Ɖ Obzrvr vy on Liz Trus n ɖ sacñ v Qāzi Qarteñ
(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 16 October 2022)
Ǎr nǎ titylr prîm̦inistr hz run ǎt v opśnz, bt at līst ɖ rît hz fîṇli lūsnd its grip on ɖ icoṇmi
Súnde 16 Octobr 2022
An ira hz clozd az sumṛli az it bgan. Ćanslr Qāzi Qarteñ in hiz Sptmbr mini-bujit portnṭsli anǎnst a ny ira v groʈ, groʈ, groʈ drivn bî unfundd taxcuts on a stypnds scel. In wn v ɖ most astoṇśñ turn’rndz in Britiś ic̣nomic n p’liticl hisṭri, it n h svîvd jst ʈri wīcs. Nǎ it z an opn qsćn ẃɖr ɖ prîm̦inistr n guvnmnt cn svîv n īvn ɖ Tori parti in its cuṛnt gîz. Nvr hz fełr bn so slf-inflictd, so abṣlut n so rićli dzrvd. Neṃsis hz foloud hybris, bt in so dwñ, tstñ ɖ insttyśnz v guvnmnt t ɖer limit n ɖ lîvz v evrwn.
It wz a ʈri-wīc spazm ɖt z ɖ culṃneśn v a secnd, mor loñ-standñ, ira, wn ɖt bgan in 1976 ẃn ɖ ɖen ćanslr, Denis Hīli, flù rli t an IMF confṛns t ngośiet a jaynt loun t pṛtct strlñ at ɖ prîs v swinjñ public-spendñ cuts. Ɖ postwar cnsnss ovr ic̣nomic manijmnt daid t b rplest bî fri-marcit Ʈać̣rizm. Bî a nīt siṃtri v fet, Qarteñ flù hom rli fṛm an IMF mītñ 46 yirz lêtr t b sact n si ɖ guts torn fṛm hiz mini-bujit. Ɖ ira v libterịn fri-marcit īc̣nomics ɖt hz hd sć a grip on ɖ Tori parti, n wîdr ic̣nomic n p’liticl dbet, hz daid in similrli dṛmatic faśn t ɖ we it wz lōnćt.
Fr no Cnsrṿtiv ćanslr wl evr trî t rpit ẃt Qarteñ dd. Ɖ c’lectiv oʈrz – ɖ gagl v rîtwñ Brexitr Tori poḷtiśnz sntrd on ɖ Yṛpiyn Rsrćgrūp, ɖ rîtwñ ʈnctancs, noṭbli ɖ Insttyt fr Ic̣nomic Aferz n ɖ Adm Smiʈ Insttyt, n ɖ rîtwñ mīdịćirlīdrz – hv bn faund ǎt n hymilietd. Ɖe prīćt inṭlecćl n p’liticl snec ôl. Ɖr wz no evidns t s’port ɖ “tricl-dǎn” ʈīsis ɖt ɖ public fînansz śd b orġnîzd t d’rect larjes t ɖ rićist, irispctiv v ɖ impact on ɖ purist n ɖ rzultñ volym v public dét, hu wd in rspons drîv ic̣nomic groʈ fṛm ẃć evrwn wd beṇfit. It wz ic̣nomic nonsns, ignorñ ɖ truɖz v ẃt riyli lîz bhnd ic̣nomic groʈ, nglectñ ɖ redinis v ɖ capitl marcits t bai Britiś guvnmnt dét on sć scel n torćñ eni cnspśn v fernis.
Ɖ riax́n wz ol tù pridictbl. Ɖ marcits hv dṛmaticli rezd ɖ cost v YC guvnmntbondz wɖ sirịs consiqnsz fr ɖ inṭrestret on ol dét, includñ morġjz. T rstor its fînanśl creḍbiḷti ɖ guvnmnt wz forst intu cnsiḍrñ lōnćñ a pirịd v fiscl osteṛti mor intns ɖn ɖt impozd bî Jorj Ozbōrn. Mnẃl, ɖ ilectṛt, contmpletñ śarpli hayr morgijcosts, gretli rdyst public srṿsz n frɖr priveśn fr ɖ pur, hz sd no t it ol, oḟrñ Lebr pouļīdz v 30% or mor.
Ɖ scel v ɖ rtrit z signld bî ɖ nyli apôntd ćanslr, Jeṛmi Hunt. In rli inṭvyz, clirli emd at ɖ marcits az mć az ɖ public, wɖ sm oṇsti h hz sd ɖt h starts wɖ a clīn slet, ɖt taxz me hv t g p rɖr ɖn dǎn, ɖt penfl public-spendñ cuts me lî ahd n nʈñ ćeriśt z nesseṛli sef – ẃɖr dfnșpendñ or ɖ fl indxeśn v welférbeṇfits. It z a rpydieśn v ɖ taxcutñ sntrpìs v Qarteñ poḷsiz, itslf nʈñ mor ɖn ɖ pṛspcṭs on ẃć Liz Trus wún ɖ Tori līdrśp wɖ ɖ s’port v partimembrz.
Hr śoc at ɖs rvrsl wz evidnt in hr djctd dmīnr at ɖ nîn-minit presconfṛns ś gev on Frîde afṭnun – so uncnvinsñ ɖt ɖ marcits fél agn. Ś z a prîm̦inistr wɖ no wrcbl p’liticl f’loṣfi, no poḷsiprogram, no prṗs, no bes in hr parti n no ilectṛl mandet. Hr tîtl az frst lord v ɖ Treẓ́ri z titylr: ɖ cntrol n d’rex́n v ic̣nomic poḷsi hz bn sìdd cmplitli t Hunt, hu in ifct nǎ runz ɖ guvnmnt. A numbr v Cnsrṿtiv MPz wuri ɖt eni public utṛns fṛm hr wl mc matrz wrs, ɖt īvn alawñ hr t tec anɖr prîm̦inistr’z qsćnz z t tmt p’liticl fet.
Bt t rples a secnd prîm̦inistr wɖ a ʈrd in wn parḷmntri trm wɖt a freś jenṛl ilex́n rezz funḍmntl deṃcratic prínsiplz. Brexit hz nt onli uptrnd ɖ Britiś icoṇmi, forsñ ɖ stagneśn fṛm ẃć Trus wontd t iscep, it hz so disorịntd ɖ Tori parti ɖt it trīts ɖ stet n ǎr public insttyśnz az an ajuñt t its intrnl poḷtics – ẃɖr its attyd twdz ɖ sivl srvis, ɖ s’prīm cort, public eʈics or ɖ BBC. Ɖ sem mst nt hapn t ǎr dmocṛsi. It mst b unḍstd ɖt eni s’xesr t Trus cn onli b a certecr bfr oḟrñ a jenṛl ilex́n.
Ɖ silvr lînñ in an uɖ̇wz grim lanscep z ɖt ɖ dzastṛs rîtwñ grip on public poḷsi hz bn śatrd. Trus wz rît on wn ʈñ: it z an impeṛtiv ɖ cuntri brecs ǎt v ic̣nomic stagneśn. Ɖ oltrṇtiv t tricl-dǎn īc̣nomics z t rêz public n prîṿt invstmnt alñ wɖ rîzñ xports, ɖ yṇvrsl drîvrz v ic̣nomic groʈ. Britn nīdz a stepćenj upwdz in public invstmnt n it nīdz t rīcast its fînanśl n ǒnrśp sistm t fostr ɖ gret cumṗniz ɖt iṇvet n invst. It nīdz t būst its tred wɖ ɖ YY bî fŭli alînñ wɖ ɖ sngl marcit n custmz yńn. Dvrjns wɖ YY rūlz mst b of ɖ ajnda. T rêz reṿny, ɖ Britiś taxsistm, ispeṣ́li ɖ taxeśn v reẓdnśl n cmrśl proṗti, nīdz t b hol̦i rīcast. W canot cntiny wɖ ɖ caunsltax best on 1991 proṗtivalyeśnz. Opśnz ɖt ɖ îdịlojicl rît vītoud r nǎ, at last, fīẓbl n on ɖ tebl. Ɖ cuntri yrnz fr stbiḷti, gd guvnns n s’luśnz. It z clir it wl fōl t ɖ Lebr parti t pṛvîd ɖm – probbli snr ɖn lêtr. It hd betr b redi.
