Ɖ Gardịn vy on Riśi Sūnac’s cabiṇt: rwordz fr fełr
(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 16 Nov. 2022)
A loñ bac̦aṭlog v scandl n incompitns in guvnmnt mcs it imposbl fr ɖ Tōriz t trn ovr a ny līf
Wnzde 16 Nvmbr 2022
Sins ɖ start v ɖs yir, ɖr hv bn 147 guvnmnt reẓgneśnz or sacñz. Ɖt dz’nt mīn 147 indivijlz hv ćenjd jobz. In mni cesz it z ɖ sem ppl sîc̣lñ in n ǎt v ofis. Suela Braṿmn holdz ɖ record, wɖ jst six dez ilapsñ btwn hr biyñ fîrd fṛm ɖ Hom Ofis bî Liz Trus n rīhîrd bî Riśi Sūnac.
Doṃnic Rāb wêtd a litl longr fr rīhbiḷteśn, dsmist az justișecṛtri on 6 Sptmbr, bac in post bî 25 Octobr. Hǎ loñ h cntinyz in ofis mt dpnd on ɖ ǎtcm v an indipndnt invstgeśn intu clemz v bŭliyñ stāf. Mr Rāb dnîz ol roñduwñ.
Ɖ justișecṛtri rout t ɖ prîm̦inistr, rfŕrñ himslf fr invstgeśn aftr tū forml cmplents wr md abt hiz bhevyr. It z nt yt clir hu wl d ɖ invstgetñ in ɖ absns v an advîzr on miṇstirịl eʈics. Ɖ post hz bn vecnt sins Lord Gît rzînd rlịr ɖs yir. Hiz prīdisesr, Sr Alix Aḷn, std dǎn aftr Boris Jonsn tc no ax́n agnst Priti Ptél, ɖen homsecṛtri, dspt an inqîri sjstñ ɖt hr bŭliyñ hd brīćt ɖ miṇstirịl cod.
Mr Sūnac hz promist t fil ɖ post, bt hz nt yt got rnd t it. H hz olso plejd t guvn wɖ “integṛti, pṛfeśṇlizm n acǎntbiḷti at evri levl”. Ɖt forḿla wz mnt t signl a brec fṛm ɖ Jonsn ira, bt ɖ prîm̦inistr z fîndñ it hard t trn ovr a ny līf wɖ so mni fmiłr fesz in hiz guvnmnt.
Onli last wīc, Gavin Wiłmsn, ministr wɖt portfolio, wz forst t rzîn ovr akześnz v bŭliyñ colīgz. Mr Wiłmsn hd prīvịsli bn dsmist fṛm Mr Jonsn’z cabiṇt, ẃr h cnspiksli feld az edyceśnsecṛtri jrñ ɖ pandemic. Bfr ɖt, h wz sact bî T’rīza Me fr līcñ inḟmeśn fṛm a naśnl-s’kṛti caunslmītñ.
Ɖ probbiḷti ɖt eni ministr hîrd bî Mr Sūnac hz prīvịsli bn fîrd bî wn v hiz prīdisesrz z rezd nt onli bî ɖ leñʈ v Cnsrṿtiv incumbnsi bt bî ɖ volym v bad guvnmnt páct intu ɖoz 12 yirz. Ɖ Jonsn rên wz ispeṣ́li dns wɖ scandl.
Mr Rāb’z dparćr fṛm ɖ Foṛn Ofis in Sptmbr last yir wz wîdli sìn az a rbyc fr hiz hanḍlñ v ɖ crîsis in Afgaṇstan a munʈ rlịr, ẃn ɖ Taliban sizd Cbŭl. Ɖ ɖen foṛn secṛtri hd nt cut śort a hoḷde t tec ćarj v an ivakeśn ɖt wz lêtr dscrîbd az “ceotic n arbitrri” in a parḷmntri-cmiti rport. MPz olso notd “a funḍmntl lac v sirịsnis, grip or līdrśp” at ɖ Foṛn Ofis.
Bt fełr rerli gz unriwordd fr loñ in ɖ cuṛnt Cnsrṿtiv parti. T compnset Mr Rāb fr hiz dmośn, Mr Jonsn gev him ɖ tîtl v depyti prîm̦inistr. Ɖt rǒl hz olso bn rstord bî Mr Sūnac, alñ wɖ ɖ justisportfolio n ɖ oṗtyṇti t rvîv ɖ pôntlis, posć̣rñ bil v rîts ɖt Mz Trus ślvd jrñ hr brīf teńr in Dǎnñ Strīt.
Ɖus ɖ sîcl gz on, wɖ cabiṇtjobz pasñ fṛm wn per v unsef handz t ɖ nxt, n bac agn. Mr Sūnac’s ambiśn fr a freś start wz far-fećt, gvn ɖ leñʈ v tîm hiz parti hz bn in guvnmnt. Hiz poḷsi v îɖr ignorñ or rwordñ past miṇstirịl fełr mcs it lc dǎnrît dluźnl.
