In Ñspel: The Guardian view on the partygate report: MPs must finish the job

‘Mr Johnson behaved as though the electoral system conferred untrammelled power on him to act as he chose, and to breach rules and conventions for his own advantage.’ Photograph: Alberto Pezzali/AP
‘Mr Jonsn bhevd az ɖo ɖ ilectṛl sistm cnfŕd untramld pǎr on him t act az h ćouz, n t brīć rūlz n cnvnśnz fr hiz ǒn advantij.’ Foṭgraf: Alberto Pezzali/AP

Ɖ Gardịn vy on ɖ partiget rport: MPz mst finiś ɖ job

Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 15 June 2023

Boris Jonsn laid t parḷmnt az prîm̦inistr. Īvn ɖo h hz dn a runr, h mst pe ɖ heviist prîs

Ʈrzde, 15 Jūn 2023

Boris Jonsn anǎnst on Ʈrzde ɖt “ɖs z a dredfl de fr MPz n fr dmocṛsi”. In fact, it wz ɖ xact rvrs. Fr ɖ frst tîm, a Britiś formr prîm̦inistr wz faund bî hiz colīgz t hv msléd ɖ Hǎs v Comnz ẃl h wz in ofis. F Mr Jonsn hd nt olrdi dn a runr fṛm parḷmnt, h wd hv rîtli fest a 90-de sspnśn fṛm it. Bt ɖt dz nt mc Ʈrzde a dredfl de fr dmocṛsi. On ɖ contrri. It mcs it a de v r’bust n nesṣri vindceśn v Britiś parḷmntri dmocṛsi agnst arğbli its most unprínsipld dmestic eṇmi v modn tîmz. Ɖ dredflnis le ol alñ in Mr Jonsn’z conduct alon.

Ɖ priṿlijzcmiti rport pruvz īql t its tasc. It tc 14 munʈs t cmpîl n runz t 30,000 wrdz n 108 pejz. It wz lōnćt bî an un’pozd vot ẃl Mr Jonsn wz stl prîm̦inistr. Ɖ sevn-stroñ cmiti wz a mix v vetṛnz n yungr MPz. It hd a Cnsrṿtiv mjoṛti, ɖ tū most sīńr v hūm wr seḷbretd Brexitrz. Ɖ inqîri wz cnductd in a mtikḷs n fer manr. F ɖ cmiti Cnsrṿtivz hd ćozn t b’liv Mr Jonsn’z vrśn v ivnts in 10 Dǎnñ Strīt jrñ ɖ Covid imrjnsi, n ɖ aśuṛnsz ɖt h gev MPz abt ɖm, ɖe hd ɖ vots t win ǎt. Instd, ɖ cmiti rjctd hiz vrśn ynaniṃsli. Ɖ onli iśu on ẃć it wz dvîdd wz ẃɖr t xpel Mr Jonsn oltgɖr (it votd nt t).

Mr Jonsn dsmist ɖ rport az “cmplit trîp”, “a ś’red”, “a lî”, “petntli absrd” n “a d’renjd cncluźn”. Sć lanḡj tlz its ǒn stori. So dz hiz msoɉnistic hostiḷti twdz ɖ cmitićer, Lebr’z Harịt Harmn. In riaḷti, ɖo, ɖ rport wz nn v ɖ ʈñz h clemz. It beṇfits fṛm a peśnt rīd. Fr ɖ most part it z nt prsṇli hostîl t Mr Jonsn, ɖo ɖ ton hardnz ẃn it cmz t hiz rīsnt insults agnst ɖ cmiti n its membrz, az a rzult v ẃć ɖ orijinl sspnśn wz incrist. Ɖ rport z smtmz tù jenṛs, asymñ gretr snṣtivti on Mr Jonsn’z part t Covid reğletri iśuz ɖn ɖs lezi, dáid-in-ɖ-wŭl narssist sīmz ceṗbl v. Ɖr z olso a l’jitiṃt arğmnt in ɖ rport abt ẃɖr ɖ Comnz proses z cnsistnt wɖ naćṛl justis. Ɖ cmiti cncludz frmli ɖt it z.

On Munde, ɖ Comnz wl dbet ɖ rport. Ɖr wl b a fri vot. Les nǎ rests on ɖt ɖn wd hv bn ɖ ces f Mr Jonsn hd nt scutld hiz ǒn parḷmntri c’rir last wīc. Bt it wl stl b a momnt v riyl consiqns fr parḷmnt, fr poḷtics n fr ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti in ptiklr. Tori MPz fes a ćôs. D ɖe stand wɖ parḷmnt or wɖ Mr Jonsn? Stand wɖ parḷmnt n sm me risc a membrśp baclaś in ɖer cnstitẏnsiz. Stand wɖ Mr Jonsn n ɖe hlp pś ɖ parti bac intu ɖ pit fṛm ẃć Riśi Sūnac z struġlñ t xtṛcet it.

MPz v ol partiz mst stand bî ɖ cmiti. Bî dwñ so, ɖe wl asrt ɖt rūlz matr, ɖt parḷmnt z mor importnt ɖn parti n ɖt standdz in public lîf mst b rigṛs. Mr Jonsn bhevd az ɖo ɖ ilectṛl sistm cnfŕd untramld pǎr on him t act az h ćouz, n t brīć rūlz n cnvnśnz fr hiz ǒn advantij. H sw ɖ Brexit vot n ɖ 2019 ilex́n az a prsnl mandet, handñ him a fri pas t fob parḷmnt of wɖ lîz n blustr – n t parti ẃl uɖrz wurid n sufrd. Ɖ dmiṇśñ v parḷmnt wz – n rmenz – abṣlutli sntṛl t hiz īgtistic project. Parḷmnt mst nǎ trn ɖt arnd bî irevcbli dmiṇśñ him.

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16/06/2023

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