Brexit z ɖ monstr undr ɖ bed Liz Trus z despṛtli trayñ t ignor
(Transcription of an interview published in the Guardian on Wednesday 31 August 2022)
Ɖ lîcli winr v ɖ līdrśp contest insists Brexit wz ɖ rît paʈ t tec wɖ ɖ viymns v a zeḷs cnvrt
Rafel Bẹr, Wnzde, 31 Ōġst 2022
Ɖr z a bc ɖt fōrsw wɖ prisiźn ɖs sumr’z Cnsrṿtiv līdrśp contest, olɖo it wz frst publiśt in 1980. It z a ʈin volym abt dnayl n neglijns, mcñ its pônt wɖ fy wrdz n culrfl iḷstreśnz. It z cōld Nt nǎ, Brṇd bî Devid MCi.
Ɖ titylr hiro z a bô hu trîz t alrt hiz peṛnts t ɖ prezns v a ćîld-ītñ monstr in ɖ gardn. Ɖe r bizi wɖ uɖr ʈñz. “Nt nǎ, Brṇd,” sz ɖ faɖr, strîcñ hiz ǒn hand wɖ a hamr. “Nt nǎ, Brṇd,” sz ɖ muɖr, wōṭrñ a plant.
Ɖ monstr īts ɖ bô.
Ɖ nxt rezidnt v 10 Dǎnñ Strīt wl fînd ɖ gardn crōlñ wɖ monstṛs ic̣nomic n p’liticl meṇsz. A cōṛs v Brṇdz z rezñ ɖ alarm. Icoṇmists, MPz, formr Tori ministrz, ćaṛtiz, tredyńnz, bizṇsz, locl caunslz – ol cn hír ruṣlñ in ɖ bśz ẃr a bīstli crîsis lrcs, redi t savij ɖ ny prîm̦inistr.
Enwn hu pez an eṇjibil n dz a wīcli śop cn fīl ɖ clwz v a bujitsqīz clozñ arnd ɖ neśn’z windpîp. Ɖr’z an ogr in ɖ hlʈsrvis. “Nt nǎ, Brṇd,” sz Riśi Sŭnac. Ɖr’z a fīnd in ɖ fînanśl ǎtlŭc. “Nt nǎ, Brṇd,” sz Liz Trus. Ɖr r devlz in yr poḷsidītelz. “Nt nǎ, Brṇd!”
Ɖen ɖr z ɖt uɖr monstr, ɖ wn ɖt hz bcm sć a fixćr in ɖ gardn ɖt īvn ɖ opziśn sīmz nt t notis it eni mor. Cn w tōc abt Brexit? Nt nǎ, Brṇd!
Britn’z slf-xcluźn fṛm conṭnntl marcits z nt ɖ bigist cōz v preznt ic̣nomic pen bt it wl b hard t imajin reṃdiz in ɖ absns v eni raṣ́nl ōdit v ɖt dsiźn or eni riixaṃneśn v ɖ îdịlojicl fixeśnz ɖt pṛvoct it. Bt fr Brexit b’livrz, it z olwz tù sn n tù lêt t pas jujmnt.
Tù sn, bcz ɖ beṇfits v frīdm lî unclemd undr ɖ pîr v “rtend” YY reğleśnz ɖt bʈ Trus n Sŭnac promis t insiṇret. N tù lêt, bcz Brexit z ɖ setld wil v ɖ ppl n eni hint v a dǎnsîd z sdiśn.
Ɖ Tori parti recgnîzz onli tū poṣbl pziśnz on Britn’z rleśnśp wɖ ɖ YY – hrǒic insistns on frɖr sevṛns n cawdli plotñ t rījôn. Lebr, unwilñ t adopt ɖ formr stans n afreid v biyñ cast in ɖ latr wn, sz nʈñ mīnñfl on ɖ subjict.
Mnẃl, ɖ irex́n v pôntlis custmzbarịrz btwn Britn n its nirist marcits hz obstructd tred, impozd costs on biznis, snarld p s’plîćenz n stǒct infleśn. Ɖ end v fri muvmnt hz cōzd lebrśorṭjz fr fūd pṛdysrz, cerhomz n a gaṃt v srṿsz in btwn.
Fri-tred dīlz wɖ non-Yṛpiyn stets ɖt wr mnt t compnset fr ɖ los v conṭnntl custm hv hd negliɉbl impact. (Most r copi-n-pest jobz fṛm arenjmnts Britn hd az a YY membr.)
Strlñ hz dprīśietd, bt wɖt ɖ compnsetñ būst t xportcmpettivnis ɖt mt b xpctd fṛm a cuṛnsi dvalyeśn. Biznis invstmnt hz bn flat sins ɖ reḟrendm, in larj part bcz ɖ p’liticl clîṃt hz bn so unpridictbl. Ɖt voḷtiḷti – tū jenṛl ilex́nz n ʈri ćenjz v prîm̦inistr in six yirz – z a fuñśn v ɖ strugl t trn an îdiyl Brexit, nrćrd in ɖ p’rocịl Yrosceptic imaɉneśn, intu a riaḷti-best Brexit involvñ uɖr cuntriz n riyl ppl’z jobz.
It c’nt b dn. Opińnpoulz sjst a mjoṛti v votrz ʈnc ɖ hol ʈñ wz a mstec. Liz Trus, ɖ lîcli winr v ɖ līdrśp contest, insists uɖ̇wz wɖ ɖ viymns v a zeḷs cnvrt.
Trus wz a rmenr in 2016 bcz ś wz an ac̣lît v Jorj Ozbōrn. Ɖ ɖen ćanslr cnvinst hiz dsîpl ɖt Britn wd nt b fūliś inuf t jeṭsn YY membrśp. Ɖ campen wd b fòt on ɖ icoṇmi n ɖ smart ʈñ fr an ambiśs yuñ ministr t d wz bac ɖ winñ sîd. Ś promtli dd jst ɖt wns ɖ rzults wr in.
Trus nǎ clemz ɖt bacñ ɖ roñ hors in ɖ reḟrendm tòt hr t dscard orʈ̇dox ic̣nomic ʈncñ. Ɖt crietd a mntl vecnsi, ẃć ś fild wɖ hardlîn Brexit dogmaz. Bî 2019, ś wz argywñ in prîṿt ɖt Britn cd sefli wōc awe fṛm ɖ YY wɖt a comprihnsiv dīl. Bruslz, ś sd, wd imīɉtli b caud intu “sîd dīlz” t miṭget eni poṣbl harm, ɖ ʈret v ẃć wz, in eni ces, vastli xaɉretd bî lili-livrd rmonrz.
Hvñ lrnt t dspîz rsivd Treẓ́ri wizdm, Trus hz grajuetd on t scorn fr dploṃsi az tṛdiśṇli practist at ɖ Foṛn Ofis. Rports v hr incǎntrz wɖ oṿsìz cǎnṭparts sjst ś stumblz at ɖ sutl bǎnḍri btwn d’rect n brusc; candid n cras.
Ɖt tndnsi wz on dsple at ɖ hustñz ivnt last wīc, ẃr Trus wz asct ẃɖr ɖ Frenć prezidnt, Emmanuel Macron, z frend or fo. “Ɖ jri’z ǎt,” ś sd. It wz mnt in a misćiṿs spirit, wɖ an î onli fr ɖ Tori acṭvists in ɖ rūm. Foṛn secṛtriz n woṇbi prîm̦inistrz yst t avôd imḅsiḷtiz v ɖt cnd bfr Boris Jonsn cntaṃnetd bʈ oḟsz wɖ hiz mrōdñ insūsịns. N īvn h dz’nt heẓtet t cōl Frans an alî.
Tōriz nǎ spīc incrisñli fondli v ɖ ǎtgwñ prîm̦inistr, nt bcz ɖe rmembr him az a scild līdr, bt bcz hiz ynīc scil z mezṃrîzñ ɖm intu fgetñ ẃt gd guvnmnt z mnt t lc lîc. Trus dz’nt hv ɖt majic tuć. Ɖ Brexit-būstr wond sits ōcẉdli in hr hand.
Cnsrṿtiv redinis t indulj Jonsn z no meźr v hiz repyteśn in ɖ cuntri, bt ɖ līdrśp contest z nt a naśnl ilex́n. Fr at līst wn mor wīc, Britiś poḷtics z cntend in ɖt sìld ćembr ẃr ɖr z a Boris leġsi t seḷbret, ẃr ɖ s’lūśn t poṿti z corpṛt taxcuts, ẃr ɖ s’lūśn t evrʈñ z taxcuts, ẃr taxcuts hv no impact on public-srvis bujits, ẃr lîf ǎtsd ɖ YY z ol upsîd n cn onli gt betr.
Bt ɖr’z a monstr in ɖ gardn.
MCi’z stori dz’nt end ẃn Brṇd z ītn. In a briłnt twist, ɖ monstr ɖen entrz ɖ hǎs n muvz intu ɖ bô’z rūm, brecñ hiz tôz n ītñ hiz dinr. Stl ɖ peṛnts d’nt notis. “Bt I’m a monstr,” ɖ monstr z fîṇli muvd t inform ɖm. “Nt nǎ, Brṇd,” ɖe se.
Ɖs z ɖ nxt ćaptr fr Britn. Ɖ monstr z hir, anǎnsñ itslf wɖ rorz n snarlz. Ɖ crîsis z upn s, dmandñ ceṗbl, sirịs guvnmnt. Ẃn wl ɖt crî b hŕd? Nt nǎ, Britn. Nt nǎ.
