Ɖ Gardịn vy on Lebr’z bîilex́nvicṭriz: ɖ parti z éjñ closr t pǎr
Transcription of a Gardian editorial of 20 October 2023
Ɖs hz bn a teribl wīc fr Riśi Sūnac. Bt Sr Cir Starmr nīdz t c’rect cors tù
Frîde, 20 Octobr 2023
Ɖ public hz lrnt ɖt Riśi Sūnac’s poḷsiz sw him lebld Dr Deʈ bî ɖ guvnmnt’s sạntific advîzrz jrñ Covid. Hiz wīc hz got wrs. Ɖ twin dfits inflictd on Mr Sūnac’s guvnmnt in Ʈrzde’z bîilx́nz sjst h z in denjr v dstroyñ ɖ Toriz at ɖ nxt jenṛl ilex́n. Ɖ contests wr ć trigrd bî grubi ivnts, bt ɖ losz signl sgnificnt discntnt in tū wñz v ɖ cọliśn ɖt wún ɖ Cnsrṿtivz ɖ jenṛl ilex́n in 2019.
In Stafdśr’z Tamwrʈ, ẃć rejistrd wn v ɖ bigist līv̦ots in ɖ Brexit reḟrendm, ɖ 23.9% swñ fṛm Cnsrṿtiv t Lebr wz ɖ secnd hîist in postwor bîilex́n hisṭri. Wn v ɖ bluist v blu sīts, Mid Bedfdśr hz nvr hd a Lebr MP sins its crieśn in 1918. It dz nǎ. Ɖs z landslîd teritri, n Mr Sūnac nz it.
Trnǎt wz lo in bʈ bîilx́nz. It mt b argyd ɖt ɖ Toriz lost ɖz sīts, rɖr ɖn Lebr winñ ɖm. Bt ɖ Cnsrṿtivz hv t asc ɖmslvz ẃ ɖe cd nt cnvins tū-ʈrdz v ɖer 2019 votrz t trn p, ẃl Lebr’z vot hld p. Wɖ a jenṛl ilex́n lîcli wɖn a yir, ɖ Tori vot śoud sînz v fragmentñ. In Mid Bedfdśr, ɖ rîtwñ Rform parti sîfnd of inuf vots t privnt a Cnsrṿtiv vicṭri, ẃl ɖ Lib Démz, poulz sjst, wr ifctiv at winñ ovr disiluźnd Toriz.
Cnsrṿtivz r dludñ ɖmslvz f ɖe ʈnc ɖer probḷmz r jst abt gtñ ɖer vot ǎt. Lebr z aćivñ bîilex́nswñz on ɖ scel last sìn undr Toni Bler jrñ ɖ mid-1990z, ẃn trnǎt fél jst az heṿli. Ɖt z an omiṇs historicl presidnt fr Mr Sūnac t b folowñ. Tori MPz r dīpli dvîdd abt ẃt t d. Mni v ɖer līdñ lîts hv clozd ɖer mîndz t ny îdīaz n lac tolṛns fr opozñ vyz. Ɖ rzult z an inṭlecćl bancrupsi. Ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti z xōstd, p’liticli rudrlis n in despṛt nīd v a pirịd v rnywl ǎtsd guvnmnt.
Bt Lebr riscs biyñ cnsymd bî a fyrori ovr ɖ pziśn ɖ partilīdr, Sr Cir Starmr, hz tecn ovr ivnts in ɖ Midl Īst. Lebr hz dstnḡśt itslf fṛm ɖ Toriz in ɖ past bî hvñ an eʈicl foṛn poḷsi. Hvr, Sr Cir junct ɖs aproć ẃn h wz asct ẃɖr Izrel wz rît t le sīj t Gaza – cutñ of pǎr n wōtr – folowñ Hamas’z maṣcr v siviłnz. H rîtli cndemd ɖ horrz v 7 Octobr. Hiz imīɉt rspons wz olso t apaṛntli agri ɖt Izrel hd ɖ rît t bsij siviłnz, rɖr ɖn se ɖt its ax́nz me consttyt a worcrîm.
Ɖs ansr mt hv bn instñtiv, bt it hz damijd trust in hiz jujmnt, ispeṣ́li amñ Mŭzlim votrz hu hv flt tecn fr grantd az Sr Cir jetisnd past pziśnz. Lebr lcs unsimṗʈetic t Paḷstińnz. MPz wɖ larj numbrz v Mŭzlim votrz r bginñ t wuri. Sr Cir atmtd t mc amndz bî “claṛfayñ” hiz rmarcs. Bt rɖr ɖn wɖdrw̃ hiz coments, h sd hiz critics hd got it roñ. In rspons, Miś Rāman, a Mŭzlim membr v Lebr’z rūlñ naśnl-xektiv cmiti, rout: “Stop gaslîtñ n apoḷjîz.”
Sr Cir śd b bigr ɖn ɖs. Lebr’z bîilex́nwinz wr in līfi parts v Britn ɖt r untućt bî ɖs dbet. Bt hiz coments r daṃjñ hiz parti’z wîdr moṛl standñ. Seyñ sori nǎ wd g a loñ we t cāmñ a storm ɖt cd hit Lebr hard az ɖ deʈ tol mǎnts in Gaza. It’s sd ɖt votrz hv loñ meṃriz, bt smtmz ɖe cn b s’prîzñli śort. Brítnz r in a mūd t trf ɖ Toriz fṛm ofis. Lebr’z intrnl rǎz śd nt privnt ɖ public fṛm dwñ so.
