Ɖ contents r nt yt clir, n ɖ proxiṃti v ɖ 31 Dsmbr dedlîn līvz litl tîm t abzorb ɖ caṛctr v ɖ ny arenjmnts, let alon scrūṭnîz ɖ dītel. Ɖt z partli a fuñśn v Mr Jonsn’z ntorịs tndnsi t iqivcet, bt it olso rflects a srtn tacticl cunñ. Ɖ prîm̦inistr dz nt wont ɖs dīl t b xamind. Ẃt cn olrdi b sd wɖ sm srtnti z ɖt it priscrîbz an imīɉt dǎngred fr ɖ YC icoṇmi. Ɖt z a fuñśn v līvñ ɖ sngl marcit n custmz yńn, n ɖoz ćôsz wr bect intu ɖ ngośietñmandet. Tredvolymz wl dīcrīs. S’plîćenz wl b dsruptd. Jobz wl b lost. Ɖoz r intrinzic fīćrz v ɖ hard Brexit modl mandetd bî Mr Jonsn.

Narowñ ɖ rūm fr ngośieśnz dd nt mc ɖm īzịr. Ɖ bigist sticñpônt in trmz v ɖ loñ-trm fyćr wz alînmnt wɖ Yṛpiyn standdz, n ɖ mec̣nizm fr îɖr sîd t tec pyṇtiv ax́n agnst anti-cmpettiv practis. Ɖ YY hz muvd sm we. Bruslz no longr xpcts ōṭmatic implimnteśn v conṭnntl rūlz intu YC lw. Bt Dǎnñ Strīt hz śiftd frɖr, axptñ a līġli inforsbl “levl pleyñfīld”.

Ɖr cn b no treḑīl wɖt smẃr tarṇśñ ɖ viźn v impecbl sovṛnti ćeriśt bî Brexit îdịlogz. Ɖt cnseśn wl b berid in ɖ smōl print, n Mr Jonsn wl yz hiz fl r’toricl arsnl n pǎrz v p’liticl dvrśn t priznt hiz agrīmnt az a ćartr v hrǒic naśnl imanṣpeśn. Ɖ śortij v tîm aveḷbl fr ratif̣ceśn sūts ɖt prṗs. Parḷmnt wl b rcōld, bt hundṛdz v pejz v tecnicl agrīmnt canot b djstd bfr ɖ end v nxt wīc. Ɖ truncetd tîmtebl līvz litl rūm fr jujmnt btwn ɖ opśnz v rjx́n n rubrstamp apruvl. Ɖ formr wd b dzastṛs; ɖ latr rlinqśz deṃcratic acǎntbiḷti. Bt ɖt z no s’prîz. It z hǎ Mr Jonsn dz biznis. Cntmt fr dsntñ opińn n fir v scrūṭni r cor t hiz p’liticl meʈ̇d.

A dīl z welcm ẃn ɖ absns v wn pozd an iminnt ʈret t naśnl s’kṛti n pṛspeṛti. Ɖ prîm̦inistr, wɖ hiz “jumbo Caṇda-stîl dīl”, hz pleid ɖ sistm sinicli. H hz run dǎn ɖ cloc n sqondrd dipḷmatic gdwil untl ɖ onli vaybl opśn wz a bad Brexit sofnd at ɖ éjz bî ɖ prospect v it biyñ impḷmntd in an ordrli faśn. T hv avôdd ɖ vri wrst-ces s’nario z a pitifl cnd v aćivmnt. Mr Jonsn dzrvz no credit fr dojñ a c’laṃti ɖt lūmd so clos bcz h drouv so īgrli twdz it. Ɖs, tù, z intrinzic t hiz modus operandi. Hiz cor scil z gtñ ǎt v screps ɖt hiz ǒn neglijns n reclisnis gt him intu. On ɖs oceźn, h wl feit ɖ naro iscep az f it wr cōz fr sīẓnl jô, in a tipicli bombastic n frōdyḷnt manr. Rlif z aproprịt n welcm, bt nt grattyd – nt t ɖs prîm̦inistr.

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