Brexit wz Jonsn, n Jonsn wz Brexit. Nǎ ɖt h hz gn, Britn mst ʈnc agn
Transcription of a Guardian article of 15 June 2023
Ɖ dsgrest formr PM n ǎr dzastṛs xit fṛm ɖ YY wr umbilicli linct. Hiz fōl preznts a preśs oṗtyṇti
Martin Cetl, Ʈrzde, 15 Jūn 2023
It z īzi t oṿlc ɖ fact ɖt smʈñ larjr z at stec amd ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti’z midsumr mêhem. Smʈñ larjr, fr śr, ɖn Boris Jonsn’z petyḷns or Nedīn Doriz’ atnśnsīcñ. Smʈñ afctñ s ol, nt jst ɖ Tori parti. Smʈñ ɖt unḍlîz evrʈñ els abt cuṛnt Britiś poḷtics n wl ǎtlast ɖ cuṛnt xîtmnt. Ɖt smʈñ z ɖ fyćr v Brexit.
Yes, Jonsn’z lêtist slf-sntrd lord-v-misrūl meḷdrama z rmarcbl īvn bî hiz ǒn standdz. Yes, Doriz’ lêtist c’rirmuv, gwñ postl in parḷmnt, on ɖ run fṛm hr ǒn reẓgneśn, z pṛvîdñ a sūṭbli dstrbñ coda t an olrdi dōntñli dstrbñ p’liticl c’rir. N, yes, Riśi Sūnac’s l’borịsli cnstructd oʈoṛti az prîm̦inistr z agn undr ʈret fṛm ɖ intmpṛt dsloylti ɖt hz bcm ɖ dfōltsetñ v a sx́n v ɖ Tori parti.
So, yes, mć v ɖs panṭmîm z indd abt Jonsn’z desṗreśn t rmen at ɖ sntr v ɖ stej – az ɖoz smrcñ ǎtñz wɖ hiz dog ć mornñ fr ɖ camraz cnfrm. Sm v ɖt me riyli b abt trayñ t mnūvr himslf bac intu parḷmnt in a sefr sīt at ɖ jenṛl ilex́n, ɖo hiz straṭji hz clirli nt bn ʈt ʈru.
Ol v it olso rezz xistnśl qsćnz fr ɖ Cnsrṿtivz, a parti ɖt wz fr so loñ ɖ inṭnaśnl paṛdîm fr pragmatic adapteśn in ɖ cōz v ilectṛl s’xes, īvn in ɖ ira v Marġrit Ʈaćr. Ɖ qsćn “Ẃt dz ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti nǎ stand fr?” z hardr t ansr ɖz dez. Ɖ Tori parti Jenga tǎr smtmz fīlz jst a bric awe fṛm c’laps.
Nvɖles, bhnd ol v ɖs standz Brexit itslf. Ɖs crîsis, in uɖr wrdz, gz bynd ɖ śort-trm probḷmz v ɖ Sūnac guvnmnt n ɖ strugl ovr ɖ Tori parti’z îdntti. Ɖ linc btwn ɖ ivnts v ɖ past wīc n Britn’z brec wɖ Yṛp z umbilicl, bcz ɖ cord ɖt bîndz ɖm z Jonsn himslf.
Part v ɖs, bt nt ol v it, z abt ɖ lîz ɖt wr integṛl t bʈ Brexit n Jonsn’z fōl. Lîz abt pandemic locdǎn partiz pśt Jonsn fṛm guvnmnt n nǎ fṛm ɖ Comnz. Bt lîz abt Brexit wr olso ɖ rīzn ẃ h got intu Nu 10 in ɖ frst ples. Hiz p’liticl baniśmnt n hymilieśn fr wn set v lîz òt t cōl intu qsćn hiz rlịr p’liticl coṛneśn fr a difṛnt set.
It wz evr ɖus wɖ Jonsn. Hiz dparćr z nt a têl v an isnṣ́li dīsnt n truʈtelñ man hu ruind it ol bî layñ. Jonsn’z cntmt fr truʈ n rūlz z lîfloñ. Hiz hǎsmastr at Ītn, Martin Hamnd, feṃsli nêld ɖ probḷm mni decedz ago ẃn h rout: “I ʈnc h oṇstli b’livz ɖt it z ćrliś v s nt t rgard him az an xpśn, wn hu śd b fri v ɖ netwrc v obḷgeśn ẃć bîndz evrwn els.” Telñ ɖ truʈ matrz t y n m. It dz nt matr t Jonsn.
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Jonsn’z conduct in ɖ pandemic n sins rsivñ ɖ draft v ɖ priṿlijzcmiti rport z fŭli in lîn wɖ ɖt Ītn rport. Eni uɖr prîm̦inistr wd hv bn scrūpyḷsli cerfl nt t brec ɖ rūlz ɖt hiz ǒn guvnmnt hd impozd. Mni wd hv ŕd on ɖ sîd v cōśn n slf-dnayl. Nn v ɖt aplîz t Jonsn bcz it wd nt hv ocŕd t him ɖt it śd. H z ɖ slf-apôntd xpśn, a sosiopaʈic narssist. H hz dpartd bcz, in hiz vy, h z infiṇtli mor importnt ɖn eni presidnt, or rūl or insttyśn.
Bt ɖ sem aplîz t hiz attyd t Brexit. H dd’nt riyli hv a stroñ vy abt ẃɖr t līv or rmen. Bt h dd hv a stroñ vy abt ẃć wz bst fr Boris Jonsn. Hvñ md hiz ćôs, h sd ẃtvr cem t hand in ɖ campen, ẃɖr it wz tru or nt, jst az h hd dn in hiz jrṇlizm. A sirịs p’liticl līdr – sirịs in ɖ sns v acordñ prîoṛti t naśnl nīdz, nt ɖ līdr’z ǒn advantij or gratiḟceśn – wd nvr hv bn so reclis. Lêtr, h clemd t b ɖ wn hu cd gt Brexit dn, bt ɖt wz anɖr lî; ɖz wr mir wrdz n ɖs wz a mir pǒz. H hd no îdīa ẃt wd wrc or d damij n h dd’nt cer îɖr.
In ɖer bc, Jonsn at 10, Ánṭni Seldn n Remnd Nywl dstil Jonsn’z c’rir intu ʈri cor trets: hiz c’rizma, hiz slf’bzorpśn n hiz slfiśnis. Ɖer comn ʈred z an absns v moṛl sirịsnis, rflectd in ɖ we h livd n rūld. “Cōzz, cmitmnts, colīgz, az wel az plejz, poḷsiz n partnrz wr rgardd az mirli transitri n trnzax́nl,” ɖe rait. “Eni cd b jetisnd ẃn ɖe no longr srvd hiz inṭrests or pleźr.” Ivnts hv cnfrmd ɖ truʈ v ɖt. Yṛpiyn Yńn, parḷmnt, Cnsrṿtiv parti. Hu riyli cerz? Nt Jonsn.
Jonsn hz nǎ, it sīmz, wōct awe fṛm parti poḷtics. Phps h hz dpartd fr evr. Phps h wl rtrn. A mnoṛti v Toriz, an īvn smōlr mnoṛti v votrz n a hanfl v oṿmîti nyzpeprz r stl preyñ fr anɖr act. Fr ɖ rest, Jonsn līvz bhnd a damijd prsnl repyteśn, a damijd parti, a damijd sistm v guvnmnt, a damijd parḷmntri dmocṛsi n a damijd cuntri.
Ɖ p’liticl sistm on ẃć Jonsn atmtd fr so loñ t impoz hiz prṣnaḷti n hiz lac v standdz hz, bî n larj, rpulst hiz asōlt. Bt it hz tecn losz in dwñ so, n a secnd asōlt canot b rūld ǎt. Līdrz sć az Jonsn smtmz win n smtmz lūz. Bt ɖe olwz damij, n ɖ damij mst b rperd n mst b gardd agnst in fyćr.
Ɖt z ẃ, in an importnt sns, ɖz past fy dez r funḍmnṭli abt Brexit. Untl rīsntli, Brexit hd bcm a tbu. It flt inevitbl ɖt a jeṇreśn wd hv t pas bfr it wz p’liticli poṣbl fr a ny form v rleśnśp t b cnstructd wɖ ɖ YY ɖt wd undu ɖ harm v ɖ vot in 2016. Ic̣nomic struglz, ɖ ćaḷnjz v clîṃt n mîgreśn, n ɖ wor in Ycren ol mc ɖ nīd fr ɖt rībildñ mor presñ. A stedi śift in public opińn twdz closr cooṗreśn, foloud bî Jonsn’z fōl, nǎ opnz ɖ dor t a mć mor dtrmind riingejmnt.
Ɖt wl nt b īzi. Bt ɖ bigist lî ɖt Jonsn evr tld, n ɖ wn ɖt wz most wîdli b’livd, wz ovr Brexit. It hz rzultd in ɖ larjist pìs v damij v ɖ mni h inflictd on ɖ cuntri. Jonsn’z fōl n unpopylaṛti òt, ɖrfr, t riopn Britn’z rleśnśp wɖ Yṛp. Ɖt z tù big a qsćn fr ɖs or eni uɖr fyćr guvnmnt t cīp loct awe in ɖ tù-dificlt box. It z tîm, in uɖr wrdz, t tec bac cntrol.
