Ɖ Gardịn vy on Gavin Wiłmsn’z reẓgneśn: a sîn v dce
(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 9 Nov. 2022)
Riśi Sūnac’s aproć w’nt cnvins votrz ɖt h z snsir abt rstorñ integṛti t guvnmnt
Wnzde 9 Nvmbr 2022
Sr Gavin Wiłmsn’z unfitnis t hold a sīńr guvnmntjob wz no sīcrit ẃn Riśi Sūnac pt him in ɖ cabiṇt. It wz clir in ɖ ceos v Ñgliś scūlñ jrñ ɖ pandemic, ẃn Sr Gavin wz edyceśnsecṛtri. It wz clir t enwn hu ʈt a dfnșecṛtri śd’nt līc dscuśnz fṛm a naśnl s’kṛticaunsl – ɖ ofns fr ẃć h wz sact bî T’rīza Me in 2019.
Ɖ repyteśn fr bŭliyñ n intiṃdeśn ɖt léd t ɖ ministr’z lêtist reẓgneśn me nt hv bn brōdcast so wîdli, bt it z incnsiṿbl ɖt ɖ prîm̦inistr wz un’wer v smʈñ ɖt hz bn a grīvns amñ Cnsrṿtiv MPz fr yirz. In parḷmnt on Wnzde, Mr Sūnac cd dnî onli nolij v sṗsific srcmstansz in ɖ lêtist aḷgeśnz – ɖ Gardịn’z rport, fr xampl, ɖt Sr Gavin hd tld a sīńr Ẃîthōl ofiśl t “slit yr ʈrot” n “jump ǎt v ɖ windo”.
Ɖ prîm̦inistr olso sd ɖt Sr Gavin’z dparćr fṛm guvnmnt demnstretd ɖ integṛti v hiz admiṇstreśn. It z tru ɖt dsgrest ministrz wr in ɖ habit v clññ on indefiṇtli undr Boris Jonsn, bî ẃć standd eni cnd v acǎntbiḷti z progres.
Bt īvn wɖ ɖ bar set ɖt lo, Mr Sūnac c’nt clir it ẃn hiz jujmnt in picñ ministrz z ɖ riyl tst. H sz ɖt h “rgrets” apôntñ smwn hu wz ɖen forst t rzîn, ẃć z slf-piti caṃflaźd az cntriśn. Ɖ prîm̦inistr l’mnts ɖ ōcẉdnis v a sićueśn ɖt h hd hopt wd blo ovr.
Ɖ rīzn fr hvñ Sr Gavin in ɖ guvnmnt in ɖ frst ples wz nt hiz compitns az an admiṇstretr (h wz a ministr wɖt portfolio), bt t beṇfit fṛm hiz cepbiḷtiz az a bacrūm oṗretr n ranglr v rbełs MPz. Ɖ vri tret ɖt mni Tōriz sw az grǎndz fr dsqoliḟceśn fṛm ɖ cabiṇt wz ɖ wn ɖt Mr Sūnac sw az a rec̣mndeśn. Ɖt z nt ɖ marc v a līdr hu z snsir in rstorñ pṛfeśṇlizm “at evri levl v guvnmnt”, az wz promist on ɖ ʈreśhold v Nu 10 onli tū wīcs ago.
F Mr Sūnac wr sirịs abt ɖt ambiśn h mt hv rcrutd an indipndnt eʈics’dvîzr. Ɖ post z stl vecnt aftr Mr Jonsn’z apôntīz bʈ rzînd n Liz Trus feld t fil ɖ gap. An inqîri intu ɖ qsćn v ẃɖr parḷmnt wz msléd ovr locdǎnpartiz z rportidli biyñ dleid bî Dǎnñ Strīt’s fełr t s’plî crūśl evidns.
Qsćnz v integṛti wl hōnt ɖ guvnmnt bcz it z staft wɖ ppl, includñ ɖ prîm̦inistr himslf, hu c’laḅretd in ɖ dgredñ v deṃcratic normz n abandnmnt v proḅti undr prīvịs Dǎnñ Strīt reźīmz.
Ɖoz hu hv left guvnmnt cn olso d damij. Ɖ specṭcl v Mát Hancoc apirñ in I’m a S’lebṛti … Gt M Ǎt v Hir! z a ces in pônt. Mr Hancoc wz ɖ hlʈsecṛtri jrñ ɖ pandemic n z stl a srvñ MP. Flegṛnt slf-pṛmośn in nglect v cnstitẏnts hardli sjsts rgard fr standdz in public lîf.
Mr Hancoc’s cvortñ n Sr Gavin’z dsgres r simtmz v ɖ sem dce, ɖ sem rot fṛm cmplesnsi in pǎr. Ɖr z tù mć akḿletd rzntmnt in ɖ parḷmntri Tori parti fr bîgonz t b bîgonz. Votrz cn smel ɖ stelnis v a haġd admiṇstreśn īvn f it clemz t b undr freś manijmnt.
