Ɖ Obzrvr vy on ɖ Partiget-inqîri vrdict: Boris Jonsn hz left, bt hiz toxic leġsi lingrz
Transcription of an Observer editorial of 18 June 2023
Onli a jenṛl ilex́n n a ny guvnmnt cn gv poḷtics ɖ clīn slet it so badli nīdz
Súnde, 18 Jūn 2023
W dd nt nīd ɖ vrdict v ɖ priṿlijzcmiti t unḍstand ɖ flwz in Boris Jonsn’z caṛctr. It wz clir loñ bfr h bcem prîm̦inistr hǎ maṇfestli unsūtd h wz fr eni cnd v public ofis, let alon runñ ɖ cuntri. Bt a crosparti grūp v MPz last wīc publiśt a dámñ rport ɖt ǎtlînd hǎ h dlibṛtli msléd parḷmnt abt ɖ scel n nećr v roñduwñ in Dǎnñ Strīt jrñ ɖ pandemic. H me nǎ b gn fṛm poḷtics, bt ɖ sirịs qsćnz fr ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti – hǎ on rʈ so mni v its MPz wr wilñ t pṛpel him t n ssten him in Numbr 10 jrñ ɖ wrst naśnl crîsis in decedz – rmen haññ ovr Riśi Sūnac’s premịrśp.
Az ɖ priṿlijzcmiti ǎtlînz in its rport, fr a ministr t dlibṛtli dsiv ɖ Comnz z a matr v gret naśnl importns. It unḍmainz ɖ vri fuñṣ́nñ v parḷmntri dmocṛsi, ẃr-bî ɖ ilectd lejsḷćr z rsponsbl fr scrūṭnîzñ ɖ wrc v guvnmnt.
F MPz canot trust ministrz t tel ɖ truʈ, parḷmnt canot flfil its job in holdñ ɖ xektiv t acǎnt. N it z most sirịs v ol ẃn it z ɖ prîm̦inistr – ɖ most sīńr prsn in guvnmnt – sīcñ t obskr ɖ truʈ fṛm ɖoz t hūm h z acǎntbl.
Ɖ priṿlijzcmiti hz dilijntli drwn tgɖr ɖ evidns ɖt Jonsn nwñli msléd parḷmnt abt pandemic rūlbrecñ in Nu 10. H clemd Covid rūlz n gîdns wr foloud at ol tîmz in Dǎnñ Strīt, ẃn h clirli ń ɖs nt t b ɖ ces. H feld t dscloz hiz ǒn d’rect nolij v ẃn rūlz n gîdns hd bn brocn. H wz “dlibṛtli disinjenẏs” in trayñ t clem hiz stetmnts t ɖ Comnz mnt smʈñ uɖr ɖn ɖer plen mīnñ, n traid t “rīrait ɖ mīnñ v ɖ rūlz n gîdns t fit hiz ǒn evidns”. Ɖ cmiti cncludd ɖt in dwñ so h cmitd a sirịs cntmt v ɖ Comnz, ɖt f h hd nt rzînd hiz sīt jst ovr a wīc ago ɖe wd hv rec̣mndd a sgnificnt sspnśn v 90 dez t MPz, n ɖt az an x-MP h śd b dnaid ɖ priṿlij v a parḷmntri pas.
Az bad az ɖ roñduwñ, z ɖ we Jonsn sòt t unḍmain ɖ wrc v ɖs cmiti ɖt wz mandetd t invstget him bî ɖ Hǎs v Comnz. Dspt pṛfesñ t depṛcet clemz ɖt ɖ cmiti wz a “canġrucort” or cariyñ ǎt a “wićhunt” in hiz oṛl evidns, ɖs z lanḡj h libṛli dploid wns a draftvrśn v ɖ cmiti’z rport wz śerd wɖ him in confidns. H līct its contents bfr pubḷceśn n impynd ɖ cmiti, ɖ integṛti v its membrz n ɖ imparśiaḷti v its stāf wɖt eni evidns n akzd ɖ cmiti v “forsñ him ǎt… anti-deṃcraticli” dspt ɖ deṃcratic mandet ɖ cmiti hd t cari ǎt its wrc n mc rec̣mndeśnz t ɖ Comnz.
Lîc formr prezidnt Doṇld Trump, ɖs z Jonsn sīcñ t unḍmain public confidns in ɖ insttyśnz n pṛsijrz v dmocṛsi fr hiz ǒn endz. It z ɖ denjṛs marc v a popylist.
Bt it z intîrli in lîn wɖ ẃt hz bn hiz aproć t public ofis n t guṿnñ. H hz form ẃn it cmz t mslidñ nt jst MPz bt ɖ public: h wz wn v ɖ arc̣tecs v ɖ campen fr Brexit ɖt md ɖ ces fr līvñ ɖ YY on ɖ bac v a pac v lîz; ɖt līvñ ɖ YY wd fri p vast sumz fr ɖ NHS, n ɖt steyñ in ɖ YY wd līd t iminnt bordrz wɖ Siria n Irac. H hz no rspct fr ofiśl rūlz dzînd t enśur proḅti; ɖ fact ɖt it last wīc imrjd ɖt h dd nt sīc advîs fṛm ɖ advîzri cmiti on biznis’pôntmnts bfr tecñ a lūdcṛsli hî-peid rǒl az a coḷmnist at ɖ Dêli Meil z onli ɖ lêtist in a strñ v roñ-dwñz in rleśn t hiz fînanśl inṭrests. H ʈncs nʈñ v daṃjñ ɖ insttyśnz v dmocṛsi in hiz ǒn p’liticl inṭrests, sć az unlwḟli śutñ dǎn parḷmnt in ordr t fors ʈru hiz prifŕd vrśn v Brexit ẃn h cd nt gt a sfiśnt numbr v MPz t bac hiz planz.
Bt hiz dparćr fṛm poḷtics dz nt clos ɖs śemfl ćaptr fr ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti. Its MPz induljd him, bact him t b līdr n prîm̦inistr, n cept him in Nu 10 loñ aftr it bcem petntli clir h wz ɖ roñ prsn t guvn in a naśnl imrjnsi. Sūnac wilñli srvd him az hiz ćanslr. N so, az mć az h mt trî t distns himslf fṛm Jonsn in ɖ wec v ɖ cmiti’z rport, h z cmplisit in ɖ formr prîm̦inistr’z lîz n hiz atacs on dmocṛsi. Sūnac’s naṛtiv on mîgreśn – ẃr “ilīgl” imigṛnts r md intu scepgǒts fr a hǎzñcrîsis decedz in ɖ mcñ, fr a lac v scūlplesz n record hospitl wêtñlists ɖt r ɖ rzult v yirz v unḍfundñ bî Cnsrṿtiv ćanslrz – z ɖ s’xesr v ɖ popylist tactics v Jonsn’z līvcampen.
Jonsn me hv dspaćt himslf fṛm ɖ Comnz, bt hiz dsonṛbl leġsi svîvz on ɖ Cnsrṿtiv bnćz. Onli a jenṛl ilex́n – n a Lebr guvnmnt – wl alǎ ɖ cuntri t muv on fṛm hiz toxic brand v poḷtics.
