Liz Trus’z ‘groʈ, groʈ, groʈ’ spīć hecld bî pṛtstrz – vidio
Ɖ Gardịn vy on Liz Trus’z spīć: stǒcñ conflict in ples v arğmnt
(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 5 October 2022)
Ɖ prîm̦inistr’z masc hz slipt. Hr necid ces fr grīd n slfiśnis wl mc eṇmiz insd az wel az ǎtsd hr parti
Wnzde 5 Octobr 2022 2022
P’liticl spīćz cn inflụns votrz or MPz; ɖe cn onr îdiylz n seḷbret membrśp v a parti. Liz Trus ćouz nn v ɖz in hr adres t acṭvists at ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti’z ańl confṛns. Ś prifŕd instd t dfnd hr unpopylr poḷsiz ɖt pṛmot groʈ at eni cost, n blem a deced v anīmic ic̣nomic xpanśn on ɖoz hu – rîtli – cǎnsl cōśn abt ɖ tred-ofs involvd. Ɖ prîm̦inistr’z spīć śoz ɖ xtnt t ẃć ś siz poḷtics az sivl wor, ẃr evriʈñ bôlz dǎn t loylti. Ɖ ny “eṇmiz v enṭprîz” z jst a Trusịn rībrandñ v ɖ toxic “eṇmiz v ɖ ppl” reṭric.
Mz Trus wontd t batl oponnts ǎtsd ɖ Tori parti, nt ɖoz wɖn it. Ś hz bn on ɖ luzñ sîd v ɖt fît ol wīc. Instd ś ćouz t dfîn hr eṇmiz in ɖ cuntri n sīc conflict wɖ ɖm. Bt Britn’z pur ic̣nomic pformns z nt dǎn t an “anti-groʈ cọliśn” v podcastrz, tredyńnz n ʈnctancs. Śrli f wn wonts t vy s’xes ʈru ɖ lénz v groʈ ɖen ɖoz gilti v felñ t pṛdys it wr sitñ in frunt v ɖ prîm̦inistr in ɖ confṛns hōl.
In a hlʈi dmocṛsi, opińnz nīd t b tstd in dbet. Ɖ trubl fr Mz Trus z ɖt ɖ Cnsrṿtivz d’nt hv winñ arğmnts – n ɖ public nz it. Dumpñ suij intu rivrz z nt jst opozd bî īco-pṛtstrz. Campenz r biyñ orġnîzd bî locl rezidnts. Strîcs bî tīćrz, doctrz, nrsz n fîrfîtrz r haṗnñ nt bcz public srvnts d’nt wont groʈ, bt bcz ɖe wont betr pe aftr a deced v flat wejz.
Sìn fṛm ɖs vantij pônt, bʈ cmpaśṇt cnsrṿtizm n Brexit wr p’liticl projects ɖt hlpt t blunt ɖ ćarj ɖt ɖ Tōriz wr jst abt inrićñ ɖ ilīt at ɖ xpns v ɖ rest n dstroyñ ɖ sns ɖt evriwn z in ɖ sem bot. Wɖ Mz Trus, ɖ masc hz slipt. Ś z dtrmind t priṿlij proṗti n śerholdr inṭrests ovr ssayti. Ɖt z ẃt hr groʈplan z abt. Lo-tax invstmntzonz ɖt xmt eriaz, includñ naśnl parcs, fṛm planñ n invîrnmntl reğleśnz òt t alǎ fr locl cnsnt – nt b ramd ʈru bî ministrz hu hîd bhnd a locl caunsl’z apruvl or a MP’z asnt. A poḷsi ɖt siz fracñcumṗniz poulñ rezidnts fr drilñ apruvl in xćenj fr muni z wn ɖt smacs v desṗreśn.
In a post-Covid wrld v rîzñ costs, ɖ cuntri nīdd t b bròt tgɖr. Mz Trus’z planz me d so, bt onli bî ynîtñ ɖ cuntri agnst hr. Ɖ prîm̦inistr sòt confṛnteśnz ɖt nwn wonts or nīdz. Cnsrṿtiv MPz si ɖt ɖer parti z biyñ incrisñli vyd bî ɖ ilectṛt az harś n uncerñ. Drîvñ ɖs z ɖ public’s pspśn ɖt Cnsrṿtivz r nt cmitd t ɖ impruvmnt v public srṿsz, bt r obsest wɖ taxcuts, ẃć Mz Trus sd wr “ɖ rît ʈñ t d moṛli n ic̣nomicli”.
Ɖ prîm̦inistr’z critics in ɖ parti r lîcli t b imboldnd bî hr duḅlñ dǎn. Mz Trus sīmz un’wer v ɖ ilectṛl baclaś ś riscs. MPz wl bgin t wuri abt ɖ Tori brand bcmñ asośietd wɖ grīd n slfiśnis in ɖ îz v ɖ public. An aproć wedd t prîṿt aflụns srǎndd bî public sqolr wl cnvins fy votrz, wɖ inevitbl consiqnsz fr mrāl wɖn ɖ parti n ilectṛl s’port ǎtsd it. Ɖ cuntri dzrvz so mć betr ɖn ɖs.
