Ɖ Gardịn vy on a Brexit dīl: rlif ɖt līvz a bitr test
(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 24 December 2020)
Ɖ prîm̦inistr dzrvz no credit fr avôdñ a c’laṃti ɖt lūmd so clos bcz h hd ćozn t drîv īgrli twdz it
24 Dsmbr 2020
Ɖt it wd b betr t līv ɖ Yṛpiyn Yńn wɖ a dīl ɖn wɖt wn hz nvr bn in dǎt. Onli irisponsbl deṃgogz, dluźnl îdịlogz n mavric blufrz pritndd ɖt Britn śd atmt t wōc awe fṛm its most importnt stṛtījic alayns wɖ no partnrśp agrīmnt. Sadli, Boris Jonsn hz pleid ć v ɖoz rǒlz. Ʈru a comḅneśn v siṇsizm n reclisnis, ɖ prîm̦inistr tc Britn t ɖ brinc v c’laṃti, priperd t drop fṛm a clif éj n cōl it mjestic flît. T ẃt xtnt h wz blufñ z a qsćn ɖt cn nǎ, ʈancf̣li, g unansrd bcz ɖr z a dīl.
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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