Tori MPz lobi Nu 10 t let royl faṃli yz sizd Ruśn sūṗyot
(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on Friday 1 April 2022)
MoD ofiślz xplorñ līgl ćaḷnjz, bt Boris Jonsn ‘fl stīm ahd’ wɖ pṛpozl
Mari Taim, Frîde 1 Epril 2022, wn minit past midnît
A grūp v Tori MPz z lobiyñ Dǎnñ Strīt t cnsidr comndirñ wn v ɖ sūṗyots sizd az part v ɖ sañśnzreźīm fr ys bî ɖ royl faṃli.
Ɖ îdīa hz wún fevr wɖ sm sīńr figrz in Nu 10, ẃć wz wîdli criṭsîzd last yir aftr it cmiśnd a “naśnl flagśip” fr stetvizits bî ɖ Qīn, rportidli costñ £200m.
Alawñ ɖ roylz t yz a yot wd b sìn az a śort-trm, cost-sevñ opśn.
Ofiślz at ɖ Miṇstri v Dfns hv startd t scop ǎt ɖ līgl n practicl ćaḷnjz fr ɖ prîm̦inistr, hu z sd t b “fl stīm ahd” wɖ ɖ pṛpozl.
“Ɖz yots r stet v ɖ art,” sd royl bîogṛfr, Lila Prūf. “Bt ɖe wr bilt az flotñ plêpaḷsz fr oḷgarcs. Ɖ Qīn hz no obvịs nīd fr hoțubz n jetsciz.”
Untl 1997, ɖ Royl Yot Britańa sêld ɖ Qīn n uɖr membrz v ɖ faṃli acrs ɖ wrld.
Bt sins it wz dīc̣miśnd, ɖ Winzrz hv hd t rlî on cmrśl śips – līdñ t wn imbaṛsñ insidnt ẃn ɖ royl liṃzīn stōld on ɖ ramp v a drîv-on, drîv-of feri at Boulogne.
Rlịr ɖs wīc a £38m 200ft sūṗyot wz sizd at Cnẹri Ẃorf, aftr ɖ Naśnl Crîm Ejnsi rezd dǎts abt hu ǒnd it n hǎ it hd bn peid fr.
Bostñ a freś-wōtr swimñpūl n wînsélr, it cd nǎ spend munʈs or yirz biyñ impǎndd.
Ɖ ces promtd ɖ Cnsrṿtiv MP n formr sbmarinr Śiv R M’Timbrz t sjst ɖs wz xacli ɖ sort v sūṗyot ɖt cd b yzd bî Bucñm Palis.
“W mt az wel pt ɖz bots t sm gd ys,” h sd. “Aftr ol, ɖ roylz hv a rić hisṭri v tecñ ʈñz ɖt d’nt b’loñ t ɖm, n nvr gvñ ɖm bac! Bt d’nt qot m on ɖt.”
