Ɖ Gardịn vy on partiget: a tst v ǎr dmocṛsi
(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on Tuesday 12 April 2022)
Boris Jonsn n Riśi Sŭnac flǎtd ɖ lwz ɖe md. It z p t Cnsrṿtiv MPz t śo ɖt ɖr z a prîs bynd ɖ p’līsfain
Tyzde 12 Epril 2022
Ɖ prîm̦inistr n ɖ ćanslr brouc ɖ lw. Ɖt z ɖ fîndñ v ɖ Metṛpolitn p’līs invstgeśn, ẃć wl rzult in fixt-penlti noṭsz fr ɖ tū men. T b mor prisîs: Boris Jonsn brouc ɖ lîfsevñ rūlz ɖt h set, n ẃć uɖrz md imeźṛbl sacṛfîsz t folo, in ɖ vri ples ẃr ɖe wr forḿletd – ɖen dnaid hvñ dn so. Ʈru hiz ax́nz n hiz subsiqnt rmarcs, h hz trītd ɖ public wɖ cntmt.
Ẃl partiz tc ples in Ẃîthōl, hundṛdz v peṛnts, spǎzz, siblñz n frendz wr dayñ ć de. Faṃliz wr unebl t si vulnṛbl reḷtivz in cerhomz. Doctrz n nrsz on ɖ fruntlîn cd nt gaɖr t cumḟt ć uɖr aftr gruwlñ śifts. Ɖ Mét z invstgetñ no fywr ɖn 12 gaɖ̇rñz, n hz handd ǎt 50 fixt-penlti noṭsz; wɖ ɖ prîm̦inistr alejd t hv atndd az mni az six ivnts, h cd yt fes mor fainz. Ɖ Covid-19 B’rivd Faṃliz fr Justis grūp obzrvd: “It z stl unḅliṿbli penfl ɖt Boris Jonsn wz partiyñ n brecñ hiz ǒn locdǎn rūlz, ẃl w wr unebl t b at ǎr luvd wnz’ sîdz in ɖer dayñmomnts, or in mizṛbl fynṛlz wɖ onli a hanfl v ppl.”
Ɖt Mr Jonsn śd hv laid ẃn ćalinjd ovr hiz bhevyr z hardli s’prîzñ, gvn hiz record. Bt ɖ miṇstirịl cod v conduct z clir: “Ministrz hu nwñli mslid parḷmnt wl b xpctd t ofr ɖer reẓgneśn.” Mr Jonsn tld parḷmnt ɖt h hd bn rpitidli aśurd ɖt ɖr wr no partiz n ɖt no Covid rūlz wr brocn. Asct abt tū ivnts in lêt 2020, Riśi Sŭnac aśurd MPz: “I dd nt atnd eni partiz.” Ɖ opziśn z rît t se ɖt ɖe śd g. Acordñ t a snap YGuv poul, 57% v votrz agri.
Ć de ɖt Mr Jonsn rmenz in ples, h dmiṇśz ɖ hîist ofis in ɖ land. Yt nwn xpcts him t d ɖ onṛbl ʈñ n, cnvińntli fr ɖoz cnsrnd, ɖ Mét hz iśùd ɖz fainz ẃl parḷmnt z in Īstr rīses. Ɖ integṛti v Britiś guvnmnt z nǎ in ɖ handz v Cnsrṿtiv MPz. Ẃl cabiṇtministrz pruvd noṭbli qayt on Tyzde, bac-bnćrz hu hd prīvịsli dmandd hiz reẓgneśn drù bac fṛm ɖ brinc, sáitñ Ycren – ɖo Britn hz prīvịsli ćenjd prîm̦inistrz īvn ẃn at wor itslf. Uɖrz pônt t ɖ pōṣti v sūṭbl rplesmnts. Mni r wêtñ fr ɖ jujmnt v ɖ public in Me’z locl ilex́nz.
Mnẃl, Mr Sŭnac, hu lct lîc a rîzñ star ẃn handñ ǎt frlocaś, ɖs wīc asct fr an invstgeśn intu hiz ǒn fnanśl aferz aftr nyz v hiz wîf’s non-Dóm taxsteṭs n ɖ cupl’z YS grīn cardz imrjd. Ɖr cd hardli b a mor glẹrñ contrast ɖn ɖ wn btwn hiz trītmnt v ɖ cuntri’s purist az ɖ cost-v-livñ crîsis tecs hold – snaćñ bac ɖ £20 būst t yṇvrsl credit – n hiz faṃli’z gíldd lîfstîl.
Ɖ locdǎn brīćz wl magṇfî growñ public angr at ɖ cnd v cuntri ɖs guvnmnt z crietñ: ɖ sns ɖt ɖr z wn set v rūlz fr ɖoz in pǎr n anɖr fr ɖ rest v s; ɖ fīlñ ɖt it z ɖer wrld, bilt bî ɖm n fr ɖm, in ẃć ɖ rest cn onli strugl bî. It z hard t ʈnc v a cncluźn mor c’rosiv t dmocṛsi, n t a ssayti olrdi dīpli rivn. Tori MPz cn ćūz t ignor ɖ miṇstirịl cod v conduct, traśñ ɖ standdz v guvnmnt. Ɖe cn ćūz t ignor Mr Jonsn’z ax́nz. Bt ɖe śd rmembr ɖt ɖ public wl ultiṃtli juj ɖm az wel az ɖer bos f ɖe gv him a fri pas – n rîtli so. Trīt votrz wɖ cntmt n y śd xpct ɖm t rspond in cnd.
