Ɖ Gardịn vy on trust in Britn: Jon Mejr’z tîmli wornñ
(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 10 February 2022)
Ɖ formr prîm̦inistr z rît t cōl atnśn t ɖ repyteśnl damij ɖt Britn z suḟrñ undr Boris Jonsn
Ʈrzde 10 Febrri 2022
Sć ivnts r norṃli arenjd wīcs in advans, so it z unlîcli ɖt Sr Jon Mejr dsîdd t mc hiz spīć abt ɖ dclîn v trust in Britiś dmocṛsi on Ʈrzde sṗsificli t cǒinsîd wɖ Boris Jonsn n Liz Trus’z Ycren-rletd dipḷmatic forez t Bruslz, Worsw n Mosco. Ɖ split-scrīn cǎnṭpônt btwn ɖ tū ivnts wz nvɖles vri strîcñ. In ptiklr, it wz rvilñ abt ɖ riaḷtiz, n ɖ fanṭsiz, v ɖs guvnmnt’s inṭnaśnl inflụns.
On ɖ wn hand, in Mosco, ɖ Ruśn foṛn ministr, Srge Lavrov, cntmćsli d’rîdd hiz mītñ wɖ Mz Trus az a convseśn v “ɖ ḿt wɖ ɖ def”, cntenñ “nʈñ sīcrit, no trust. Jst slognz…” On ɖ uɖr hand, in Lundn, Sr Jon wz simlteńsli dliṿrñ a paśṇt wornñ ɖt a los v p’liticl trust at hom līdz umbilicli t a los v p’liticl repyteśn n inflụns abrōd. Ɖ cnx́n btwn ɖ tū cd hardli hv bn mor clirli iḷstretd.
Ɖ eḟts bî ɖ YC prîm̦inistr n foṛn secṛtri t ple a rǒl wɖ uɖrz t privnt Ruśa fṛm atacñ Ycren r welcm. Pīs, frīdm n stbiḷti in īstn Yṛp r pṛfǎndli in ɖ inṭrests v ol Yṛpiyn neśnz, includñ Britn. Ǎr s’kṛti rests upn it. It wz olso inevitbl, in ɖ wec v lwlis acts lîc ɖ stet-sponsrd cilñ in Lundn v Alexandr Litvińenco n v ɖ Sōlzḅri pôẓnñz, ɖt Mr Lavrov wd adopt an agresivli condsndñ aproć t Britn.
Ɖr wz n z no justiḟceśn fr ɖt. Yt at ɖ sem tîm, az Sr Jon obzrvd, Britn hz arîvd lêt at ɖ tebl. It wz nt ɖ Britiś prîm̦inistr hu flù t Mosco n spent sevṛl aurz tōcñ t Vlajīmir Pūćin last wīc. It wz ɖ Frenć prezidnt. Az Sr Jon wistḟli pt it: “Ɖt wd hv bn s in yirz gn bî.” Phps it wd hv bn, olɖo postwar Frans hz a loñ hisṭri v castñ itslf az a pragmatic inṭloktr wɖ Ruśa. Ɖ riaḷti z ɖt ɖr r dǎnsîdz az wel az upsîdz t ɖ wś v post-impirịl pǎrz t ple mīdietñrǒlz. Ɖ importnt pônt, hvr, z ɖt Britn tde z nt rmotli clos t pleyñ ɖ influenśl rǒl ɖt its slf-importnt “globl Britn” reṭric implîz.
Sr Jon wz on strongist grǎnd in hiz forʈrît dnunsieśn v ɖ Jonsn guvnmnt’s cerfrī aproć t truʈ, lwz n standdz in public lîf – n its indifṛns t ɖ inṭnaśnl consiqnsz. H wz xplisit ɖt Nu 10 hz brocn locdǎn lwz n ɖen iśùd fōls n mslidñ dnaylz. H wz olso unambigẏs, jrñ qsćnz, ɖt Mr Jonsn śd rzîn f h z faund t hv brocn ɖ lw. Ɖs z ptnṣ́li a hyjli importnt iśu ɖt cd bcm a fōltlîn in ɖ Tori parti. Nu 10 hz agn brīft ɖs wīc ɖt Mr Jonsn wd nt rzîn. Bt Nu 10 z roñ, n Sr Jon z rît.
H z olso rît ɖt lac v trust at hom hz consiqnsz abrōd. Ɖs z nt wel inuf unḍstd hir, ẃr ɖr rmenz mć cmplesnsi abt ɖ we Britn z sìn. Ɖ comḅneśn v ɖ Brexit vot n Mr Jonsn’z ilex́n az prîm̦inistr śc inṭnaśnl confidns – nt jst Yṛpiyn confidns. Ɖs z stl biyñ cmpǎndd bî ɖ YC’z caźl aproć t ɖ wɖdrwl’grīmnt n ɖ Norɖn Îrḷnd proṭcol in ptiklr. It wd b śecn mć frɖr n mor dstructivli f ɖ Jonsn guvnmnt brīćz ɖ agrīmnt n abandnz ɖ Norɖn Îrḷnd dīl.
Mstrust twdz Britn z nt cōzd bî Brexit alon. It hz a longr hisṭri. Bt it z incurijd bî Mr Jonsn himslf, at hom n abrōd. Britn stl ofn injôz, smtmz in dfayns v ɖ facts, a gd inṭnaśnl repyteśn az a stebl, fer n raṣ́nl neśn. It z a repyteśn wrʈ nrć̣rñ n wrʈ dzrvñ. Mr Jonsn z a riyl n preznt ʈret t ɖt. Acordñ t Sr Jon, “ǎr repyteśn z biyñ średd”. Hiz spīć z a rmîndr, n wn ɖt z nīdd, v jst hǎ mć z cuṛntli at stec.
