Ɖ Obzrvr vy on ɖ locl ilex́nz: Riśi Sūnac z a bustd fluś, it’s tîm t cōl a jenṛl ilex́n
Transcription of a Observer editorial of 4 May 2024
Aftr ɖs wīc’s teribl rzults fr hiz parti, ɖ onli onṛbl ʈñ t d z let votrz dsîd hiz fet
Saṭde, 4 Me 2024
Riśi Sūnac’s guvnmnt bgan last wīc bî trîumfntli anǎnsñ ɖt a man huz asîḷmclem hd bn rjctd hd voḷntird t tec p t £3,000 caś in xćenj fr agriyñ t tec a cmrśl flît t Rwanda – plus ɖ pṛviźn v hǎzñ, fūd n hlʈcer ɖr fr fîv yirz at a cost v £150,000 t ɖ taxpeyr. Sūnac bc-endd it wɖ sm v ɖ wrst-evr Ñgliś locl-ilex́n rzults fr ɖ Cnsrṿtivz, n ɖ śoc los v ɖ Wst Midḷndz meṛlti t ɖ Lebr parti.
A d’rect lîn cn b trest fṛm ɖs pripostṛs clem v s’xes t ilectṛl dzastr. Jrñ 14 yirz in guvnmnt, ɖ Cnsrṿtivz hv irodd ɖ welfér seftinet, saḅtājd ɖ qoḷti v public srṿsz ʈru unḍfundñ n nglect, n impozd a hyj ic̣nomic hit in ɖ form v a hard Brexit. Ćîldpovrti hz gn p, ɖ NHS z blîtd bî record wêtñlists n unḍstafñ, n sośl-cer srṿsz fr ɖ vulnṛbl hv bn advrsli afctd.
Sūnac hz no ansrz on eni v ɖs. Instd, ɖ bulc v hiz eṇji apirz foc̣st on hiz hoplis Rwanda plan t “stop ɖ smōl bots”. Ẃl parḷmnt pást ɖ lejsleśn t pev ɖ we fr dtend asîḷmsīcrz t b dportd t Rwanda at ɖ end v last munʈ, it rmenz hîli unlîcli ɖt ɖs imoṛl scīm wl dtŕ despṛt men, wimin n ćildṛn fṛm cuntriz lîc Siria n Afgaṇstan fṛm atmtñ ɖ denjṛs Ćanl crosñ. Ɖs z īvn mor tru in lît v ɖ vri lo probbiḷti v dīporteśn, gvn ɖ reḷtivli smōl numbrz involvd.
It wl b at līst anɖr fy wīcs bfr eni v ɖoz hu r sīcñ asîḷm gt dportd t Rwanda. Ɖ guvnmnt’s atmt t banc a win fr its scīm bcz smwn wɖ a rjctd asîḷmclem, wɖ no rît t rmen in ɖ YC, voḷntṛli axptd a fevṛbl dīl t līv fr Rwanda az an xtnśn v a priixistñ rtrnzscīm, rediets śir desṗreśn. Last wīc’s ilex́nṛzults demnstret jst hǎ disc̣nctd fṛm votrz it z.
Ɖ Cnsrṿtivz sufrd ɖer wrst locl-ilex́n dfit sins 1996 in poulz ɖt tc ples acrs mć v Ñgḷnd, rzultñ in a los v olmst 500 caunslrz ptñ ɖ parti in ʈrd ples on ɖ sīts cntstd, bhnd ɖ Libṛl Deṃcrats, hu injoid a gd set v rzults. Cnsrṿtiv canddets lost in evri meṛl contest xpt fr Tìz Vali. Īvn hir ɖr wz a vri sgnificnt swñ awe fṛm ɖ Cnsrṿtivz. Ẃl ɖ Rform parti unḍpformd cmperd t naśnl poulz, it stl cost ɖ Cnsrṿtivz vots, includñ in ɖ Blacpūl Sǎʈ bîilex́n, ẃć cntribytd t ɖ dṛmatic 26 psntijpônt swñ ɖr t Lebr.
F ɖ rzults wr dîr fr ɖ Cnsrṿtivz, fr Cir Starmr ɖ stori wz oṿẃlmñli poẓtiv. Sgnificntli, Lebr canddets dd bst in eriaz ẃr it most nīdz t xel t win a jenṛl ilex́n: eriaz ẃć votd līv in 2019 n ẃr it wz ćaḷnjñ ɖ Cnsrṿtivz. Ɖs sjsts ɖ wenñ inflụns v Brexit dviźnz on ppl’z votñḅhevyr, n demnstrets growñ Lebr streñʈ in ɖ “red wōl” sīts in ɖ norʈ n ɖ Midḷndz ɖt opnd ɖ we fr Boris Jonsn’z 80-sīt mjoṛti in Dsmbr 2019. Lebr wún evri nyli crietd meṛlti n, in phps ɖ most s’prîzñ rzult v ɖ wīcend, its canddet Rić̣d Parcr bìt popylr incumbnt Andi Strīt in ɖ Wst Midḷndz. It bodz vri wel fr ɖ jenṛl ilex́n.
Ɖt sd, Lebr dd olso lūz vots t ɖ Grīnz n t indipndnts. Ɖz losz hapnd dispṛporśṇtli, olɖo nt xclusivli, in sefr cnstitẏnsiz ẃr Lebr r mor rziłnt t luzñ vots wɖt costñ ɖm parḷmntri sīts. Sm v ɖz losz cem in eriaz wr ɖr r hî pṛporśnz v Mŭzlim votrz, n sm in sef Rmen cnstitẏnsiz n eriaz wɖ hî pṛporśnz v stydnts – reḷtivli cumftbl teritri fr Lebr in rīsnt yirz. It hîlîts ɖ dgri v angr amñ a smōl bt motvetd sx́n v votrz, ptiklrli Mŭzlim Lebr votrz, ovr Starmr nt tecñ a hardr lîn wɖ Izrel, n hint at ptnśl dvîdñlînz wɖn ɖ left fr a fyćr Lebr guvnmnt.
Bt oṿol, ɖ rzults śo ɖt votrz r wîz t ɖ holonis v Sūnac’s pić. Ɖe r ol tù awer ɖt īvn f infleśn fōlz frɖr, ɖ prîșpîcs v rīsnt munʈs r olrdi bect intu ɖer hǎshold bujits; ɖt f ɖe injr ɖmslvz, ɖe me hv t wêt fr munʈs bfr ɖ NHS cn ofr ɖm penṛlivñ srɉri. Ẃ dz it matr t ɖm f smwn axpts a guvnmntbrîb t līv fr Rwanda az part v a voḷntri scīm? Fṛm osteṛti t Brexit, votrz wr sold a promis v compitns, rsponsbiḷti n pṛspeṛti bî cnsektiv Cnsrṿtiv prîm̦inistrz. Aftr 14 yirz v fełr, votrz on Ʈrzde tld ɖ guvnmnt ɖe hv hd inuf. N Starmr dzrvz mć credit fr ɖ proṃsñ indcetrz ɖt mni v ɖoz hu abandnd Lebr r rtrnñ t ɖ fold.
Ɖ qsćn fr Sūnac mst b: ẃ limp on fr munʈs az a lem-duc prîm̦inistr, ẃn so mni votrz hv md ɖer vy clir? Az Starmr raits in ɖ Obzrvr ɖs wīcend, ɖ most onṛbl we fr him t rspond wd b t cōl a jenṛl ilex́n.
