Ɖ Gardịn vy on Suela Braṿmn: cruwl n unyźl
(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 13 April 2023)
Sayeeda Warsi wz rît t cōl ǎt ɖ homsecṛtri ovr hr dlibṛt straṭji v resist reṭric
Ʈrzde 13 Epril 2023
Īvn in poḷtics, n srtnli in mor norml setñz, it tecs a lot t ćalinj a colīg opnli. T wei ɖ consiqnsz v a public criṭsizm bfr mcñ it, nt līst fr wn’z faṃli, z unḍstanḍbl. Ɖt z phps ispeṣ́li tru ẃn ɖ critic n ɖ colīg śer a p’liticl parti n bʈ r fṛm eʈnic mnoṛtiz. Ol v ɖz cnsrnz, Sayeeda Warsi rout ɖs wīc, wnt ʈru hr mînd bfr ś fîṇli pénd ɖ Gardịn articl akzñ ɖ homsecṛtri, Suela Braṿmn, v resizm n v “pleyñ poḷtics in ɖ gutr” aftr ś hd brandd Britiś Pacistani men az ćîld sx’byzrz.
Hvr dificlt, raitñ ɖ articl wz ɖ rît ʈñ t d. Ɖ homsecṛtri hz bn gtñ awe wɖ hr poḷtics v pforṃtiv cruwlti n vindictivnis fr tù loñ. Evri unćalinjd provceśn ś mcs onli incrisz hr boldnis. Hr coments ɖt ɖ membrz v sx́l-grūmñ gañz r “olmst ol Britiś-Pacistani, hu hold culćṛl attydz cmplitli incmpatbl wɖ Britiś valyz” wr dlibṛtli lūs n conśsli inflaṃtri, n wr nt best on ɖ facts ɖt, az a loyr n a sīńr ministr, ś hz an obḷgeśn t uphold. Ɖz wr nt dog-ẃislz, bt resist lanḡj.
Ɖ grim riaḷti z ɖt ɖr r sx́l preḍtrz in evri cḿṇti, nt jst wn. Ɖ ńuansz n sṗsifcs matr, v cors. Bt ɖ 2013 rport bî ɖ ćildṛn’z cmiśnr fr Ñgḷnd cncludd ɖt ćildṛn wr biyñ sx̣́li abyzd in evri “tǎn, vilij or hamlit”. Ɖ Ofis fr Naśnl Sttistics esṭmetd in 2020 ɖt at līst 3.1 miłn Brítnz hd bn sx̣́li asōltd az ćildṛn, n a Hom Ofis rport ɖ sem yir faund ɖt most membrz v sx-abys gañz r ẃît n ejd undr 30, nt brǎn n midl-ejd. Acordñ t ɖ formr ćīf proṣktr Nazir Afzal, hu léd ɖ hî-profîl ces agnst ɖ Roćdel grūmñgañ in 2012, “ɖ vast mjoṛti v ɖz crîmz r carid ǎt bî ẃît Britiś melz”. T sngl ǎt wn cḿṇti dz nt jst incurij resist rsponsz agnst ɖm. It olso pts ɖ victimz v sx́l preḍtrz in uɖr cḿṇtiz at gretr risc.
Mz Braṿmn’z reclisnis z nt cerlis. It z a straṭji. Ś dz’nt d ńuans, akṛsi or ʈōtflnis. Ś dz ẃt advansz ɖ cōz closist t hr hart, v bcmñ Cnsrṿtiv līdr. Ś wz a secnd-ret atrnijenṛl hu p’liṭsîzd a post ɖt yst t b stricli advîzri. Az homsecṛtri undr Liz Trus, ś cast hrslf az an alfa-aćivr hu wd gt smōl bots stopt, sspcts srćt n arestd, n pṛtstrz clird awe. Aftr six wīcs, wɖ nn v it aćivd, ś hd t rzîn. Six dez lêtr, aftr proṃsñ hr s’port t Riśi Sūnac in ɖ insywñ līdrśp contest, ś rtrnd t ɖ Hom Ofis, n ɖ sdistic reṭric rzymd.
Ɖ qsćn nǎ, az Ledi Warsi pônts ǎt, z t nǒ hu ǒnz ɖ resist-reṭric straṭji n ɖen pt an end t it. Z it a Cnsrṿtiv parti aproć ɖt z intndd t stǒc fir n angr az ɖ jenṛl ilex́n nirz? Or z it part v Mz Braṿmn’z ǒn planz t cīp hrslf in ɖ hedlînz n p’red hrslf az ɖ canddet v ɖ hard rît? Ɖ riyl cnsrn z ɖt it z a mix v bʈ, n ɖt Mr. Sūnac, bî imbresñ ɖ stopñ v ɖ smōl bots az wn v hiz fîv priilex́n emz n ptñ Mz Braṿmn in ćarj v it, z himslf cmplisit in ɖ homsecṛtri’z ʈiytr v cruwlti.
