Ɖ Obzrvr vy on hǎ ɖ clîṃtcrîsis śd nt b yzd az a p’liticl ftbōl
Transcription of an Observer editorial of 22 July 2023
Ɖ Uxbrij bîilex́n hz riopnd arğmnts abt hǎ far t pś a grīn ajnda, bt globl hītñ cōlz fr a nonparṭzan aproć
Saṭde, 22 Jlî 2023
Nʈñ fīlz az gd az winñ. It’s bn a loñ tîm sins Lebr injoid a vicṭri az ʈumpñ az ɖ wn it scord ɖs wīc in Slbi n Ênsti, a wns solidli Cnsrṿtiv pać v rṛl Yorx́r, n Cir Starmr dzrvz t sêvr ɖ momnt. In litl ovr ʈri yirz, h hz trnsformd a dfitd n dsperñ parti intu a guvnmnt in wêtñ. Ɖr hv bn sm dīpli penfl compṛmîzz alñ ɖ we, bt fîṇli h cn argy ɖt ɖe r startñ t pe of.
Ed Dêvi z īqli intîtld t b glīfl abt rīcapćrñ Suṃtn n Frūm fr ɖ Lib Démz, cnfrmñ ɖt hiz parti z wel n trūli bac fṛm ɖ wilḍnis. Ɖ scel v tacticl votñ in bʈ contests sjsts ɖt an ayn rzolv z formñ amñ antīTori votrz t d ẃtvr it tecs. Ẃr ɖe cn run az insrjnts agnst an unpopylr guvnmnt, pṛgresivz r rîdñ hî. Bt ẃt hapnd in Uxbrij n Sǎʈ Rîslip sjsts limits t ɖt aproć.
Aftr Boris Jonsn slúnc awe in dsgres, mni asymd hiz old sīt wz Lebr’z fr ɖ tecñ. Instd, ɖ Toriz scrept bac in bî trnñ ẃt cd hv bn a reḟrendm on ɖer hanḍlñ v ɖ icoṇmi intu a reḟrendm on anɖr incumbnt: Lundn’z mẹr, Sdīc Cān, n hiz dsiźn t xtnd ɖ capitl’z ultṛlo imiśnzon t ǎtlaying buraz fṛm Ōġst, forsñ ǒnrz v oldr n mor p’lūtñ viyclz t pe a £12.50 dêli ćarj or bai ny carz. Lebr strugld t land its mesij abt ɖ puṇśñ cost v livñ wɖ votrz hu blemd ɖer mẹr fr hlpñ t pś it p.
Starmr’z sjsćn ɖt Cān śd “rflect” on ɖ unpopylaṛti v Úliz, isnṣ́li a public rbyc, rvilz dīp fṛstreśn wɖn ɖ śadocabiṇt at misñ ǎt bî onli a fy hundṛd vots. Bt sm tec a dīpr lésn fṛm ɖs ultiṃtli vri loc̣lîzd scrmiś. Ɖ Uxbrij rzult hz riopnd smolḍrñ arğmnts insd bʈ mn partiz ovr hǎ far t pś grīn poḷsiz in ɖ midl v a cost-v-livñ crîsis.
Ɖ ces fr cutñ carbn imiśnz hz nvr bn mor blîndñli obvịs in ɖs sumr v frīc hītwevz arnd ɖ glob. In ɖ YS stet v Aṛzona, hospitlz r trītñ peśnts suḟrñ svir brnz fṛm contact wɖ becñ pevmnts. Foristfîrz r raṿjñ Grīs, n Antartic sīîs levlz hv fōḷn t record loz fr Jlî. W r teṛfayñli clos t ɖ tipñpônt v ẃć sayntists hv so loñ wornd, n ɖ fṛstreśn z ɖt w nǒ fl wel ẃt t d abt it. Ɖr z no oltrṇtiv t trnziṣ́nñ az fast az hymnli poṣbl fṛm fosilfylz t rnywblz, gas sntṛl hītñ t hītpumps n solr panlz, n petṛl or dīzl carz t ilectric wnz. (Ẃl Úliz n uɖr clīn-er zonz arnd ɖ cuntri r stricli spīcñ public-hlʈ poḷsiz, dzînd t rdys dedli er-p’lūśn rɖr ɖn carbn, ɖe d nuj moṭrists t rīʈnc ɖer rlayns on carz.) Bt sm hǎsholdz simpli c’nt aford ɖ stīp upfront costs v rplesñ carz n bôlrz, hvr mć ɖe wont t. Poḷtiśnz hu ignor ɖt hard riaḷti wl fes a baclaś.
Ɖ clîṃt imrjnsi crîz ǎt fr a nonparṭzan aproć, wɖ p’liticl partiz pŭlñ tgɖr in ɖ naśnl inṭrest az ɖe hv ovr Ycren. Instd, grīn poḷsi riscs biyñ weṗnîzd fr p’liticl gen. Olrdi, rîtwñ vôsz r rjñ Riśi Sūnac t trīt Uxbrij az ɖ modl fr a Cnsrṿtiv fîtbac: scrap ɖ pland ban on seilz v ny petṛl n dīzl carz fṛm 2030, rīstart ɖ wor on wouc, brand Lebr “ɖ p’liticl wñ v Jst Stop Ôl” – az ɖ Cabiṇt ministr fr net ziro, Grant Śaps, pts it. It’s les a straṭji fr winñ ɖn fr liṃtñ Tori losz, ẃl mcñ ɖ job v an incumñ Lebr guvnmnt infiṇtli hardr.
Fr ɖ risc v cicñ ɖ clîṃtcan dǎn ɖ rod, az s’xesiv Cnsrṿtiv admiṇstreśnz hv dn, z ɖt inṭvnśn mst b mor drastic t hv ɖ nesṣri ifct. Ćenjz ɖt cd hv bn īzd in jntli ovr ɖ past 13 yirz me nǎ nīd t hapn mor abrupli. Bt f enʈñ, Uxbrij me mc Starmr īvn wẹrịr v sm v hiz śado clîṃtćenj secṛtri Ed Miḷband’z mor radicl instñts.
Tnśnz btwn grīn ultraz n ɖer mor cōśs śadocabiṇt colīgz r hard t rzolv bcz bʈ sîdz hv a pônt. Ɖ Miḷbandîts r rît ɖt ɖ clîṃt imrjnsi canot b dúct, n ɖt bacslîdñ cd opn p ɖ parti’z left flanc t ɖ Grīnz (hu incrist ɖer votśer in ol ʈri bîilx́nz, ptnṣ́li at Lebr’z xpns in Uxbrij). Bt ɖ pragṃtists r rît ɖt midl Ñgḷnd z īẓli spūct bî ʈrets t ɖer wolits or lîfstîlz. In Uxbrij, ɖ Toriz portreid Úliz az a big-siti s’lūśn lofṭli impozd on a vri difṛnt wrld; fîn fr Tesla drîvrz or yuñ ŕḅnîts nir a Tyb stop, bt les so fr sbrbn faṃliz on ɖ scūlrun n ɖ hard-prest wrcñclasz. It wz’nt jst abt ɖ cost, bt ɖ sns ɖt Siti Hōl dd’nt unḍstand.
Rīdñ tù mć intu eni bîilex́n z olwz denjṛs, n ɖ lésn hir fr Lebr z abṣlutli nt t rtrit on net ziro. Bt it z t gt ɖ īc̣nomics rît – ẃć mīnz mor fînanśl hlp fr hǎsholdz rplesñ carz or bôlrz – n, crūṣ́li, ɖ ton. Sañtiṃni z dedli, ẃn ppl r riyli struġlñ.
Riśi Sūnac śd rflect on ɖ leġsi h wonts t līv bhnd, mć az T’rīza Me dd ẃn ś yzd hr fînl wīcs in ofis t inśrîn net-ziro targits in lw. Ǎr frajîl planit mst nt b trītd lîc a p’liticl ftbōl.
