Ba na magana da kafofin watsa labarai na yau da kullum," in ji wani matashi sanye da rigar Arsenal. Na dai tambaye shi abin da ya kawo shi ga zanga-zangar baya-bayan nan game da matsugunin masu neman mafaka a Thetford, Norfolk, kuma rashin jin daɗinsa a bayyane yake yayin da ya tafi ya faɗakar da sauran masu zanga-zangar game da kasancewar Guardian. Wannan ba shine haɗin kai da takardar tallan da ke tallata tattakin na yau ta yi alkawari ba: "Ana maraba da kowa: iyalai, abokai, karnuka. Har da manema labarai."
An shirya zanga-zangar a matsayin tattaki na mil biyu daga dandalin kasuwar Thetford zuwa RAF Barnham, wurin da ke kan iyakar Suffolk, wanda za a sa masu neman mafaka a ciki yayin da suke tafiyar da tsarin. Wannan shine sabon bangare na yakin da ya dauki tsawon lokacin rani. Tutoci sun jera a dandalin, mafi girma kawai yana bayyana dalilin da yasa mutane ke taruwa a nan yau: "Thetford da Barnham sun ce a'a ga masu neman mafaka."
Wasu daga cikin masu zanga-zangar sun fito daga Thetford, wasu daga nesa, amma galibi daga Norfolk ko Suffolk. Na kasance ina ziyartar Thetford a makonnin da suka gabata kafin zanga-zangar, kuma yayin da dalilan da masu zanga-zangar ke bayarwa suka bambanta, da yawa sun ce ya shafi adadi. Ta yaya wannan wurin zai iya daukar mutane 1,250 yayin da ƙauyen mafi kusa yana da yawan jama'a 600 kawai?
Wasu sun ce ƙasar ba za ta iya biyan kuɗin ci gaba da matsugunin masu neman mafaka ba yayin da suke jiran a sarrafa su, ko kuma cewa akwai masu shigowa da yawa, ko kuma ba mu san su wanene ba. Masu neman mafaka ana kiransu da "mutanen jirgin ruwa" da "mahara" a nan. Tunanin cewa Biritaniya ta rasa iko kan iyakokinta ba sabon abu ba ne. Amma sabbin ra'ayoyi har yanzu suna fitowa. A wata zanga-zangar a makon da ya gabata kafin tattakin, wani mai halarta ya ba da shawarar cewa ana iya aiko mutane da gangan daga Iran. "Suna cewa suna aiko wasu daga cikin 'yan ta'adda zuwa Burtaniya kuma ba mu da masaniyar wanda ke fitowa daga cikin jiragen ruwa," wani mai zanga-zangar, David Goulty, ya gaya mani. "Babu iko a kan wanda ke shigowa ƙasar."
A bangaren adawa, Labour ya soki manufar Conservatives na matsugunin masu neman mafaka a sansanonin soja. Amma a watan Oktoba na bara, yanzu a gwamnati, ya canza hanya. Lalata da aka yi wa yarinya 'yar shekara 14 da wani mazaunin otal din Bell a Epping, Essex, ya haifar da watanni na fushi a cikin gida game da matsugunin masu neman mafaka a otal-otal. Keir Starmer ya sanar da cewa za a sake amfani da sansanonin soja.
Labour ya bayyana dalilin da yasa ya yi wannan juyi: "Mun san cewa al'ummomi ba sa son a sa masu neman mafaka a otal-otal, kuma gwamnati ma ba ta so, kuma shi ya sa muke da niyyar gyara rikicin da muka gada ta hanyar shawo kan lamarin da kuma sadaukar da kai ga rufe kowane otal na masu neman mafaka, tare da ceton masu biyan haraji biliyoyin fam."
Kamar yadda aka saba a zamanin Starmer a matsayin firaminista, mutanen da yake ƙoƙarin farantawa da wannan manufar sun amsa: "Na gode, mun ƙi shi."
Yanzu, Ofishin Cikin Gida yana aiki tuƙuru don faɗaɗa ko buɗe wurare biyar, biyu daga cikinsu sun riga sun yi aiki. MDP Wethersfield, tsohon filin jirgin sama na RAF a Essex, yana daukar masu neman mafaka 800, amma yana iya ƙara ƙarfinsa zuwa fiye da 1,200. Sansanin horo na Crowborough a Gabashin Sussex yana shirin ƙara adadinsa daga 350 zuwa 540; an kafa ƙungiyar sintiri ta sa kai a yankin don "kare" mazauna daga bakin haure. Ana shirya manyan wuraren soja uku tare da rahoton ƙarfin 1,250 kowanne: MOD Bicester a Oxfordshire; RAF Linton-on-Ouse a Arewacin Yorkshire; da RAF Barnham.
Yawancin shirin wasan kwaikwayo na Dad's Army an yi shi a Thetford, gami da hotunan waje na shirin da ya ƙare da sanannen barkwanci: "Kada ka gaya musu, Pike!" Guildhall a dandalin kasuwa, inda masu zanga-zangar ke taruwa don fara tattakin yau, ana yawan amfani da shi a matsayin wurin baya.
Gidan kayan tarihi na Dad's Army yana gefe guda na Guildhall. Ɗaya daga cikin masu zanga-zangar tsohon sojan sama ne na Amurka mai shekaru 80 wanda ya yi imanin cewa Burtaniya ta kamata ta ɗauki manufofin shige da fice irin na Trump. Ya hango ƙungiyar masu yawon bude ido a kan yawon shakatawa na Dad's Army kuma ya gayyace su su shiga tattakin. A bayyane yake sun gwammace su ci gaba da jin labarun Jones, Mainwaring, da Pike.
A ƙetaren dandalin, Anwar Noor, mai shekaru 63, yana ba da ice cream daga motarsa ga mutanen da ke taruwa don tattakin. Noor ya zo Thetford daga Kenya a cikin 1980s kuma ya yi aiki a masana'antar Thermos na shekaru 17 kafin ya rasa aikinsa lokacin da aka rufe ta. (Thermos ya ƙaura da samarwa zuwa Asiya a 2000. Sauran manyan ma'aikata, kamar masana'antar da ke sarrafa naman alade na Danepak, suma sun rufe tun daga lokacin, suna kashe ɗaruruwan ayyuka.) Noor ya fara wata kasuwanci, wurin tara tarkace, kafin ya shiga kasuwancin ice cream shekaru biyu da suka gabata yayin da yake shiga matakin ritaya.
Kuna iya jayayya cewa Thetford ita ce cibiyar haɗin kai ta Gabashin Anglia. A 1903, ta zaɓi magajin gari na farko na Burtaniya, Allan Glaisyer Minns, wanda aka haifa a Bahamas kuma ya horar da shi a matsayin likita a asibitin Guy a London. Akwai al'ummar Portuguese da suka kafu, waɗanda suka taru a safiyar yau a wani cafe kusa da dandalin, suna shan kwalaben giyar Super Bock yayin da wani shirin dabbobi mai ƙarfi game da kirboshi ke kunna a talabijin. Sun ƙaura zuwa nan da yawa a cikin 2000s, bayan manyan kamfanonin noma na Gabashin Anglia, gami da babban kamfanin turkey Bernard Matthews, suka kafa ofisoshin daukar ma'aikata a Portugal.
Akwai kuma mutum-mutumin Duleep Singh, maharaja na ƙarshe na daular Sikh, wanda aka yi hijira zuwa Burtaniya daga Punjab kuma ya zama abin sha'awa ga Sarauniya Victoria, yana zaune a Elveden Hall a kan iyakar Suffolk. Ɗansa, Yarima Freddy Duleep Singh, ya zama masani kan rayuwar Norfolk kuma ya ba Thetford Ancient House, gini da ake tunanin ya kasance tun daga 1490, wanda har yanzu yake aiki a matsayin gidan kayan tarihi na jama'a.
Amma, kamar yadda Ian Jack ya rubuta a 2007 yayin ziyarar da ya yaba da al'ummar Portuguese na Thetford yayin da ya lura da damuwar garin game da kididdigar shige da fice: "Kwatanta Yarima Freddy da mai yankan naman alade ko mai tsabtace turkey ba shakka abin ba'a ne."
An riga an sami tashin hankali game da shige da fice lokacin da Jack ya ziyarci. A 2004, yayin da wa'adi na biyu na New Labour na uku ke ƙarewa, Thetford ya kasance a saman matsayi na talauci da talauci na yara yayin da yake ƙasa a ƙwarewa da ilimi. A wannan lokacin rani, bayan da Ingila ta sha kashi a hannun Portugal a wasan kwata-kwata na gasar Turai, gidan Red Lion a dandalin kasuwa ya kewaye da ƴan tawaye sama da 200, suna kama mutane kusan 120 – galibi Portuguese – a ciki. Sun jefa kwalabe da duwatsu a ginin, sun fasa tagogi, kuma suka yi ƙoƙarin shiga. 'Yan sanda sun kira ƙarfafawa daga ko'ina cikin Norfolk, kuma an ba da rahoton cewa wasu jami'ai da abokan cinikin mashaya sun yanke da gilashin da ke tashi. Ya ɗauki fiye da sa'o'i biyu kafin waɗanda ke ciki su iya fita.
Red Lion, yanzu Wetherspoons, yana jin kwanciyar hankali a yau. Yana zaune a gefen dandalin kasuwa, wanda, a cikin hasken rana, yana jin kamar piazza tare da ƙarin pints. Duk da haka Noor, yayin da yake ba da ice cream, ya ce yana iya fahimtar dalilin da yasa mutane ke fushi. "Kuna iya lura yayin da kuke tafiya cikin gari yawan shagunan da aka rufe, ofisoshin gidan waya sun tafi. Duk bankunan sun tafi. Kuna iya ganin cibiyar tana raguwa." Noor ya ce ya fahimci takaicin mazauna kuma bai taɓa fuskantar wariyar launin fata a Thetford ba. Amma ya yi imanin cewa zargin masu neman mafaka "ba daidai ba ne. Dukanmu muna cikin jirgin ruwa ɗaya."
A wasu lokuta a wannan watan Agusta, abin da ya faru a wannan ƙaramin garin Norfolk ya zama muhimmi, yana haifar da haɗarin wani lokacin rani na tashin hankali a Ingila, bayan abubuwan da suka faru a Southport a 2024 da Epping a 2025 waɗanda suka haifar da zanga-zangar a duk faɗin ƙasar.
A farkon wannan watan, an fallasa adiresoshin wasu gidaje masu zaman mutane da yawa (HMOs) da ake amfani da su don matsugunin masu neman mafaka a Thetford. Wannan ya haifar da taron mutane da suka kai hari a gidajen a ranakun 4, 5, da 6 ga Agusta.
A daren na biyu na tashin hankali, ɗaruruwan mutane sun taru a wajen wani gidan da ke Clover Way a unguwar Fairfields, wanda aka gina a cikin 1970s. Wasu sun jefa duwatsu da ƙwai, suna fasa tagar bene na sama, yayin da wasu ke ƙoƙarin shiga. A cikin waɗannan kwanaki na rashin zaman lafiya, an tofa wa jami'an 'yan sanda yawu, ɗaya ya buge da dutse, kuma an ciji wani. A cewar 'yan sanda, wasu masu sintiri ma sun shiga wani gida, sun tilasta wa mazaunin fita, kuma suka sace wayarsa.
Fiye da mutane 20 an kama su bisa zargin aikata laifuka daban-daban, gami da tada hankalin jama'a na launin fata, tada ƙiyayyar launin fata, haɗin kai don aikata laifin sata, mallakar cocaine da niyyar sayarwa, mallakar cannabis, da tuƙi ba tare da inshora ba.
A ranar tattakin Thetford zuwa Barnham, na ziyarci Clover Way. Gidan da ya taɓa zama masu neman mafaka yana da sauƙin ganewa saboda busasshen ƙwai har yanzu yana kan tagogi, kusan makonni uku bayan an jefa ƙwai.
Ɗaya daga cikin maƙwabta ya fito don shan taba. Ta gaya mani cewa dole ta gudu zuwa gidan abokinta a ƙetaren titi a daren da taron ya zo; tun da ta rasa mijinta a bara, tana zaune ita kaɗai. Ta ba ni shawarar in yi magana da maƙwabcinta, John Finch, mai shekaru 91. Ya ce mutanen da suka sayar da gidan da aka kewaye da farko za su sayar da shi ga wani iyali, amma wani kamfani ya ba da ƙarin kuɗi kuma ya fi su.
A daren da masu zanga-zangar suka zo, taron ya tsaya a kan filayen furanni na Finch kuma suka tattake tsire-tsirensa. Ya ga hargitsin daga tagarsa amma ya yanke shawarar ya kwanta. "Na yi barci a cikinsa," in ji shi. Ya kasance a cikin rundunar 'yan sanda ta RAF yana aiki a Cyprus lokacin da Girkwan Cyprus da Turkawan Cyprus suka fara harbin juna. "Na ga muni fiye da haka."
Lokacin da tashin hankalin ya yaɗu a kan layi, ya kawo suna mara kyau ga wannan titin shiru. Washegari, ƙungiyoyin fim sun isa, tare da mutanen da ke sha'awar ganin sabon shahararren gidan da aka rufe da ƙwai. "Akwai mutane da yawa suna zuwa," in ji Finch. "Suna zuwa da motoci suna tsayawa suna kallo kawai. Kuma ina tunani: gidan banza ne, don Allah." Ya ɗaga kafaɗa. "Wataƙila shi ne abin da ya fi muhimmanci a rayuwarsu." Alhamdu lillahi, bayan waɗannan darare uku masu muni, tashin hankalin a Thetford ya ƙare. Amma zanga-zangar adawa da mafaka ta ci gaba.
Zanga-zangar farko game da amfani da RAF Barnham don matsugunin masu neman mafaka ta kasance a watan Yuni 2026. Yanzu, kowace Lahadi, suna faruwa kamar agogo da ƙarfe 2 na yamma. Makon da ya gabata kafin tattakin daga tsakiyar garin Thetford zuwa RAF Barnham, na ziyarci sansanin zanga-zangar a sansanin soja.
Na yi fakin a kan busasshiyar ciyawa kuma na yi tafiya zuwa zanga-zangar, na lura da wani rumfar da aka yi da hannu tana ba da abin sha ga masu zanga-zangar da abin da za su iya biya. Wani mutum mai shekaru arba'in da ba shi da riga mai launin fata ya gaishe ni ya tambaye ni ko ina son abin sha. Clinton Warner ya girma a ƙetaren titin daga wurin kuma ya san tarihinsa. Yana gudanar da kamfanin sayar da motoci da aka yi amfani da su kuma kowace karshen mako yana motsa kayansa don samun wurin ajiye motoci ga masu zanga-zangar.
Warner ya gaya mani cewa wani ma'aikacin kwangila, wanda aka ba shi aikin gyaran magudanar ruwa a sansanin RAF Barnham, ya ba shi labarin shirin matsugunin masu neman mafaka a wurin. Ya yanke shawarar ya fallasa. "An umarce su da su sake kunna shi, don haka masu kwangilar sun san shi kafin kansiloli," in ji shi. "Mun sanya shi a kan layi."
RAF Barnham an yi amfani da shi ta hanyoyi da yawa a tsawon shekaru. Ya daɗe yana zama cibiyar kayan aiki na RAF, kuma a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu an yi amfani da shi don adana gas ɗin mustard da alburusai. Bayan yaƙin, Churchill ya ba da umarnin ya riƙe bama-baman nukiliya, kuma gas ɗin mustard da aka adana a ƙarƙashin ƙasa an manta da shi sosai. Warner ya tuna da aka gargaɗe shi: "Kada ku cire namun daji daga waɗannan tafkunan, kada ku ɗauki furannin, kada ku ɗauki furanni, ku bar komai yadda yake, domin duk yana da haɗari."
Amfani da wurare kamar Barnham don matsugunin masu neman mafaka ba wai kawai yana da rigima a tsakanin mazauna da suka damu ba. Shekaru biyu da suka gabata, kwamitin harkokin cikin gida na majalisar dokokin Burtaniya ya lura cewa amfani da manyan wuraren soja don matsugunin mafaka "ya tabbatar da cewa ya fi tsada fiye da matsugunin otal." Wuraren soja sun fi tsada saboda galibi suna buƙatar gyare-gyare mai mahimmanci kuma galibi suna cikin yanayi mara kyau.
Idan ana maganar batun mafaka, gwamnatin Burtaniya ba ta koyon darasi daga sakamakon da majalisa ta buga. Maimakon amsa ga shaida, tana da alama ta makale a cikin wani yanayi na mayar da martani, tana sha'awar nuna ƙarfi a kan lamarin.
"A cikin tattaunawar manufofi, akwai damuwa cewa wasu matsugunin mafaka na iya zama abin jan hankali," in ji Nuni Jorgensen, mai bincike a Cibiyar Kula da Hijira ta Jami'ar Oxford. "Masu siyasa galibi suna da'awar cewa otal-otal abin jan hankali ne saboda mutane suna tunanin otal-otal masu kyau ne, kuma shi ya sa suke zuwa Burtaniya. Amma shaida a kan hakan ba ta bayyana sosai ba." Wannan bai hana masu siyasa kamar Nigel Farage na Reform UK amfani da ra'ayin ba. Jorgensen ya ƙara da cewa, duk da haka, akwai ƙaƙƙarfan shaida da ke nuna cewa manyan wurare suna cutar da jin daɗin masu neman mafaka.
Babu wanda ya yi magana da Guardian a Thetford da ya nuna goyon baya ga mafaka. Hoton: Harry Murray/The Guardian
Idan ana maganar matsuguni, tsarin mafaka gabaɗaya ya zo ga zaɓuɓɓuka uku. Otal-otal sun fi arha don matsugunin bakin haure da yawa a wuri ɗaya. HMOs suna da kyau ga haɗin kai da ababen more rayuwa, amma suna iyakance da tsadar gidaje. Sannan akwai wuraren soja, waɗanda suka shahara da wahalar daidaitawa don wannan manufa.
Otal-otal sun fi sauƙi a samu fiye da HMOs, in ji Jorgensen, amma "an danganta su da mummunan sakamakon lafiyar kwakwalwa a tsakanin mazauna," saboda yanayin galibi matsi ne, mara tsabta, da keɓewa. A tarihi, Ofishin Cikin Gida ya fi son watsa masu neman mafaka zuwa HMOs na unguwanni. "Suna da arha fiye da otal-otal. Suna samar da mafi kyawun sakamakon jin daɗi ga masu neman mafaka. Matsalar ita ce suna da wuyar samu a wasu yankuna."
Rashin nasarar manufar otal-otal da damuwa game da sarrafa HMOs masu zaman kansu na daga cikin dalilan da suka sa aka yi amfani da manyan wuraren soja.
A bayyane yake cewa waɗannan wuraren suna da rigima. Tare da ƙungiyar sintiri ta sa kai a Crowborough, wani ƙauye kusa da RAF Bicester ya ƙi barin Burtaniya a alamance game da manufar. Amfani da wuraren soja don matsugunin mafaka, a wata ma'ana, ya haɗa hagu da dama a adawa, amma saboda dalilai daban-daban. Masu fafutukar kare haƙƙin ɗan adam sun ce wuraren sun kai wani nau'i na "sansanin kurkuku mai buɗewa," yayin da Reform UK ke kwatanta su da sansanonin hutu.
A ziyarata ta farko a RAF Barnham, na haɗu da Terry Curtis, mai shekaru 40, ɗaya daga cikin masu shirya zanga-zangar. Ya ce yana a zanga-zangar HMO a farkon watan Agusta amma ya bar "lokacin da abubuwa suka ta'azzara ... domin ba abin da muke zuwa ba ne." Ya yi iƙirarin cewa 'yan sanda sun yi amfani da ƙarfi, yana ambaton cewa an fesa wata mace a kan keken motsi da barkono. Babu wanda na yi magana da shi a zanga-zangar HMO da ya yi kama da ya yi la'akari da yadda waɗanda ke zaune a gidajen da abin ya shafa suka tsorata.
Makarantu da tsarin kiwon lafiya suna kashe mu. Mutane suna cikin takaici kuma suna neman wanda za su zarga. Hoton: Harry Murray/The Guardian
Curtis ya ƙaura zuwa Thetford daga kudancin London yana da shekaru 15 kuma har yanzu yana goyon bayan Millwall. Kuna iya jin lafazin London a ko'ina cikin Thetford. A cikin 1950s, garin yana da yawan jama'a 5,000. A ƙarshen 1960s, saboda yawan jama'a daga babban birnin, ya ninka fiye da sau uku zuwa 17,000. A cikin wannan shekaru goma na bunƙasa, ana kiran sabbin garuruwa "garuruwan pram" saboda ana haihuwar jarirai da yawa, kuma Thetford shine gari mafi saurin girma a ƙasar.
Gidan Abbey shine na ƙarshe da aka gina a wannan lokacin na saurin faɗaɗa. A 1968, ministan gidaje na Labour Tony Greenwood ya buɗe shi, wanda ya kwatanta ƙirar da "na musamman." A yau, gidan shine yanki mafi talauci na Thetford kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin wuraren tashin hankalin a farkon watan Agusta. An sanar da shirye-shiryen sake fasalin a 2019, amma sun kasance marasa farin jini sosai ga mazauna da yawa kuma Reform UK ya soke su lokacin da suka karɓi majalisar gundumar Norfolk a watan Mayu. Wannan wani bangare ne na haɓakar Reform UK a duk faɗin gundumar, sai dai a liberal, birnin Norwich.
Curtis ya ce ya san yadda yake a cikin mawuyacin hali: "Na taɓa zama marar gida ... Na kasance a cikin hostels." Ya ce ƙungiyar ba ta da alaƙa da kowace jam'iyyar siyasa, amma wannan yana kama da ƙari. Ƙananan 'yan siyasa na Reform UK suna haɗuwa da masu zanga-zangar kowane mako, gami da kansila Scott Hussey, tsohon ɗan jaridar Sun wanda ya koma garinsu kuma ya bayyana cewa ya jajirce kan manufar adawa da shige da fice.
A bayyane yake cewa haɓakar Reform, da Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain, a Gabashin Anglia ya ƙarfafa ƙungiyoyi irin waɗannan. Reform UK yanzu tana gudanar da majalisun gundumomi a Norfolk, Suffolk da Essex, a kowane hali tana korar Conservatives, yayin da 'yan takarar da Restore ke goyon baya suka lashe dukkan kujeru 10 da suka fafata a zaɓen gida na Mayu 2026.
"Ina jin cewa muna da ƙarin rashin daidaito fiye da daidaito a kwanakin nan," in ji Curtis. "Ya kamata a bi da kowa daidai. Kuma, abin takaici, ba haka muke ba. Komai yana tashi. Farashin yana tashi. Haraji yana tashi. Amma, eh, mutane suna iya zuwa nan, ka sani, a kan jiragen ruwa, su nemi mafaka sannan su sami gida, su sami gida, su sami abin da suke so – abinci, gas, wutar lantarki, duk gwamnati ce ke biya, wanda a ƙarshe masu biyan haraji ne. Da kaina, ina ganin ya kamata mu rufe iyakoki ga kowa. Mu gyara ƙasarmu ta farko."
Rashin nasarar sadarwar siyasa, tare da haɓakar kafofin watsa labarun da ke ba da lada ga abun ciki mai tsauri, ya sa labarin adawa da mafaka ya mamaye siyasar Burtaniya. Wannan bai ɓace wa Terry Jermy ba, ɗan majalisar Labour wanda ke wakiltar South West Norfolk, mazaɓar da ta haɗa da Thetford.
Wasu 'yan majalisa suna shiga mazaɓa ba tare da wani masani ba. Ba Jermy ba. Ya yi aiki tuƙuru a siyasar gida, daga kansila na gari a 2008 zuwa magajin gari a 2016, kafin ya ba Liz Truss lokacinta na Portillo a 2024, lokacin da ya lashe kujerar daga tsohuwar firaminista ba zato ba tsammani.
Jermy's family has lived in Thetford for hundreds of years. A cikin jawabinsa na farko, a watan Oktoba 2024, ya ambaci cewa mahaifinsa ɗaya ne cikin yara 13 kuma mahaifiyarsa tana da 'yan'uwa maza bakwai. "Tare da kusan goggo da kawu 40 da ƴan uwa sama da 100, na tabbata cewa na ba da gudummawar nasarar zaɓena ta farko ga ƙaunar kakannina ga juna."
Bayan hare-haren HMO, Jermy ya ce tashin hankalin "yana tsoratar da mutanen da ke zaune a Thetford, musamman mutanen da ke daga al'ummomin kabilanci waɗanda ke tuntuɓar ni suna tsoron cewa za a kuskure su a matsayin mai neman mafaka kuma a kai musu hari."
Jermy ya ce yana iya ganin dalilin da yasa dole a canza manufar otal-otal – "ba kyakkyawan amfani da kuɗin masu biyan haraji ba" – kuma baya adawa da amfani da sansanonin soja a ƙa'ida. Amma yana adawa sosai da amfani da Barnham. "Ana kirana da munafuki lokacin da na ce Barnham bai dace ba," in ji shi. "Amma idan kun je Barnham – ƙauyen, ba sansanin soja ba – za ku ga ƙanana ne. Yana cikin tsakiyar babu, kuma zai kashe gwamnati kuɗi mai yawa don sanya magudanar ruwa, wutar lantarki, da duk abin da ake buƙata don sa shi aiki. Ina tsammanin da zarar sun yi lissafin, za su gane cewa fa'idar ba ta isa ba."
Ya yi nuni da cewa Barnham ya kasance wurin ajiya ne kawai na Honnington, babban sansanin da ke kusa. Barnham ya daɗe babu kowa, kuma Jermy ya ce yawancin gine-ginen ba su da kyau, "don haka dole ne a gina sabbin rukunoni masu zaman kansu" don matsugunin mutane.
Gaskiyar ita ce, kamar yawancin manufofin mafaka, wannan shirin ba ya jin an yi tunani sosai. A halin yanzu, harshen Ofishin Cikin Gida ya kasance marar kyau har ya ƙara rura wutar fushi, in ji shi. "A cikin takardar gaskiya ta gwamnati game da Barnham, sun kira mutanen da za su zauna a wurin 'bakaken ƙaura.' Su masu neman mafaka ne. Suna jiran a sarrafa su."
Jermy ya tada wannan batun ga ministocin Ofishin Cikin Gida, amma yana fuskantar yaƙi mai wahala tare da mazaɓarsa a kan batun da ke da ruɗani a mafi kyawun lokaci. "Yawancin mutane ba su fahimci bambanci tsakanin ɗan gudun hijira, mai neman mafaka, da ɗan ci-rani na tattalin arziki ba. Kuma muna da aiki mai yawa a wannan ƙasa don ilmantar da mutane game da hakan, amma kuma don yin magana mai kyau game da shige da fice da gudummawar da yake bayarwa ga al'umma."
Ba ya zargi mazauna da fushi. "Waɗannan mutane an bar su a ƙasa," in ji shi. "An gaza su shekaru da yawa inda mutane ba sa siyayya a cikin garuruwa kuma masana'antu suna raguwa. Yawancin ayyukan gida suna biyan mafi ƙarancin albashi. Makarantunmu ba su da kyau, kuma tsarin kiwon lafiyarmu ba shi da kyau. Za su kasance cikin takaici, kuma suna neman wanda za su zarga. Kuma maimakon mu, a matsayin gwamnatin Labour, mu bayyana cewa kwadayi da tsuke bakin aljihu ne ke haifar da wannan, yawancin harshen da muke amfani da shi – ƙoƙarin wuce Reform – ya ƙara rura wutar waɗannan damuwoyi."
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