Ɖ Gardịn vy on Boris Jonsn: haññ on bî a ʈred
(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on Thursday 21 April 2022)
Aftr an abject de fr ɖ Tori parti, MPz wl nǎ gt t dsîd f ɖ prîm̦inistr msléd parḷmnt
Ʈrzde 21 Epril 2022
Frst ɖ Cnsrṿtivz opozd ɖ mośn. Ɖen ɖe wnt alñ wɖ it. Nxt ɖe traid t amnd it. Ɖen ɖe pld ɖer ǒn amndmnt. In ɖ end, n aftr a pṛsijṛli ceotic de at Wsminstr, Tori MPz steid qayt n nodd ɖ opziśnmośn ʈru. Ɖ forml rzult z ɖt ɖ cmiti v priṿlijz wl xamin ẃɖr Boris Jonsn msléd parḷmnt abt Dǎnñ Strīt’s locdǎn partiz. Ɖ informl rzult z ɖt Mr Jonsn hz agn lost cntrol v hiz parti n phps ɖs tîm lost its confidns tù.
Amd ɖ cnfyźn v ɖ prisidñ 48 aurz, ʈri ʈñz stand ǎt. Frst, Mr Jonsn z nǎ frɖr ɖn evr fṛm śecñ of partiget. Secnd, ɖ s’pozidli impruvd Dǎnñ Strīt mśīn z anɖr rait-of. N ʈrd, ɖ Lebr līdr, Cir Starmr, hu md wn v hiz bst spīćz on Ʈrzde, hz wún a sgnificnt vicṭri. Fr ɖ Tōriz, bî contrast, ɖ s’xes v ɖ Lebr mośn pṛvîdd an abject clîmax t an abject de.
It wz a de ɖt leid bér ɖ tru depʈ v Cnsrṿtiv dviźnz ovr Mr Jonsn’z līdrśp. It xpozd ɖ indyrñ vulnṛbiḷti v ɖ parti ẃl h rmenz līdr. It inflictd īvn mor repyteśnl harm t an olrdi damijd parḷmnt. Wrst v ol, fṛm ɖ pônt v vy v Mr Jonsn’z ǒn naro slf-inṭrest, it md ʈñz īvn wrs p’liticli ɖn ɖe olrdi wr. P’liticli, ɖs z a form v livñ deʈ.
Dámñ spīćz fṛm hiz ǒn sîd fṛm MPz sć az Stīv Becr n Wiłm Rág wr importnt evidns v ɖ incrisñli dsperñ Tori mūd. Bt so wz ɖ xtrordnri emtinis v ɖ Tori bnćz, wɖ olmst nwn spīcñ p fr ɖer damijd līdr n fy parti MPz īvn boɖ̇rñ t atnd. Ɖ Tori parti ɖt hd wns trnd t him in 2019 z nǎ śot ʈru wɖ unhapinis abt ɖer līdr. Az loñ az h rmenz, ɖr wl b īvn mor v it.
Mr Jonsn nvr hd ɖ s’port in ɖ frst ples v ɖ reḷtivli fy libṛl Tōriz hu rmen. Mni in ɖ parḷmntri rancs hv dīp msgivñz tù. Sgnificntli, ɖ prîm̦inistr z nǎ olso biyñ abandnd bî sm on ɖ rît, lîc Mr Becr, hu hd std bî him untl nǎ. Olɖo h wz in India on Ʈrzde, cntinywñ t act az ɖo ɖ arğmnt at hom z a sîdśo, Mr Jonsn wl nǒ ɖt hiz pziśn z irodñ, ɖt ɖ bel z tolñ mor lǎdli, n ɖt Mr Starmr z rmorslisli huntñ him dǎn.
Ɖ de hd bgun wɖ ɖ Tori hîrarci foc̣st on pasñ a dleyñ amndmnt t Lebr’z mośn rfŕñ Mr Jonsn’z Comnz stetmnts on locdǎn partiz t ɖ priṿlijzcmiti. Lebr’z mośn wz draftd in modṛt trmz n hld ǎt a hand t Tori critics v ɖ prîm̦inistr bî proṃsñ t dle ɖ rfŕṛl untl ɖ end v ɖ p’līs invstgeśnz. Lêt on Wnzde, ɖ guvnmnt pt dǎn an amndmnt t xtnd ɖ dle stl frɖr. Bî Ʈrzde mornñ it wz clir ɖt mni duznz v Tori MPz wd nt vot fr it n ɖr wd b a fri vot on ɖ Tori sîd. Az wɖ ɖ Own Paṭsn afer, Mr Jonsn léd hiz parti unŕñli intu ɖ mîr.
Public inḍgneśn abt hiz locdǎn partiz, plus ɖ inexṛbl wrsnñ v ɖ cost-v-livñ crîsis, mīnz ɖt ɖr z no qc fix fr ɖ Cnsrṿtivz. Britiś votrz nǎ b’liv ɖt ɖ guvnmnt z hanḍlñ olmst evri iśu badli – bî reśoz v mor ɖn ʈri t wn in ɖ ces v infleśn, taxeśn, iṃgreśn, hǎzñ n ɖ NHS. Onli 20% ʈnc Mr Jonsn unḍstandz ɖ impact v ɖ cost-v-livñ incrisz on ordnri ppl. Ɖz r ɖ figrz v a brocn līdr n a wūndd parti. Mr Jonsn’z prîm̦inistrśp z agn haññ bî a ʈred.
