Undr Boris Jonsn, c’rupśn z tecñ hold in Britn
(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 9 December 2020)
Croniizm z rîf, ǎr sistm v ćecs n baḷnsz z biyñ dsmantld, n ordnri ppl wl sn start t sufr
Jīna Milr, 9 Dsmbr 2020
Mni ppl vy ɖ guvnmnt’s hanḍlñ v Covid-19 n ɖ Brexit ngośieśnz az incompitnt n lacñ comn-sns. Bt bnʈ ol ɖ cntrovsiz abt tst n tres, PPI n dīl or no dīl, ẃt f ɖr z an îdịlojicl ajnda biyñ cunñli n sinicli x’ktd jrñ ɖs tîm v crîsis?
Boris Jonsn wns dscrîbd Covid-19 az an “inviẓbl mugr”. I’m startñ t wundr f ɖt z hǎ w wl cm t si hiz guvnmnt’s impact on ǎr cuntri. Ɖt’s bcz Jonsn hz yzd hiz parḷmntri mjoṛti, n ɖ Cnsrvtivz’ ińmṛbl biznis n mīdia frendz, t sisṭmaticli rliv s v ǎr deṃcratic ćecs n baḷnsz, n īvn ǎr frīdmz.
Cnsidr Jonsn’z ax́nz: h’z bn wilñ t rzort t imrjnsi lejsleśn t avôd ōcẉd qsćnz or dbet in ɖ Hǎs v Comnz; clōzz in ɖ intrnl marcit bil wd hv alaud him t brec inṭnaśnl lw; hiz covrt intelijnsbil (noun az ɖ “lîsns t cil” bil) impliṣtli pmits unḍcuvr ejnts t brec ɖ lw f ɖe psiv a ʈret t naśnl s’kṛti.
Frɖr t ɖs, h hz yzd hundṛdz v statytri instṛmnts (ẃć alǎ him t ived parḷmntri scrūṭni), n intṛdyst a jdiśl rvy, emd at dnayñ axes t ɖ corts fr ɖoz hu wś t ćalinj ɖ guvnmnt, n gvñ ɖ prîm̦inistr ɖ pǎr t apônt jujz. N nǎ h hz set p a rvy v ɖ Hymn Rîts Act. In adiśn t ol ɖz, Jonsn hz tecn pǎrz on himslf undr ɖ C’roṇvîṛs Imrjnsi Act – a pǎrgrab on a scel unsìn in ɖs cuntri fr 400 yirz.
Britn hz nt onli oṗretd fr snć̣riz on ɖ besis v ćecs n baḷnsz, bt ŕnd a globl repyteśn best on ɖm. It z sgnificnt ɖt ɖ s’prīm cort, nǎ in Jonsn’z lîn v fîr, faund fr m n mî līgl tīmz in ǎr ax́nz t uphold parḷmntri sovṛnti, frst agnst ɖ guvnmnt v T’rīza Me n ɖen hiz.
W hv olrdi witnist hǎ Jonsn’z ministrz rfyz t publiś rports, Covid pṛkrmnt contracts, Brexit impact studiz. Ɖe īvn scorn scrūṭni bî parḷmntri cmitiz: ɖ ćanslr, Riśi Sŭnac, rfyzd t apir bfr ɖ Treẓ́ri s’lect cmiti, n ɖ biznișecṛtri, Aloc Śarma, śund ɖ Biznis s’lect cmiti.
Jonsn’z z imfaticli nt a “wn neśn” Cnsrvtiv guvnmnt, bt z biyñ gîdd bî prínsiplz v îṣleśnizm, oʈoṛterịnizm n ic̣nomic ilitizm. Hiz îdīaz cn b faund in a bclit publiśt in 2012 cōld Britańa Unćend ɖt wz wns sìn on ɖ flor v hiz car. Its oʈrz – Cwasi Cwarteñ, Priti Ptel, Doṃnic Rāb, Cris Scidmor n Liz Trus – spouc scornf̣li v Britn biyñ a blǒtd stet, wɖ tù mni taxz n reğleśnz fr bizṇsz n imployrz, n v ǎr wrcrz biyñ “amñ ɖ wrst îdlrz in ɖ wrld”. Ol v its oʈrz hv srvd in Jonsn’z guvnmnt.
In 2016 Sŭnac, ɖen a bacbnć MP, rout a rport fr ɖ rîtwñ Sntr fr Poḷsistudiz stetñ ɖt “fri ports” – eriaz wɖ litl or no tax – wr ɖ we t drîv ic̣nomic groʈ n “ri-cnct Britn wɖ its prǎd maṛtîm hisṭri”. H oṿlct hǎ ɖer lac v reğleśnz incuṛjz tax’bysz, orġnîzd crîm n munilōnḍrñ.
Ẃr ɖr z no trnspaṛnsi, c’rupśn n croniizm sn fstr. Ɖ prîm̦inistr’z fiãsé cn nawdez apônt frendz t wel-peid guvnmnt rǒlz wɖt īvn hvñ t advtîz ɖm.
Undr Jonsn w wl si a ny cnd v Britn – phps qt sn mirli ɖ rump neśn v Ñgḷnd – wɖ rdyst corṗreśntax, incm tax n sośl s’kṛti, fywr wrcr pṛtx́nz, n ɖ turbo-ćarjd prîṿtîześn v ǎr public srṿsz, endñ ɖ stet az w wns ń it.
It z nt ɖ Britiś we t mc a fus, n no dǎt ɖr r ɖoz hu ʈnc īvn nǎ ɖt ɖ guvnmnt tecñ it upn itslf t brec ɖ lw in “vri sṗsific n liṃtd wez” z’nt smʈñ t b tù cnsrnd abt. Bt sn ɖ pejz n pejz v lejsleśn ɖt hv iscept parḷmntri scrūṭni n mirli bn rubrstamt wl start t impact on ordnri ppl’z lîvz.
W me sn wont t pṛtst bt fînd īvn ǎr rîts t d ɖt hv bn crteld. Bynd ɖt, ɖr wl cm ɖ numñ n blīc rịlîześn ɖt Jonṣnizm z ultiṃtli Darwinizm: ǎrz wl b a cuntri ẃr onli ɖ strongist n rićist prospr, n ẃr ɖoz ǎtsd ɖer srcl ivnć̣li riylîz ɖ depʈ v ɖ c’rupśn v ǎr cuntri, n hǎ mć hz bn stoḷn bî ɖs inviẓbl mugr.
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Jīna Milr z a biznis-wmn n trnspaṛnsi acṭvist hu léd ɖ līgl ax́n ɖt privntd Boris Jonsn pṛrogñ parḷmnt.
