Ɖ Gardịn vy on Jecb Rīz-Mog: oṗtyṇtiz t d damij
(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 18 February 2022)
Ɖ ardnt līvr’z dīreğletri instñt in hiz ny miṇstirịl job wl b t cut sefgardz n reğleśnz
Frîde 18 Febrri 2022
F Boris Jonsn’z rīsnt rīśufl hd an oṿarćñ prṗs it wz t śo Cnsrṿtiv MPz ɖt a b’līgrd prîm̦inistr wz liṣnñ t ɖm. Ɖs z ɖ pspctiv in ẃć ɖ most î-caćñ miṇstirịl muv, ɖ apôntmnt v Jecb Rīz-Mog az ministr fr “Brexit oṗtyṇtiz”, śd olso prîmṛli b sìn. Mr Jonsn wonts hiz MPz t b ri’śurd ɖt hiz feʈ in Brexit z undiminiśt n ɖt h hz instōld anɖr ardnt līvr at hiz sîd aftr ɖ dparćr v Lord Frost.
Ẃt z les clir, ɖo, z xacli ẃt Mr Rīz-Mog z ɖr t d. H hz nt simpli tecn ovr fṛm Lord Frost, huz rsponsbiḷti fr ngośieśnz wɖ ɖ YY wz trnsfŕd t ɖ foṛn secṛtri, Liz Trus. Bt Mr Rīz-Mog’z xtndd job tîtl gvz a clu; in adiśn t hiz Brexit-pṛmośn rǒl, h z olso in ćarj v “guvnmnt ifiśnsi”. Mr Jonsn z sd t hv tld him t draft an ax́nplan wɖ “1,000 reğleśnz w wont t gt rid v”.
Ẃt mt ɖz brdnsm reğleśnz acć̣li b? On ɖ Cabiṇtofis websait, ɖr z stl a blanc undr ɖ hedñ “Rsponsbiḷtiz”. On hiz frst de in hiz ny post, Mr Rīz-Mog wz rdyst t raitñ an articl in ɖ Sún in ẃć h asct rīdrz t sjst YY reğleśnz ɖt ɖe wd lîc t si aboliśt. Bt, in ɖ sem articl, h md clir ɖt hiz ǒn vy v “Brexit oṗtyṇtiz” z larjli abt ic̣nomic n fnanśl dīreğleśn.
H wonts, h rout, t līd a drîv t scrap “obṣlīt lwz”, t dvrj fṛm YY rūlz, n t cut “ɖ red tep ɖt bîndz yr handz”. Ɖs z fmiłr stuf fṛm ɖ reḟrendmcampen. Bt in nirli six yirz sins ɖ vot it hz pruvd a vaḳs n dsonist aproć t poḷsi.
Ɖ riaḷti v Brexit – in farmñ, fiśñ, rodhōlij, hǎsbildñ, meḍsinz n cerhomz amñ uɖrz, t se nʈñ v cmrśl lincs wɖ Norɖn Îrḷnd – hz bn mor lw, mor rūlz n mor red tep, nt les. Ol d’rîv fṛm Mr Jonsn’z dzîr t apiz fnatics lîc Mr Rīz-Mog bî līvñ ɖ fri-tredñ arenjmnts v ɖ YY.
At ɖ end v Jańri, ɖ guvnmnt pṛdyst a glosi 105-pej pubḷceśn cōld Ɖ Beṇfits v Brexit. Ɖ rport z fl v infletd n unṣbstanśietd clemz. It seḷbrets for caṭgriz v ćenj az ɖ clir beṇfits v Brexit, ẃć r in fact no sć ʈñ: sm r ćenjz ẃć ɖ YC cd hv md az a YY membr; uɖrz r indd a rzult v Brexit bt r dis’dvantjz; a ʈrd grūp r unlîcli evr t b md fr practicl n cmpettiv rīznz; n ɖr z a fînl caṭgri ɖt, az Pṛfesr Stìvn Weɖ̇ril v Oxḟd Yṇvrṣti pts it, ofrz “litl mor ɖn pî in ɖ scî”.
Mr Rīz-Mog’z ǒn vy v “Brexit oṗtyṇtiz” z dīreğletri. Hiz gol z t rdys līgl cntrolz on imployrz, marcits n wlʈ. Ɖs z phps nt s’prîzñ gvn ɖt h z a mejr śerholdr in an invstmntfrm, Suṃsét Capitl, ẃć speṣ́lîzz in ɖ imrjñ marcits in ẃć h z nǎ tasct wɖ fîndñ “Brexit oṗtyṇtiz” fr Britn.
Bt ɖs z at odz wɖ Mr Jonsn’z cmitmnts t leṿlñ p n t hayr levlz v guvnmntspendñ. Mr Rīz-Mog’z apôntmnt me prîmṛli b emd at stopñ Cnsrṿtiv bac-bnćrz fṛm ǎstñ ɖ prîm̦inistr. Bt h cd d a lot v sirịs sośl damij in ɖs rǒl tù.
