Ɖ Gardịn vy on eṇjiraṣ́nñ: Trus canot b trustd
(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 7 October 2022)
In a rmarcbli śort pirịd, ɖ prîm̦inistr hz istabliśt a record v seyñ ʈñz wɖ confidns ɖt trn ǎt t b roñ
Frîde 7 Octobr 2022
Guvnmnts d nt gt t ćūz ɖ weɖr, bt ɖt dz nt mīn ɖe r at ɖ mrsi v ɖ elimnts. Ɖ hardśp ɖt wd b cōzd bî a cold wintr z fōrsiybl. Śorṭjz v eṇji r nt prīdestind, bt it z rīzṇbl t worn ɖ public v ɖ dsrupśnz t s’plî, az Naśnl Grid hz dn. Ɖ cumṗni hz rezd ɖ prospect v ʈri-aur blacǎts. It z nt ɖ lîcliist s’nario, bt a fīẓbl wn f dmand fr gas ǎtstrips s’plîz fṛm ɖ rest v Yṛp.
Liz Trus dz nt wont t b ɖ prîm̦inistr hu impozd eṇjiraṣ́nñ, n apirz t fevr dnayl az ɖ meʈ̇d t avôd it haṗnñ. Ś dz nt flatli rūl ǎt eni prospect v śorṭjz, bt ś b’litlz ɖ risc bî rfyzñ t ingej wɖ it candidli.
Mnẃl, an inḟmeśncampen bî ɖ biznis dpartmnt incuṛjñ simpl eṇjisevñ bhevyrz hz rportidli bn bloct bî Dǎnñ Strīt, ostnsbli bcz v ɖ £15m cost.
Ɖt z a smōl sum cmperd wɖ ɖ tnz v biłnz ɖt ɖ guvnmnt z cmitd t spend on holdñ bilz dǎn ovr ɖ wintr. Ɖt xpndićr, ẃć wl incris ɖ fiscl deḟsit, wl b lowr f ɖr z a c’lectiv naśnl eḟt t yz eṇji frūġli. A s’xesfl campen t manij xpcteśnz n incurij consveśn wd cumftbli pe fr itslf. Ɖ biznișecṛtri, Jecb Rīs-Mog, z hardli inclînd t mc a nani v ɖ stet, bt ɖ prîm̦inistr trnz ǎt t hv an īvn mor visṛl objx́n t eniʈñ ɖt smacs v guvnmntbosinis.
Mz Trus z nt a cmplit strenjr t pragṃtizm. Ś recgnîzz ɖt masiv stet inṭvnśn z nesṣri t pṛtct ppl fṛm sōrñ eṇji prîsz. Ś hz iniśietd a nesṣri ʈw in rleśnz wɖ Frans n ɖ rest v Yṛp. Ś dd, ivnć̣li, yīld t rīzn on cutñ ɖ 45p taxret.
Bt ɖ patn hz bn t arîv at a raṣ́nl pziśn bî we v its oṗzit. Bfr ś wz in fevr v subṣdiz fr eṇji ys, ś wz frmli agnst sć “handǎts” t hǎsholdz n bizṇsz. Rleśnz wɖ Prezidnt Macron onli nīdd ʈw̃ bcz ś froz ɖm wɖ cras francofobic coments jrñ ɖ Tori līdrśpcontest.
Ś abandnd a taxcut bcz īvn hr ǒn MPz ʈt it gṛtyiṭsli rwordd ɖ rić. Īvn ɖ fînanśl marcits rjctd ɖ guvnmnt’s fiscl planz in xacli ɖ we ɖt Mz Trus hd bn śr ɖe wd’nt.
In uɖr wrdz, ɖ prîm̦inistr’z jujmnt z pur – on īc̣nomics, poḷtics n dploṃsi. Ś z inamrd v radc̣lizm n cntrovsi fr ɖer ǒn sec, n apirz t meźr ɖ hrǒic boldnis v a poḷsi bî ɖ streñʈ v riax́n agnst it. Hr mntl map v ɖ p’liticl t’ren z dvîdd intu ɖ tîni îdịlojicl clīc ɖt indorsz hr planz n ɖ “anti-groʈ cọliśn” cmprîzñ evriwn els. It z popylizm wɖt ɖ popylaṛti; a reṣpi fr iratic, dvîsiv guvnmnt n sośl discntnt.
Mni Cnsrṿtiv MPz sspctd ɖt wz ɖ ces bfr Mz Trus entrd Dǎnñ Strīt. Ɖe r nǎ śr v it n wunḍrñ hǎ t limit ɖ damij t ɖer ilex́nprospects n – a matr v mć gretr rjnsi – t ɖ cuntri.
In a vri śort tîm, ɖ prîm̦inistr hz istabliśt a record v seyñ ʈñz wɖ confidns ɖt trn ǎt t b roñ. A dificlt wintr, wɖ miłnz fesñ fyl n fūd poṿti, wd dplit ɖ standñ v eni guvnmnt. Mz Trus’z admiṇstreśn imbarcs on ɖt ćalinj olrdi in a crîsis v oʈoṛti. Ś mt gt luci wɖ a worm wintr, bt it z a wìc n inadiqt līdr hu gamblz so mć on smʈñ az unpridictbl az ɖ weɖr.
