wani rukunin Facebook na gida, Love Kirkcaldy! wanda, a gare shi, yana nuna kyakkyawar hanyar da mutane ke haɗuwa a kan layi. Ya jaddada – kuma wannan babban jigo ne na littafinsa – ɗaya daga cikin amsoshin magance matsalolin siyasar ƙasa da na duniya yana cikin gida. Muna buƙatar sake mayar da hankali kan al'ummominmu na gida: "Ƙarfafa al'ummomi zai ba mu ƙarin juriya ga tsattsauran ra'ayi."
Shawarata da ba za a ɗauki shawarata ba
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Hoton: Margaret Mitchell/The Guardian
An sadaukar da littafin ga mutanen Kirkcaldy, inda Brown yake aiki mai ƙarfi. Mun ziyarci Cibiyar Iyali ta Cottage, wata ƙungiyar agaji wadda shi majiɓinci ne wadda ke taimaka wa ƴan ƙasa da 16 da iyalansu. A lokacin Covid na ziyarci ɗaya daga cikin wuraren ƙungiyar biyu. Wani mai sa kai ya ce, da jin labarin ƴaƴa biyu da ke kwana a ƙasa, Brown ya tafi gida ya kwance gadon ƴaƴansa maza, ya dawo ya ba ta shi tare da zanen gado. (Ta kuma ce ya yi ƙoƙari ya gyara gadaje, amma ya ɓata sosai har ƙungiyar tsaronsa ta ɗauki nauyin.)
Sannan akwai ƙungiyar agaji ta multibank da ya kafa: ɗakunan ajiya waɗanda ke karɓar kayan aiki daga kamfanoni 90, ciki har da Amazon, sannan su rarraba su ga matalauta. Na tambaye shi ko yana jin rashin jituwa, ganin cewa Amazon sanannen ma'aikaci ne mara kyau ba tare da ƙungiyoyin kwadago ba. Wannan ne kawai lokacin da ya ɗan yi mini ƙaurin kai. "Babban abin da na sa gaba shi ne ganin ko za mu iya rage talauci. Idan Amazon ta shirya don taimakawa, za mu yi aiki da Amazon. Idan wasu kamfanoni sun shirya don taimakawa, za mu yi aiki da su. Talauci ya yi tsanani sosai a nan." Ya ce sun kai kimanin £250m na kayan ga mutanen da suke buƙata. "Don haka ga ƙaramin ƙungiyar agaji da ke farawa ..."
Akwai kuma aikinsa a matsayin wakilin musamman na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya kan ilimin duniya. Ya ba ni labarin ziyarar Gianni Infantino, shugaban Fifa mai rigima, shekaru huɗu da suka wuce a hedkwatar ƙungiyar a Zurich, tare da shawarwari don tara dala biliyan ɗaya don ilimin duniya ta hanyar gudummawa. "Kuma ka san teburin dakin taro na zinariya ne. Akwai yawan cin abinci da ake nunawa."
"Abin da na ke damuwa shi ne ba mu yin magana sosai game da littafina ba," in ji Brown lokacin da muka dawo cikin motar Range Rover ta ƙungiyar tsaronsa. Muna magana game da littafin, na jaddada. A gaskiya, ƙoƙarin mayar da hira zuwa littafin lokacin da Brown ke magana game da shi kamar ƙoƙarin ƙwace ƙwallon daga Lionel Messi ne lokacin da ya ga raga.
"Na taɓa cewa ni ɗan Scotland ne gaba ɗaya. Amma mun yi wannan gwajin DNA kuma kafin 1700 muna daga Sweden!"
Brown ya gina babban gardamar littafinsa a kan ra'ayin tausayi (kuma akwai wani abin ban mamaki a cikin cewa Blair ya zargi Brown da rashin fahimtar motsin rai). "Tausayi kalma ce da ta fito daga Adam Smith, daga The Theory of Moral Sentiments," in ji shi. "Smith ya kira shi juyayi, amma yanzu za ka kira shi tausayi, wanda shine sanya kanka a cikin takalmin wasu." Smith ya gane cewa aminci ga iyali ya fi ƙarfi, amma "ba kamar JD Vance a rigimarsa da Paparoma ba, Smith zai ce, 'Yana yiwuwa a sami aminci da jin tausayi ga mutanen da ke cikin mawuyacin hali a kowane ɓangare na duniya.'"
Ya nuna ta taga zuwa cocin da mahaifinsa, Rev John Brown, yake limami. Akwai ƙarin majami'u a Kirkcaldy fiye da yadda za ka iya ƙidaya. "An sami rarrabuwa," in ji Brown, "don haka majami'u sun rabu da juna. Mahaifina ɗaya ne daga cikin masu rarrabuwa." Gordon da ƴan uwansa biyu, John da Andrew, sun girma a cikin tsohon gidan limami mai iska. Babu dumama na tsakiya sai sun kai shekarun samartaka. "Yana da sanyi sosai." Yaya sanyi? "Ka saba da shi."
Mahaifiyarsa, Jessie, tana da babban tasiri a kansa, in ji shi. "Kullum tana tambayar ko da gaske nake son yin abubuwan da nake yi. Ta sa ka yi tambaya game da abin da kake yi." Tarbiyyar Calvinist na cin porridge kowace safiya "ta kasance mai tsauri sosai." Ya dakata. "Ta ji haushi sosai wata rana. Ta ce, 'Na ji wani mummunan labari game da kai. Na ji wani lokaci kana zagi.'" (Iyakar abin da na ji yana faɗa shine "kai!" mai ƙarfi.)
Lokacin da Beatles suka zo Kirkcaldy, ƴan Brown "ba su sami damar zuwa ba." Domin Fab Four suna ƙarfafa ɗabi'a mara kyau? "An gaya mana mun yi ƙanana. Mutanen ajina suna zuwa, amma ni ban kasance ba." Ya yi dariya mai zurfi. "Sa'a, na sadu da Paul McCartney tun daga lokacin." Ya ba ni labarin cewa Beatles suna da alaƙa da garin domin John Lennon yana da "goggo ko wani" da ke zaune a nan.
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'Ba na tashi da safe ina son kasancewa a rediyo ko talabijin ko a gaban taron jama'a ba.' Hoton: Margaret Mitchell/The Guardian
Kirkcaldy ne aka fara gane hazakar Brown. Ya yi fice a komai. A ilimi, an tura shi Jami'ar Edinburgh da sauri yana da shekaru 16. Ya kasance zakaran wasan tennis na ƴan Kirkcaldy, ɗan tsere, ɗan wasan rugby mai kyau. Yayin wasan rugby ne ya sami raunin ido, rauni mai tsanani har ya kwanta watanni uku a gadon asibiti, idanunsa a rufe, ba zai iya motsawa ba. Ya rasa ganin a idonsa na hagu, kuma ya kusa rasa na dama. Nakasar ta hana shi yin abin da yake so – wasanni – kuma an tilasta masa ya sake tunanin burinsa. "Ina jin haka ne ya sa na so in yi wani abu mafi ƙarfi a cikin al'umma."
Ƙara zuwa labari
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Hanya ɗaya tilo don ganin abin da ke faruwa a cikin mujallar Asabar. Yi rajista don samun labarin ciki daga manyan marubutanmu, tare da dukan labarai da shafuka masu muhimmanci, da aika zuwa imel ɗinka kowane karshen mako. Shigar da imel ɗinka don yin rajista. Bayan tallan labari.
A kujerar baya na motar akwai bayanan da Brown ke ɗauka yayin da mutane ke magana da shi – manyan haruffa a cikin baƙar alƙalami, a cikin babban fayil. Marubutan tarihin rayuwa sun ce ya kasance yaro mai jin kunya. Ko yanzu, kafin ya tashi ya yi jawabi, wata murya a cikin kansa tana tambaya, "Da gaske nake son yin wannan?" Amma wata murya tana amsawa, "Ee, dole ne ka yi." Ya ce, "Ba na tashi da safe ina son kasancewa a rediyo, talabijin, ko a gaban taron jama'a. Kana yin abubuwa ne saboda wajibci."
Lokacin da yake matashi, in ji shi, tsarin zamantakewa yana buƙatar girmamawa. Ƙungiyarsa ta ɗalibai ta yi zanga-zanga, tana turawa "don ƙarin 'yancin ɗan adam." Hotunan Brown sun nuna ɗalibi mai mahimmanci da dogon gashi a cikin rabuwa mai tsauri – ba kamar abokan aikinsa masu shan giya ba, yana sanye da taye. Ya yarda cewa watakila ya kasance mafi hagu a lokacin fiye da lokacin New Labour. "Amma abin da ya faru, a wata ma'ana, shi ne cewa ma'auni tsakanin 'yancin ɗan adam da wajibcin zamantakewa, tsakanin bayyana kai da jin kasancewa cikin al'umma, ya ɓace. Don haka muka jefa jariri tare da ruwan wanka. Mun watsar da ra'ayin cewa mu ɓangare ne na al'umma. Kuma ina jin haka ne ya sa kasuwanci, cin abinci, tara dukiya, da rashin daidaito suka yaɗu. Domin mun rasa wannan ma'anar wajibcin zamantakewa ga juna, wannan jin cewa mu ɓangare ne na al'umma ɗaya."
Yayin da muke kan batun zanga-zanga (da tausayi), na tambaya game da yadda Labour ta bi da masu zanga-zangar zaman lafiya na Palestine Action, waɗanda aka saka a cikin motocin 'yan sanda saboda riƙe alluna don nuna goyon baya ga masu fafutuka da suka kai hari kan wani kamfanin kera jiragen sama na Isra'ila da ke Biritaniya. "Ina jin za ka ga yawancin mutanen jam'iyyar Labour ba su yi nufin wannan ya zama sakamako ba," in ji shi. "Kuma koyaushe ina kare 'yancin taro da zanga-zanga cikin lumana."
Mun wuce wata tsohuwar masana'antar linoleum, kuma ya nuna ta a matsayin muhimmin ɓangare na tarihin masana'antu na garin. "Sun rasa ga kafet ɗin da aka shimfiɗa," ya bayyana.
Kasancewa tare da Brown kamar kasancewa tare da wani mai sha'awar hukumar yawon shakatawa ta Scotland ne. Na san akwai nunin masu launi na Scotland a Perth (ko da shi "bai san yawan su ba")? Na san cewa mai riƙe rikodin mil ɗaya na yanzu ɗan Scotland ne mai suna Josh Kerr? Na ji cewa magoya bayan ƙwallon ƙafa na Scotland an yi musu bikin a Boston a lokacin gasar cin kofin duniya saboda sun kasance masu kyawawan halaye (ko da yake "a fili sun sha har suka bushe")? Na san shahararrun ƴan ƙaura na Fife, kamar Andrew Carnegie? Kada ka sa shi ya fara magana game da masana falsafa na Scottish Enlightenment. Na san cewa ƙa'idodi uku na sanarwar 'yancin kai na Amurka sun fito daga Scotland? Na san cewa Barack Obama yana da asalin Scotland?
Amma kuma yana yin raini da kansa. Ya ce lokacin da ya yaƙi jam'iyyar Scottish National a zaben raba gardama na 2014, "Kullum ina da wannan magana: 'Ni ɗan Scotland ne gaba ɗaya.' Amma mun yi gwajin DNA, kuma kafin 1700, a gaskiya muna daga Sweden!"
Ganin sha'awarsa ga Scotland da haɓakar kishin ƙasa na Ingila, shin yanzu yana jin cewa shiga cikin "a'a" kuskure ne? "Wannan ba ya cikin littafin," in ji shi. Da aka ƙara matsa masa, ya yarda cewa halin da ake ciki yanzu bai gamsar da kowa ba kuma watakila rabin ƙasar na son 'yancin kai. A lokaci guda, in ji shi, "Scotland dole ne ta sami hanyar zama cikin haɗin gwiwa da wasu ƙasashe, kuma 'yancin kai ba zai zama hanyar da ta dace ba. Muna da alaƙa ta ƙasa, tattalin arziki, zamantakewa, da al'adu da sauran ƙasar Biritaniya, ko Wales, Ingila, ko wasu sassan Ireland."
Tabbas, wannan "ɓangaren" na Ireland yana da alaƙa ta ƙasa da ɗayan ɓangaren Ireland, don haka ta wannan hujja, shin Ireland ya kamata ta haɗu? "Ee. To, ba shakka, a cikin dogon lokaci, Ireland za ta haɗu." Dakata, menene? Brown, wanda ya taka rawa sosai a tattaunawar zaman lafiya bayan yarjejeniyar Good Friday a 1998, koyaushe yana goyon bayan ƙungiyar. Ya ce haɗin kan Ireland zai kasance "tsari mai tsawo inda mutane za su taru su sami hanyar yarda. Ainihin, wannan shine batun: ko mutane za su iya yarda."
Muhawarar yanayi tana da ƙarfi, muna fuskantar yanayin zafi mai rikodin, kuma wayoyi suna ƙara da gargadin gobarar daji na gwamnati. Akwai suka mai ƙarfi ga Burnham saboda goyon bayan hakar mai a cikin Tekun Arewa. Na san Brown ma yana goyon bayan wannan, yana cewa yana samar da ayyukan yi a Scotland – amma tabbas muna buƙatar yin aiki yanzu? "Muhawarar, Charlotte, tana da alama ta rabu tsakanin waɗanda ke goyon bayan ci gaban Tekun Arewa da waɗanda ke goyon bayan sabbin makamashi. Amma ba na jin wannan shine ainihin rikici."
Kamar Burnham, yana jayayya cewa ƙwarewa da kayan aiki iri ɗaya da ake amfani da su don mai da iskar gas a Tekun Arewa na iya tallafawa ayyukan sabbin makamashi a nan gaba. "Don haka makomar Tekun Arewa ba ita ce ta mutu lokacin da mai da iskar gas suka ƙare ba, amma tana motsawa a hankali zuwa hydrogen, iska, da kama carbon. Dubban ayyukan yi na iya kasancewa a can, amma za su canza a hankali zuwa ayyukan tushen sabbin makamashi." Mutane da yawa na iya ganin wannan a matsayin daidaitawar New Labour wadda ba ta fahimci gaggawar abubuwa ba. Ɗan "bayana, ambaliya"?
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Brown ya rubuta da yawa game da abin da ya yi daidai da kuskure a gwamnati. (Shin wannan tunani yana taimaka masa? "A'a.") "Ɗaya daga cikin laifofina shi ne ban iya sadarwa yadda ya kamata ba," in ji shi yanzu. Ya san zai yi wahala a zamanin kafofin sada zumunta, cewa babu wani ɗan siyasa da zai "tsira" ba tare da TikTok da Reels masu ban dariya ba. Shin zai iya? "Ban san yadda zan yi kyau ba. Ya dogara da yadda kake son buɗe kanka ga sababbin abubuwa. Amma Andy zai fara gaya
