Caṛlîn Lūc̣s wz ɖ bst PM Britn nvr hd – bt ś’z śoun s hǎ t fix ǎr poḷtics
Transcription of a Guardian article of 8 June 2023
Ɖ Grīn MP fr Braitn Pviłn z līvñ Wsminstr. It’s a sîn ɖt ćenj wl onli cm t a brocn sistm fṛm ǎtsd
Ʈrzde, 8 Jūn 2023
Wɖ ǎr f’lorn sns ɖt poḷtics z’nt wrcñ n ɖt dmocṛsi z brocn, az w fīl ɖ impacts v bʈ clîṃtćenj n ɖ dsiźn t līv ɖ Yṛpiyn Yńn in riyl tîm, ɖ simbolic ansr t ǎr p’liticl crîsis wz olwz stẹrñ s in ɖ fes. It wz Caṛlîn Lūc̣s, ɖ bst prîm̦inistr w nvr hd – n, nǎ ɖt ś z standñ dǎn fṛm hr Braitn Pviłn sīt, w wl nvr gt.
In hr bold bt jntl we, Lūc̣s imbodid ɖ fact ɖt poḷtiśnz n poḷtics cd b betr. Nt prfict, bt gd inuf. Gd inuf t nǒ ɖt mīnñfl ćenj nīdz a viźn v a gd ssayti t cmpel it, alñsd bold inuf poḷsiz n stroñ inuf alaynsz t gt s ɖr.
Az ɖ lon Grīn MP, Lūc̣s imbodid ɖoz trets n mor. Nseṣti z ɖ muɖr v invnśn. Ś hd no ćôs bt t forj alaynsz wɖ uɖr MPz, t wrc coopṛtivli on bilz n campenz on evrʈñ fṛm stopñ fracñ t rvrsñ ɖ lūdicṛs prîṿtîześn v ǎr wōtrcumṗniz.
Toni Ben feṃsli sd ɖt poḷtics wz’nt abt prṣnaḷtiz bt iśuz. H wz bʈ rît n roñ. Poḷtics z abt îdīaz, muvmnt n momnts. Bt it z olwz abt ppl – abt p’liticl līdrz. W nīd caṛzmatic, inspîrñ n prṗsfl līdrśp. Nt deṃgogz, bt fl-tîm pṛfeśnlz hu nǒ ɖer job z t hlp s bild a gd ssayti n līd gd livz.
Ɖ eṇji n ambiśn Lūc̣s bròt t ɖs psyt wz increḍbl. Gret wrcs r pformd, az Saḿl Jonsn tld s, nt bî streñʈ bt bî prsviṛns. Lūc̣s prṣvird. Bt ś z hymn. N p’liticl hymnz, az w sw wɖ Jsinda Ardern, Ny Zīḷnd’z formr prîm̦inistr, tîr n brn ǎt. Ɖ sistm z so brocn ɖt no sngl prsn cn hop t fix it.
Lūc̣s hz signld ɖt ś wl cntiny t wrc tîrlisli on clîṃtćenj, agn ecowñ Ben, hu sd on līvñ Wsminstr ɖt h wz stepñ dǎn t spend mor tîm wɖ hiz poḷtics.
Bt Wsminstr, Ẃîthōl n forml poḷtics d matr. Ɖe r ɖ saits ɖt set ɖ rūlz ɖt dtrmin hǎ w reğlet ssayti, ɖ icoṇmi n ǎr dmocṛsi, n hǎ w invst public muni. Ẃl pǎr hz clirli slipt ʈru ɖ fngrz v ɖ forml p’liticl clasz ovr ɖ past fy decedz, awe fṛm ɖ grīn bnćz t blu-ćip corṗreśnz, big-téc cumṗniz n, ʈancḟli, t sivl-ssayti campenz, ɖ rǒl v forml poḷtics in fesñ perṃcrîsis, ẃl inṣfiśnt, z stl nesṣri.
W nīd a p’liticl clas ɖt cn spend n reğlet in ɖ rît we, ɖt nz its job z’nt t uśr in a betr wrld fr s, bt t criet ɖ cndiśnz in ẃć w cn bild it ǎrslvz. Lūc̣s ń ɖt, bt ǎr p’liticl n deṃcratic sistm z so brocn it felz ppl lîc hr; it werz ɖm dǎn n spits ɖm ǎt. It hōrdz pǎr at ɖ sntr, ẃl oṗnñ itslf p t ɖ rić n pǎrfl az it trnz its bac on ɖ rest v s. It lets smōl fax́nz win cntrol v partiz n ruʈlisli xplôt ɖer pziśn wɖ impyṇti. It pṛdysz îdnṭcit MPz hu mīcli folo ɖ ẃip in a sistm ɖt pts parti bfr cuntri.
So, it z bwilḍrñ ɖt jst ẃn w nīd mor poḷtiśnz lîc Lūc̣s, w lūz ɖoz fy w hv. Bt big ćenj wz nvr gwñ t cm fṛm wɖn ɖ sistm. It’s tù cozi n tù cīn t pṛtct its inṭrests ovr ǎrz. So hr līvñ z’nt a sîn ɖt ol z lost, bt ɖt ćenj cn n mst cm t a brocn eḍfis. It’s az f ɖ revnz r līvñ ɖ Tǎr v Lundn. Sm, sć az Lūc̣s n ɖ cmpelñ Lebr MP Jón Cruḍs, r jumpñ, uɖrz, sć az Jemi Driscl, ɖ srvñ Lebr mẹr fr Norʈ v Tîn, n Beʈ Wintr, a sǎʈ Wêlz Lebr MP, r biyñ pśt ǎt. Bt it’s a sîn ɖt ćenj z cmñ.
Evrẃr bynd ɖ deṣcetd wōlz v parḷmnt, ppl r picñ p ɖ torć: ɖ oṿẃlmñ mjoṛti v Lebr membrz n yńnz hu nǒ w nīd pṛporśnl repriznteśn t criet a fẹrr ilectṛl sistm ɖt brñz in uɖr vôsz; ɖ ʈǎzndz v acṭvists n miłnz v votrz hu campend n votd tacticli in ɖ Me locl ilex́nz; ɖ p’liticl xperimnts sć az ɖ prîṃri biyñ trîld in sǎʈ Devn; ɖ hyj numbr v ppl on ɖ strīts fr Xtñśn Rbełn, ɖ cumṗniz kwñ p fr B-Corp steṭs t bild an icoṇmi mor in tyn wɖ ǎr planit n its ppl.
Evrẃr, xpt Wsminstr, ćenj z in ɖ er. Ɖ britl wōlz v ɖ old poḷtics wl tumbl. A betr poḷtics v c’laḅreśn n ptñ iśuz bfr partiz lcs lîc Lūc̣s. W nǒ ẃt t d. Ś hz śoun s.
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