‘Popylizm hz p’lūtd ɖ fît fr clīn er’
Transcription of a letter in the Guardian, 22 September 2023
Ɖ baclaś fest bî Sdīc Cān in rspons t novl n brev meźrz z absrd, sz Nansi Colinz
Frîde, 22 Sptmbr 2023
Yr inṭvy wɖ Roẓmnd Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, fr hūm I act az a s’lisitr in clemz arîzñ fṛm hr dōtr’z deʈ, hîlîts ɖ clir nīd fr an rjnt n prisîs rspons t adres ɖ riscs t hlʈ fṛm xpoźr t er-p’lūśn (Hǎ anti-Úliz campenrz msyzd er-p’lūśn fîndñ in Ela Adoo-Kissi-Debrah deʈ, 16 Sptmbr).
Ɖ poliṭsîześn v Lundn’z ultra-lo imiśnzon mcs a moc̣ri v ɖ streñʈ̇nñ sạntific cnsnss ɖt pur erqoḷti cōzz svir hlʈcndiśnz. Hisṭri wl juj harśli ɖ fełr t hīd ɖz wornñz.
In an ira v poḷrîześn, sm iśuz rîz abv ɖ popylaṛticontests v tde’z p’liticl discors. Unls w act swiftli t yz ǎr betr unḍstandñ v ɖ ʈrets t hymn hlʈ ʈru er-p’lūśn, w risc an incrist numbr v deʈs n sgnificnt ic̣nomic damij. Ɖ “inorṃs hlʈcosts” v er-p’lūśn cd rdys globl gros dmestic product bî 6.1%, acordñ t ɖ Wrld Hlʈ Orġnîześn.
W nīd cros-parti cnsnss on ɖ implimnteśn v meźrz t rdys er-p’lūśn, wɖ adiqt fundñ t fsiḷtet ɖm, includñ hlpñ ppl wɖ lo incmz t bai les p’lūtñ viyclz. Ɖ rjnsi cōlz nt simpli fr ɖ trenñ v coṛnrz n medicl pṛfeśnlz or ɖ insṭleśn v mor p’lūśnmonitrz, bt most importntli fr dfiṇtiv ax́n bî ɖoz in pǎr.
Ɖ śocñ baclaś fest bî Sdīc Cān in rspons t novl n brev meźrz z absrd ẃn set agnst ɖ riaḷti v ɖ sạntific evidns. Śort-trm p’liticl slognz yzd t gen advantij in ɖ run-up t an ilex́n wl rzult in an un’xptbl cost t s ol.
Nansi Colinz
Partnr, Hoj, Jǒnz & Aḷn
