Ɖ Gardịn vy on a Tori U-trn: ɖ probḷm gz bynd tax
(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 3 October 2022)
Hǎ ppl fīl ẃn fesñ an ic̣nomic crîsis ofn dsîdz ɖer ćôs in ilex́nz. Ɖt spelz dūm fr Liz Trus
Munde 3 Octobr 2022
Ɖ public hz lost feʈ wɖ ɖ Cnsrṿtivz az a guṿnñparti ɖt cn dīl wɖ ɖ cost-v-livñ crîsis. Ɖt z ẃ ɖ Tōriz r in frīfōl in ɖ opińnpoulz. Qāzi Qarteñ’z hymilietñ U-trn ovr planz t scrap ɖ adiśnl ret v incmtax, ẃć z 45% on pe ovr £150,000, wl d litl t rstor confidns in Liz Trus’z tīm. Ɖ muv wl onli sǎr ɖ public mūd n dīpn dǎts ɖt ɖ Tōriz cn manij ɖ icoṇmi – n stedi woḅlñ hǎsholdfînansz.
Mr Qarteñ’z spīć t ɖ Tori parti confṛns hd tū ōdịnsz: ɖ frst wz in ɖ hōl; ɖ secnd wz woćñ on teḷviźn. In tōcñ abt “sǎnd muni” h cnsidd ɖt hiz guñhǒ minibujit wz eniʈñ bt sǎnd. Blemñ YY lwz fr holdñ ɖ cuntri bac mt rsiv a ćir fṛm sītd acṭvists, bt it wl b met wɖ yōnz fṛm ɖ ilectṛt. Hvr, it wz Mr Qarteñ’z blîɖ dsmisl v ɖ rǎ jeṇretd bî ɖ 45% taxplan az “a litl trbyḷns” ɖt rvild hǎ ǎt v tuć h z wɖ ɖ naśnl mūd. Ɖ jîb wz nʈñ les ɖn an afrunt t ɖ miłnz v ppl olrdi fesñ spîṛlñ morgijcosts n rîzñ rents.
Ɖ tṛdiśnl wizdm z ɖt an incumñ guvnmnt wɖ an ambiśs program hd betr gt ɖ bulc v it ʈru qcli az its popylr mandet rapidli dis’pirz. Mz Trus’z probḷm z ɖt ś hz no wîdr mandet. Nwn cn unḍesṭmet ɖ abiḷti v ɖ guvnmnt t blo itslf p. Mr Qarteñ z a lạbiḷti hu òt t b dumt fr ɖ cuntri’z sec. Bt Mz Trus hz taid hr fortynz, fr ɖ momnt, t hr ćanslr’z. A mor ruʈlis prîm̦inistr wd hv cut Mr Qarteñ adrift last wīc. Ɖ longr ɖ per rmen laśt tgɖr, ɖ longr ɖ odz v ɖs guvnmnt svîvñ. Ɖt me b no bad ʈñ.
Ɖ guvnmnt’s minibujit wz a ces v ɖ Tōriz lcñ aftr ɖer ǒn: a mesij ɖt ɖ ćanslr n ɖ prîm̦inistr riinforst wɖ poḷsiz ɖt handd biznis a big taxcut n bancrz bigr pêpacits. Ɖs, ɖ ćanslr cnfrmd, wl b peid fr bî frɖr cuts v p t £18bn a yir t ɖ public srṿsz, ẃć wl d irepṛbl damij t ɖ NHS, p’līsñ n scūlz. It lcs lîcli ɖt beṇfits wl nt b upretd in lîn wɖ infleśn amd ɖ cost-v-livñ crîsis: a caḷs poḷsi ɖt afcts ɖ purist in ssayti. Ilex́nz r nt ofn wún bî telñ votrz ɖe wl hv t pe mor fr les, n wrc longr intu ɖ bargin. Nwn cn mis ɖt ɖ baḷns v tax n welfér ćenjz z biyñ tiltd frɖr in fevr v ɖ rić. Ɖ admiṇstreśn v Liz Trus dz nt ʈnc “w r ol in ɖs tgɖr”.
Ɖ ćanslr’z arğmnt z ɖt ɖz muvz r gd fr groʈ. Ɖt mt b tru in ɖ distnt fyćr. Bt ɖe rqîr ɖ cnd v lejsḷtiv ćenjz t, se, bild homz on grīn fīldz ɖt wd pṛvoc sć a baclaś amñ Tori MPz az t mc ɖm imposbl t inact. Ẃt ɖe d in ɖ śort trm z hand muni t rićr hǎsholdz n śerholdrz. Hvr, ɖs z a tîni slîs v ɖ ilectṛt. Mor n mor v ɖ public r fīlñ les s’kr abt weɖ̇rñ ɖ ic̣nomic storm. Mni votrz w’nt b fgivñ f ɖe lūz ɖer sevñz n ɖen ɖer dspoẓbl incm bcz v rîzñ hǎzñ, fūd n hītñ costs. Mz Trus n Mr Qarteñ ofr no hop fr ɖ cuntri. A fełr t dlivr īvn ɖt, alñ wɖ so mć els, òt t pruv ɖer unduwñ.
