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Fṛm Đ Obzrvr: The price of failure: a moat for Johnson, jobs for Osborne and globetrotting for Truss

Liz Truss holds a press conference during her visit to Taipei this month. Photograph: Wiktor Dąbkowski/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock
Liz Trus holdz a pres confṛns jrñ hr vizit t Taipei ɖs munʈ. Foṭgraf: Wiktor Dąbkowski/ZUMA Preswîr/Śuṭstoc

Ɖ prîs v fełr: a mot fr Jonsn, jobz fr Ozbōrn n globtrotñ fr Trus

(Transcription of an Observer article of 21 May 2023)

Ɖs unfgiṿbl trio cost Britn biłnz bt ɖ’v muvd on n w’r xpctd t fget

Catherine Bennett

Caʈrin Benit, Súnde 21 Me 2023

Nt t dnî ɖ apil v bcs n podcasts in ẃć s’xesfl ppl tōc insṗreśṇli abt fełr, bt a ny, qt difṛnt scūl v aṇcdotl evidns pṛpozz an oltrṇtiv aproć. Ẃt f ɖ most ifctiv we t dīl wɖ fełr z t dnî it evr hapnd? Or – s’pozñ smʈñ ǎtẉdli caṭstrofic z psivd defiṇtli t hv ocŕd – t xplen hǎ ɖs naṛtiv mirli cnfrmz ɖ harś ćaḷnjz cnfruntñ ɖ tarġtd îdiylist/sevyr/iṇsnt wrchors?

“Ẃn ɖ hrd muvz, it muvz.” (Boris Jonsn)

“Last ōtm I hd a mejr setbac.” (Liz Trus)

“I hd a riyli goldn tîm prsṇli.” (Jorj Ozbōrn)

F spectaklrli feld Cnsrṿtiv poḷtiśnz c’nt tec ol ɖ credit fr ɖs slf-suɖñ aproć t rcordd dzastr – Jeṛmi Corbin n uɖrz srv un’poḷjetic̣li elsẃr – ɖe ofr mastrclasz in fełrmanijmnt unlîcli t b s’pást untl anɖr partifeṿrit ćaḷnjz ɖ cnvnśn ɖt a leġsi v naśnl pen z incmpatbl wɖ c’rir’dvansmnt.

Trus biyñ ɖ Iliẓbʈ De v ɖs reṿluśn in fełr manijmnt. Jôn s t nt dscus ẃt ś dd’nt lrn fṛm a fełr ɖt nvr hapnd. Hr progres wɖ slf-vindceśn – az last wīc in Tîwan – mt lc pōltri bsd Ozbōrn’z mjestic x’sîz in rnywl, or Jonsn’z traṿlñ src̣s, bt ɖ formr hz tîm on hiz sîd, ɖ latr hiz fix́nz, śǒmnśp n b’wićt sponsrz.

Cnsiḍrñ hǎ mni hǎsholdz r lîcli t hv sufrd mor fînanśl pen fṛm Trus ɖn ɖe wd fṛm a mobîlfon robr – n hǎ sm me īvn rcōl ɖ misñ Ćīvnñ baʈrǒbz v ystrmunʈ – Trus’z rtrn fṛm ɖ wilḍnis, bfr ś’d īvn bn rportd misñ, wd sīm insenli msjujd f it wr’nt mor reṃnisnt v a trîumfnt Rić̣d III. Ɖt bit ẃr h sdysz ɖ wido v a man h rīsntli mrdrd. Ovr anɖr bodi. “Wz evr wmn in ɖs hymr wùd? Wz evr wmn in ɖs hymr wún?” Ɖt’s hǎ mad – or impresiv – it z t si nyz orġnîześnz ɖt lêtli ćartd ɖ £30bn cost v Trus’z idịsi nǎ rcordñ hr pṛnǎnsmnts wɖ a p’lît inṭrest olmst indistnḡśbl fṛm cmpliṣti.

Boris Johnson’s new home in Oxfordshire has a moat. Photograph: Geoffrey Swaine/Shutterstock
Boris Jonsn’z ny hom in Oxfdśr hz a mot. Foṭgraf: Jefri Swên/Śuṭstoc

Acć̣li it’s madr: Śecspir’z Rić̣d III pritndz t b penitnt. Last wīc Trus simpli stumbld ʈru inuf pṛnǎnsmnts on Ćîna t pswed ɖ guḷbl t promlget ɖ slfiz ś hz olwz cnsidrd, hr bîogṛfrz cnfrmd, criticl t hr inṭrests.“

Trus rjz Sūnac t clas Ćîna az a ‘ʈret’ t YC s’kṛti”, wz ɖ BBC’z dytifl tec, az f ɖs wz (a) nyz ǎtsd hr hed, n (b) riyli ɖ pônt v ɖ Taiwan-ʈīmd step in Trus’z rīhbiḷteśn. Sins ɖ rport sòt baḷns fṛm hr particritics, bt nt fṛm sviłn victimz v ɖ “mōrón riscprīmịm”, a popylr trm ś inspîrd az loñ ago az last Octobr, ɖs advnćr cd hardli hv gn betr fr wn v ɖ most ćarmlis vandlz in rīsnt p’liticl hisṭri. Ɖo ś z obvịsli forćṇt in ɖt rspct t beṇfit fṛm ɖ pạniyrñ xampl v Ozbōrn.
It’s ʈancs t Ozbōrn, pastmastr v fełrberịl, ɖt w nǒ ɖt public loɖñ n pṛfeśnl sspiśn cn diṣpet t cmplitli sef levlz in az litl az nîn yirz. Ɖt wz ɖ gap btwn Ozbōrn biyñ bùd at ɖ Lundn Paṛlimpics ẃn ppl stl rzntd hiz asōlt on public-srṿsz spendñ (includñ on ḿziymz), n hiz biyñ md ćermn v ɖ Britiś Ḿziym.

Hiz record az ćanslr, cndemd bʈ bfr n aftr ɖ c’rirćenj ɖt foloud hiz n Devid Camṛn’z risc-tecñ on Brexit, hd nt, v cors, cm btwn him n a s’xeśn v uɖr unlîcli bt fōlt-irezñ jobz, includñ eḍtñ Łifğeńi Leḅjef’s Īvnñ Standd.

China’s state press praised George Osborne for setting aside human rights objections, which already included the persecution of the Uyghurs. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters
Ćîna’z stetpres prezd Jorj Ozbōrn fr setñ asd hymn-rîts objx́nz, ẃć olrdi includd ɖ prṣkśn v ɖ Wīgrz. Foṭgraf: Hana Mcî/Rôtrz

Tde, brniśt bî hiz Britiś Ḿziym cnx́n, freś pṛmośn fr ɖ crietr v ɖ bedrūm tax wl b rportd (h’z t orṇmnt ɖ Lingotto invstmntcumṗni), wɖt enwn ascñ ẃ y’d hîr smwn hu, az wel az wontñ T’rīza Me ćopt p “in mî frizr”, wz fr so loñ asośietd wɖ biyñ amezñli roñ. Nt onli on osteṛti, olɖo ɖt wd b inuf, bt on HS2, on ɖ gardnbrij n most memṛbli, f rmemḅrñ z yr ʈñ, on Ćîna. H léd a fōnñ deḷgeśn ɖr in 2015: “Let’s criet a goldn deced fr ɖ YC-Ćîna rleśnśp”. F h’d got hiz we, ɖ luv’fer wd stl hv tū yirz t run.

In rtrn, Ćîna’z stetpres prezd Ozbōrn fr setñ asd hymn-rîts objx́nz, ẃć olrdi includd ɖ prṣkśn v ɖ Wīgrz. “Cīpñ a modist manr z ɖ c’rect attyd fr a foṛn ministr viẓtñ Ćîna t sīc biznis oṗtyṇtiz.”
Last wīc Aḷster Cambl, aftr invîtñ ɖ modist stetsmn on t hiz podcast Ɖ Rest Z Poḷtics, sd Ozbōrn hd “sm gd advîs fr Lebr”. Hopḟli smwn in Lebr rcōlz ɖt in 2019 Ozbōrn, bacñ Jonsn, tld Standd rīdrz hiz canddet cd “pt hiz parti n cuntri bac on trac”.
Wɖ hiz rīsnt Elginwośñ hlpñ cmplit ɖ rmuvl v ẃt wns apird unśiftbl repyteśnl stenz, Ozbōrn’z riinvnśn, īzd bî onli ɖ mîldist xpreśnz v rgret, z a ri’śurñ tmplet fr eni poḷtiśn wɖ ziro dnaybiḷti fr ɖer part in ɖ YC’z post-2010 dclîn. Ẃt mt nt b fgivn bî ɖ public wl b sn fgotn, or, wɖ inuf bṛvādo n ny job tîtlz, ovŗitn.
Lîcwz, ẃtvr bcmz v Jonsn, ɖ rbycs ɖt trigrd hiz xit olrdi rīd lîc historic dokmnts, bérli rletd t ɖ prospṛs figr hu, hvñ dīreld bʈ hiz parti n cuntri, hz jst aqîrd ɖ ultiṃt stamp v Tori rspctbiḷti, a motd mánr. Phps Cári hz yt t rīd Aḷn Clarc’s dayriz.
Ẃɖr ɖ Tori we wɖ fełr wl beṇfit fełrz ǎtsd ɖ parti probbli dpndz on ɖ alījnsz v ɖ feld. A mōrón riscprīmịm ɖt ɖ Meil or Teḷgraf fgev fṛm Trus, ɖe wd nt fṛm Cir Starmr. Bt ɖ wilñnis v mor ńtṛl nyzsorsz t qot ɖ unripntnt Trus wɖ litl or no aluźn t hr dredfl prīvịs, hints ɖt ẃr śem hz olrdi gn, fełr cd stl folo.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

Frank Poems: IF

"Girl Tending Geese," Benjamin Haughton, 1865-1924, Portsmouth Museums

If I had faith
That a poem of mine
At the right time
And in the right place
Could spread love and peace
Make foie gras history for geese
Take from the rich and give to the poor
Fix a broken back door
Make civilisation more civil
Stop talkers talking drivel
Resurrect the dead
Mend the garden shed
Save the whales
Get me a cottage in the Yorkshire Dales
Spread faith in hope and charity
Give transparency more clarity
Distinguish right from wrong
Liberate Hong Kong
Conjure something out of nothing
Help huffins and puffins
Enable one to keep one’s head
Multiply a loaf of bread
Empower the people
Stiffen the feeble
Vax the virus
Instantly inspire us
Reinforce the Celtic fringe
Celebrate those little things
Untwist me and unbitter
Unlout louts who drop their litter
Topple tyrants
Follow science
Rock that rhythm
Globalise goodism
Make thunder and lightning
A little less frightening
Take away the hurt
Justify a dessert
Put an end to greed
Make Warbreck Reserves win the football league
Reflower and reforest
Boot out Boris
Help the Martians get by on Mars
Florianopolise that empty vase
Make people weary
Of conspiracy theory
See orf aristocracy
Democratise democracy
Stop me going on a rant
Add a stress to eli fant
Earn some money
Make fundamentalists funny
Answer your prayers
Nix nightmares
Crack the climate crisis
Eliminate Isis
Heal the sick and make pain cease
Give cabbages increase
Exit Brexit
Take the biscuit
Spice up vegan saveloy
Make a man of you, my boy
Summon the sublime
Make the buses run on time
Stop the war
Work out what on earth life’s for
Bewitch and beguile
Or at least make you smile,
I might write more.

"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s Cop27 trip: placing the planet on a road to hell

‘The prime minister’s track record reveals a politician who governs in the Tories’ narrow political interest rather than the national one.’ Photograph: Getty
‘Ɖ prîm̦inistr’z tracrecord rvilz a poḷtiśn hu guvnz in ɖ Tōriz’ naro p’liticl inṭrest rɖr ɖn ɖ naśnl wn.’ Foṭgraf: Geti

Ɖ Gardịn vy on Riśi Sūnac’s Cop27 trip: plesñ ɖ planit on a rod t hel

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 7 Nov. 2022)

Britn hd sd its em wz t ‘cīp 1.5S alîv’. Ɖ prîm̦inistr sīmz t wont it ded

Munde 7 Nvmbr 2022

Riśi Sūnac z nt inṭrestd in ɖ clîṃt imrjnsi – n evrwn nz it. Forst t mc a flayñ vizit t Cop27, Mr Sūnac’s intranzijns md him an ǎtcast at ɖ YN sumit in Sharm el-Śeic, Ījipt. H dd sit dǎn wɖ Frans’z Emmanuel Macron, n ɖ Itałn faŗît prîm̦inistr, Giorgia Meloni, t dscus a subjict – “ilīgl mîgreśn” – ɖt Mr Sūnac obvịsli cerz abt. Bt most wrldlīdrz wr nt gwñ t mc tîm fr a prîm̦inistr hu hd bloct Britn’z ny moṇc fṛm atndñ ɖ sumit n onli cem bcz h fird biyñ upstejd bî Boris Jonsn. Ẃn Mr Sūnac dd trn p, it wz wɖ hiz prīdisesr’z plan n slognz. Imbaṛsñli, Mr Jonsn dd tec sntrstej at Cop27 – fṛm ɖ sîdlînz.

Ɖ prîm̦inistr’z tracrecord rvilz a poḷtiśn hu guvnz in ɖ Tōriz’ naro p’liticl inṭrest rɖr ɖn ɖ naśnl wn. Slaśñ fyl n er dytiz az ćanslr jst dez bfr ɖ last Cop sumit – hostd bî ɖ YC – śoud hiz tru culrz. Plejz t crtel onśor wind n solr dveḷpmnt jrñ ɖ Cnsrṿtiv līdrśp campen signld ɖt prsnl ambiśn wz mor importnt ɖn clîṃtgolz. In Cop26, cuntriz sînd p t rdys carbndîoxîd imiśnz t limit globl hītñ t 1.5S abv priindustrịl tmpṛćrz. Britn hd wontd t “cīp 1.5S alîv”. Mr Sūnac sīmz t wont it ded.

In ofis, h hz axeḷretd ɖ dclîn v ɖ grīn ajnda, ijctñ fṛm ɖ cabiṇt ɖ Cop26 prezidnt, Alok Sharma, n ɖ clîṃtministr, Greym Stywt. Cabiṇt cmitiz r ẃr poḷsi arğmnts r ʈraśt ǎt. Undr Mr Jonsn ɖr wr tū cabiṇt cmitiz dedcetd t clîṃt, wn ćerd bî Mr Sharma n wn bî ɖ prîm̦inistr. Bt nǎ “net ziro” hz bn rold intu a cmiti on “dmestic n ic̣nomic aferz”, wɖ a foc̣s on eṇji s’kṛti. Mr Sūnac, sinicli, z yzñ ɖ Ycren wor t se ɖt Britn śd b slf-rlaynt on its ǒn fosilfylz. Bt Britn śd rdys its dpndns on carbn-best eṇji n hlp end ɖ clîṃt imrjnsi.

Mr Jonsn tld hiz Red Sī ōdịns ɖt “nǎ z nt ɖ tîm t g wibli-wobli on net ziro”. Mr Sūnac z wiḅlñ n woḅlñ. Hiz planz t xtract mor ôl n gas fṛm ɖ Norʈ Sī r nt cmpatbl wɖ ɖ YC’z net ziro cmitmnt. Nɖr z bildñ a colmîn in Cumbria. Pŭlñ carbndîoxîd bac ǎt v ɖ atṃsfir cn xpand ɖ spes fr poẓtiv imiśnz, bt ɖ tecnoḷji z far fṛm biyñ rold ǎt.

A globl p’liticl crîsis v ɖ eṇji trnziśn z bruwñ. “Ɖ xtñśn v hymncînd” lūmz, bt Britn z bīncǎntñ. Ẃl Mr Sūnac dclerz ɖt h wl spend ɖ £11bn promist bî Mr Jonsn t hlp purr cuntriz adapt t globl hītñ, h w’nt se h wl cīp t ɖ plan t pe ǎt ɖ caś ovr fîv yirz. F ɖ muni z spred ovr a longr pirịd, it wl mīn cuts in clîṃtfînans. Ɖs wl hrt ɖ purist ppl in ɖ wrld. Mr Sūnac me sel it az mor muni fr Brítnz. Ćaṛti me bgin at hom, bt ẃt hapnz f yr hǎs z on fîr?

Ɖ Britiś guvnmnt z pleyñ a confidnstric ɖt riscs trapñ ɖ wrld in fosilfyl dpndns. Mr Sūnac z peyñ lipsrvis t invîrnmntl iśuz ẃl péḍlñ grīnwoś poḷsiz n ic̣nomic bludletñ. Ɖs cnd v poḷtics pevz, in ɖ wrdz v ɖ YN secṛtrijenṛl, António Guterres, ɖ hîwe t clîṃthel.

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Liz Truss’s victory speech bodes ill for her tenure in office

‘If this is a measure of her political acumen, we must all expect the disgraceful events that have become the norm in our politics to continue unabated.’ Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
‘F ɖs z a meźr v hr p’liticl akymn, w mst ol xpct ɖ dsgresfl ivnts ɖt hv bcm ɖ norm in ǎr poḷtics t cntiny un’beitd.’ Foṭgraf: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Liz Trus’z vicṭrispīć bodz il fr hr teńr in ofis

(Transcription of some letters published in the Guardian on 6 September 2022)

Ɖ ny prîm̦inistr’z prêz fr Boris Jonsn wz ton-def, sz Rúsl Huntr, ẃl Pītr Cev pônts t ɖ emti wrdz v prīvịs Tori līdrz. Plus letrz fṛm Su Hardmn, Jenifr Brêʈwet n Pītr Milr

Letrz, Tyzde 6 Sptmbr 2022

Ẃl liṣnñ t ǎr nyli “ilectd” prîm̦inistr’z mni venglorịs proṃsz in hr vicṭri spīć (5 Sptmbr), I wz struc bî hr utr lac v p’liticl awernis or īvn comn dīsnsi t ʈnc it aproprịt t ʈanc hr prīdisesr. It wz az f h hd greśsli stept dǎn aftr slflis srvis t ɖ neśn rɖr ɖn biyñ rmuvd bî hiz parḷmntri colīgz fr hiz dsoṇsti n cntińl obfsceśn.

F ɖs z a meźr v hr p’liticl akymn, w mst ol xpct ɖ dsgresfl ivnts ɖt hv bcm ɖ norm in ǎr poḷtics t cntiny un’beitd.

Rúsl Huntr
Īstbōrn, Īst Susix

Pundits wl v cors mul ovr Liz Trus’z frst wrdz az prîm̦inistr ǎtsd Dǎnñ Strīt. Bt lest w fget: Boris Jonsn in Jlî 2019 promist t “rstor trust in dmocṛsi”; T’rīza Me in Jlî 2016 wd fît “brnñ injusṭsz”; Devid Camṛn in Me 2010 wd lc aftr “ɖ eldrli, ɖ frel, ɖ purist”; n Marġrit Ʈaćr in Me 1979 wd brñ harṃni “ẃr ɖr z discord”.

Nn v ɖt hapnd. Jonsn’z antics hv indenjrd dmocṛsi. Undr Me, injusṭsz grù frɖr; undr Camṛn, lîvz bcem wrs fr ɖ dis’dvantijd; n Ʈaćr z stl rmembrd fr ɖ dīp discord ś cōzd. Mć els ɖt wz anǎnst dd nt mtirịlîz.

Gvn ɖs tracrecord, it wd b astoṇśñ f Trus’z wrdz trnd ǎt t tel s mć abt ẃt ś wl ivnć̣li aćiv – at līst wɖ rgard t enʈñ ɖt wd b dzîṛbl.

Pītr Cev
Lundn

Wiłm Devis rîtli sz ɖt ɖ impact v Ʈać̣rît dogma in ɖ rli 1980z dstroid hol industrịl rījnz (Trusonomics wl b a reclis x’sîz in slaśñ ɖ stet ẃn ɖr’z nʈñ left t cut, 5 Sptmbr). Bt in lcñ at ɖ c’lectiv, w mst nt fget ɖ impact on indivijlz hu wr on ɖ rsivñ end v Marġrit Ʈaćr’z dogmatic aproć t evrʈñ.

I grù p in ɖ norʈ-wst jrñ ɖ Ʈaćr yirz n wrct in a Yorx́r banc, so sw frst-hand ɖ damij dn. Ś rīct haṿc on industrịl hartḷndz wɖ no ʈōt az t ẃt wd rples ɖoz jobz. Ɖ ifcts v hr il-ʈt-ʈru ax́nz cn b sìn tde, az ɖ YC struglz wɖ hî infleśn n an ovŗlayns on ɖ srvis inḍstri.

Ʈaćr’z îdịlojicl b’lif ɖt ɖ fri marcit wd solv evrʈñ hz left s wɖ an imesietd public sectr. Bt enwn hu livd ʈru ɖoz yirz wl śrli agri ɖt wn v ɖ most abhoṛnt aspects v ɖt pirịd wz ɖt ś md y fīl “les ɖn” f y dd’nt hv muni. Plus ça change, plus c’est le même chose.

Su Hardmn
Wŭdbrij, Suḟc

Hǎ mć longr wl w cntiny t b’liv ɖt w liv in a dmocṛsi wɖ an unilectd upr hǎs n a prîm̦inistr ćozn bî a hanfl v Cnsrṿtiv parti membrz?

Jenifr Brêʈwet
Farñdn, Oxfdśr

So mć fr ɖer fînanśl proḅti, grīn cṛdnślz n comn-sns ẃn Boris Jonsn n Liz Trus flî t Scotḷnd in sepṛt pleinz on ɖ sem de t si ɖ Qīn.

Pītr Milr
Basñbōrn, Cembrijśr

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In Ñspel │ The Observer view on the unforgivable silence of the Tories in the energy crisis

Ɖ Obzrvr vy on ɖ unfgiṿbl sîḷns v ɖ Tōriz in ɖ eṇjicrîsis

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Observer on Sunday 28 August 2022)

Miłnz v ppl rîtli fīl btreid bî ɖ guvnmnt fr nglectñ t d enʈñ abt ɖ lūmñ fînanśl śoc

Súnde, 28 Ōġst 2022

Ɖ  rîzñ cost v eṇji z a naśnl imrjnsi. Last yir, Britiś hǎsholdz c’lectivli spent arnd £30bn on ɖer eṇjibilz. Nxt yir, ɖt bil z xpctd t b in ɖ rījn v £170bn. Ɖoz sumz d nt acǎnt fr ɖ hayr eṇjicosts ɖt wl b fest elsẃr in ɖ icoṇmi, bî bizṇsz, hospitlz n scūlz. It wd b a c’losl ic̣nomic śoc ɖt wd cōz untld ic̣nomic hardśp n homlisnis n ppl dayñ v cndiśnz rletd t biyñ cold.

Last wīc, Ofgem anǎnst ɖ eṇjiprîs cap wd rîz t an aṿrij v £3,549 in fîv wīcs’ tîm. Ɖs z olmst tripl ẃt it wz a yir ago, līvñ ppl fesñ aṿrij eṇjibilz v £500 a munʈ n mor. Xprts hv pridictd ɖs wl frɖr incris t £700 a munʈ in Jańri. Ɖz cndz v sumz wl hrt ɖ līst aflụnt ɖ most: lo-incm faṃliz wɖ yuñ ćildṛn, pnśnrz livñ in poṿti, ppl wɖ dis’biḷtiz. Bt onli a slim mnoṛti v hǎsholdz r mīnñḟli insyletd fṛm a fînanśl śoc v ɖs ordr. It z a crîsis on ɖ scel v ɖ trmôl v 2008, ẃć rqîrd a £137bn up-frunt beilǎt t privnt bancs c’lapsñ n ppl’z sevñz ivaṗretñ, n v ɖ ic̣nomic impact v ɖ pandemic, ẃć rqîrd £70bn v frlo s’port t b peid t 11.7 miłn implôīz.

Yt ɖ onli rspons v ɖ Cnsrṿtiv guvnmnt hz bn sîḷns. Ǎr lem-duc prîm̦inistr, Boris Jonsn, wd nt stand dǎn untl ɖ sumr wz ovr bt hz spent hiz last wīcs in ofis hoḷdeyñ abrōd, ẃl formr prîm̦inistrz n xprts plīdd fr an imrjnsipacij t b swiftli dveḷpt n anǎnst. Greg Handz, ɖ eṇjiministr, wz abrōd on ɖ de ɖt Ofgem, ɖ eṇjireğletr, md its anǎnsmnt. Ɖ guvnmnt ofrd no ministr t tur ɖ brōdcaststydioz t ri’śur ɖ public ɖt ɖ crîsis z in hand. Ɖ parti’s tū canddets t b ɖ nxt prîm̦inistr hv bn mor foc̣st on tẹrñ ćuncs ǎt v ć uɖr in an oṿli loñ n incrisñli bitr contest ɖn on cooṗretñ t dveḷp a plan ɖt wd b impḷmntd bî huevr winz.

It z unfgiṿbl t hv a grūp v Cnsrṿtiv poḷtiśnz in guvnmnt hu cer so litl fr ɖ cuntri n hu hv so litl rspct fr ɖ ppl hu liv in it ɖt ɖe ʈnc it axptbl t nglect ɖer rsponsbiḷtiz in ɖs we. Nɖr Liz Trus nr Riśi Sŭnac hz grapld wɖ ɖ crîsis ɖe wd inherit az prîm̦inistr. Trus hz promist tnz v biłnz v taxcuts ɖt wl d prisîsli nʈñ t hlp ɖ hardist-up cǒp n wl dlivr ɖ most s’port t ɖ wlʈiist hǎsholdz hu r ɖ wnz hu cn gt bî.

Ś hz pripostṛsli sd ś wz nt in fevr v “handǎts”; ɖ iqivḷnt v seyñ ś wd hv bn hapi t let ɖ bancs c’laps in 2008 or fr ppl t hv bcm desttyt az a rzult v biyñ leid of jrñ ɖ locdǎnz v 2020. Ɖt ś z olmst srtnli lîcli t b ɖ nxt prîm̦inistr z a dsgresfl indcetr v ɖ stet v ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti. Sŭnac hz at līst indcetd h wd targit s’port at ɖ līst wel of, bt hz sd nʈñ ɖt śoz h unḍstandz ɖ scel v ẃt z nīdd.

Ɖ sîz v ɖ eṇji prîsrîzz z sć ɖt meźrz tarġtd ʈru ɖ beṇfitsistm cn no longr b sfiśnt, bcz ɖe wd mis tù mni hǎsholdz fr hūm xtra s’port z vîtl. It rqîrz an xtrordnri rspons. Lebr hz pt fwd wn sć pṛpozl: t cap eṇjibilz at ɖer cuṛnt rets, at a cost v arnd £30bn ovr six munʈs or £60bn ovr a yir, partli fundd ʈru an incrist windfōl tax on ôl n gas pṛdysrz.

Ɖr r uɖr wez v dliṿrñ ɖs s’port, sć az brññ in a ny sośl eṇjitarif ɖt cuts bilz fr ol bt ɖ wlʈiist hǎsholdz or at līst taxñ bac sm v ɖ costs v ɖs fṛm ɖ rićist 10% or 20% v hǎsholdz. Bt Cir Starmr hz unḍstd ẃt z nīdd in a we ɖt hiz Cnsrṿtiv cǎnṭparts in guvnmnt hv nt.

Ɖ imīɉt cōz v ɖs crîsis z Vladīmir Pūtin’z campen v terr in Ycren. H z trayñ t hold ɖ wrld hostij bî liṃtñ axes t Ruśn gas. Ɖr z no ćôs bt t c’lectivli pe ɖ prîs. Bt Cnsrṿtiv prîm̦inistrz hv tecn bad dsiźnz ovr ɖ last deced ɖt hv left ɖ YC mor xpozd t ɖs crîsis ɖn it uɖ̇wz mt hv bn. Devid Camṛn scrapt subṣdiz fr solr pǎr, eṇji-ifiśnsi scīmz n onśor wind, mcñ Britn mor rlaynt on fosilfylz. Ɖ guvnmnt hz alaud ɖ YC’z gaștorij fsiḷtiz t clos, so ɖt w nǎ hv cpaṣti t stor jst 2% v ańl dmand.

Evri de ɖt pasz wɖt ministrz stepñ p t anǎns an imrjnsi reskpacij z a de ɖt mor ppl hv t liv sic wɖ wuri, nt nwñ hǎ ɖe wl mc it ʈru ɖ wintr. Bizṇsz ɖt hv bn left damijd bî ɖ pandemic hv no srtnti abt ẃɖr ɖe wl b ebl t svîv ɖ nxt fy munʈs. It z a mońmntl n unconśṇbl fełr bî ɖ guṿnñclas. Sŭnac n Trus canot līv it eni longr bfr anǎnsñ îɖr jônt or sepṛt imrjnsipac̣jz ɖt ɖe wd implimnt śd ɖe fînd ɖmslvz in Dǎnñ Strīt.

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In Ñspel │ The Guardian view on the Gray report: a diagnosis of sick government

‘Mr Johnson is wrong if he thinks people are ready to “move on” from questions about parties.’ Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA
‘Mr Jonsn z roñ f h ʈncs ppl r redi t “muv on” fṛm qsćnz abt partiz.’ Foṭgraf: Andi Ren/YPE

Ɖ Gardịn vy on ɖ Gre rport: a dạgnosis v sic guvnmnt

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on Wednesday 25 May 2022)

Boris Jonsn’z clemz t b tecñ rsponsbiḷti r mīnñlis ẃn h canot śo snsir cntriśn or emṗʈi

Wnzde, 25 Me 2022

V  ɖ mni ʈñz Boris Jonsn hz tld ɖ Hǎs v Comnz, phps ɖ līst creḍbl v ol z Wnzde’z clem t b “humbld” bî Su Gre’z rport intu Dǎnñ Strīt partiz jrñ ɖ pandemic.

Ɖr wz no hymiḷti in ɖ subsiqnt dbet or presconfṛns on ɖ topic. Mr Jonsn, a practist layr, canot īvn fec cntriśn. Ɖ Gre rport dscrîbz sstemic brīćz v Covid reğleśnz in Dǎnñ Strīt, cmitd nwñli n wɖ cntmt fr ɖ îdīa v pṛfeśnl guvnmnt.

Ɖr wz xesiv drincñ, bginñ rli in ɖ de n endñ lêt at nît. Ɖr wz voṃtñ n fîtñ. Stāf wr wornd t bwer v camraz, t līv bî bacdorz, fr fir v ɖer bhevyr biyñ rvild. A sīńr ofiśl spouc v “gtñ awe wɖ” wn ivnt. Clīnñ n s’kṛti stāf wr trītd wɖ disrispct. Ɖ carioci mśīn wz s’plaid bî ɖ prîm̦inistr’z advîzr on eʈics.

Ol v it wd b un’xptbl in eni sirịs wrcples. In ɖ sīt v guvnmnt, it z an afrunt t dmocṛsi. Bt ɖt z nt ɖ limit v ɖ ofns. Ɖ rūlz biyñ flǎtd wr dvîzd t sev lîvz in a naśnl imrjnsi. Ɖer obzrvns bî ɖ jenṛl public cept b’rivd faṃliz fṛm gaɖ̇rñ at fynṛlz n privntd reḷtivz viẓtñ ɖ bedsîdz v dayñ luvd wnz. It z hard t cnsiv v a mor igrījs insult t ɖoz hu sufrd ʈru ɖ pandemic ɖn ɖ dscuṿri ɖt ɖer sacṛfîs wz biyñ moct in ɖ prîm̦inistr’z ofiśl rezidns. Onli hiz in’biḷti t śo jenyin rmors maćz it fr cruwlti.

On Wnzde, Mr Jonsn tld MPz h tc rsponsbiḷti, bt feld t xplen hǎ. Ɖ asrśn wz no mor cnvinsñ ɖn hiz afcteśn v hymiḷti. Most v hiz Comnz pformns wz tecn p wɖ boġs xksz, caṿlñ, dflex́n n dsmḅlñ. H cd nt cnsil ɖ slf-piti, cnsiḍrñ himslf t b a victim v xesiv, prurịnt inteṛgeśn. H lct mor bord ɖn sori.

Īvn ẃn ɖ objict v ɖ x’sîz wz t adres public angr, ɖ prîm̦inistr cd nt cnsil hiz impeśns at biyñ md t ansr fr enʈñ t enwn. Ɖt comḅneśn v aṛgns n intîtlmnt z ɖ oṛjin v ɖ hol scandl. Mr Jonsn’z dfns rlîz on ɖ asrśn ɖt h wz un’wer v rūlbrecñ, ẃć z improbbl gvn hiz proxiṃti t ivnts, n absrd gvn ɖt hiz indiṣplind n diṣlut caṛctr gev hiz stāf ɖ pmiśn t d az ɖe plizd.

Mr Jonsn z roñ f h ʈncs ppl r redi t “muv on” fṛm qsćnz abt partiz. H canot grasp ɖ graṿti v hiz ofns, bcz dwñ so rqîrz emṗʈi wɖ ɖoz hu fīl ɖer hard wrc n prsnl sacṛfîsz jrñ ɖ pandemic hv bn b’litld.

Ɖr z a lîn v trnzmiśn fṛm ɖ līdr’z narssistic indifṛns t ɖ inṭrests v enwn bt himslf t ɖ patn v ceotic guvnmnt, unīql t ɖ sirịs ćaḷnjz it fesz.

Cnsrṿtiv MPz hu cntiny t s’port ɖer līdr, s’pozñ ɖt ɖ preznt trbyḷns z a sqōl ɖt cn b naṿgetd t rīć a mor compitnt fêz v guvnmnt, r dluźnl. Ɖe r olso dgredñ ɖmslvz n ɖer parti ʈru cmpliṣti wɖ a prîm̦inistr huz toxic unfitnis fr ofis z a c’rosiv substns, ītñ awe at ɖ fǎndeśnz v Britiś dmocṛsi.

Ɖ Gre rport canot brñ an end t ɖ matr bcz it dscrîbz simtmz v an ongwñ sindrom – a moṛl dbiḷteśn in poḷtics ɖt spredz ǎtwdz fṛm ɖ prîm̦inistr. Tori MPz hv it in ɖer pǎr t stop ɖ cntejn bî rmuvñ ɖer līdr, bt ɖe d nt. It z a fełr v curij n conśns fr ẃć ɖe mst wn de pe a hevi ilectṛl prîs.

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Australia has shown how quickly the right can crumble. Boris Johnson, be warned

‘What makes this election feel closer to home is that the Australian right’s thinking remains core to Boris Johnson’s project.’ Johnson (right) with then Australian prime minister Scott Morrison at 10 Downing Street, London, in December 2021. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA
‘Ẃt mcs ɖs ilex́n fīl closr t hom z ɖt ɖ Ostrełn rît’s ʈncñ rmenz cor t Boris Jonsn’z project.’ Jonsn (rît) wɖ ɖen Ostrełn prîm̦inistr Scot Morisn at 10 Dǎnñ Strīt, Lundn, in Dsmbr 2021. Foṭgraf: Doṃnic Lipinsci/PA

Ostreła hz śoun hǎ qcli ɖ rît cn crumbl. Boris Jonsn, b wornd

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on Monday 23 May 2022)

Ɖ ǎstñ v śemlis culćrworịr Scot Morisn, n hiz dfit in wlʈi hartlandz, śd snd a śivr dǎn Tori spînz

Gaby Hinsliff

Gabi Hinslif, Munde 23 Me 2022

Popylists cn b bìtn. Ɖr wz a tîm nt loñ ago ẃn fy cd tîp ɖt sntns wɖ confidns, so ɖ ǎtcm v Ostreła’z rīsnt ilex́nz wl līv mni pṛgresivz baṭlñ wɖ ɖ stl unfmiłr snseśn v vicṭri.

Scot Morisn, ɖ nǎ ǎstd rîtwñ prîm̦inistr dubd Ostreła’z frst “post-truʈ” līdr, wz nvr qt a Trumpịn. Bt h wz a śemlis culćrworịr prizîdñ ovr a bungld Covid rspons n insywñ rseśn, plus a clumzi rspons t hî-profîl sx́l msconduct aḷgeśnz agnst parḷmntri colīgz. H dragd hiz fīt on ɖ clîṃtcrîsis īvn az apoc̣liptic fludz, fîrz n drǎts wr cnvinsñ Ostrełnz ɖt smʈñ hd t ćenj, n hoḷdeid in Hwîi az wîldfîrz rejd at hom. Hiz oponnt, Lebr’z Ánṭni Alḅnīzi, wz nt xacli oṿbrdnd wɖ c’rizma n ɖ pṛgresiv vot ivnć̣li split btwn Lebr, ɖ Grīnz n ɖ so-cōld tīl indipndnts, an xasṗretd armi v mnli fīmel canddets plejñ t clīn p poḷtics n tacl ɖ clîṃt. Bt ɖ cōśs Alḅnīzi n hiz mantra v “sef ćenj” – nʈñ tù big or sceṛli radicl – stl md it ovr ɖ lîn, hvñ sīmñli lrnt fṛm a prīvịs Lebr dfit blemd on an oṿambiśs maṇfsto. F eni v ɖs sǎndz uncaṇli fmiłr t Britiś rīdrz, ɖen it’s īzi t si ẃ Cir Starmr’z Lebr parti (n indd ɖ Grīnz) mt sudnli hv ɖer teilz p.

Frst Doṇld Trump, ɖen Marine Le Pen in ɖ Frenć preẓdnśl ilex́nz, nǎ Morisn. Ɖs toṗlñ v rîtwñ doṃnoz criets ɖ sns v m’mntm Britiś pṛgresivz hv bn misñ. Nǎ ɖr r s’xesfl campen arc̣tecs t lrn fṛm oṿsìz, n ny îdīaz biyñ rod-tstd in guvnmnt; ɖr wl b frendz in stṛtījic plesz, phps ny eṇji bhnd globl eḟts t combat ɖ clîṃtcrîsis, n ɖ mral-būstñ îdīa ɖt ɖ zîtgîst mt fîṇli b wɖ ɖm. Y cn olmst fīl ɖ pendyḷm swññ awe fṛm a poḷrîzñ n ultiṃtli grubi ira bac twdz a poḷtics at līst vegli cnctd t truʈ n riaḷti. Or at līst y cn f y wont t badli inuf.

Fr a mor sinicl we v lcñ at ɖs z ɖt tū yirz in, Bîdn’z retñz hv sunc far inuf t gv Rpublicnz plenti v hop fr nxt tîm; Le Pén stl got we tù mni vots fr cumḟt; Alḅnīzi’z vicṭri wz nt ʈumpñ; n Britn’z frst-past-ɖ-post sistm mcs similr Grīn brecʈrūz or pṛgresiv alaynsz hardr hir. Nr z Ostreła, ẃć śiftd rîtẉdz in 1996 jst az Britn wz dwñ ɖ rvrs, historicli a vri rlaybl p’liticl weɖrvên.

Ol ɖt sd, ẃt śd snd a śivr dǎn Tori spînz z ɖt Morisn’z agresivli dvîsiv aproć t iśuz sć az iṃgreśn n hiz psyt v soṣ́li cnsrṿtiv Lebr votrz sīmñli cost hiz parti dir in its wlʈịr, mor metṛpolitn formr hartlandz. Ɖ nagñ fir sm Cnsrṿtivz hv ɖt a dayt v slīz, culćrworz n ʈrets t ter p ɖ Brexit dīl wl onli lūz ɖm Tori vots in Wrɖñ or Suri hz jst pleid ǎt on a big scrīn Dǎn Undr, pṛdysñ rufli ɖ cnd v ilectṛl ri’lînmnt ɖe fir.

Ẃt mcs ɖs uɖ̇wz far’we ilex́n fīl closr t hom z ɖt ɖ Ostrełn rît’s ʈncñ rmenz cor t Boris Jonsn’z project. Priti Ptél’z plan t xport asîḷmsīcrz t Rwanda mirrz an Ostrełn scīm t snd refyjīz t Papya Ny Gini, n ś rīsntli hîrd ɖ man hu ngośietd ɖt dīl t līd a rvy v Britn’z Bordrfors. Lintn Crozbi, ɖ 65-yir-old Ostrełn campenzgŭru hu injôz nir-lejnḍri steṭs in ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti, dz’nt prsṇli run campenz eni mor bt h stl tecs ɖ od foncōl; hiz proṭźe Îzac Levido ran Jonsn’z s’xesfl 2019 campen, munʈs aftr hlpñ dlivr a s’prîz vicṭri fr Morisn. Devid Canzini, ɖ ny depyti ćīf v stāf instōld at Dǎnñ Strīt t rstor ordr post-Partiget, hz olso wrct closli wɖ Crozbi. Inṭrestñli ɖ sem qsćnz asct in rīsnt yirz abt Crozbi’z cumṗniz n ɖer past rleśnśps wɖ ɖ fosilfyl inḍstri r nǎ biyñ asct in Ẃîthōl, az ɖ guvnmnt reslz wɖ ẃt t d abt sōrñ gasbilz.

Ɖ Treẓ́ri z viẓbli wormñ t ɖ îdīa v a windfōl tax on ôl n gas cumṗniz, jst so loñ az it dz’nt lc lîc Lebr’z windfōl-tax plan. Bt rports ɖt Dǎnñ Strīt cnsidrz sć a muv “un-Cnsrṿtiv” hv set rūmrz swrlñ. Jonsn hz nvr notisbli cerd ẃɖr smʈñ z or z’nt cnsrṿtiv, f it’s popylr. Bt Canzini cerz. H z clos t ɖ pro-Brexit, lo-tax, stroñli îdịlojicl Tori rît in Britn, sm v hūm olso hapn t b hostîl t ɖ net-ziro ajnda n me prifŕ t si fylbilz cut bî scrapñ grīn taxz (ẃć fund ɖ dveḷpmnt v rnywbl eṇjiz in ɖ longr trm) ɖn intṛdysñ ny taxz.

Ɖ ǎtcm v ol ɖs ranġlñ obvịsli matrz most t ppl hu c’nt pe ɖer hītñbilz, bt it’s a litṃs tst v Dǎnñ Strīt’s intnśnz tù. F ɖ windfōl tax dz’nt hapn sm me bgin t wundr – az an uņemd MP sjstd rīsntli t ɖ Tîmz – abt ɖ guvnmnt’s cmitmnt t ban ɖ insṭleśn v ny gasbôlrz bî 2035. Dz Jonsn riyli wont t g intu an ilex́n argywñ wɖ ǎtrejd pnśnrz hu c’nt aford t rples ɖer sntṛl hītñ? Or z ɖs bold clîṃtpoḷsi tù at risc v biyñ dīmd a “barṇcl on ɖ bot”, ɖt feṃs Crozbi śorthand fr enʈñ ɖt criets uņesṣri frix́n or mudiz ɖ mesij?

Contrri t popylr b’lif, Crozbi dsîplz d’nt jst blîndli run ɖ sem hard-rît campen evri tîm. Instd hiz hōlmarc z claṛti, or ɖ diṣplind reṗtiśn v wn ci mesij cerḟli teilrd t ilectṛl srcmstansz, xcludñ evrʈñ els. Ɖt wz az tru v ɖ Lundn meṛl campen h ran, pićñ Jonsn az a cudli libṛl, az v Levido’z tubʈumpñ “Gt Brexit Dn” campen. Bt campenz r ultiṃtli jst straṭjz fr hlpñ a parti svîv in ofis; ɖ’r nt nesseṛli abt pṛvîdñ ẃt a cuntri acć̣li nīdz. Ẃt’s inṭrestñ abt Ostreła z ɖt votrz sīm t hv bn pragmaticli foc̣st on ɖ latr.

Morisn wz faund wontñ in ʈuṛli practicl wez bî clîṃt imrjnsiz n Covid. Sm v Le Pen’z wîldr îdīaz abt tac̣lñ ɖ cost-v-livñ crîsis fél apart undr scrūṭni. Doṇld Trump dd nt mc America gret agn. Simpl ansrz t complex probḷmz apil, bt ɖe d’nt acć̣li wrc, n ẃn ɖt bcmz penḟli obvịs – ẃɖr bcz wîldfîr smoc z ćocñ yr Melbōrn suburb, or bcz yr xportbiznis z c’lapsñ ʈancs t Brexit – ɖen popylists bcm vulnṛbl. Phps ɖ most ysfl lésn t tec fṛm Ostreła z ɖt bad poḷtics cn stl mlt on contact wɖ incnvińnt truɖz. Ɖt fīlñ y vegli rec̣gnîz, bt c’nt qt pt a fngr on? Ɖt wd b hop.

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Any correlation between the truth and what Liz Truss said was entirely coincidental

Truss was in a full-on state of denial. If she had accidentally mouthed the odd truth she would definitely make sure that she never made that mistake again. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters
Trus wz in a fl-on stet v dnayl. F ś hd axdnṭli mǎɖd ɖ od truʈ ś wd defiṇtli mc śr ɖt ś nvr md ɖt mstec agn. Foṭgraf: Hnri Niclz/Rôtrz

Eni coṛleśn btwn ɖ truʈ n ẃt Liz Trus sd wz intîrli cǒinsdntl

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on Tuesday 17 May 2022)

Tōriz’ Brexit-d’renjmnt sindrom wz in fl swñ az Trus gev stetmnt on plan t dis’plî Norɖn Îrḷnd proṭcol

John Crace

Jon Crês, Tyzde 17 Me 2022

Ɖr wz gwñ t b hel t pe ẃn Liz Trus faund ǎt hu hd ngośietd, agrìd n sînd ɖ Norɖn Îrḷnd proṭcol. Ẃt’s mor, nwn hd evr sd ɖr wz an ilex́n-winñ, uvn-redi Brexit dīl on ɖ tebl bac in 2019. Ɖt wz ɖ cnd v śemlis lî onli opziśnpartiz cd tel …

Boris Jonsn hz ɖ nac v brññ evrwn dǎn t hiz levl in ɖ end. C’rupt, narssistic, incompitnt. Ɖ foṛn secṛtri z jst ɖ lêtist – f intîrli cmplisit – victim in ɖs. So ẃn ś cem t ɖ Comnz t gv hr stetmnt on guvnmntplanz t dis’plî ɖ Norɖn Îrḷnd proṭcol, Trus wz in a fl-on stet v dnayl. Eni coṛleśn btwn ẃt ś sd n ɖ truʈ wz intîrli cǒinsdntl. N f ś hd axdnṭli mǎɖd ɖ od truʈ ś wd defiṇtli mc śr ɖt ś nvr md ɖt mstec agn.

Ẃt w got wz slrd ramḅlñz reṃnisnt v smwn struñ ǎt on fnṭnil. Ɖ Norɖn Îrḷnd proṭcol hd nvr bn intndd t b set in ston. It hd olwz bn jst a tmprri fix untl ɖ YC guvnmnt cem p wɖ smʈñ it lîct betr. Riyli? Trus clirli hd’nt bn folowñ hǎ ɖ Convict hd sold it t ɖ cuntri bac in 2019. Ɖen it hd bn ɖ ansr – ɖ Majic Bŭlit – t evri Brexitr’z drīmz.

Ɖr wz clirli a part v Trus ɖt ń ś wz spywñ a wrdsaḷd v boḷcs bcz ś stumbld ovr sntnsz n spouc in a r’botic moṇton. Az f struġlñ t disingej fṛm ẃt’s left v hr conśns. Telñ lîz on ɖs scel mst b so c’rosiv t eni sns v prsnl integṛti n slf-wrʈ. Ɖr me stl b a smōl part v hr ɖt nz ś z a frōd. Bt it mst b sîḷnst. Ś hz sold hr soul in ɖ b’lif ɖt hr ambiśn cn onli b riylîzd bî ǎt-Cnvictñ ɖ Convict. It w’nt end wel. Slīpwōcñ n wośñ hr handz.

Yt on ś wnt. Ɖ proṭcol hd hd unintndd consiqnsz. Consiqnsz, sć az a bordr in ɖ Îriś Sì, ɖt hd bn wîdli pridictd loñ bfr ɖ Brexit dīl hd bn agrìd. Bt Trus wz at penz t pônt ǎt ɖt ś wz’nt planñ t scrap ɖ proṭcol. Jst rendr it toṭli unrecgnîẓbl unls ɖ YY hapnd t agri t evrʈñ ɖ YC guvnmnt asct.

N it wz defiṇtli līgl t brec inṭnaśnl lwz. Ś ń ɖt bcz ɖ guvnmnt hd tecn advîs fṛm a top loyr, ɖo ś cd’nt se hu ɖt top loyr wz bcz it wz a sīcrit. Luc̣li ś dd’nt nīd t. Ɖ atrnijenṛl, Suela Braṿmn, wz sitñ rît bî hr sîd. Smʈñ ɖt śd hv gvn most Tōriz sm pōz fr ʈt, az Braṿmn z wn v ɖ dimist loyrz arnd. Ɖ cnd v loyr ɖt nn v hr pirz wd īvn trust t witnis a pasportfoto. Stl, ś z toṭli cmplaynt n wl se ẃtvr z rqîrd. Ẃć z ẃ Jonsn valyz hr.

Stìvn Dǎti, standñ in fr Devid Lami, hu wz slf-îṣletñ, traid t spel ǎt a fy homtruɖz. It hd bn Jonsn’z guvnmnt hu hd cm p wɖ ɖ proṭcol. Trus śc hr hed. It defiṇtli hd’nt bn. Dǎti prest on. Îɖr ɖ guvnmnt hd’nt unḍstd ẃt it wz sînñ p t, or it hd olwz intndd t rneg on ɖ dīl. H fūliśli míst ǎt an obvịs ʈrd opśn. Ɖt ɖ Convict n Trus hd’nt hd a clu ẃt ɖe wr dwñ n hd pland on tẹrñ p ɖ agrīmnt.

Lebr wz ol fr smōl amndmnts t ɖ proṭcol, sd Dǎti. Lîc endñ ćecs on sanẉjz ɖt hd no ćans v biyñ smugld ovr ɖ bordr t ɖ rpublic. Ɖz h wz śr ɖ YY cd agri t. Bt bigr ćenjz wr a fanṭsi. Smʈñ ɖt wd nt onli sparc a tred wor wɖ ɖ YY – Trus prct p at ɖs: ś’z olwz fansid hrslf az a latr-de Gloriana drept in a yńn jac – bt wd snd a mesij t ɖ rest v ɖ wrld ɖt ɖ YC cd nt b trustd t cīp eni v its inṭnaśnl obḷgeśnz.

Nǎ Trus fŭli lost ɖ plot. It wz lîc ɖs, ś sd. Ɖ YC hd onli agrìd t ɖ proṭcol bcz it hd nvr xpctd ɖ YY t acć̣li aplî it. Ś hd olwz ʈt ɖt ɖ YY hd bn ngośietñ in īqli az bad feʈ az ɖ Convict n it hd cm az a totl śoc ɖt ɖe hd riyli mnt ẃt ɖe sd. Ɖt wz’nt hǎ līgl agrīmnts norṃli wrct.

Ɖ guvnmnt’s prîoṛti wz t prizrv ɖ Gd Frîde agrīmnt, ẃć wz toṭli incmpatbl wɖ ɖ proṭcol – ś stl dd’nt nǒ hu hd bn mronic inuf t sîn ɖ agrīmnt – so it wz nǎ hr dyti t brec ɖ lw f ɖ YY dd’nt oblîj. Ẃć ś hopt ɖe wd’nt.

Sîmn Hòr, ɖ ćer v ɖ Norɖn Îrḷnd s’lect cmiti, wz apōld Trus cd b cnsiḍrñ brecñ ɖ lw, bt olmst evri uɖr Tori MP wz xtatic. Bil Caś recnd w śd b startñ a landwor wɖ Jrṃni – h’l nvr b trūli hapi untl ɖ Hun hz bn tòt a lésn. T’rīza Viłrz ʈt w śd puniś ɖ YY fr nt tecñ ɖ Qīn’z platinmjūḅli sirịsli inuf.

Brexit-d’renjmnt sindrom wz in fl swñ. Ol ɖoz MPz hu hd loñd fr sm poẓtiv Brexit nyz wr on ɖer fīt. Stīv Becr rvild himslf t b a clozit Marxist. Ẃt wz nīdd wz daylectics. Ɖ YY wz suḟrñ fṛm fōls conśsnis bî aplayñ ɖ proṭcol so w wd b dwñ ɖm a fevr bî ignorñ it. Blesid r ɖ pīs-mcrz. Cris Grelñ ʈt it wz ɖ YY hu wz brecñ ɖ lw. Bles. Gv him a stic n h’l fînd ɖ roñ end v it. Pītr Bon sevd ɖ bst fr last. Brexit hd onli bn poṣbl bcz Boris hd bn priperd t lî. So ẃt wz rqîrd wz yt mor layñ.

Ɖ DYP’z Jefri Donldsn olso hd s’lectiv amnīzia. H hd nvr s’portd ɖ proṭcol, h sd. Ɖo h defiṇtli hd. H wz left t a prîṿt grīf. Nwn rmîndd him ɖt ɖ DYP hd olso hd ɖer ćansz n blù it bî opozñ T’rīza Me’z Norɖn Îrḷnd bacstop. Ɖt wd hv iliṃnetd a bordr in ɖ Îriś Sì …

Bî nǎ Trus hd cmplitli tynd ǎt. Hr wrc wz dn. Ś hd lct tuf fr ɖ Brex̣ti bacbnćrz ẃl pisñ of ɖ Îriś n ɖ YY. Îdiyl fr hr līdrśp ćansz. Evri clǎd n ol ɖt.

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: At ease, Martin Lewis – a queue of Tory MPs is here to solve the cost of living crisis

‘George Eustice recently let shoppers in on the little secret of supermarket value ranges.’ Photograph: Breakfast | Sky News
‘Jorj Ysṭs rīsntli let śoprz in on ɖ litl sīcrit v sūṗmarcit valyrenjz.’ Foṭgraf: Brecfst │ Scî Nyz

At īz, Martin Luis – a k v Tori MPz z hir t solv ɖ cost-v-livñ crîsis

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on Tuesday 17 May 2020)

Hd y ʈt v biyñ peid mor, sjsts wn ministr. Hu derz clem ɖ guvnmnt hz no brît îdīaz‽

Marina Hyde

Mrīna Haid, Tyzde 17 Me 2022

Gvn ɖ implôī caliba n atriśnret v ɖs guvnmnt, it’s olwz a hart-in-mǎʈ momnt ẃn ɖe unlīś a prīvịsli unhŕd-ov ministr on ɖ erwevz. Mć lîc ɖ bit in ɖ Simpsnz ẃr Mr Brnz rlisz ɖ wñd munciz fṛm hiz windo wɖ a hopfl “Flî, mî pritiz – flî!”. Ẃn ʈudz n bludcrdlñ śrīcz folo, h trnz t hiz rtenr, Smiɖrz, wɖ ɖ crt instrux́n: “Cntiny ɖ rsrć.”

Phps Nu 10’z cómzjīńsz flt ɖs we ẃn ɖe debyd ɖ hiɖrtu dzrvidli obskr sefgardñministr, Rećl Mclīn, on t Munde’z brecfstśoz t dscus ɖ cost-v-livñ crîsis. Hu nz ẃ ɖ randm nitwit-jeṇretr mśīn hd md it Rećl’z trn? Mbi Heḷn Wêtli wz rfyzñ t cm ǎt v hr trelr. In mni wez I rfyz t b’liv Rećl īvn z ɖ sefgardñministr – a hyj part v m asymz ś z jst a caṛctr hesṭli asmbld fṛm dscardd awede îdīaz n ɖen gvn a pritnd jobtîtl ɖt it wd fīl rūd t argy wɖ. “Jst se ś’z ɖ ‘sefgardñministr’. Sǎndz lîc a ʈñ.” Az fr Rećl’z ʈōts on hǎ incrisñli añśs sitiznz cn rspond t multipl fînanśl preśrz, let’s si ɖm flî. “W nīd t hv a plan t gro ɖ icoṇmi,” ś haẓdd (no śit), “n t mc śr ɖt ppl r ebl t pṛtct ɖmslvz betr, ẃɖr ɖt z bî tecñ on mor aurz or muvñ t a betr peid job.”

Cntiny ɖ rsrć.

In ɖ mntm, f y’r cīpñ a tali v guvnmnt sjsćnz fr hǎ t dīl wɖ akt riyl-wrld fînanśl dstres, plīz ad “Hd y ʈt v biyñ peid mor?” t ɖ pîl. Sd pîl olso fīćrz similr advîs fṛm T’rez Cófi t wrc mor aurz, ẃl Jorj Ysṭs rīsntli let śoprz in on ɖ litl sīcrit v sūṗmarcit valyrenjz. “Jenṛli spīcñ,” h jenṛlîzd unspīcbli, “ẃt ppl fînd z bî gwñ fr sm v ɖ valybrandz rɖr ɖn ǒn-brandd products, ɖe cn acć̣li cnten n manij ɖer hǎsholdbujit.” Amezñ, z’nt it, ɖt Jorj stl hz ol ɖs gd stuf in ɖ tanc, ẃn muni-sevñ xprt Martin Luis rīsntli admitd, “I am ǎt v tūlz t hlp ppl nǎ … I’v bn ʈru ɖ fînanśl craś, I’v bn ʈru Covid. Ɖs z ɖ wrst, ẃr w r rît nǎ … Ɖt z simpli nt teṇbl in ǎr ssayti. Ɖr z abṣlutli panic n it hz nt startd yt.” Hz Martin ʈt v pôntñ ǎt wez ppl cd rtren in invstmntbancñ?

In ɖ mntm, wɖ ɖ Banc v Ñgḷnd guvnr apirñ bfr ɖ Treẓ́ri s’lect cmiti on Munde t fōrcast “apoc̣liptic” fūdprîsz, d y gt ɖ sns ɖt ɖ guvnmnt hz enʈñ in ɖ sem poscod az a plan t mc ʈñz īvn mîldli betr? Hand on hart, no. Qt ɖ oṗzit. In fact, it hz tū planz t mc ɖm wrs. Ɖ frst z a poṣbl tredwor wɖ ɖ YY, ẃć smelt-it-dlt-it trīticritic Devid Frost sīmz t b sjstñ z wn v ɖ gd cndz v worz. N ɖ secnd z Boris Jonsn’z trîumfnt anǎnsmnt, via ɖ pejz v ɖ Dêli Meil az opozd t ɖer lînmanijrz, ɖt h z gwñ t le of 91,000 sivl srvnts.

Let’s parc ɖ fact ɖt ɖ prîm̦inistr śrli arîvd at ɖs numbr bî ɖ enćnt clu-fri tecnīc fr mcñ cuts – ʈncñ v ɖ totl numbr, ɖen dvîdñ it bî fîv. Instd, w’l foc̣s on ɖ mn ivnt, ẃć z sjstñ ɖt ɖ bst îdīa fr hǎ t entr a rseśn z t mc cuts t fruntlîn srvispṛviźn. Ẃtvr it sz on ɖ bac v Jonsn’z napcin, ɖr simpli z’nt anɖr we t mc 91,000 cuts. V cors, Nu 10 dz’nt tel y abt ɖ fruntlîn srvispṛviźn, prifŕñ instd t inṭmet ɖt ɖs wl mirli b a just-deẓts rspons t sivl srvnts wrcñ fṛm hom. Ɖs z ɖ ćīf bugber v ɖt incoriɉbl dsc snifr Jecb Rīs-Mog, a man huz ǒn wrc dsc dz nt īvn fīćr a cmpytr, bt hu hz rīsntli bn sliɖ̇rñ rnd Ẃîthōl lîc ɖ Ćîld Caćr fṛm Ćiti-Ćiti Bañ-Bañ n līvñ sub-Yodl “sori I míst y” nots fr sivl srvnts. I’m tld ɖt Rūṗt Mrdoc z obsest wɖ ppl rtrnñ t ɖ ofis ẃrvr ɖe me wrc, so phps ɖt pts led in ɖ Rīs-Mog pnsl.

Īvn so, fr a guvnmnt ɖt hz aćivd abṣlutli nʈñ in ofis bar a Brexit dīl it z cuṛntli ʈreṭnñ t torć, it dz fīl jenyinli xtrordnri t woć ɖ Jonsn admiṇstreśn wrc so cmitidli agnst ɖs organic form v leṿlñ-up. Az hz bcm incrisñli clir evr sins ɖ frêz wz frst fartd ǎt, ɖe hv’nt ɖ frst clu hǎ t “levl p” enʈñ. Yt in wn swift n elignt we, rmot wrcñ z ɖ marcit acć̣li bginñ t dlivr ɖer poḷsi fr ɖm – bî alawñ ppl t drw mtroṗlișaḷriz bt fizicli lcet ɖmslvz in les aflụnt rījnz fr at līst sm v ɖ wrcñwīc. Ẃt’s nt t imbres?

Ovr t Boris Jonsn, a man hu feṃsli wrcs fṛm hom. Indd, hiz ofiślz hv spent mć v ɖ yir xplenñ ɖt z ẃ srtn rūlz d’nt aplî t Dǎnñ Strīt. “Mî xpirịns v wrcñ fṛm hom,” Jonsn xplend at ɖ wīcend, “z y spend an ōfl lot v tîm mcñ anɖr cup v cofi n ɖen, y nǒ, gtñ p, wōcñ vri slǒli t ɖ frij, hacñ of a smōl pìs v ćīz, ɖen wōcñ vri slǒli bac t yr laptop n ɖen fgetñ ẃt it wz y’r dwñ.” Ǒ, y fgot ẃt y wr dwñ? Let s hlp y ǎt. Y WR S’POZD T B BIYÑ Ɖ EFÑ PRÎM̦INISTR. Ā wel, phps anɖr tîm. Sori t hv míst y.

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn │ The attorney general’s office was worthy of respect. Suella the stooge disgraces it

Britain’s attorney general Suella Braverman - ‘a Brexiter of the true faith’ - attends a cabinet meeting. Photograph: WPA/Getty Images
Britn’z atrnijenṛl Suela Braṿmn – ‘a Brexitr v ɖ tru feʈ’ – atndz a cabiṇtmītñ. Foṭgraf: WPA/Geti Iṃjz

Ɖ atrnijenṛl’z ofis wz wrɖi v rspct. Suela ɖ stūj dsgresz it

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on Saturday 14 May 2022)

Induljñ ɖ PM on ɖ Norɖn Îrḷnd proṭcol z t hold hr ǒn rǒl in cntmt

Nick Cohen

Nic Cown, Saṭde 14 Me 2022

Îrḷnd wz ɖ sīn v a Boris Jonsn mastrclas in dspśn. In ɖ 2019 ilex́n, h fūld miłnz intu b’livñ hiz “uvn-redi dīl” wd “Gt Brexit Dn!” n w nīd nt wuri abt ɖ wornñz v Jon Mejr, Toni Bler n T’rīza Me v ɖ ʈret t ɖ Norɖn Îrḷnd setlmnt. Jonsn’z stret lî ɖt hiz wɖdrwl agrīmnt wd nt pt a bordr in ɖ Îriś Sì – “ovr mî ded bodi!” h craid n yt ɖ bordr z ɖr n Jonsn stl livz – fūld ɖ s’pozidli hard-nozd Deṃcratic Yńnist parti. Fîṇli, h cónd ɖ Yṛpiyn Yńn intu b’livñ h wz a man v hiz wrd ẃn h sînd a trīti cnfrmñ Norɖn Îrḷnd’z speśl steṭs ɖt h hd no intnśn v oṇrñ.

At evri stej, ɖ atrnijenṛl, Suela Braṿmn, hz cuvrd hiz bac. Ś hz dsgrest hrslf, hr ofis, hr pṛfeśn n hr cuntri.

Ɖ atrnijenṛl z wn v mni pkłrli Britiś consttyśnl ćecs on arbitrri pǎr Jonsn hz bloun awe. On ɖ wn hand, ɖ AJ z a poḷtiśn. On ɖ uɖr, h or ś mst uphold ɖ rūl v lw n act indipndntli v guvnmnt. Jonsn riylîzd ɖt nwn cd stop him apôntñ a sic̣fant hu wd d az h plizd. Braṿmn wz jst ɖ stūj h nīdd.

“Ś’z onli ɖr bcz ś’z a Brexitr v ɖ tru feʈ,” sd wn līgl figr hu, lîc ol mî contacts fṛm ɖ inṭsx́n btwn lw n guvnmnt, spouc on cndiśn v anniṃti. Jonsn “lct fr małbl līgl figrz hu wd d hiz bidñ n faund Suela”, sd a secnd. “I wz at a Brexit mītñ ś hostd n it wz staġrñ t riylîz ś dd nt unḍstand eni v ɖ probḷmz,” a ʈrd add. “I s’poz ɖt’s ẃ Jonsn lîcs hr.”

Last wīc, Braṿmn jusṭfaid Jonsn’z dsiźn t ignor ɖ mjoṛti v votrz in Norɖn Îrḷnd az h traid t rgen ɖ trust v ɖ Deṃcratic Yńnist parti poḷtiśnz h hd so spectaklrli ćītd bî ripñ p ɖ inṭnaśnl trīti h hd so snsirli promist t onr. Y dd nt nīd t b a loyr t grasp ɖ spīśsnis v hr speśl plīdñ.

Braṿmn clemd ɖt – “penḟli” – it wz nesṣri t cansl ɖ dīl bcz ɖ YY hd crietd “a tredbarịr in ɖ Îriś Sì”. Bt it wz Jonsn hu bcem prîm̦inistr bî rjctñ Me’z plan t cīp ɖ hol v ɖ YC clos t ɖ YY custmzyńn n sngl marcit. Jonsn pṛpozd ptñ a bordr in ɖ Îriś Sì so ɖ rest v ɖ YC cd hv a hard Brexit. Jonsn tc ɖ îdīa t ɖ YY, wún a jenṛl ilex́n on it, hd hiz sivl srvnts drw p a trīti ɖt dlivrd it n sînd it intu inṭnaśnl lw.

Braṿmn sd ɖ YY implimnteśn v ɖ Norɖn Îrḷnd proṭcol wz “unrīzṇbl n dispṛporśṇt”. I dfî y t rīd ɖ proṭcol n śo m ẃr ɖ YY hz brocn ɖ agrīmnt Jonsn wontd. Ś cncludd bî dspleyñ a cntmt fr hr ōdịns, n unḍstanḍbli hrslf, bî seyñ ɖt “tred z biyñ dvrtd”. Obvịsli, tred z biyñ dvrtd. Norɖn Îrḷnd z in ɖ sngl marcit n custmzyńn. Its bizṇsz r dwñ wel ǎt v it. So wel, indd, ɖt bizṇsz in ɖ rest v ɖ YC me wont t jôn ɖm.

Hana Arendt wz nt onli dscrîbñ dictetrśps ẃn ś sd: “Ttaḷtẹrịnizm in pǎr inverịbli rplesz ol frst-ret taḷnts, rgardlis v ɖer simṗʈiz, wɖ ɖoz cracpots n fūlz huz lac v intelijns n crịtivti z stl ɖ bst gaṛnti v ɖer loylti.”

Eni hîrarccl orġnîześn undr oʈoṛterịn līdrśp dz ɖ sem. T unḍstand hǎ Braṿmn rouz t an ofis ɖt sṗsificli dmandz ɖ holdr dsplez indipndnt ʈt, hr fnaṭsizm n mīdiocṛti mst b baḷnst.

In 2020, I rportd on ɖ fōls acǎnt ś gev v hr lîf. Ś ingreśietd hrslf wɖ ɖ rīdrz v ɖ CnsrṿtivHom websait bî clemñ ɖt, ẃn ś startd az a baristr in Lundn: “I wz ɖ śî Tori in mî ćembrz v ‘rît-on’ hymn-rîts loyrz. Dspt ɖ sośl stigma, I wz inspîrd bî Cnsrṿtiv valyz v frīdm fṛm an inṭvnśnist stet.”

Bt ɖ ćembrz ɖt ś jônd aftr līvñ Cembrij Yṇvrṣti wr enʈñ bt “rît-on”. Ś wrct at 2-3 Gre’z Ín Sqer, ẃć wz fild wɖ reğlr baristrz fîtñ dspyts abt ɖ lîsnsñ v pubz n betñśops, nt hymn-rîts lw. Wn v ɖ s’pozd “rît-on” leftiz wz a formr Tori MP.

Ɖ p’liticl advantjz v pozñ az a victim v a snoti libṛl ilīt wr obvịs. Bt sinicl c’ririzm dz nt xplen evri muv. Vaṇti cn matr az mć. Braṿmn hd an ordnri c’rir at ɖ bar, ẃć ś traid t mc sǎnd grandr ɖn it wz bî clemñ t hv cntribytd t oʈorittiv līgl txt-bcs. On inspx́n ɖe bòr no tres v hr nem.

Hr bṛvādo sjsts ɖt at sm levl ś me ʈnc ɖt a śadǒi libṛl ilīt hd stîmid hr rîz in ɖ lw.

Jonsn ofrd hr ɖ ćans fr vnjns ẃn h md hr ɖ cuntri’s fōrmost lw ofisr. Nǎ ś cd śo ol ɖoz snirñ libṛlz hu b’livd in e’ri-fẹri consepts sć az guvnmnts oṇrñ ɖer wrd abrōd n telñ ɖ truʈ t ɖer votrz at hom hu wz bos.

“A slf-rspctñ atrnijenṛl wd hv rzînd bî nǎ,” a formr lw ofisr tld m. Bt Jonsn ćouz wel ẃn h apôntd Braṿmn. F h ʈt ś wd tec a stand on prínsipl, h wd nvr hv gvn hr ɖ job. Īqli, f h dǎtd fr a momnt ɖt ś wz nt cmitd t atacñ ɖ YY, jdiśl rvy n ɖ Hymn-Rîts Act, ś wd hv rmend an obskr bacbnćr.

Hr wilñnis t c’lud wɖ a brīć v inṭnaśnl lw sīmz a smōl matr. Tẹrñ p ɖ agrīmnt wɖ ɖ YY wl ʈretn wstn yṇti ẃn w śd b standñ tgɖr agnst Ruśa. Ɖ YY me rspond bî startñ a tredwor, ẃć wl ʈump an icoṇmi olrdi suḟrñ fṛm ɖ baṭrñ Brexit, infleśn n Covid administrd.

In Norɖn Îrḷnd, ɖ Britiś guvnmnt’s dsiźn t tec a necidli secterịn stans in fevr v a hardcor Protistnt mnoṛti me ʈretn ɖ frajîl pīs.

Ɖ c’laps v ǎr insttyśnz z stl wrʈ noṭsñ, hvr. Fr ol its contṛdix́nz, ɖ ofis v atrnijenṛl wns dmandd rspct. Nǎ it z no betr ɖn biyñ consiłeri fr a smōl-tîm crŭc.

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Boris Johnson holds a regional cabinet meeting at Middleport Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent. Photograph: PA
Boris Jonsn holdz a rījnl cabiṇtmītñ at Midlport Poṭri in Stǒc-on-Trent. Foṭgraf: PA

Ɖ Gardịn vy on ɖ Cnsrṿtivz: a parti wɖt a project

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on Friday 13 May 2022)

Boris Jonsn’z guvnmnt hd an oṗtyṇti t set an ilex́nwinñ cors ɖs wīc. Bt it z onli inṭrestd in steyñ in ofis

Frîde, 13 Me 2022

Ɖs hz bn a big wīc in Britiś poḷtics. F ɖt mcs y fir y hv míst smʈñ, d’nt wuri. Y hv nt. Fr ɖt z jst ɖ pônt. Ɖs wz an importnt wīc fr Boris Jonsn’z guvnmnt t start trayñ t rgen cntrol v ɖ p’liticl ajnda. Bt ɖ Cnsrṿtiv eḟt hz nt got of t a gd start. Ɖt fełr matrz, bcz it wl śep ǎr poḷtics.

Wɖn ɖ nxt tū yirz, ɖr wl b anɖr jenṛl ilex́n. Ɖs munʈ’z locl ilex́nz cnfrmd ɖt it wl nt b an īzi wn fr ɖ Tori parti. Ɖ Tōriz lost sīts t Lebr n ɖ Libṛl Deṃcrats n sìdd hard-wún grǎnd in Scotḷnd, Wêlz n Ñgḷnd. Sins it z lîcli t b ɖ last wn v substns in ɖs parḷmnt, ɖ rīsnt Qīn’z spīć nīdd t b foc̣st on ɖ jenṛl ilex́n. Yt it trnd ǎt t hv vri litl foc̣s at ol.

Ɖ spīć’z emlis aproć wz rvilñ. Ɖr wr a lot v anǎnsmnts, bt no ilex́ņaṛtiv. Ɖs sz a lot abt Mr Jonsn’z parti tde. Ɖ prîm̦inistr tōcs insesntli, bt dz litl ɖt lasts. Hiz ny program z a ragbag. It rflects a parti ɖt hz bcm unebl t artiklet, in eni yṇfaid we, ẃt it z in guvnmnt t aćiv. It hz no project bynd steyñ in pǎr.

Ɖ Tori parti tde z bst unḍstd az a lūs n voḷtîl alayns btwn oṿlapñ rîvlgrūps. Ɖ rîvlriz start at ɖ top, btwn a prîm̦inistr hu wonts t spend n a ćanslr hu dz nt. Bt, at a tîm ẃn ic̣nomic hardśp z mǎntñ so fast n lîcli t cntiny, ɖ bulc v ɖ cabiṇt rmen xtrim public-spendñ cutrz.

Ol ɖs hlps t xplen ɖ anǎnsmnt md on Ʈrzde ɖt 91,000 sivl-srvis jobz mst b axt so ɖt taxz cn b cut. V ol ɖ prîoṛtiz fesñ Britn, slaśñ ɖ public srvis bî a fifʈ z wn ɖt śd b at ɖ bac v ɖ k. Ɖ cut z îdịlojicl, arbitrri, unsṗsific n, in ɖ contxt v cuṛnt naśnl n inṭnaśnl nīdz n guvnmntcmitmnts, it z olmst misṭfayñ.

It z hard t sqer ɖ cut wɖ ɖ nīd t cǒp wɖ sć riaḷtiz az spîṛlñ welfér dmandz, ɖ nīd t rībild ɖ NHS or t le ɖ fǎndeśnz v sośl-cer rform. It z pvrs ẃn sìn in ɖ contxt v ɖ dlez n byrocṛsi fesñ biznis n inḍstri az a rzult v Brexit. It mcs sns onli az a hedlîn flaś v reṭric fr ɖ parti’s rît wñ. It solvz prisîsli nʈñ, includñ ɖ Tori pridic̣mnt xpozd in ɖ locl ilex́nz.

It wz sgnificnt ɖt ɖ formr hlʈ n foṛn secṛtri Jeṛmi Hunt ćouz Frîde t brec cuvr n ofr ɖ Tori parti a glims v a les bancrupt aproć. Acnoḷjñ ɖ scel v ɖ tasc ɖt ɖ Tori parti nǎ fesz, Mr Hunt drù a d’rect cnx́n btwn cuts in ɖ NHS n traɉdiz lîc ɖ Mid-Stafs. scandl. Ɖ toṗcaḷti v hiz wornñ ɖt ɖ parti fesz dfit f it ofrz votrz a ćôs btwn a proprli fundd NHS n taxcuts wz unmistecbl on a de ẃn ɖ guvnmnt hd jst dn prisîsli ɖt.

Ɖs wīc wz importnt bcz v Mr Jonsn’z fełr. Jst lîc eni intîtld Bourbon h hz lrnt nʈñ n fgotn nʈñ. H sīmz dtrmind t b ɖ oʈr v hiz ǒn dfit. Hiz fełr signlz frɖr Tori dfits at ɖ poulz, rnyd añzayti on ɖ bacbnćz, n a poṣbl līdrśp contest, in ẃć Mr Hunt z lîcli t stand. In sć grim ic̣nomic tîmz, ɖ Tori parti’z fortynz me no longr b in ɖer ǒn handz, bt in ɖoz v ɖ opziśnpartiz n, most v ol, ɖoz v ɖ public.

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