Ɖ Gardịn vy on Lebr’z dīṿluśnplanz: rījnl iniqoḷti z a blît
(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 5 Dec. 2022)
Britn z hedñ in ɖ roñ d’rex́n, n radicl ćenj z nīdd in hǎ muni n pǎr wrcs
Munde 5 Dsmbr 2022
Gordn Brǎn wonts ɖ nxt Lebr guvnmnt t win pǎr – n ɖen gv it awe. Ɖt mt xplen ẃ Sr Cir Starmr hz prezd Mr Brǎn, bt nt yt cmitd t hiz cmiśn’z rec̣mndeśnz. Yt ɖ formr Lebr prîm̦inistr hz pṛdyst a sirịs – n swīpñ – set v pṛpozlz ɖt wd ćenj ɖ fes v ɖ cuntri, larjli fr ɖ betr.
Ɖ 40 rec̣mndeśnz g far bynd ɖ vri welcm sjsćn ɖt ɖr śd b deṃcratic rform v ɖ Hǎs v Lordz on a fedṛl besis. Ɖs pṛpozl wd si ɖ slf-guṿnmnt in Scotḷnd, Wêlz n Norɖn Îrḷnd bcm part v ɖ śerd guvnmnt v ɖ YC. Ɖr r olso incuṛjñ planz t dvolv ic̣nomic pǎrz t cḿṇtiz. Mr Brǎn z rît t asc ẃ, f secnd jobz cn b bánd in ɖ YS Congres, ɖs cd nt aplî t ɖ YC parḷmnt.
Dīṿluśn śd b gvn paṛmǎnt importns in ic̣nomic dveḷpmnt. Ɖ YC z biyñ hld bac bî its form v guvnmnt, sntrd on Ẃîthōl n Wsminstr. Ɖz cntrol arnd 95% v ɖ YC’z taxreṿny n 75% v ɖ YC’z public spendñ – a far hayr consntreśn v fiscl pǎr ɖn in eni cmpaṛbl cuntri. Ɖ rzult v ɖs hz mnt ic̣nomic groʈ n pṛspeṛti consntretd in Lundn n ɖ sǎʈ-īst v Ñgḷnd. Mr Brǎn z rît ɖt ɖ YC hz bcm “ɖ most sntṛlîzd cuntri in Yṛp. Tù mni dsiźnz afctñ tù mni ppl r md bî tù fy.”
Rījnl iniqoḷti z a blît. Mr Brǎn’z rport pônts ǎt ɖt ɖ Midḷndz n ɖ norʈ v Ñgḷnd r sìn t ofr a lowr qoḷti v lîf ɖn Aḷbama – wn v ɖ purist YS stets. Cnsiḍrñ GDP p’ capita, haf ɖ YC popyleśn livz in eriaz no wlʈịr ɖn ɖ purr parts v ɖ formr Īst Jrṃni. It z hardli s’prîzñ ɖt trust in MPz n sntṛl guvnmnt dclînz ɖ frɖr awe cḿṇtiz r fṛm Wsminstr n Ẃîthōl.
Ɖ dlema fr Mr Brǎn’z ajnda z hǎ t dīl wɖ ilectd rījnl poḷtiśnz hu r îdịlojicli opozd t hiz instñts. Hiz pṛpozd s’lūśn z ɖt a ny consttyśn śd gaṛnti ny sośl rîts sć az axes t hlʈcer on ɖ besis v nīd, nt profit acrs ɖ YC. Ɖ ʈret z riyl. NHS trītmnt z pṛvîdd fri, bt ɖr z nʈñ t hindr ministrz in Lundn, Ednbra, Cardif or Belfast pṛmotñ lejsleśn t ćenj ɖt. In rtrn fr YC-wîd sefgardz, Mr Brǎn wd consttyśṇli pṛtct Scotiś n Wlś dīṿluśn, ẃć at ɖ momnt cn b rvrst bî a parḷmntri mjoṛti.
Ɖ stet plez an instṛmntl rǒl in śepñ ɖ icoṇmi. Covid-19 hlpt xplod ɖ arğmnt agnst dīṿluśn ɖt sntṛl guvnmnt z mor compitnt ɖn its locl vrśn. Ñgliś caunslz’ tst-n-tres scīmz in ɖ pandemic wr mć betr valy fr muni ɖn ɖ feld sntṛl scīm. Mr Brǎn’z ces fr rībildñ trust aftr Boris Jonsn’z trnzgreśnz agnst istabliśt p’liticl cnvnśnz z wel md. Brexit hz nt léd t votrz tecñ bac cntrol bt rɖr pmitd a pǎrgrab bî ɖ xektiv.
Sr Cir hz welcmd ɖ last Lebr prîm̦inistr’z rport, bt its apil me wen f h winz pǎr. Ɖt wd b a mstec. Ɖr z a cnsnss, Mr Brǎn nots, ɖt Britn z hedñ in ɖ roñ d’rex́n, n radicl ćenj z nīdd in hǎ muni n pǎr wrcs hir. Pasñ p on ɖ oṗtyṇti t rît ɖ cuntri wd b a historic mstec.
