Fṛm Đ Obzrvr: The price of failure: a moat for Johnson, jobs for Osborne and globetrotting for Truss

Liz Truss holds a press conference during her visit to Taipei this month. Photograph: Wiktor Dąbkowski/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock
Liz Trus holdz a pres confṛns jrñ hr vizit t Taipei ɖs munʈ. Foṭgraf: Wiktor Dąbkowski/ZUMA Preswîr/Śuṭstoc

Ɖ prîs v fełr: a mot fr Jonsn, jobz fr Ozbōrn n globtrotñ fr Trus

(Transcription of an Observer article of 21 May 2023)

Ɖs unfgiṿbl trio cost Britn biłnz bt ɖ’v muvd on n w’r xpctd t fget

Catherine Bennett

Caʈrin Benit, Súnde 21 Me 2023

Nt t dnî ɖ apil v bcs n podcasts in ẃć s’xesfl ppl tōc insṗreśṇli abt fełr, bt a ny, qt difṛnt scūl v aṇcdotl evidns pṛpozz an oltrṇtiv aproć. Ẃt f ɖ most ifctiv we t dīl wɖ fełr z t dnî it evr hapnd? Or – s’pozñ smʈñ ǎtẉdli caṭstrofic z psivd defiṇtli t hv ocŕd – t xplen hǎ ɖs naṛtiv mirli cnfrmz ɖ harś ćaḷnjz cnfruntñ ɖ tarġtd îdiylist/sevyr/iṇsnt wrchors?

“Ẃn ɖ hrd muvz, it muvz.” (Boris Jonsn)

“Last ōtm I hd a mejr setbac.” (Liz Trus)

“I hd a riyli goldn tîm prsṇli.” (Jorj Ozbōrn)

F spectaklrli feld Cnsrṿtiv poḷtiśnz c’nt tec ol ɖ credit fr ɖs slf-suɖñ aproć t rcordd dzastr – Jeṛmi Corbin n uɖrz srv un’poḷjetic̣li elsẃr – ɖe ofr mastrclasz in fełrmanijmnt unlîcli t b s’pást untl anɖr partifeṿrit ćaḷnjz ɖ cnvnśn ɖt a leġsi v naśnl pen z incmpatbl wɖ c’rir’dvansmnt.

Trus biyñ ɖ Iliẓbʈ De v ɖs reṿluśn in fełr manijmnt. Jôn s t nt dscus ẃt ś dd’nt lrn fṛm a fełr ɖt nvr hapnd. Hr progres wɖ slf-vindceśn – az last wīc in Tîwan – mt lc pōltri bsd Ozbōrn’z mjestic x’sîz in rnywl, or Jonsn’z traṿlñ src̣s, bt ɖ formr hz tîm on hiz sîd, ɖ latr hiz fix́nz, śǒmnśp n b’wićt sponsrz.

Cnsiḍrñ hǎ mni hǎsholdz r lîcli t hv sufrd mor fînanśl pen fṛm Trus ɖn ɖe wd fṛm a mobîlfon robr – n hǎ sm me īvn rcōl ɖ misñ Ćīvnñ baʈrǒbz v ystrmunʈ – Trus’z rtrn fṛm ɖ wilḍnis, bfr ś’d īvn bn rportd misñ, wd sīm insenli msjujd f it wr’nt mor reṃnisnt v a trîumfnt Rić̣d III. Ɖt bit ẃr h sdysz ɖ wido v a man h rīsntli mrdrd. Ovr anɖr bodi. “Wz evr wmn in ɖs hymr wùd? Wz evr wmn in ɖs hymr wún?” Ɖt’s hǎ mad – or impresiv – it z t si nyz orġnîześnz ɖt lêtli ćartd ɖ £30bn cost v Trus’z idịsi nǎ rcordñ hr pṛnǎnsmnts wɖ a p’lît inṭrest olmst indistnḡśbl fṛm cmpliṣti.

Boris Johnson’s new home in Oxfordshire has a moat. Photograph: Geoffrey Swaine/Shutterstock
Boris Jonsn’z ny hom in Oxfdśr hz a mot. Foṭgraf: Jefri Swên/Śuṭstoc

Acć̣li it’s madr: Śecspir’z Rić̣d III pritndz t b penitnt. Last wīc Trus simpli stumbld ʈru inuf pṛnǎnsmnts on Ćîna t pswed ɖ guḷbl t promlget ɖ slfiz ś hz olwz cnsidrd, hr bîogṛfrz cnfrmd, criticl t hr inṭrests.“

Trus rjz Sūnac t clas Ćîna az a ‘ʈret’ t YC s’kṛti”, wz ɖ BBC’z dytifl tec, az f ɖs wz (a) nyz ǎtsd hr hed, n (b) riyli ɖ pônt v ɖ Taiwan-ʈīmd step in Trus’z rīhbiḷteśn. Sins ɖ rport sòt baḷns fṛm hr particritics, bt nt fṛm sviłn victimz v ɖ “mōrón riscprīmịm”, a popylr trm ś inspîrd az loñ ago az last Octobr, ɖs advnćr cd hardli hv gn betr fr wn v ɖ most ćarmlis vandlz in rīsnt p’liticl hisṭri. Ɖo ś z obvịsli forćṇt in ɖt rspct t beṇfit fṛm ɖ pạniyrñ xampl v Ozbōrn.
It’s ʈancs t Ozbōrn, pastmastr v fełrberịl, ɖt w nǒ ɖt public loɖñ n pṛfeśnl sspiśn cn diṣpet t cmplitli sef levlz in az litl az nîn yirz. Ɖt wz ɖ gap btwn Ozbōrn biyñ bùd at ɖ Lundn Paṛlimpics ẃn ppl stl rzntd hiz asōlt on public-srṿsz spendñ (includñ on ḿziymz), n hiz biyñ md ćermn v ɖ Britiś Ḿziym.

Hiz record az ćanslr, cndemd bʈ bfr n aftr ɖ c’rirćenj ɖt foloud hiz n Devid Camṛn’z risc-tecñ on Brexit, hd nt, v cors, cm btwn him n a s’xeśn v uɖr unlîcli bt fōlt-irezñ jobz, includñ eḍtñ Łifğeńi Leḅjef’s Īvnñ Standd.

China’s state press praised George Osborne for setting aside human rights objections, which already included the persecution of the Uyghurs. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters
Ćîna’z stetpres prezd Jorj Ozbōrn fr setñ asd hymn-rîts objx́nz, ẃć olrdi includd ɖ prṣkśn v ɖ Wīgrz. Foṭgraf: Hana Mcî/Rôtrz

Tde, brniśt bî hiz Britiś Ḿziym cnx́n, freś pṛmośn fr ɖ crietr v ɖ bedrūm tax wl b rportd (h’z t orṇmnt ɖ Lingotto invstmntcumṗni), wɖt enwn ascñ ẃ y’d hîr smwn hu, az wel az wontñ T’rīza Me ćopt p “in mî frizr”, wz fr so loñ asośietd wɖ biyñ amezñli roñ. Nt onli on osteṛti, olɖo ɖt wd b inuf, bt on HS2, on ɖ gardnbrij n most memṛbli, f rmemḅrñ z yr ʈñ, on Ćîna. H léd a fōnñ deḷgeśn ɖr in 2015: “Let’s criet a goldn deced fr ɖ YC-Ćîna rleśnśp”. F h’d got hiz we, ɖ luv’fer wd stl hv tū yirz t run.

In rtrn, Ćîna’z stetpres prezd Ozbōrn fr setñ asd hymn-rîts objx́nz, ẃć olrdi includd ɖ prṣkśn v ɖ Wīgrz. “Cīpñ a modist manr z ɖ c’rect attyd fr a foṛn ministr viẓtñ Ćîna t sīc biznis oṗtyṇtiz.”
Last wīc Aḷster Cambl, aftr invîtñ ɖ modist stetsmn on t hiz podcast Ɖ Rest Z Poḷtics, sd Ozbōrn hd “sm gd advîs fr Lebr”. Hopḟli smwn in Lebr rcōlz ɖt in 2019 Ozbōrn, bacñ Jonsn, tld Standd rīdrz hiz canddet cd “pt hiz parti n cuntri bac on trac”.
Wɖ hiz rīsnt Elginwośñ hlpñ cmplit ɖ rmuvl v ẃt wns apird unśiftbl repyteśnl stenz, Ozbōrn’z riinvnśn, īzd bî onli ɖ mîldist xpreśnz v rgret, z a ri’śurñ tmplet fr eni poḷtiśn wɖ ziro dnaybiḷti fr ɖer part in ɖ YC’z post-2010 dclîn. Ẃt mt nt b fgivn bî ɖ public wl b sn fgotn, or, wɖ inuf bṛvādo n ny job tîtlz, ovŗitn.
Lîcwz, ẃtvr bcmz v Jonsn, ɖ rbycs ɖt trigrd hiz xit olrdi rīd lîc historic dokmnts, bérli rletd t ɖ prospṛs figr hu, hvñ dīreld bʈ hiz parti n cuntri, hz jst aqîrd ɖ ultiṃt stamp v Tori rspctbiḷti, a motd mánr. Phps Cári hz yt t rīd Aḷn Clarc’s dayriz.
Ẃɖr ɖ Tori we wɖ fełr wl beṇfit fełrz ǎtsd ɖ parti probbli dpndz on ɖ alījnsz v ɖ feld. A mōrón riscprīmịm ɖt ɖ Meil or Teḷgraf fgev fṛm Trus, ɖe wd nt fṛm Cir Starmr. Bt ɖ wilñnis v mor ńtṛl nyzsorsz t qot ɖ unripntnt Trus wɖ litl or no aluźn t hr dredfl prīvịs, hints ɖt ẃr śem hz olrdi gn, fełr cd stl folo.

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