Ɖ Gardịn vy on Tori śocʈeṛpi: ɖ roñ meḍsin fr ɖ cuntri
(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 30 September 2022)
Liz Trus’z poḷsiz hv pt ɖ Tōriz bhnd Lebr bî 30 pônts. Wɖt rvrsñ cors ś wl b in ofis bt nt in pǎr
Frîde 30 Sptmbr 2022
An îdịlojicli xtrim parti ɖt mcs unpopylr poḷsićôsz far rmuvd fṛm ɖ pziśn v most votrz wl rīp ɖ inevitbl consiqns in trmz v public opińn. Liz Trus dsîdd t bet agnst sć ʈncñ, n hz lost badli. Sqonḍrñ ɖ Tori repyteśn fr fiscl prūdns wl enśur ɖ spectr v Blac Wnzde hañz ovr its particonfṛns.
Ɖ mstec wz Qāzi Qarteñ’z plan fr groʈ. Ɖ public, akṛtli, sw it az unfer, fôstñ hayr morgijpemnts on mni ẃl miłnerz gt a £55,000 handǎt. Ɖ Lebr parti hz opnd p a 30-pônt pouļīd ovr ɖ Tōriz. Snsñ denjr, Mz Trus n Mr. Qarteñ dd hold imrjnsitōcs wɖ ɖ Ofis fr Bujit Rsponsbiḷti on Frîde. Bt ɖ muv smact v desṗreśn. Hr guvnmnt, rîtli, lcs finiśt bfr it gts a ćans t gt startd.
T unḍstand ẃ Mz Trus wz priperd t lît sć p’liticli flaṃbl mtirịl az beṇfitcuts n smōlr pnśnz, wn mst trî t si ɖ wrld fṛm hr pônt v vy. In Ōġst, ɖ Banc v Ñgḷnd wornd ɖt ɖ cuntri wz fesñ a rseśn ɖt wd probbli last intu 2024. F nʈñ ćenjd, ɖr wz a gd ćans ɖ Tōriz wd g intu ɖ nxt ilex́n wɖ a record in guvnmnt v hî taxz n flatlînñ groʈ, bt olso wɖ hî inṭrestrets t cǒp wɖ eḷvetd levlz v infleśn.
Mz Trus probbli rīznd ɖt sć cndiśnz wd nt b cndysiv t anɖr Cnsrṿtiv ilex́nvicṭri. So ś pṛnǎnst ɖ icoṇmi feṭli il, telñ Tori membrz ɖt imīɉtli adminisṭrñ a śocʈeṛpi v taxcuts fr ɖ rić n pro-biznis dīreğleśn wz moṛli jusṭfaybl bcz ɖ oltrṇtiv wz a slo deʈ. Ɖ oʈr Neymi Klein ćartd ɖs form v dzastrcapiṭlizm in hr 2007 bc Ɖ Śocdoctrin.
Ɖ prîm̦inistr’z ʈiyri rests on brññ fwd ɖ pen, rzultñ in a rseśn ɖt z śort n grīn śūts v rcuṿri ɖt apir sm we bfr 2024. Ɖ public z bginñ t pe a vri hî prîs fr an xntric ic̣nomic straṭji ẃć sīmz unlîcli t yīld ɖ hopt fr p’liticl rzults. T impoz mor public-srvis cuts riscs ceos in priznz, clasrūmz n hospitlz. Unḍlayñ opińn hz travld a loñ we sins ɖ 2010z – n it z in ɖ d’rex́n v feṿrñ hayr spendñ n taxz. Struġlñ faṃliz r unlîcli t fgiv a guvnmnt ɖt cmz fr “ifiśnsisevñz” ẃn ɖer cuḅdz r emti. F Mz Trus imajinz ɖe r ol Lebr s’portrz, huz baḷts wr nvr cmñ hr we, ś z vri mć mstecn. Ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti hz loñ b’livd its s’xes lîz in hom ǒnrśp. Rîzñ inṭrestrets me brñ dǎn proṗtivalyz in ɖ loñ run, bt it z lîcli frst t trn ɖ Tori corvotrz, in bʈ ɖ red n blu wōlz, agnst ɖ parti.
Mz Trus z ɖ most maṇfestli Ʈać̣rît Tori līdr ɖs snć̣ri, huz p’liticl zigzagñ hz bn unḍgrdd bî hr constnt b’lif in ɖ beṇfits v fri marcits. Yt ɖs z feʈ-best poḷtics. Blînd cnvix́n w’nt si taxcuts jeṇret ɖ groʈ ś crevz. Mni ppl ʈnc ɖ prîm̦inistr z barcñ p ɖ roñ tri enwe. Aftr a deced v inṣkr wrc n fōlñ riyl wejz, olmst haf v Brítnz ʈnc ic̣nomic groʈ itslf dz mor harm ɖn gd.
Formr Trus s’portrz me b suḟrñ fṛm bayrz’ rmors. Fr ɖ prîm̦inistr ɖr sīmz no imajiṇbl rùt v iscep fṛm hr dzastṛs p’liticl msjujmnt. Wɖt a plan t jeṭsn hr poḷsiz n hr hybristic ćanslr, ɖr apirz no we t būst ɖ parti’z poulretñz or hīl its dviźnz. Mz Trus’z imbaṛsñ pformnsz in ɖ mīdia hv cntribytd t a rumbl v discntnt ɖt wl pīc nxt wīc. Ɖ cuntri nīdz betr līdrśp ɖn ɖs. Fîndñ a ny Tori līdr wd b a mesi biznis, bt ɖ oltrṇtiv lcs wrs.
