Liz Trus’z vicṭrispīć bodz il fr hr teńr in ofis
(Transcription of some letters published in the Guardian on 6 September 2022)
Ɖ ny prîm̦inistr’z prêz fr Boris Jonsn wz ton-def, sz Rúsl Huntr, ẃl Pītr Cev pônts t ɖ emti wrdz v prīvịs Tori līdrz. Plus letrz fṛm Su Hardmn, Jenifr Brêʈwet n Pītr Milr
Letrz, Tyzde 6 Sptmbr 2022
Ẃl liṣnñ t ǎr nyli “ilectd” prîm̦inistr’z mni venglorịs proṃsz in hr vicṭri spīć (5 Sptmbr), I wz struc bî hr utr lac v p’liticl awernis or īvn comn dīsnsi t ʈnc it aproprịt t ʈanc hr prīdisesr. It wz az f h hd greśsli stept dǎn aftr slflis srvis t ɖ neśn rɖr ɖn biyñ rmuvd bî hiz parḷmntri colīgz fr hiz dsoṇsti n cntińl obfsceśn.
F ɖs z a meźr v hr p’liticl akymn, w mst ol xpct ɖ dsgresfl ivnts ɖt hv bcm ɖ norm in ǎr poḷtics t cntiny un’beitd.
Rúsl Huntr
Īstbōrn, Īst Susix
Pundits wl v cors mul ovr Liz Trus’z frst wrdz az prîm̦inistr ǎtsd Dǎnñ Strīt. Bt lest w fget: Boris Jonsn in Jlî 2019 promist t “rstor trust in dmocṛsi”; T’rīza Me in Jlî 2016 wd fît “brnñ injusṭsz”; Devid Camṛn in Me 2010 wd lc aftr “ɖ eldrli, ɖ frel, ɖ purist”; n Marġrit Ʈaćr in Me 1979 wd brñ harṃni “ẃr ɖr z discord”.
Nn v ɖt hapnd. Jonsn’z antics hv indenjrd dmocṛsi. Undr Me, injusṭsz grù frɖr; undr Camṛn, lîvz bcem wrs fr ɖ dis’dvantijd; n Ʈaćr z stl rmembrd fr ɖ dīp discord ś cōzd. Mć els ɖt wz anǎnst dd nt mtirịlîz.
Gvn ɖs tracrecord, it wd b astoṇśñ f Trus’z wrdz trnd ǎt t tel s mć abt ẃt ś wl ivnć̣li aćiv – at līst wɖ rgard t enʈñ ɖt wd b dzîṛbl.
Pītr Cev
Lundn
Wiłm Devis rîtli sz ɖt ɖ impact v Ʈać̣rît dogma in ɖ rli 1980z dstroid hol industrịl rījnz (Trusonomics wl b a reclis x’sîz in slaśñ ɖ stet ẃn ɖr’z nʈñ left t cut, 5 Sptmbr). Bt in lcñ at ɖ c’lectiv, w mst nt fget ɖ impact on indivijlz hu wr on ɖ rsivñ end v Marġrit Ʈaćr’z dogmatic aproć t evrʈñ.
I grù p in ɖ norʈ-wst jrñ ɖ Ʈaćr yirz n wrct in a Yorx́r banc, so sw frst-hand ɖ damij dn. Ś rīct haṿc on industrịl hartḷndz wɖ no ʈōt az t ẃt wd rples ɖoz jobz. Ɖ ifcts v hr il-ʈt-ʈru ax́nz cn b sìn tde, az ɖ YC struglz wɖ hî infleśn n an ovŗlayns on ɖ srvis inḍstri.
Ʈaćr’z îdịlojicl b’lif ɖt ɖ fri marcit wd solv evrʈñ hz left s wɖ an imesietd public sectr. Bt enwn hu livd ʈru ɖoz yirz wl śrli agri ɖt wn v ɖ most abhoṛnt aspects v ɖt pirịd wz ɖt ś md y fīl “les ɖn” f y dd’nt hv muni. Plus ça change, plus c’est le même chose.
Su Hardmn
Wŭdbrij, Suḟc
Hǎ mć longr wl w cntiny t b’liv ɖt w liv in a dmocṛsi wɖ an unilectd upr hǎs n a prîm̦inistr ćozn bî a hanfl v Cnsrṿtiv parti membrz?
Jenifr Brêʈwet
Farñdn, Oxfdśr
So mć fr ɖer fînanśl proḅti, grīn cṛdnślz n comn-sns ẃn Boris Jonsn n Liz Trus flî t Scotḷnd in sepṛt pleinz on ɖ sem de t si ɖ Qīn.
Pītr Milr
Basñbōrn, Cembrijśr
