Boris Jonsn z gn, bt hiz toxic Brexit miʈs wl g on pôẓnñ YC poḷtics
Transcription of a Guardian article of 14 June 2023
A sstemic sicnis pṛdyst ɖ hlūṣneśn v merit in ɖ formr prîm̦inistr, ɖen dsgorjd him. Unḍstandñ ɖoz ivnts wl b criticl
Rafel Behr, Wnzde, 14 Jūn 2023
Ɖr z no crîsis at Wsminstr so sirịs ɖt it canot b md t lc trivịl bî ɖ incluźn v Boris Jonsn. N ɖr z no scandl involvñ Jonsn ɖt canot b xplend, parṣ́li or hol̦i, bî hiz lîz. Ɖoz r axịmz v post-Brexit poḷtics.
Ɖ Hǎs v Comnz cmiti v priṿlijz z dy t publiś a rport cncludñ ɖt a formr prîm̦inistr trnd hiz bac on truʈ n pt himslf in cntmt v parḷmnt. Ɖ graṿti v ɖ ofns invîts a sirịs dscuśn abt ɖ sefgardz in Britiś dmocṛsi. Or it śd.
Jonsn laid bcz h hd brocn ɖ rūlz ɖt most uɖr ppl obzrvd jrñ ɖ pandemic, ofn at sgnificnt prsnl cost. H laid bcz h flt no dyti v sbmiśn t rūlz impozd bî hiz ǒn guvnmnt or eni uɖr oʈoṛti. H laid bcz brecñ rūlz n rfyzñ t admit it hd bn a rlaybl meʈ̇d v slf’dvansmnt ʈrt hiz lîf, pṛpelñ him ol ɖ we t Dǎnñ Strīt. H laid bcz ɖt z ẃt h dz.
Ɖoz facts biyñ istabliśt, n Jonsn hvñ qit ɖ Comnz t avôd ɖ indigṇti v a sspnśn, ɖ mn qsćn left haññ z hǎ sć a man evr rīćt a pziśn v pǎr fr ẃć h wz obvịsli unfit. Ẃt sicnis in Britiś poḷtics pṛdyst ɖ hlūṣneśn v merit in Jonsn’z canddsi fr Nu 10?
Ɖ qsćn prīṣpozz ɖt ɖ fīvr hz brocn. Sweti fydñ btwn s’portrz v ɖ formr prîm̦inistr n ɖ incumbnt, wns Jonsn’z proṭźe, sjst uɖ̇wz. Ɖ rǎ wɖ Riśi Sūnac z ostnsbli abt smʈñ uɖr ɖn locdǎn brīćz, bt ɖe r cnctd in ɖ we ɖt multipl îtmz v garbij cn brn sepṛtli in ɖ sem scipfîr.
Sūnac z akzd v vītowñ onrz ɖt Jonsn wz intîtld t dǒl ǎt on hiz reẓgneśn az prîm̦inistr, n v rnegñ on sṗsific aśuṛnsz ɖt sm MPz wd gt ɖer piṛjz in dy cors. Dǎnñ Strīt sz ɖt z untru.
Nedīn Doriz, wn v ɖ ʈwortd noṃnīz, dcrîz a snobiś cnspiṛsi bî rić cidz in Nu 10 t privnt a wrcñclas grl fṛm Liṿpul aćivñ ɖ lediśp ɖt Jonsn hd sd wz in ɖ bag. Anɖr xpḷneśn wd b ɖt Jonsn laid.
Ɖs z ɖ trivịlîzñproses in ax́n. Smhǎ dbet lrćt fṛm ɖ consttyśnl prínsipl ɖt MPz b acǎntbl fr ɖ vraṣti v ẃt z sd in parḷmnt t plêgrǎnd rcriṃneśn btwn rîvl gañlīdrz n ɖer mêts. Ɖ sem mnūvr scips glibli fṛm a public-hlʈ imrjnsi in ẃć hundṛdz v ʈǎzndz v ppl daid t bic̣rñ ovr ɖ tîmtebl on ẃć feld ministrz śd b alaud t swop a sīt in ɖ Comnz fr a cŭśịr bŕʈ in ɖ Lordz; ol agnst ɖ bacdrop v a brūtl cost-v-livñ crîsis.
Jonsn z nt rsponsbl fr ol ɖt z absrd in Wsminstr. Ɖ hol biznis v līdrz drepñ ɖer croniz in ŕmin wz gṛtesc bfr h md it obsin. Bt hiz trṗtyd z redioactiv. It iluṃnets flwz in a consttyśnl ordr best on proṭcolz n pṛprayti, ẃl axeḷretñ its dce.
Ɖ mor Britiś dmocṛsi hz bn xpozd t him, ɖ les sirịs it hz bcm. Hiz toxic slf-involvmnt hz cntaṃnetd ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti so cmplitli ɖt īvn in rjctñ him it inflets hiz vaṇti. H z a lump v wepnzgred narssizm p’lūtñ ɖ p’liticl er.
Inuf Toriz hv dạgnozd ɖt probḷm t wont rid v him, olɖo ɖt rj z rvrsbl. Les ɖn a yir ago Jonsn wz dfeṇstretd bî ɖ parḷmntri parti. Onli a fy munʈs lêtr, a hundṛd MPz wr redi t noṃnet him az ɖ bst prsn t rples Liz Trus. Bac in ɖ sumr v 2019, ẃn T’rīza Me rzînd, plenti v Cnsrṿtivz swòr secrid oɖz t privnt Jonsn evr rīćñ Nu 10, bfr indorsñ him n srvñ in hiz guvnmnt.
Ɖt wz ɖ Rūḅcón momnt. Crosñ t Jonsn’z sîd rqîrd wilfl rjx́n v eni atmt t inact Brexit ẃl rmenñ in sm we cogniznt v ic̣nomic n dipḷmatic riaḷti. Me hd brnd hrslf ǎt trayñ t recnsîl îdịlojicl dmandz fr cmplit rupćr fṛm Yṛp wɖ raṣ́nl mitgeśn v ɖ cost. It cd’nt b dn. Jonsn reprizntd ɖ vy ɖt ɖr wz no riyl cost, onli saḅtāj bî eṇmiz. N ɖe cd b oṿcm bî a srj in naśnl spirit, incarnetd in a hrǒic līdr – ɖ arc̣tîpl ofr v popylizm.
Jonsn’z gret hlmzmnśp, n Brexit az a drīm v naśnl rnesns, r stl fyzd in sm Tori imaɉneśnz. H adrest ɖt cnstitẏnsi d’recli in a reẓgneśnstetmnt ɖt cast ɖ priṿlijzcmiti az a “canġrucort” instōld az part v a plot “t tec rvnj fr Brexit n ultiṃtli t rvrs ɖ 2016 reḟrendm”.
Ɖ form n ton v ɖ arğmnt r cribd fṛm ɖ Doṇld Trump ple-bc: slf-pitiing, paṛnôd, dzînd t str beḷcos naśṇlist grīvns.
Ɖ iṃteśn wd b mor alarmñ f it wz’nt olso despṛt. Ɖr z an ōdịns fr ɖ imbitrd Brexit-btreyl miʈ, bt nt an ilex́n-winñ mjoṛti. Its induljns bî Cnsrṿtivz inḍcets a parti olrdi seṭlñ intu opziśn n, ẃl YS Rpublicn-stîl d’renjmnt z an obvịs tṛjectri wns ɖ brdn v guvnmnt z cast of, a resṭreśn v b’līgrd libṛl Tori tṛdiśnz z olso aveḷbl.
Fr ol ɖ damij ɖt Jonsn hz dn, hiz pǎr t mc evrʈñ trivịl hz pruvd slf-dmiṇśñ. H ʈt h std abv ɖ insttyśnz ɖt h c’ruptd, bt h wz bròt dǎn bî cnvnśnl deṃcratic mec̣nizmz. Hiz lîz abt locdǎn partiz wr xpozd bî a fri pres n puniśt bî parḷmnt. Ɖ Tori mjoṛti h clemz az prūf v hiz ynīc popylaṛti dd nt sev him. Ɖ sistm ɖt swoloud hiz śtic olso dsgorjd him. Ɖ riyl traɉdi z ɖt h wz host t a mor stubn paṛsitic wrm v an îdīa – ɖ Brexit dluźn ɖt hz nstd in ɖ guts v Britiś poḷtics n wl nt so īẓli b xcritd.
