Ɖ Gardịn vy on Tori miłnerz: a parti v ɖ rić, fr ɖ rić
(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 23 Jan. 2023)
Ɖ in’biḷti t rmuv hiz ǒn partićer aftr a multimiłn-pǎnd tax mstec unḍlînz Riśi Sūnac’s wìcnis
Munde 23 Jańri 2023
Ritn in an rlịr tîm abt msgivñz ovr ɖ akḿleśn v pǎr n muni, ɖ wrdz v F Scot Fitsjeṛld r aṗsît tde. “Ɖe wr cerlis ppl,” l’mnts ɖ nretr v hiz clasic novl Ɖ Gret Gatsbi. “Ɖe smaśt p ʈñz … n ɖen rtritd bac intu ɖer muni or ɖer vast cerlisnis.” Ɖ Tori-parti ćermn, Nadhim Zahawi, peid, it apirz, abt £5m in penltiz n ǎtstandñ taxz t Hiz Maɉsti’z Reṿny n Custmz. Mr Zahawi sz hiz mstecs wr “cerlis”. Bt hǎ cd ɖ Cnsrṿtivz evr hv alaud smbdi, az ɖe dd wɖ Mr Zahawi, t bcm ćanslr ẃn h wz in dspyt wɖ ɖ tax oʈoṛti, fr ẃć ɖ ćanslr z rsponsbl? It z a conflict v inṭrest ɖt nwn cd mis – unls, phps, ɖe tù wr biyñ cerlis.
W ol cn b rmis. Bt nt t ɖ xtnt ɖt w fget, apaṛntli, t rport an esṭmetd £27m t HMRC. Riśi Sūnac apôntd Mr Zahawi t b Tori-parti ćer n gev him a sīt at hiz cabiṇțebl. Ɖ prîm̦inistr clemz nt t hv bn aprîzd v ɖ facts bfr dfndñ Mr Zahawi at ɖ dspaćbox last wīc, or ẃn h gev him hiz cuṛnt job. A strongr prîm̦inistr wd hv dn ɖ rît ʈñ n sact Mr Zahawi. Mr Sūnac hz rfŕd ɖ matr t hiz eʈics’dvîzr. Bt ɖ okpnt v Nu. 10 dz nt nīd a rport t tel him hu śd b in hiz cabiṇt. Mr Sūnac z a wìc prîm̦inistr: h hz t g in t bat fr colīgz fr fir v ɖm rfyzñ t d ɖ sem fr him. H riscs ɖ guvnmnt luzñ trust in him.
Mr Zahawi wz onli ćanslr fr tū munʈs. Bt it spīcs volymz abt hiz caṛctr ɖt h tc ɖ job. It wd hv bn slopi fr Sîmn Ces, ɖ cabiṇtsecṛtri, nt t hv noun abt Mr Zahawi’z taxprobḷm bfr hiz pṛmośn. Ɖt mt xplen ẃ a stori srfist ɖs wīcend ɖt clemd Mr Zahawi wz dnaid a naithd aftr ɖ Cabiṇt Ofis cntactd HMRC “az part v ɖ norml dy dilijns”. Mr Ces wd olso hv bn neglijnt nt t hv rezd ɖ pṛspctiv ćanslr’z taxconflict wɖ Boris Jonsn, ɖ ɖen prîm̦inistr. It me b tù mć t asc fr Mr Jonsn, a sirịl layr, t fînd enʈñ impropr in ɖ arenjmnt. Bt h śd hv vītoud Mr Zahawi fr ɖ rǒl.
Repyteśnz rerli svîv contact wɖ Mr Jonsn. H ʈncs it’s fîn fr ɖ cuṛnt BBC ćermn, Rić̣d Śarp, t hv hlpt arenj a gaṛnti on a loun v p t £800,000 fr himslf wīcs bfr rec̣mndñ him fr ɖ rǒl. Nɖr man rportd ɖs arenjmnt, ẃć ɖe śd hv. Mr Śarp wz privi t p’liticli daṃjñ inḟmeśn. Ɖ public pspśn v ɖ BBC’z imparśiaḷti n indipndns hz bn harmd bî its ćer’z lac v jujmnt. Ānti’z bōrd wl lc at ɖ matr, n ɖ public-apôntmnts cmiśnr wl invstget Mr Śarp’s apôntmnt aftr biyñ rjd t inṭvin bî Lebr’z Lūsi Pǎl. Hvr, d’nt hold yr breʈ. A wlʈi insîdr, Mr Śarp hz md hiz srṿsz tù ysfl t b dspnst wɖ īẓli.
Ɖz gwñz-on ofr a paṛbl abt ɖ c’ruptñ rǒl v iniqoḷti in ssayti, a sntṛl ʈīm v Fitzgerald’z bc. Ẃt hz md Britn unguvṇbl z nt strîcs n infleśn bt fax̣́nl infîtñ wɖn ɖ Cnsrṿtivz – ẃć lcs lîc a parti v ɖ rić, fr ɖ rić. Mr Sūnac’s guvnmnt sīmz tù rivn bî dspyts n tù wìc t implimnt big rformz. Ɖ imṗtns v Mr Sūnac hz rplest ɖ ceos v Mr Jonsn. Wɖ ɖ Toriz in ćarj, Britn hz bcm a cuntri wɖ a guvnmnt ɖt canot d enʈñ v importns.
