Ɖ Gardịn vy on ɖ Cnsrṿtivz: cǎntdǎn t oblivịn
(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 25 Nov. 2022)
Ɖr z an end-v-an-ira fīl abt Tori fêṭlizm twdz Riśi Sūnac n hiz guvnmnt
Frîde 25 Nvmbr 2022
“So bginz ɖ cǎntdǎn t oblivịn,” ɖ Lebr MP n dayrist Cris Mulin rout on Ny Yir’z De 2010, az h contmpletd ɖ cmñ jenṛl ilex́n, ẃć Lebr dyli lost. Tde, bî contrast, Britn z stl tū yirz awe fṛm its nxt ilex́n. Sć z ɖ fêṭlizm amñ ɖ cuṛnt crop v Cnsrṿtiv MPz, hvr, ɖt ɖr z olrdi an end-v-ira mūd n fīl in ɖ rūlñ parti.
Tec ɖ ces v Clǒi Smiʈ, hu holdz Norij Norʈ bî a mjoṛti v 4,738. Mz Smiʈ z onli 40, n wz in ɖ cabiṇt untl last munʈ. Hr dsiźn t step dǎn fṛm poḷtics ɖs wīc z a muv ɖt uɖrz wl olso folo. Hr colīg Wíl Rág (34, Hezl Grov, mjoṛti 4,423) z olrdi dwñ so. Mát Hancoc me b nxt ǎt v hir. Lobiyñfrmz rport an incris in dscrit job inqîriz fṛm insd Wsminstr, ẃl Cnsrṿtiv hedqortrz hz asct its MPz t claṛfî ɖer planz. Ɖs lêtist cǎntdǎn t oblivịn hz startd rli.
Ɖr r objctiv rīznz fr Tori peṣmizm. Partiget n ɖ tax-cutñ dbācl hv left lastñ damij. Ɖ cost-v-livñ crîsis z dīpr ɖn evr. Hǎshold incmz r set t dclîn fr tū yirz. Ɖ śer v ɖ ilectṛt hu ʈnc ɖ Cnsrṿtivz r maṇjñ ɖ icoṇmi badli z cuṛntli 81%. Riśi Sūnac hz betr retñz ɖn Boris Jonsn or Liz Trus bt ɖe r stl neġtiv. Ɖ Tori parti’z ǒn standñz r mć wrs. Lebr’z pouļīd z stl abt 20 pônts.
Mr Sūnac z olso struġlñ t mastr ɖ uncntroḷbl Tori śip at Wsminstr. Dybịs cabiṇt’pôntmnts – Doṃnic Raab z ɖ lêtist in ɖ spotlît rīsntli vcetd bî Gavin Wiłmsn – hv damijd hiz repyteśn. Hiz in’biḷti t cntrol ɖ parti eni betr ɖn hiz prīdisesrz z spotlit bî ɖ dsiźnz v bʈ Mr Jonsn n Mz Trus ɖs wīc t jôn a bac-bnć rvolt agnst ɖ ban on ny onśor windfarmz. Mr Sūnac hz olrdi hd t pspon a vot t fors locl caunslz t mīt hǎsbildñ targits t ẃć mor ɖn 50 v hiz MPz objctd. Mr Sūnac me hv a nominl mjoṛti v 69, bt h canot dlivr on poḷsi. Ɖs wz prisîsli ẃt dd fr Mz Trus ovr fracñ.
Ɖ nxt xampl cd b iṃgreśn. Record net mîgreśnfigrz ɖs wīc śo bʈ ɖt guvnmntpoḷsiz r nt wrcñ n ɖt ministrz d nt nǒ ẃt t d abt it. Sins iṃgreśncntrol z crūśl t sm cor Tori votrz, ministrz rspond bî mcñ wîld, undilivṛbl proṃsz. Dīporteśn t Rwanda wz (n z) wn. Ɖ lêtist emz t stop foṛn stydnts fṛm atndñ ol bt a hanfl v ilīt yṇvrṣtiz. Ɖs wd bancrupt mni coḷjz, n rvrs ɖ 2019 xpanśn v foṛn stydnts t fil ɖ c’laps in stydntnumbrz n yṇvrṣti incm cōzd bî Brexit.
Ɖ yir’z bigist ćalinj t Mr Sūnac n Tori mrāl z ptnṣ́li stl arnd ɖ cornr. Ɖ Royl Colij v Nrsñ’z strîcs in Dsmbr pit ɖ most admîrd wrcfors in Britn agnst an unpopylr guvnmnt. Ɖr cn b onli wn winr. Public opińn, olrdi noṭbli simṗʈetic t uɖr strîcñ grūps ɖs wintr, wl hardn. Fr ɖ Tori parti t start a batl wɖ ɖ nrsz wd sjst nt jst cnfyźn bt a deʈwiś.
Opziśnparti s’portrz naćṛli riact cōśsli t ɖz sînz v Cnsrṿtiv dfitizm. Ɖe fir it c’nt last. Ɖe rcōl hǎ similr hops hv bn daśt in ɖ past. Ɖe wuri ɖt Lebr hz nt yt dn inuf t sìl ɖ dīl wɖ ɖ ilectṛt. Ɖz wuriz r unḍstanḍbl. Bt ɖe me olso unḍesṭmet ɖ śift in ɖ naśnl mūd n its scel. Ɖ riyl qsćn fesñ ɖ Tori parti ɖs wintr z nt so mć ẃɖr ɖe cn rcuvr bt ẃɖr, in ɖer cuṛnt stet, ɖe cn nǎ hold on untl 2024 at ol.
