Ɖ Obzrvr vy on Suela Braṿmn: a homsecṛtri hu unḍmainz ɖ p’līs hz no ples in guvnmnt
Transcription of an Observer editorial of 11 November 2023
Ś md a dificlt sićueśn wrs bî ptñ preśr on ɖ Mét ovr ɖ proPaḷstîn marć
Saṭde, 11 Nvmbr 2023
Ẃn p’liticl tnśnz r runñ hî n ɖr r riscs t public ordr, eni rsponsbl poḷtiśn wd trî t rdys ɖ preśr, tec advîs fṛm p’līs on oṗreśnl matrz, n pubḷcli rj cām. Ɖ homsecṛtri, Suela Braṿmn, ćouz ɖ popylist rod in ɖ run-up t yesṭde’z marć in Lundn t pṛtst agnst Izrel’z militri ax́n in Gāza: t ʈro cōśn t ɖ wind, dplô inflaṃtri lanḡj n hint darcli at ɖ wrst-ces s’nārioz ɖt mt tec śep.
Braṿmn rout hr insnjri articl in ɖ Tîmz in ɖ nolij ɖt ɖr wz a funḍmntl dis’grīmnt btwn hr n ɖ cmiśnr v ɖ Metṛpolitn p’līs, Sr Marc Rǒli, on p’līsñstraṭji. Ś wontd yesṭde’z marć t b bánd bcz it cǒinsîdd wɖ ɖ s’lemṇti v Arṃstisde. Bt p’līspǎrz t ban protests r – rîtli – tîtli pṛscrîbd bî ɖ Public-Ordr Act: ɖe cn d so onli f ɖe b’liv ɖt pṛtstrz wl nt cmplî wɖ p’līs-rstrix́nz n ɖr cd b sirịs public dsordr, damij t proprti or dsrupśn t ɖ livz v ɖ cḿṇti.
It z tru ɖt ɖ marćz in prīvịs wīcs hv cntend unseṿri elimnts: ɖr hv bn a reḷtivli smōl numbr v arests, includñ fr ofnsz rletd t terrizm n insaitñ reśl hetrid. Bt ɖ marćz, involvñ hundṛdz v ʈǎzndz v ppl, hv bn pīsfl n cmplaid wɖ cndiśnz impozd on ɖm bî ɖ p’līs. Ɖt z nt t se ɖt evri marćr s’ports a pīsfl tū-stet s’lūśn in ɖ Midl Īst; sm hv adoptd ćants asośietd wɖ ɖ Hamas ćartr cmitmnt t dstrô Izrel. Ɖr z no moṛl justiḟceśn fr dwñ so, n it unḍstanḍbli cōzz dstres t mni Britiś Juz. Ys v ɖ ćants śd b cndemd.
Bt ɖs dz nt pṛvîd a līgl justiḟceśn fr banñ a protest, on ẃć ɖ gret mjoṛti v marćrz wl hv bn hoṛfaid bʈ bî ɖ apōlñ acts v terr cmitd bî Hamas on 7 Octobr az wel az ɖ hyj numbr v Paḷstińn sviłnz biyñ cild jrñ Izreli asōlts on Hamas in Gāza. Ɖ līgl ʈreśhold fr banñ a marć z rîtli hî – ɖ last tîm ɖs pǎr wz yzd wz ovr a deced ago – n it z ɖ rsponsbiḷti v ɖ p’līs t ases ẃɖr it hz bn met n t aplî fr pmiśn t ban it f ɖe juj it hz. It z nt fr ɖ homsecṛtri t inṭfir bî aplayñ p’liticl preśr on ɖ p’līs t ban a marć ś dz nt lîc.
Ɖt z xacli ẃt Braṿmn hz dn. N bî yzñ insnjri trmz lîc “hetmarćrz” n “mobz” t miscaṛcṭrize hol marćz v mni ʈǎzndz v ppl hu r ljitṃtli x’sîzñ ɖer deṃcratic rît t pṛtst, ś impliṣtli incurijd faŗît pṛtstrz t cm ǎt t cǎnṭdemnstret on Arṃstisde. Cm ǎt ɖe dd: ɖr wr sevṛl scrmiśz btwn ɖ faŗît n ɖ p’līs in sntṛl Lundn yesṭde mornñ in ɖ run-up t ɖ tū-minit sîḷns, wɖ masct men ćantñ Izlaṃfobic slognz yardz fṛm ɖ Seṇtaf, n arests wr md. Ɖr wr frɖr vayḷnt claśz in ɖ afṭnun, n ɖ p’līs hd t wrc hard t privnt faŗît pṛtstrz fṛm cnfruntñ ɖ marćrz.
Ʈrt ɖs, Riśi Sūnac hz mntend ɖt Braṿmn rtenz hiz confidns. Az prîm̦inistr, h z ultiṃtli rsponsbl fr hiz homsecṛtri’z bhevyr: hr unḍmainñ v ɖ oṗreśnl indipndns v ɖ p’līs n hr stǒcñ v tnśnz at a hîli snṣtiv tîm, in a we ɖt apirz t cǒinsîd wɖ ẃt ś b’livz t b in frɖṛns v hr ambiśn t wn de līd ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti. Ś mst b sact.
