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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Liz Truss’s resignation: a quitter after all

‘In her brief tenure, Ms Truss proved she lacked the skills to lead. Her judgments and her tone were almost always wrong.’ Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock
‘In hr brīf teńr, Mz Trus pruvd ś lact ɖ scilz t līd. Hr jujmnts n hr ton wr olmst olwz roñ.’ Foṭgraf: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma Pres Wîr/Rex/Śuṭstoc
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on Liz Trus’z reẓgneśn: a qitr aftr ol

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 20 October 2022)

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Ɖ prîm̦inistr dparts hymilietd aftr 45 dez. Hr reclis msjujmnts śoud ś wz nvr p t ɖ job

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Ʈrzde 20 Octobr 2022

Boris Jonsn’z reẓgneśn in Jlî wz ɖ vri oṗzit v a naśnl traɉdi. Bt Liz Trus’z dparćr on Ʈrzde wz a momnt v naśnl fars. Nvr hz a prîm̦inistr bn les sūtd t ɖ job ɖn ś wz. Nvr hz a reẓgneśn bn mor nīdd bî ɖ cuntri. Hvñ bostd ɖt ś wz nt a qitr, Mz Trus ʈrù in ɖ tǎl a de lêtr. Ɖ abt-trn wz par fr ɖ cors fr ɖ most b’lijṛntli incompitnt Britiś prîm̦inistrśp in modn, n phps eni uɖr, tîmz. Ś dparts hymilietd, aftr 45 dez, ɖ śortist srvñ prîm̦inistr in Britiś hisṭri. Bt ś dzrvd t g.

Mz Trus’z Dǎnñ Strīt anǎnsmnt foloud a torid 24 aurz v Cnsrṿtiv mêhem, unmistecbli ɖ deʈ̒rǒz v a c’lapsñ reźīm. Ɖ ɖen homsecṛtri, Suela Breṿmn, wz sact aftr an arğmnt abt lūsr iṃgreśncntrolz. Cnsrṿtiv MPz wr ɖen rdyst t dsmeid dis’re ovr hǎ t vot on a Lebr mośn agnst fracñ. Aftr ɖt, it wz simpli a matr v tîm. On Ʈrzde, ɖ bac-bnć 1922 Cmiti ćer, Sr Greym Brêdi, wnt t Nu 10 t se ɖt ɖ gem wz p fr Mz Trus’z inept n tin-ird līdrśp.

In hr brīf teńr, Mz Trus pruvd ɖt ś lact ɖ scilz t līd. Hr jujmnts n hr ton wr olmst olwz roñ. Ilectd bî partimembrz wɖt ɖ bacñ v Tori MPz, ś tc hr vicṭri az a parṭzan mandet. Ś xîld ɖ mjoṛti v MPz, mor v hūm hd s’portd Riśi Sŭnac ɖn hr, fṛm hr guvnmnt bfr biyñ forst t brñ sm v ɖm bac tù lêt. In a Dǎnñ Strīt ẃr niolibṛl îdịlogz n ʈnctancs wr gvn fri rein, ś slaśt taxz fr ɖ rić – a śocñ muv ɖt pruvd a dzrvd ic̣nomic n p’liticl dzastr. A run on ɖ pǎnd, a lrć in ɖ bondmarcit n an imrjnsi inṭvnśn bî ɖ Banc v Ñgḷnd foloud. Confidns in Cnsrṿtiv ic̣nomic manijmnt c’lapst n ɖ opińnpoulz tanct.

Nn v ɖs, hvr, wl end ɖ foment n fax́ṇlizm cnsymñ ɖ Tori parti. Ɖr hz bn tōc v MPz cọlesñ arnd a compṛmîz yṇticanddet t s’xid Mz Trus – T’rīza Me spouc p fr ɖs aproć on Ʈrzde. Bt ɖ Tōriz apir tù far gn in dsyṇti n rîvlri fr a stić-up lîc ɖt t wrc. Ɖ rli sînz r ɖt sevṛl srvñ n formr ministrz wl trî agn, az in Jlî. Ny rūlz, rqîrñ 100 noṃneśnz, hv bn set so ɖt Tori membrz cn b prest nt t oṿtrn ɖ MPz’ prifŕd līdr a secnd tîm. Bt ɖr wl b sm canddets, poṣbli (bt dsgresḟli f so) includñ an unripntnt Mr Jonsn, hu wl wont membrz t hv ɖ fînl se. It z intîrli poṣbl ɖt, nxt wīc, ɖ Tori parti wl inflict a Trus 2.0 on ɖ cuntri.

Sć an ǎtcm wd b teribl fr ɖ Tori parti n Britiś dmocṛsi, n caṭstrofic fr Britn. Ɖ parti wd fīl unlīḍbl n ɖ cuntri unguvṇbl. Ɖ marcits mt tec frît, ispeṣ́li f ɖr wz yt anɖr ćenj v ćanslr. Bt it wd b ɖ public, olrdi suḟrñ a baṭrñ on costs n bujits, n wɖ record numbrz dpndnt on fūdbancs, hu wd sufr most. Ɖt z ẃ, in ɖ end n snr rɖr ɖn lêtr, ɖ tru s’lūśn t ɖ crîsis in ɖ Tori parti z an rli jenṛl ilex́n. Onli a ny guvnmnt wɖ a ny mandet cn gv ɖ Britiś ppl ɖ freś start ɖt ɖe nīd n dzrv.

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Liz Truss and the Tories: it’s time to go

‘The cabinet is a caretaker administration, minding the shop while a new leader is chosen. Except Ms Truss is somehow still there.’ Photograph: Jessica Taylor/UK Parliament/AFP/Getty
‘Ɖ cabiṇt z a certecr’dmiṇstreśn, mîndñ ɖ śop ẃl a ny līdr z ćozn. Xpt Mz Trus z smhǎ stl ɖr.’ Foṭgraf: Jesica Teilr/YC Parḷmnt/AFP/Geti
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on Liz Trus n ɖ Tōriz: it’s tîm t g

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 19 October 2022)

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Ɖ prîm̦inistr hz cōzd ceos in guvnmnt n md Britn purr. Ś mst nt b alaud t ste in ofis t d mor harm

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Wnzde 19 Octobr 2022

Liz Trus z finiśt. Hr oʈoṛti az prîm̦inistr z spent. Ɖ guvnmnt ś formd six wīcs ago no longr xists n Britn nīdz a jenṛl ilex́n t ćūz a ny wn. Last wīc, ɖ ćanslr wz sact fr inactñ ɖ prîm̦inistr’z wil in a “mini-bujit” ɖt dstroid ɖ YC’z creḍbiḷti on globl marcits. On Wnzde, Suela Breṿmn, ɖ homsecṛtri, left ɖ cabiṇt tù, ostnsbli ovr a s’kṛti brīć, olɖo ɖ dparćr sjsts mor pṛfǎnd claśz ovr poḷsi n prṣnél at ɖ hart v guvnmnt.

Nu 10 hz lost cntrol. Nɖr v ɖ rplesmnt secṛtriz v stet in Ẃîthōl’z tū most pǎrfl dpartmnts – Jeṛmi Hunt at ɖ Treẓ́ri n Grant Śaps at ɖ Hom Ofis – bact Mz Trus’z campen ovr ɖ sumr. Hr project z ovr. Diṣplin hz c’lapst. Ɖ cabiṇt z a certecr’dmiṇstreśn, mîndñ ɖ śop ẃl a ny līdr z ćozn. Xpt Mz Trus z smhǎ stl ɖr. Ɖt anoṃli mst b endd.

Sm Tori MPz hv bn rluctnt t act, firñ ɖt a mshandld trnziśn cd prisiṗtet a jenṛl ilex́n ɖt wd cost ɖ Cnsrṿtivz duznz v sīts. Anɖr factr z ɖ nīd t avôd a līdrśp contest ɖt mt pt ɖ ćôs v a rplesmntprîm̦inistr bac in ɖ handz v grasrūts Tori membrz. Ɖe ilectd Mz Trus ovr ɖ sumr, n so ɖer jujmnt on sć matrz z dīmd unsǎnd.

In uɖr wrdz, Britn z xpctd t indyr dsfuñśnl n neglijnt guvnmnt in ordr ɖt a reźīm wɖ no oʈoṛti n a ʈredbér mandet cn ʈnc v sm we t riinfors its felñ grip on pǎr. Inax́n z a simtm v wìcnis ɖt olso xpresz an aṛgns wɖ pǎr. It cmpǎndz ɖ inɉri olrdi inflictd on ɖ cuntri bî ɖ impziśn v Mz Trus az prîm̦inistr in ɖ frst ples. It wz Tori membrz hu cnfrmd hr apôntmnt, bt Tori MPz hu pt hr on ɖ baḷt. Ɖe ćird ɖ dzastṛs “mini-bujit” ɖt hz léd d’recli t hayr guvnmntborowñ costs n blastd a houl in public fînansz.

Mz Trus’z îdīaz r rsponsbl fr mcñ olmst evrwn in ɖ YC purr, bt ś dd nt cīp ɖm sīcrit ovr ɖ sumr. It z ɖ hol Cnsrṿtiv parti ɖt berz rsponsbiḷti nǎ fr traśñ ɖ YC’z cṛdnślz az a creditwrɖi neśn, hīpñ fînanśl pen on struġlñ hǎsholdz, unḍmainñ ɖ fiscl fǎndeśnz v public srṿsz, n pśñ olrdi vulnṛbl ppl dīpr intu poṿti. Mz Trus hz olrdi páct a lot v misrūl intu a śort tîm. Ś mst nt b gvn eni longr t d wrs.

Ɖr z no prospect v ɖ prîm̦inistr’z pformns impruvñ. In parḷmnt on Wnzde ś sóud cnfyźn ovr pnśnzpoḷsi, cnfrmñ ɖ tripl-loc spendñcmitmnt ɖt ɖ ćanslr hd sjstd mt b abandnd. Ẃtvr stbiḷti hz bn gend bî średñ ɖ planz ɖt Mz Trus carid wɖ hr intu Dǎnñ Strīt z jeṗdîzd fr az loñ az ɖ oʈr v ɖ c’laṃti z stl in rezidns ɖr. It z nǎ a matr v naśnl inṭrest ɖt ɖ cuntri b léd bî smwn ceṗbl. F ɖ proses ɖt gts s ɖr z an ilex́n, so mć ɖ betr. Ɖ ny prîm̦inistr wd hv a propr mandet.

Ẃt mst nt b alaud z a loñ pirịd v ceos n p’raḷsis az ɖ last drops v oʈoṛti r rúñ ǎt v ɖs ragid guvnmnt. Ɖr z no justiḟceśn fr cīpñ Mz Trus in Dǎnñ Strīt, n a Tori rplesmnt wd nt stop ɖ rot. Ś z ɖ imīɉt probḷm, bt ɖ parti ɖt pt hr in pǎr hz forḟtd ɖ rît t nem a s’xesr. Ɖt ćôs śd b md bî ɖ Britiś ppl.

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Economy in crisis, Tories in meltdown: how I have told the sad, strange story of Britain

Illustration by Matt Kenyon
Iḷstreśn bî Mát Céńn
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Icoṇmi in crîsis, Tōriz in mltdǎn: hǎ I hv tld ɖ sad, strenj stori v Britn

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

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Brexit, Jonsn, Trus’z U-trnz – I hv traid t xplen it ol t a YS ōdịns. I’v faund it hard t tec it ol in mslf

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Stryker McGuire

Strîcr MḠîr, Munde 17 Octobr 2022

Sins ɖ 1990z I’v bn intrpṛtñ ivnts in Britn fr an Americn ōdịns ʈru mî jrṇlizm. Smtmz it’s īzi: Lundn’z glorịs rnesns, Toni Bler’z rîz. Smtmz it’s les īzi: ɖ strenjnis v a “speśl rleśnśp” ẃr wn sîd cerz tù mć n ɖ uɖr tù litl, ɖ post-impirịl hañovr ɖt corsz ʈru Britiś lîf.

N smtmz it’s hard: ɖ puzl v Brexit, ɖ prisipiṭs dǎnfōl v ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti. It hlps ɖt fr Americnz stl livñ ʈru ɖ Doṇld Trump sāga, nʈñ z ǎtsd ɖ relm v posbiḷti eni mor. It olso hlps ẃn I xplen t ɖm ɖt ɖoz tū lêtist ćaptrz v Britiś hisṭri r cnctd.

I tel ɖm ɖt fṛm ɖ 2016 reḟrendm onẉd, Brexit incrisñli gev ɖ Tōriz a foc̣s. Nvr mînd ɖt Brexit wz ɖ most dvîsiv ivnt in postwar Britn; ovr tîm, ɖ strugl t mc it hapn yṇfaid ɖ parti. Boris Jonsn’z “Gt Brexit Dn” 2019 ilex́ncampen s’mentd ɖ transfmeśn n, az far az Brexit wnt, sîḷnst Lebr.

Wɖn six wīcs, hvr, ɖ Tori tîd wd trn. Wns Britn forṃli left ɖ YY, ɖ Brexit-impozd diṣplin wɖn ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti bgan t unravl. Admitidli, ɖ pandemic wd hv ʈroun eni guvnmnt of cors, bt Jonsn’z conduct in ofis dd’nt hlp ɖ Tori brand or parti yṇti. Swomt bî scandl, h wz ǎt. Entr Liz Trus.

Az ɖ YS n ɖ wrld lct on, Trus’z frst wīcs in ofis dd nt xacli rstor confidns in Dǎnñ Strīt. Sudnli, ɖ ny guvnmnt wz średñ ɖ Tōriz’ repyteśn fr fiscl prūdns n sǎnd ic̣nomic manijmnt. Frendz v mîn in ɖ Stets cd bérli b’liv ẃt ɖe wr witṇsñ. Īvn Americnz hu r îdịlojicli opozd t ɖ Cnsrṿtivz wr śoct t si ɖ parti v Ćrćl n Ʈaćr flayñ of ɖ relz.

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Liz Truss speaks after the sacking of Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor, 14 October 2022. Photograph: Daniel Leal/AFP/Getty Images
Liz Trus spīcs aftr ɖ sacñ v Qāzi Qarteñ az ćanslr, 14 Octobr 2022. Foṭgraf: Dańl Leal/AFP/Geti Iṃjz
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Ɖ Trus-Qāzi Qarteñ “Groʈ Plan 2022” startd ǎt az a bujit at wor wɖ itslf, wɖ vast imrjnsi spendñ sitñ alñsd big unfundd taxcuts. It wz olso at wor wɖ Banc v Ñgḷnd munitri poḷsi. Ɖt wz bad inuf. Ɖen cem U-trnz, ɖ dfeṇstreśn v Qarteñ n ɖ nemñ v a ny ćanslr, Jeṛmi Hunt, hardli an îdịlojicl soulmêt v ɖ libterịn prîm̦inistr.

Ɖs stori z far fṛm ovr. Fṛm ɖ ǎtset, ɖ riax́n t ɖ ny guvnmnt’s “fiscl ivnt” abrōd wz ōfl. Formr YS Treẓ́risecṛtri Lari Sumrz sd ɖ wrld’z fifʈ-larjist icoṇmi wz “bhevñ a bit lîc an imrjñ marcit”. Prezidnt Bîdn himslf sd ɖt Trus’z orijinl plan wz a “mstec”. Ɖ Inṭnaśnl Munitrifund, ẃć yẓ́li rzrvz its srṃnîzñ fr dveḷpñ icoṇmiz, sd: “w d nt rec̣mnd larj n untarġtd fiscl pac̣jz at ɖs juñćr, az it z importnt ɖt fiscl poḷsi dz nt wrc at crosprṗsz t munitri poḷsi. Frɖrmr, ɖ nećr v ɖ YC meźrz wl lîcli incris iniqoḷti.”Stl, wɖ ol ɖ oprobrịm hīpt on Trus, it’s īzi t fget ɖt ɖ damij bgan loñ bfr ś got hold v Britn’z fînansz. Ẃt’s haṗnñ tde canot b seṗretd fṛm ẃt hapnd in ɖ last deced, līdñ p t Brexit. T xplen ɖoz dez t non-Brítnz, y hv t wêd intu ɖ wīdz v Britiś poḷtics. Ɖr, w cm upn Nîjl F’rāź, hu ɖo nvr ilectd t parḷmnt hd an xtrordnri inflụns on Wsminstr poḷtics. Hd it nt bn fr ɖ ʈret F’rāź n Ycip pozd t ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti, Devid Camṛn me nvr hv dsîdd t cōl fr a reḟrendm. Bt, fetḟli, h dd.

Az a dyl YS-YC sitizn hu’z livd in Lundn sins 1996, ɖ closist I cd gt t unḍstandñ a raṣ́nal bhnd Brexit wz t si it in ɖ contxt v ẃt Bler wns cōld “post-empîr mleiz” – a veg f dīp-sītd yrnñ t rgen ɖ confidns n śurnis v îdntti ɖt, at līst in ɖ imaɉneśn, wnt hand in hand wɖ runñ an empîr. “Tec bac cntrol” wz śrli part v ɖt, fyld olso bî hîtnd ic̣nomic inṣkṛti in ɖ wec v ɖ 2007-08 fînanśl crîsis n a concmitnt unīz abt iṃgreśn.

Setñ ɖt lojic asd, I hv t se ɖt vrć̣li ol ɖ ic̣nomic arğmnts in fevr v Brexit lct spīśs at bst n sinicli mslidñ at wrst. In ɖt sns, Brexit z a cnd v orijinl sin ɖt sits at ɖ hart v tde’z YC icoṇmi. Ɖt śd hv bn evidnt in ɖ mirịd dîr ic̣nomic fōrcasts blîɖli dsmist az “rmonr” scermunġrñ in ɖ run-up t ɖ 2016 reḟrendm – fōrcasts ɖt trnd ǎt t b mostli akṛt. N it śd hv bn obvịs – az it wz t ɖ rest v ɖ wrld – in ɖ dǎnẉd tṛjectri v ɖ “Brexit pǎnd”, ẃć fél fṛm 1.50 t 1.33 t ɖ dolr oṿnît aftr ɖ 23 Jūn 2016 vot n ultiṃtli hit its lǒist-evr rcordd levl v 1.03 on 26 Sptmbr v ɖs yir.

Biyñ “liḅretd” fṛm ɖ YY wz nvr gwñ t liv p t ɖ cǎnṭfit proṃsz md bî ɖ Vot Līv campen bfr ɖ reḟrendm. Britn’z bordrz r no les pōṛs ɖn ɖe wr. Ɖ post-Brexit treḑīlz ɖ YC hz ngośietd r inṣgnificnt cmperd wɖ ɖ los v its larjist tredñpartnr. Ɖ juwl-in-ɖ-crǎn dīl wɖ ɖ YS z nt īvn on ɖ ajnda, az Trus admitd last munʈ.

Ɖ pandemic, huz arîvl cǒinsîdd wɖ Britn’z dparćr fṛm Yṛp, caṃflaźd mć v ɖ tol Brexit wz inflictñ on ɖ icoṇmi. Bt ɖ harm z riyl. A yir ago, ɖ Ofis fr Bujit Rsponsbiḷti wz esṭmetñ ɖt Brexit’s loñ-trm impact on ic̣nomic groʈ wd b mor ɖn twîs az daṃjñ az ɖt v Covid.

Ɖ ifct on tred hz bn devstetñ. Moḍlñ bî ɖ Sntr fr Yṛpiyn Rform faund ɖt sol̦i bcz v Brexit, Britiś tred in gdz wz dǎn jrñ ɖ frst haf v last yir, renjñ btwn 11 n 16% munʈ t munʈ. “Ɖr z evidns ɖt bizṇsz fes ny n sgnificnt riyl-wrld ćaḷnjz in tredñ wɖ ɖ YY ɖt canot b atribytd t ɖ pandemic,” ɖ Hǎs v Lordz Yṛpiyn-aferz cmiti rportd in Dsmbr.

Endñ ɖ fri muvmnt v lebr btwn Britn n ɖ continnt – a Brexit cornrston – z holowñ ǎt ɖ wrcfors. Acordñ t ɖ Ofis fr Naśnl Sttistics, ɖ numbr v job vec̣nsiz std at 1,246,000 in ɖ ʈrd qortr v ɖs yir, p fṛm abt 823,000 bfr Brexit n Covid-19 set in. Ɖz śorṭjz aflict bizṇsz larj n smōl, fṛm cafez n pubz t farmz n mańfacćrñplants.

Mnẃl, ɖ OBR anaḷsis fṛm Me śoz a numbr v ic̣nomic indcetrz ol gwñ in ɖ roñ d’rex́n: az a rzult v līvñ ɖ YY, loñ-trm prodctivti wl slump bî 4%, bʈ xports n imports wl b arnd 15% lowr in ɖ loñ run, nyli sînd treḑīlz wɖ non-YY cuntriz “wl nt hv a mtirịl impact”, n ɖ guvnmnt’s ny post-Brexit mîgreśn reźīm wl rdys net inwd mîgreśn at a tîm v criticl lebrśorṭjz. It hz bn sm stori t tel.

Ɖr’z a sīn in ɖ Hǎs v Comnz ɖt cīps pleyñ in mî hed. It’s 2019 n Jecb Rīs-Mog, nǎ Trus’z biznișecṛtri, z spīcñ v ɖ “brōd, súnlit upḷndz ɖt awêt s” ʈancs t Brexit. Ɖen I contmplet ẃr Britn z tde: hedñ intu a pṛtractd rseśn undr an infībld prîm̦inistr līdñ a wūndd, frax́s parti. I hop I’m pruvd roñ, n ɖoz súnlit upḷndz r ǎt ɖr ovr ɖ hrîzn. No sîn az yt. Bt I’d b plizd t cm bac n tel evrwn hu hz lisnd so far ɖt I wz mstecn.

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Strîcr MḠîr, hu livz in Lundn, z a formr editr at Nyzwīc n Blūmbrg

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on the Conservative party: better off out

‘A terse press conference on Friday, devoid of contrition, served only to prove that Ms Truss is incapable of improvement.’ Photograph: Daniel Leal/AP
‘A trs presconfṛns on Frîde, dvôd v cntriśn, srvd onli t pruv ɖt Mz Trus z inceṗbl v impruvmnt.’ Foṭgraf: Dańl Liyl/AP
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti: betr of ǎt

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

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Liz Trus’z project z finiśt n hr MPz nǒ it. Ɖ parti nīdz ny îdīaz n tîm t rībild in opziśn

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Frîde 14 Octobr 2022

Liz Trus wz nvr lîcli t mc a gd prîm̦inistr n it z tù lêt nǎ fr hr t b an orḍneṛli bad wn. Hr repyteśn canot wɖstand ɖ damij olrdi inflictd on Britn’z icoṇmi. A cors c’rex́n on fiscl poḷsi mt brñ tmprri marcit stbiḷti, bt it wl tec ny līdrśp t rstor confidns ɖt ɖr z sǎnd jujmnt at ɖ hart v guvnmnt.

Mcñ a scepgot v Qāzi Qarteñ cnvinsz nwn. Ɖ ćanslr hz bn sacṛfîst t apiz critics v a mini-bujit ɖt gev xpreśn t ɖ wil v ɖ prîm̦inistr. Apôntñ Jeṛmi Hunt az Mr Qarteñ’z s’xesr brñz xpirịns bt nt chiṛns t ɖ guvnmnt. F Mr Hunt cōlz ɖ ic̣nomic śots, ɖ prîm̦inistr z rdundnt. F h dz’nt, ceos wl cntiny.

It wz Mz Trus hu hd ɖ roñ plan, at ɖ roñ tîm, intṛdyst in ɖ roñ we. Loñ aftr it wz clir t evrwn ǎtsd Dǎnñ Strīt ɖt hr îdịlojicl priscripśnz wr pôzn, ś wz dfndñ ɖm wɖ dogmatic condisnśn. Ɖ scel v ɖ orijinl err, magṇfaid bî ɖ uncomprihndñ folo-up, dsqoḷfîz hr fṛm ofis. A trs presconfṛns on Frîde, dvôd v cntriśn, srvd onli t pruv ɖt Mz Trus z inceṗbl v impruvmnt.

Most Cnsrṿtiv MPz wd b rid v hr tmoro f ɖe cd agri on a we t d it ɖt wd’nt mc ɖer pridic̣mnt īvn wrs, bî ẃć ɖe mīn avôdñ a contest ɖt mt pṛmot smwn īvn les sūṭbl ɖn Mz Trus.

Ɖr z olso cnsrn ɖt a rplesmnt wd fes an imīɉt crîsis v l’jitiṃsi. Ɖr r wez t arenj a s’xeśn, bîpasñ a baḷt v Tori membrz, bt ɖ ces fr a jenṛl ilex́n wd ɖen b oṿẃlmñ. Fy Tori MPz fīl sef inuf in ɖer sīts t reliś ɖt prospect.

Ɖ probḷm v a ʈredbér mandet z an iśu olrdi. Ɖ unritn rūlz v Britiś dmocṛsi alǎ fr ćenjz v prîm̦inistr wɖt neśnwîd ilectṛl ratiḟceśn, bt ɖ l’jitiṃsi v a guvnmnt ɖus instōld dmandz hymiḷti in recgnîzñ ɖt pǎr z d’rîvd fṛm a parḷmntri mjoṛti wún on a ptiklr maṇfesto. Mz Trus’z mavric bujit’dvnćr dfaid ɖt prínsipl. Ś imbarct on a dstructiv cors wɖ a reṿluśnri zīl ɖt hd no deṃcratic besis.

Ɖ denjrz inhiṛnt in ɖs sićueśn r evidnt t raṣ́nl Tori MPz, mni v hūm rec̣gnîz ɖt reźīmćenj z fast bcmñ a matr v naśnl rjnsi, trumpñ eni qsćn v ẃt it mīnz fr ɖ parti. Hvñ witnist ɖ harm ɖt Mz Trus cn d t Britn in jst a fy wīcs, it z hard t mc ɖ ces fr wêtñ n siyñ ẃt mt hapn f ś stez in ɖ job fr yirz.

Ɖt z ɖ petriotic ces fr ax́n. It hapnz olso t b tru ɖt ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti’z slf-inṭrest z srvd bî swiftli dspozñ v its cuṛnt līdrśp. Mz Trus’z funḍmnṭlist libterịn îdioḷji hz bn stres-tstd n brocn bî ɖ vri fors it veṇrets az a s’prīm oʈoṛti – ɖ marcit. Hr cṛdnślz n hr crīd cd hardli b mor comprihnsivli dmoliśt. Ɖr r uɖr strenz v Cnsrṿtizm n tṛdiśnz in ɖ parti wrʈ salṿjñ fṛm ɖ ruin v Mz Trus’z project. Ɖt z a tasc t b unḍtecn in opziśn, ẃć z clirli nǎ ɖ propr ples fr ɖ Tōriz, az its mor onṛbl MPz n s’portrz mst riylîz.

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: The markets have taken back control: so much for Truss’s Brexit delusion of sovereignty

‘Liz Truss is finished, a hollow husk of a prime minister.’ Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian
‘Liz Trus z finiśt, a holo husc v a prîm̦inistr.’ Foṭgraf: Śōn Smiʈ/Ɖ Gardịn
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Ɖ marcits hv tecn bac cntrol: so mć fr Trus’z Brexit dluźn v sovṛnti

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

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Ɖs z ɖ bigist hymilieśn v Britn sins Suiz, a rmîndr ɖt no guvnmnt cn ignor riaḷti

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Jonathan Freedland

Joṇʈn Frīdḷnd, Frîde 14 Octobr 2022

Hard t b’liv nǎ, ẃn w’r in ɖ midl v ɖ melstrom, bt wn de ɖs tù wl b ɖ past. N ẃn it z, ẃn w’r ǎt v ɖ aurli sîcodrāma – no longr stẹrñ at ɖ scrīn, woćñ Qāzi Qarteñ’z plein d an acćl U-trn in ɖ scî en route t hiz biyñ fîrd on tućdǎn, fr ɖ crîm v dwñ ẃt hiz bos wontd him t d – it me nt lc ol ɖt compḷcetd.

Historịnz wl lc bac n si a pônt v oṛjin t ɖ cuṛnt madnis, wn ɖt xplenz hǎ a ny prîm̦inistr cd si hr admiṇstreśn fōl apart in a matr v wīcs, īvn f w strugl t nem ɖt cōz ǎt lǎd rît nǎ. Ẃn ɖ txtbcs v ɖ fyćr cm t ɖ ćaptr w r livñ ʈru, in ɖ ōtm v 2022, ɖe wl start wɖ ɖ sumr v 2016: Brexit n ɖ sṗsific dluźn ɖt drouv it.

Ɖe wl pônt t ɖ obvịs impact v Britn’z dsiźn t līv ɖ Yṛpiyn Yńn, n ɖ rǒl ɖt pleid in upending a cuntri wns rnǎnd fr its stbiḷti. Ɖe mt bgin wɖ ɖ besics. Xit, ɖe wl rait, śranc ɖ YC icoṇmi ʈancs t a 5.2% fōl in GDP, a 13.7% fōl in invstmnt n a similr drop in ɖ tred in gdz. Ɖt slf-inflictd cntrax́n hlps xplen ẃ Britn flt inṭnaśnl śocs – srjñ infleśn, fr xampl – hardr ɖn most. F yr icoṇmi z smōlr, y îɖr hv t tax ppl mor t pe fr ɖ srṿsz ɖe xpct, or y cut ɖoz srṿsz, or y boro. Ɖr r no uɖr wez ǎt.

Unls y rzort t majicl ʈncñ. Ẃć brñz s t ɖ secnd cōzl cnx́n btwn ɖ crezinis v nǎ n ɖ trnñpônt v 2016. Brexit brouc ɖ linc btwn guvnns n rīzn, btwn poḷsi n evidns. Untl Brexit, poḷtiśnz onli rerli got awe wɖ dfayñ ɖ impiricl facts or eḷmntri lojic. Bt in 2016 ɖe pritndd ɖt a cuntri cd wìcn its tredñtîz t its nirist nebrz n gt rićr, ẃć z lîc seyñ y cn step in a baʈ v îs n gt wormr. Wns ɖ tbu on majicl ʈncñ wz brocn, wns fanṭsi bcem a Cnsrṿtiv habit, Trusonomics bcem inevitbl – smîlñli insistñ ɖt y cd cut taxz fr ɖ rićist, mc “abṣlutli” no cuts t public srṿsz n cntrol borowñ, ol at ɖ sem tîm.

Bt ɖr z a les obvịs we in ẃć Brexit md ɖ cuṛnt gret unraṿlñ a p’liticl deʈ fōrtold. It trnz on ɖ îdīa ɖt pǎrd ɖ rj t līv ɖ YY mor ɖn eni uɖr: cōl it ɖ sovṛnti dluźn.

Ɖ līvrz’ slogn, “Tec bac cntrol”, rjd Brítnz t śec of ɖ cnstrents v Bruslz n bcm a prǎd, soṿrin neśn wns mor – a neśn ɖt, alon, wd dsîd its fet. Aftr Brexit, ɖe promist, Britn wd b ɖ sol mastr v its desṭni, unbrdnd bî ɖ nīd t cnsult or īvn acoṃdet enwn els.

Ɖ ʈri wīcs sins Qarteñ dlivrd hiz mini-bujit hv sìn ɖ śaṭrñ v ɖt dluźn. Fr Trus n hr nǎ xćanslr wr gvn ɖ rūdist v rmîndrz ɖt in ǎr inṭdipndnt wrld ɖr z no sć ʈñ az pyr, untramld sovṛnti. No guvnmnt cn d ẃt ɖ hel it lîcs, hīdlis v uɖrz. In ɖs ces, ɖ rstrent on sovṛnti wz nt ɖ YY: it wz ɖ munimarcits. Bt ɖer vrdict wz az bîndñ az eni Bruslz īdict; in fact it wz mor so. Ɖe ordrd ɖ rmuvl v a ćanslr aftr jst 38 dez in ofis n ɖ canṣleśn v ɖ guvnmnt’s ic̣nomic straṭji. It z ɖ fînanśl marcits ɖt hv tecn bac cntrol.

Nn v ɖz ivnts śd b a s’prîz. Ɖr wr plenti hu wornd ɖs wd hapn, nt līst Trus’z sumr’ponnt, Riśi Sŭnac. Bt Trus n Qarteñ wnt ahd enwe, iśuwñ ɖer procḷmeśnz az f ɖe wr ɖ sol actrz on ɖ stej, oblivịs t ɖ fact ɖt y c’nt jst anǎns £43bn v unfundd taxcuts wɖt ɖoz hūm y xpct t lend y ɖ muni xpresñ a vy – in ɖs ces bî triġrñ an instnt spîc in ɖ cost v borowñ. Y canot simpli bîpas ɖ ofiśl spendñscrūṭnir, ɖ Ofis fr Bujit Rsponsbiḷti, wɖt ɖ marcits cncludñ ɖt y’v bcm unpridictbl n, ɖrfr, unrilaybl, a bad risc.

Az rmenrz wr moct fr pôntñ ǎt six loñ yirz ago, ɖr z no sć ʈñ az unfetrd sovṛnti in ɖ 21st snć̣ri: evri cuntri hz t acoṃdet its nebrz, ɖ globl icoṇmi, riaḷti. Bt ɖ līvrz, n ɖer zeḷs cnvrt Trus, rfyzd t hír it. Ẃn Sŭnac traid t spel ǎt ɖz rūḍmntri facts, Cnsrṿtiv parti membrz ʈt h wz biyñ a spôlsport. Ɖ Treẓ́ri prṃnnt secṛtri, Tom Scolr, wz sìn az ɖ imbodimnt v sć borñ, riaḷti-best ʈncñ, n so Trus fîrd him.

Ɖs wīc Sanje Rāja, ćīf YC icoṇmist v Deutsche Bank, tld a Comnz cmiti ɖt Britn wz fesñ a ynīc form v tredśoc: “W hv’nt sìn ɖs cnd v treddeḟsit sins 1955, sins naśnl acǎntrecordz bgan.” It wz od, bcz I tù hd bn ʈncñ abt ɖ mid-1950z, sṗsificli ɖ Suiz crîsis v 1956. Ɖ fełr v ɖt militri advnćr z nǎ sìn az ɖ momnt ẃn a bucit v cold riaḷti wz ʈroun intu Britn’z fes, a hymilieśn ɖt stript ɖ cuntri v its impirịl dluźnz, forsñ it t axpt ɖt it wz no longr a globl sūṗpǎr ɖt cd act alon. Fr a ẃl, Britn lrnt ɖt lésn: jst fîv yirz aftr Suiz, ɖ cuntri wz nocñ on Yṛp’s dor, ascñ t jôn ɖ club.

Bt sm, ispeṣ́li in ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti, nvr śc of ɖ old dluźn. Bî 2016, it wz bac, ɖ Tōriz hî on Brexit tōc v a globl Britn wns agn sêlñ ɖ wrld’z ośnz, fri v ɖ cnstrenñ hand v ɖ YY, redi t rtrn t its rîtfl granjr. Ɖ Tōriz hv bn briɖñ ɖoz fymz fr six yirz, n ɖ Trus-Qarteñ mini-bujit wz ɖ rzult: ɖ Suiz v ic̣nomic poḷsi, a dzastṛs act v imajind impirịl sovṛnti.

Az sevṛl icoṇmists hv notd, Trus wz actñ az f Britn wr ɖ YS, iśụr v ɖ wrld’z rzrvcuṛnsi, wɖ marcits fōlñ ovr ɖmslvz t lend it muni. Lîc Ánṭni Īdn bfr hr, ś cd nt axpt ɖt Britn’z ples z nt ẃt it wz: it cn nvr b soṿrin lîc a cñ in a fẹritêl, ebl t bnd ɖ wrld t hiz wl. Ɖt cnd v sovṛnti wz olwz a fanṭsi, wn ɖt bʈ féd Brexit n wz féd bî it.

Nǎ ś hz hd t mc a cnseśn t riaḷti, leyñ dǎn ɖ p’liticl lîf v hr frend n abandnñ ẃt hd bn a sigṇćrpoḷsi. Ś z nt in ćarj v ivnts; ś z nt īvn in ćarj v hr ǒn guvnmnt. Jeṛmi Hunt wz an apôntmnt forst on hr. Hr dmīnr in hr afṭnunpresconfṛns on Frîde – śel-śoct, britl – sjstd ś hz nt abzorbd ɖ fl mīnñ v ẃt hz jst hapnd.

Ś z finiśt, a holo husc v a prîm̦inistr. Bt ɖs z bigr ɖn ɖt. Ɖ Brexit bubl hz brst. Ɖ cuntri hz sìn ɖt ɖ Tori hlūṣneśn v an îḷnd ebl t cmand ɖ tîdz wz no mor ɖn a fīvrdrīm, n a denjṛs wn at ɖt. W cn pṛnǎns Trusonomics ded. Brñ on ɖ de w cn se ɖ sem v ɖ dluźn ɖt spōnd it.

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Trussonomics: bringing on social and financial devastation

Kwasi Kwarteng and Liz Truss in Birmingham last week. ‘No government has sabotaged its economic reputation as quickly as this one.’ Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters
Qāzi Qarteñ n Liz Trus in Brmñm last wīc. ‘No guvnmnt hz saḅtājd its ic̣nomic repyteśn az qcli az ɖs wn.’ Foṭgraf: Tobi Mlvil/Rôtrz
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on Trusonomics: brññ on sośl n fînanśl devsteśn

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 11 October 2022)

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Ɖ guvnmnt n its sntṛl banc r plotñ a paʈ ɖt wl criet a penfl rseśn. Bʈ òt t ćenj cors

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Tyzde 11 Octobr 2022

In ćés ɖe cōl it zugzwang – a sićueśn in ẃć eni līgl muv līvz ɖ pleyr wrs of. Bʈ ɖ ćanslr, Qāzi Qarteñ, n ɖ Banc v Ñgḷnd r srćñ fr a winñ we ǎt v ɖer pridic̣mnts, gvn ɖ cnstrents impozd bî public opińn. Ɖe r unlîcli t fînd wn. “Trusonomics” – a mixćr v taxcuts, śarp rdux́nz in public spendñ n hayr inṭrestrets – hz arîvd az Brítnz bac hayr invstmnt, naśṇlîzd inḍstriz n lowr levlz v iniqoḷti. Votrz r gtñ ɖ oṗzit v ẃt ɖe wont, wɖ trust in ministrz pluṃtñ.

No guvnmnt hz saḅtājd its ic̣nomic repyteśn az qcli az ɖs wn. Ɖ Banc hz hd t step in ʈri tîmz sins ɖ ćanslr’z mini-bujit t stop a big sel-of in YC dét cōzd bî ɖ guvnmnt anǎnsñ a fiscl pacij ɖt boroz, acordñ t ɖ Insttyt fr Fiscl Studiz, £370bn ovr ɖ nxt tū yirz fr litl obvịs ic̣nomic gen. Ɖ mêhem wz intîrli pridictbl. Mr Qarteñ z spendñ mor ɖn ɖ guvnmnt gts bac in taxz; ɖ difṛns z fundd bî selñ guvnmntdét at a prîs dtrmind bî ōx́nz ẃr fînanshǎzz dtrmin ɖ yīldz. Ɖ mor dét ɖt z iśùd, ɖ hayr ɖ inṭrestret invstrz dmand t hold guvnmnt IOYz – a proses ɖt līdz ultiṃtli t hayr morgijpemnts.

Ɖ Banc hd wontd t hîc rets – bî śrincñ its QI gíltportfolio bî £80bn ʈru bondseilz – t fît infleśn. It wz ɖ onli mejr sntṛl banc t d so – an act ɖ icoṇmist Dańela Gabor dscrîbd az “an opn invteśn fr gíltmarcit dsrupśn n fînanśl instbiḷti”. Mr Qarteñ’z plan z similrli an ǎtlîr. Instd v public spendñ t cǎntr prîsśocs, ɖ ćanslr ʈncs ɖt ɖ rić gtñ rićr wl si ɖ icoṇmi ǎtrun infleśn.

F ɖs cntinyz un’beitd, Britn cd end p suḟrñ fînanśl c’laps n sośl devsteśn, foloud bî a loñ p’liticl crîsis, az hapnd in sm big midl-incm cuntriz 25 yirz ago. Bʈ ɖ Banc n Mr Qarteñ apir t ʈnc ɖt srtn sectrz v ɖ icoṇmi wl fel bcz ɖe r nt cmpettiv inuf – ɖr-bî setñ ɖ stej fr īvn mor niolibṛl rformz.

Britn nīdz stbiḷti t fix ẃt eilz its icoṇmi. Ɖ Banc śd alîn its poḷsi wɖ ɖ guvnmnt’s fiscl planz bî cntinywñ t bai bondz t cām marcits n cntrol inṭrestrets at tolṛbl levlz. It wl hv t mc a dsiźn on ɖs bî Frîde – ẃn ɖ Banc z dy t end its dêli bondprć̣sz. Hayr borowñcosts w’nt lowr eṇji n fūd prîsz. Ɖt z ɖ job v ɖ guvnmnt, ẃć śd olso rples its cuṛnt groʈplan wɖ wn ɖt siz manijd wej incrisz, lifts livñstanddz n sīcs t būst invstmntlevlz t rêz prodctivti.

Ɖ oltrṇtiv z t cari on wɖ Trusonomics n witnis ɖ dlibṛt crieśn v unimplômnt n ɖ c’laps v bizṇsz in a penfl rseśn. It z sinicl t ʈnc ɖt poḷtiśnz orc̣stret wez t pmit caś-rić bizṇsz t pic p barginz amd ɖ ic̣nomic recij wɖt sparcñ a popylr rvolt. Bt it z hard, wɖ ɖ preznt guvnmnt, t dscǎnt sć îdīaz.

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Fair play to Truss: stripped of competence or compassion, her extremism is refreshingly clear

‘Liz Truss can’t escape the temper of the times, which has turned against her and her party.’ Truss delivers her conference speech in Birmingham on Wednesday. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP
‘Liz Trus c’nt iscep ɖ tmpr v ɖ tîmz, ẃć hz trnd agnst hr n hr parti.’ Trus dlivrz hr confṛns spīć in Brmñm on Wnzde. Foṭgraf: Crsti Wiglzwrʈ/AP
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Fer ple t Trus: stript v compitns or cmpaśn, hr xtrimizm z rfreśñli clir

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 7 October 2022)

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Ɖs z hǎ bad guvnmnts dî – wɖ ɖ masc fōḷn awe, ɖer wrst fes rvild

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Jonathan Freedland

Joṇʈn Frīdḷnd, Frîde 7 Octobr 2022

Z  it tù sn t ofr a smōl wrd in dfns v Liz Trus? I aprīśiet ɖt ɖs z a lonli indevr. In ẃt śd b hr hunimūn pirịd, ɖ ny prîm̦inistr hz instd prizntd ɖ ilectṛt wɖ multipl grǎndz fr dvors. Poulñ sjsts ś’z abt az popylr az a Covid swet. Stl, Trus dzrvz prêz fr wn ʈñ at līst. Ẃt ś brñz t ǎr naśnl lîf z an admṛbl claṛti – ɖo phps nt in ɖ we ś intndz.

Ɖ Cnsrṿtivz hv bn in pǎr fr mor ɖn 12 yirz, n fr mć v ɖt tîm ɖe hv bn hard t pin dǎn. Devid Camṛn wz ilectd az a cmpaśṇt Cnsrṿtiv, ol husciz n hŭdiz n “ɖ big ssayti”. In riaḷti, h impozd a pirịd v osteṛti ɖt hit ɖ purist hardist, starvd cḿṇtiz v ćeriśt srṿsz n left cǎntlis nebrhdz nglectd n deṛlict. Fṛm wn sîd v hiz mǎʈ, Camṛn’z ćanslr, Jorj Ozbōrn, sd, “W’re ol in ɖs tgɖr”; fṛm ɖ uɖr, h pitd “strîvrz” agnst “scîvrz”.

T’rīza Me cem nxt, proṃsñ t tacl “brnñ injusṭsz” n redietñ snṣbl midl Ñgḷnd dīsnsi. In riaḷti, ś hd t cīp p wɖ a parti hot wɖ Brexit fīvr, cnsymd bî a project ɖt got pṛgresivli mor xtrim. Ɖ contṛdix́nz incrist n ɖ opaṣti ʈicnd wɖ Boris Jonsn, a libtīn cntmtẏs v ɖ standdz v prsnl conduct hiz parti wns hld dir; a Tori wɖ a põśõ fr big spendñ, ɖ bulc v it tarġtd, h promist, at ɖ parts v ɖ cuntri ɖt nīdd it most. A “Brex̣ti Heza” h wns cōld himslf, nodñ t Mîcl Hesltîn’z s’port fr an acṭvist stet, īvn az h trampld on ɖ formr depyti PM’z dvośn t ɖ Yṛpiyn îdiyl.

Ol v ɖs mnt ɖt fr mor ɖn a deced Cnsrṿtizm wz a śiftñ targit, its reṭric n its ax́n ofn d’recli at odz. Bt nǎ ɖr’z Trus, huz gret gift t Britn z a bresñ lac v amḅgywti. Wɖ no dstractñ vnir v compitns, dīsnsi or cmpaśn – îɖr riyl or boġs – ś ofrz instd a necidli îdịlojicl form v cnsrṿtizm.

Its instñts r unhidn. It fevrz ɖ rić ovr ɖ pur. Witnis bʈ Qāzi Qarteñ’z nǎ-abandnd jūsi taxcut t ɖ 1% n Trus’z cntinywñ rfyzl t plej ɖt beṇfits wl cīp pes wɖ a gaḷpñ ret v infleśn: f ɖe d’nt, ɖ nīdiist wl hv t gt bî on īvn les.

It yrnz fr a smōl stet, wn ɖt z līn in sîz n mīn in practis. Trus’z guvnmntl miniṃlizm z so unbndñ, ś vītoud a £15m public-inḟmeśn campen ɖt wd hv hlpt Brítnz rdys ɖer eṇjicnsumśn, ɖr-bî lowrñ ɖer bilz n hlpñ ɖ planit. Trus ʈt ɖt smact tù mć v ɖ hand v nani, īvn ɖo Jecb Rīs-Mog – a man hu nz mor ɖn z hlʈi abt naniz – hd apruvd ɖ plan. N so ɖ Naśnl Grid z bresñ s fr a wintr v disc̣nct, wɖ śort dez n loñ pǎrcuts – a ʈrǒbac t ɖ 1970z az vivid az wn v ɖoz Ćanl 5 clipcomṗleśn śoz ɖt w cd woć f onli w wr’nt sitñ in ɖ darc.

Ɖs z a necid cnsrṿtizm ɖt b’livz in itslf wɖ sć frvr it ʈncs facts śd mc we fr its fanṭsiz. Borowñ fr taxcuts in a pirịd v srjñ infleśn wz olwz gwñ t spūc ɖ marcits, bt Trus’z feʈ tld hr uɖ̇wz. Ś wz dtrmind t jump of ɖ clif, insistnt ɖt ol ɖ tōc v graṿti wz so mć stufi sạntific “orʈ̇doxi”.

Ɖ rfyzl t bǎ t impiricl evidns, t riaḷti, z Trus cnsrṿtizm’z dfînñ fīćr. Its oṛjinz r nt mstirịs. W mt cōl it Brex̣tizm: ɖ crīd ɖt holdz ɖt ɖ riyl wrld, īvn ɖ facts v jiogṛfi, cn b bnt t yr wl, jst bî clozñ yr îz n wśñ it wr so. Az ɖ FT coḷmnist Martin Wlf pts it: “Trus dz nt hv a groʈplan. Ś hz a ‘groʈplan’ – a majicl pośn intu ẃć ś sprinclz ɖ rvrsl v rīsnt tax incrisz, frīdm fr bancrz’ boṇsz n lowr taxz fr ɖ prospṛs, sz ‘abṛc̣dabra’ n sudnli trend prodctivtigroʈ qodṛplz.”

D’nt b msléd bî ɖ sirịl U-trnz, olrdi a sigṇćr v ɖ Trus ira. It’s tru ɖt ś promist ɖr wd b no eṇjiraṣ́nñ, n nǎ w’r set t fes ɖ crūdist form v raṣ́nñ, nemli blacǎts. Tru, tù, ɖt ś sd ɖr wd b no “handǎts”, īvn ɖo hr frst wīc in ofis sw hr bǎ t riaḷti n hand ǎt hlp on eṇjibilz, olbiit hlp peid fr bî ǎr ǒn fyćr taxz rɖr ɖn bî a levi on ɖ garganćụn xes profits v ɖ eṇji jaynts. N yes, ś abandnd ɖ aḅliśn v ɖ 45p taxret, bérli 24 aurz aftr ś’d sd ś wd stic wɖ it. Bt ɖoz rvrsz d nt sjst dctrînl cmplex̣ti, stl les straṭji. Ɖ onli stori ɖe tel z wn v wìcnis n heṃrijñ s’port.

Fr necid cnsrṿtizm z unpaḷtbl īvn t Cnsrṿtivz. Ɖs wīc, wn Nedīn Doriz akzd Trus v “lrćñ t ɖ rît”, adñ ɖt a de facto cut in beṇfits wz “cruwl”. V cors, ɖ hipocṛsi z ranc: Doriz’ aidl, Jonsn, cut yṇvrsl credit n wd hv dnaid fri scūlmīlz t hungri ćildṛn hd it nt bn fr Marc̣s Raśfd. Bt ẃn y’v got bʈ Rīs-Mog n Doriz – ɖ Sid n Nansi v ɖ Tori hard rît – t yr left, y nǒ y’v streid far fṛm īvn ɖ wîldist śorz.

Ɖs stripñ awe v ɖ caṃflāź, ɖs xpoźr v ɖ Tōriz’ hardist cor, ofrz wn uɖr conṣleśn bsdz claṛti. It cariz wɖ it ɖ sns v an endñ. Fr ɖs z hǎ bad guvnmnts ofn dî, ɖ masc fōḷn awe, ɖer wrst fes rvild. Trus wl trî t rali ɖ trūps, stŕñ ɖm wɖ ɖ fmiłr het – īvn f “rmenr ilīts” n “sitiznz v nẃr” r nǎ rībrandd az ɖ rɖr les punći “anti-groʈ cọliśn”. Bt ś c’nt iscep ɖ tmpr v ɖ tîmz, ẃć hz trnd agnst hr n hr parti.

Fr mor ɖn a deced, ɖ cuntri hz bn rūld bî ɖoz hu hv cōzd grev damij n gret hrt. Ofn ɖt wz cnsild bî smuɖ tōc, a ćarmñ manr or wîld proṃsz. Liz Trus z nt blest wɖ sm v hr prīdisesrz’ gifts fr dspśn. Instd hr xtrimizm z xpozd fr ol t si. It mīnz w cn si hr – n ol ɖ rotņis ɖt lîz bnʈ.

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‘The prime minister’s judgment is poor – on economics, politics and diplomacy.’ Photograph: WPA/Getty Images
‘Ɖ prîm̦inistr’z jujmnt z pur – on īc̣nomics, poḷtics n dploṃsi.’ Foṭgraf: WPA/Geti Iṃjz
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on eṇjiraṣ́nñ: Trus canot b trustd

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 7 October 2022)

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In a rmarcbli śort pirịd, ɖ prîm̦inistr hz istabliśt a record v seyñ ʈñz wɖ confidns ɖt trn ǎt t b roñ

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Frîde 7 Octobr 2022

Guvnmnts d nt gt t ćūz ɖ weɖr, bt ɖt dz nt mīn ɖe r at ɖ mrsi v ɖ elimnts. Ɖ hardśp ɖt wd b cōzd bî a cold wintr z fōrsiybl. Śorṭjz v eṇji r nt prīdestind, bt it z rīzṇbl t worn ɖ public v ɖ dsrupśnz t s’plî, az Naśnl Grid hz dn. Ɖ cumṗni hz rezd ɖ prospect v ʈri-aur blacǎts. It z nt ɖ lîcliist s’nario, bt a fīẓbl wn f dmand fr gas ǎtstrips s’plîz fṛm ɖ rest v Yṛp.

Liz Trus dz nt wont t b ɖ prîm̦inistr hu impozd eṇjiraṣ́nñ, n apirz t fevr dnayl az ɖ meʈ̇d t avôd it haṗnñ. Ś dz nt flatli rūl ǎt eni prospect v śorṭjz, bt ś b’litlz ɖ risc bî rfyzñ t ingej wɖ it candidli.

Mnẃl, an inḟmeśncampen bî ɖ biznis dpartmnt incuṛjñ simpl eṇjisevñ bhevyrz hz rportidli bn bloct bî Dǎnñ Strīt, ostnsbli bcz v ɖ £15m cost.

Ɖt z a smōl sum cmperd wɖ ɖ tnz v biłnz ɖt ɖ guvnmnt z cmitd t spend on holdñ bilz dǎn ovr ɖ wintr. Ɖt xpndićr, ẃć wl incris ɖ fiscl deḟsit, wl b lowr f ɖr z a c’lectiv naśnl eḟt t yz eṇji frūġli. A s’xesfl campen t manij xpcteśnz n incurij consveśn wd cumftbli pe fr itslf. Ɖ biznișecṛtri, Jecb Rīs-Mog, z hardli inclînd t mc a nani v ɖ stet, bt ɖ prîm̦inistr trnz ǎt t hv an īvn mor visṛl objx́n t enʈñ ɖt smacs v guvnmntbosinis.

Mz Trus z nt a cmplit strenjr t pragṃtizm. Ś recgnîzz ɖt masiv stet inṭvnśn z nesṣri t pṛtct ppl fṛm sōrñ eṇji prîsz. Ś hz iniśietd a nesṣri ʈw in rleśnz wɖ Frans n ɖ rest v Yṛp. Ś dd, ivnć̣li, yīld t rīzn on cutñ ɖ 45p taxret.

Bt ɖ patn hz bn t arîv at a raṣ́nl pziśn bî we v its oṗzit. Bfr ś wz in fevr v subṣdiz fr eṇji ys, ś wz frmli agnst sć “handǎts” t hǎsholdz n bizṇsz. Rleśnz wɖ Prezidnt Macron onli nīdd ʈw̃ bcz ś froz ɖm wɖ cras francofobic coments jrñ ɖ Tori līdrśpcontest.

Ś abandnd a taxcut bcz īvn hr ǒn MPz ʈt it gṛtyiṭsli rwordd ɖ rić. Īvn ɖ fînanśl marcits rjctd ɖ guvnmnt’s fiscl planz in xacli ɖ we ɖt Mz Trus hd bn śr ɖe wd’nt.

In uɖr wrdz, ɖ prîm̦inistr’z jujmnt z pur – on īc̣nomics, poḷtics n dploṃsi. Ś z inamrd v radc̣lizm n cntrovsi fr ɖer ǒn sec, n apirz t meźr ɖ hrǒic boldnis v a poḷsi bî ɖ streñʈ v riax́n agnst it. Hr mntl map v ɖ p’liticl t’ren z dvîdd intu ɖ tîni îdịlojicl clīc ɖt indorsz hr planz n ɖ “anti-groʈ cọliśn” cmprîzñ evrwn els. It z popylizm wɖt ɖ popylaṛti; a reṣpi fr iratic, dvîsiv guvnmnt n sośl discntnt.

Mni Cnsrṿtiv MPz sspctd ɖt wz ɖ ces bfr Mz Trus entrd Dǎnñ Strīt. Ɖe r nǎ śr v it n wunḍrñ hǎ t limit ɖ damij t ɖer ilex́nprospects n – a matr v mć gretr rjnsi – t ɖ cuntri.

In a vri śort tîm, ɖ prîm̦inistr hz istabliśt a record v seyñ ʈñz wɖ confidns ɖt trn ǎt t b roñ. A dificlt wintr, wɖ miłnz fesñ fyl n fūd poṿti, wd dplit ɖ standñ v eni guvnmnt. Mz Trus’z admiṇstreśn imbarcs on ɖt ćalinj olrdi in a crîsis v oʈoṛti. Ś mt gt luci wɖ a worm wintr, bt it z a wìc n inadiqt līdr hu gamblz so mć on smʈñ az unpridictbl az ɖ weɖr.

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Truss, Kwarteng and inequality: out of touch, out of time

‘The trouble for the leadership is that where Mr Gove has led, others are following for fear of being left behind by public opinion.’ Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian
‘Ɖ trubl fr ɖ līdrśp z ɖt ẃr Mr Gov hz léd, uɖrz r folowñ fr fir v biyñ left bhnd bî public opińn.’ Foṭgraf: Crisṭfr Tomnd/Ɖ Gardịn
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on Trus, Qarteñ n iniqoḷti: ǎt v tuć, ǎt v tîm

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 4 October 2022)

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Mîcl Gov z dwñ ɖ cuntri a srvis bî rzistñ a guvnmnt wɖ no mandet

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Tyzde 4 Octobr 2022

Liz Trus’z atmt t rīset ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti bî jetiṣnñ ɖ ajnda v ɖ prīvịs reźīm z felñ bcz v hr p’liticl incompitns n ɖ absns v a popylr mandet. Ɖ latr hz bn scilḟli xplôtd bî ɖ formr Tori cabiṇtministr Mîcl Gov t trî t salvij sm v ɖ 2019 maṇfesto, ẃć aspîrd t levl p purr eriaz. Mr Gov wl wer a feɖr in hiz cap aftr Suela Breṿmn, ɖ homsecṛtri, sngld him ǎt az a rñlīdr v a “cù” ɖt forst Mz Trus t drop planz t cut ɖ 45% taxret fr ɖ rić.

No prîm̦inistr hz ɖ priṿlij t se ẃt a jenṛl ilex́n mnt f ɖe hv nt wún wn. Ɖ Tōriz aćivd ɖer mjoṛti wɖ proṃsz v gtñ Brexit dn, rībildñ ɖ NHS n tac̣lñ rījnl iniqoḷti. Ɖoz proṃsz s’xidd in crietñ a ny cọliśn v tṛdiśnl Cnsrṿtiv s’portrz n formr Lebr votrz. Hvr, ɖ mes ovr ɖ Norɖn Îrḷnd proṭcol z evidns ɖt Brexit z far fṛm ovr; ɖ NHS z in crîsis; n ɖ obić̣riz r biyñ priperd fr ɖ leṿlñ-up ajnda. Ɖz fełrz wr fremd bî Mz Trus t sjst ɖt a clīn brec wz nīdd. Mr Gov hz riaṇmetd opziśn t ɖs project bî cōlñ fr “adiśnl rzorsz” t levl p ɖ cuntri, dspt ɖ guvnmnt’s bujitri sqīz.

Ɖ trubl fr ɖ līdrśp z ɖt, ẃr Mr Gov hz léd, uɖrz r folowñ fr fir v biyñ left bhnd bî public opińn. On Tyzde, Mz Trus rfyzd t cmit t a plej md bî hr prīdisesr, Boris Jonsn, ɖt beṇfits wd rîz in lîn wɖ infleśn rɖr ɖn rnñz. Mr Gov z rît t se ɖt ɖ promis śd b cept. Mz Trus’z tin-ird arğmnt z ɖt, in a cost-v-livñ crîsis, pnśnrz śd gt an infleśn-maćñ būst bcz ɖe c’nt incris ɖer incmz, ẃl ɖoz on beṇfits cd “wrc” t dīl wɖ rîzñ prîsz. Bt ɖ public wonts ɖ guvnmnt t spend larj amǎnts v muni t hlp ɖ pur. Gwñ agnst ɖ cuntri’z mūd riscs opn rbełn in cabiṇt. No guvnmnt cd svîv sć an inṣrex́n.

Mz Trus’z fełr t grasp ẃt z haṗnñ wɖ ɖ cuntri in trmz v iniqoḷti lîz at ɖ hart v hr p’liticl inepttyd. Ɖt z ẃt lincs bʈ riyl-trmz beṇfitcuts n leṿlñ-up. Britn z mor jịgraficli unīql ɖn eni uɖr big rić cuntri. Ǎtsd Lundn n ɖ sǎʈ-īst (n Ednbra’z invîṛnz) lîz a cuntri ẃr wejz, litṛsi n lîf xpctnsi r lowr, n unimplômnt n rets v ilnis hayr. Ɖ prīvịs guvnmnt’s blūprint fr leṿlñ p Britn, rlist rlịr ɖs yir, fél far śort in trmz v caś n dvolvñ pǎr. Bt hvr inadiqt ɖ pṛpozd s’luśnz, it wz atmtñ t ʈnc ʈru iśuz v ples, cḿṇti n iniqoḷti. T ɖt xtnt, it wz in tyn wɖ ɖ tîmz in a we ɖt its s’xesr maṇfestli z nt.

Mr Gov, wn v poḷtics’ naćṛl dsruptrz, z a denjṛs eṇmi fr Mz Trus t hv. Ɖ Gardịn hz dis’grìd wɖ hiz poḷtics on mni prīvịs oceźnz – abv ol in rleśn t hiz caṭlîzñ rǒl in Brexit. Bt h z dwñ ɖ rît ʈñ fr Britn bî rmîndñ Mz Trus ɖt ẃn votrz r scerd abt rîzñ eṇjibilz n morgijcosts, ś me hv t g t ɖ cuntri f ś wonts t drasticli ćenj d’rex́n. In 2019, Britn dd nt vot fr ẃt ś z oḟrñ.

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‘Ms Truss has tied her fortunes, for the moment, to her chancellor’s.’ The prime minister listens to Kwasi Kwarteng’s speech at the Conservative conference. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA
Hǎ ppl fīl ẃn fesñ an ic̣nomic crîsis ofn dsîdz ɖer ćôs in ilex́nz. Ɖt spelz dūm fr Liz Trus
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on a Tori U-trn: ɖ probḷm gz bynd tax

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 3 October 2022)

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Hǎ ppl fīl ẃn fesñ an ic̣nomic crîsis ofn dsîdz ɖer ćôs in ilex́nz. Ɖt spelz dūm fr Liz Trus

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Munde 3 Octobr 2022

Ɖ  public hz lost feʈ wɖ ɖ Cnsrṿtivz az a guṿnñparti ɖt cn dīl wɖ ɖ cost-v-livñ crîsis. Ɖt z ẃ ɖ Tōriz r in frīfōl in ɖ opińnpoulz. Qāzi Qarteñ’z hymilietñ U-trn ovr planz t scrap ɖ adiśnl ret v incmtax, ẃć z 45% on pe ovr £150,000, wl d litl t rstor confidns in Liz Trus’z tīm. Ɖ muv wl onli sǎr ɖ public mūd n dīpn dǎts ɖt ɖ Tōriz cn manij ɖ icoṇmi – n stedi woḅlñ hǎsholdfînansz.

Mr Qarteñ’z spīć t ɖ Tori parti confṛns hd tū ōdịnsz: ɖ frst wz in ɖ hōl; ɖ secnd wz woćñ on teḷviźn. In tōcñ abt “sǎnd muni” h cnsidd ɖt hiz guñhǒ minibujit wz enʈñ bt sǎnd. Blemñ YY lwz fr holdñ ɖ cuntri bac mt rsiv a ćir fṛm sītd acṭvists, bt it wl b met wɖ yōnz fṛm ɖ ilectṛt. Hvr, it wz Mr Qarteñ’z blîɖ dsmisl v ɖ rǎ jeṇretd bî ɖ 45% taxplan az “a litl trbyḷns” ɖt rvild hǎ ǎt v tuć h z wɖ ɖ naśnl mūd. Ɖ jîb wz nʈñ les ɖn an afrunt t ɖ miłnz v ppl olrdi fesñ spîṛlñ morgijcosts n rîzñ rents.

Ɖ tṛdiśnl wizdm z ɖt an incumñ guvnmnt wɖ an ambiśs program hd betr gt ɖ bulc v it ʈru qcli az its popylr mandet rapidli dis’pirz. Mz Trus’z probḷm z ɖt ś hz no wîdr mandet. Nwn cn unḍesṭmet ɖ abiḷti v ɖ guvnmnt t blo itslf p. Mr Qarteñ z a lạbiḷti hu òt t b dumt fr ɖ cuntri’z sec. Bt Mz Trus hz taid hr fortynz, fr ɖ momnt, t hr ćanslr’z. A mor ruʈlis prîm̦inistr wd hv cut Mr Qarteñ adrift last wīc. Ɖ longr ɖ per rmen laśt tgɖr, ɖ longr ɖ odz v ɖs guvnmnt svîvñ. Ɖt me b no bad ʈñ.

Ɖ guvnmnt’s minibujit wz a ces v ɖ Tōriz lcñ aftr ɖer ǒn: a mesij ɖt ɖ ćanslr n ɖ prîm̦inistr riinforst wɖ poḷsiz ɖt handd biznis a big taxcut n bancrz bigr pêpacits. Ɖs, ɖ ćanslr cnfrmd, wl b peid fr bî frɖr cuts v p t £18bn a yir t ɖ public srṿsz, ẃć wl d irepṛbl damij t ɖ NHS, p’līsñ n scūlz. It lcs lîcli ɖt beṇfits wl nt b upretd in lîn wɖ infleśn amd ɖ cost-v-livñ crîsis: a caḷs poḷsi ɖt afcts ɖ purist in ssayti. Ilex́nz r nt ofn wún bî telñ votrz ɖe wl hv t pe mor fr les, n wrc longr intu ɖ bargin. Nwn cn mis ɖt ɖ baḷns v tax n welfér ćenjz z biyñ tiltd frɖr in fevr v ɖ rić. Ɖ admiṇstreśn v Liz Trus dz nt ʈnc “w r ol in ɖs tgɖr”.

Ɖ ćanslr’z arğmnt z ɖt ɖz muvz r gd fr groʈ. Ɖt mt b tru in ɖ distnt fyćr. Bt ɖe rqîr ɖ cnd v lejsḷtiv ćenjz t, se, bild homz on grīn fīldz ɖt wd pṛvoc sć a baclaś amñ Tori MPz az t mc ɖm imposbl t inact. Ẃt ɖe d in ɖ śort trm z hand muni t rićr hǎsholdz n śerholdrz. Hvr, ɖs z a tîni slîs v ɖ ilectṛt. Mor n mor v ɖ public r fīlñ les s’kr abt weɖ̇rñ ɖ ic̣nomic storm. Mni votrz w’nt b fgivñ f ɖe lūz ɖer sevñz n ɖen ɖer dspoẓbl incm bcz v rîzñ hǎzñ, fūd n hītñ costs. Mz Trus n Mr Qarteñ ofr no hop fr ɖ cuntri. A fełr t dlivr īvn ɖt, alñ wɖ so mć els, òt t pruv ɖer unduwñ.

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Liz Truss at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham on Sunday. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters
Liz Trus at ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti confṛns in Brmñm on Súnde. Foṭgraf: Hana MCe/Rôtrz
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on ɖ Tori confṛns: a carnivl v śem

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 2 October 2022)

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Ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti wl rgret inflictñ a prîm̦inistr on Britn hu hz páct so mć fełr intu sć a śort tîm

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Súnde 2 Octobr 2022

Ɖ  ćôs v a ny līdr wz nvr gwñ t solv probḷmz ɖt hv bn amast jrñ 12 yirz v Cnsrṿtiv guvnmnt, bt īvn Liz Trus’z firsist critics hv bn s’prîzd bî hr ifiśnsi at mcñ ʈñz wrs. Hr guvnmnt’s plan fr groʈ sīmz t b xplodñ on ɖ lōnćpad bfr it hz hd a ćans t tec of. On Súnde ɖ formr cabiṇtministr Mîcl Gov indcetd ɖt h wd nt vot fr Mz Trus’z pacij bcz it wz roñ t b cutñ tax fr ɖ wlʈiist ẃn so mni wr suḟrñ. It z stîl az wel az substns ɖt z a probḷm. It lcs caḷs fr ɖ ćanslr t b at a coctelparti seḷbretñ ɖ mini-bujit wɖ bancrz hu r its bigist winrz. Ɖ prîm̦inistr dd se ɖt ś hd got ʈñz roñ. Bt, rɖr ɖn a cors c’rex́n, Mz Trus dubld dǎn.

Ɖ parti’z ańl confṛns ɖs wīc wz olwz gwñ t b ōcẉd fr Mz Trus ẃn so mni Tori MPz prifŕd Riśi Sŭnac az a canddet fr Dǎnñ Strīt. Hīlñ ɖoz dviźnz z nt md īzịr bî ɖ vindceśn v Mr Sŭnac’s blīcist fōrcast v Mz Trus’z planz. It mt b tù mć t xpct riyl cntriśn fṛm smwn hu dfndd Boris Jonsn īvn aftr h hd bn drivn fṛm ofis fr dypliṣti n incompitns. Mr Jonsn wz at līst śrūd inuf t si ɖ ytiḷti in tacticl U-trnz. Hiz s’xesr prifŕz a rijid îdịlojicl cnvix́n best on ʈiriz abt marcitforsz ɖt ɖ fînanśl marcits r nt bayñ.

Mz Trus n hr ćanslr hv trnd ɖ YC intu a l’boṛtri fr tstñ ɖ hîpoʈ̇sis ɖt ćaṇlñ wlʈ t ssayti’z rićist tír n starvñ ɖ public sectr v rzorsz wl jeṇret an invstmntbūm v sć magṇtyd ɖt taxreṿnyz wl srj īvn az ɖ taxbes śrincs. Ɖe r ćird in ɖt indevr bî a smōl srcl v libterịn icoṇmists – ɖ sem clīc hu b’livd, in dfayns v ol evidns, ɖt cutñ Britn of fṛm ɖ YY, its nirist n rićist marcit, wd smhǎ būst tred.

Ɖ prîm̦inistr ń ɖt ś wd incǎntr opziśn, includñ dsnt wɖn hr parti. Bt ɖ posbiḷti v criṗlñ parḷmntri rbełnz wl tst hr slf-imij az a risc-tecñ mavric, un’fred t tec tuf dsiźnz. Ɖr z olso a difṛns btwn p’liticl criṭsizm n a hostîl riax́n fṛm ɖ bondmarcit. T mc hrslf unpopylr wz a probḷm fr ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti. T cost Britn its repyteśn fr informd poḷsi mcñ z a probḷm fr evrwn, olɖo ɖ cost wl nt b flt īvnli.

Ɖ mini-bujit olso marcs a rtrn t ɖ driri poḷtics v osteṛti. Ministrz hv hintd ɖt beṇfits me nt b upretd in lîn wɖ infleśn nxt sprñ. Ɖt wd rvrs a cmitmnt md (rluctntli) bî Mr Sŭnac, undr preśr fṛm Tori MPz hu unḍstd ɖt miłnz v ppl fest desttyśn az rîzñ prîsz śrivld ɖ prć̣sñpǎr v ɖer welférpemnts. T cut ɖoz ppl adrift in a fînanśl storm wd b monstṛs – az z ɖ sjsćn bî ɖ Tori parti ćermn, Jec Béri, ɖt ɖe òt t gt betr-peid jobz. Ɖt ɖ storm hz bn ẃipt p bî ɖ guvnmnt’s ǒn fînanśl msmanijmnt onli adz spît n siṇsizm t ɖ caḷsnis.

Beṇfitcleṃnts mt b undŗeprizntd at a Tori confṛns, bt ɖ parti’z corvotrz wl nt b un’fctd bî ɖ crîsis inveḷpñ ɖer anôntd prîm̦inistr. Ɖer morgijpemnts wl rîz; ɖer NHS srṿsz wl b frɖr dńdd. Fy prîm̦inistrz aćiv ɖ scel v p’liticl n ic̣nomic err in a fl trm ɖt Mz Trus hz cmitd in a munʈ, n wɖ a flimzịr mandet ɖn most. Ɖ Tōriz mt qcli rgret hvñ ćozn hr az ɖer līdr. Wɖt ajustñ ɖer planz or ɖer top tīm, Cnsrṿtivz dzrv t pe a hevi ilectṛl prîs fr inflictñ ɖt msfortyn on ɖ rest v ɖ cuntri.

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Tōriz – fr ɖ gd v ɖ neśn, sev yr parti fṛm ɖs moṛl vôd

(Transcription of an Observer article of 17 April 2022)

I nvr vot Tori, bt ɖt’s nt ɖ pônt. Boris Jonsn’z toxiṣti pôznz ol v ǎr poḷtics

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John Harris

Jon Haris, Súnde 17 Epril 2022

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Boris Jonsn’z dsgres z onli dīṗnñ. On Tyzde, ɖ Hǎs v Comnz wl hír a ny prîm̦iṇstirịl stetmnt on so-cōld Partiget, treld ovr ɖ wīcend az “a pli fr pspctiv”. Bt fṛm eni rīzṇbl standpônt, h wl śrli lc śemd n despṛt. Jonsn rportidli fesz mor fainz fr brecñ hiz ǒn locdǎn lwz – n, bî impḷceśn, frɖr prūf v hiz lîz. Me’z locl ilex́nz, n nǎ a bîilex́n in red-wōl Wecfīld, drw closr. N az h dogidli hañz on t pǎr, ɖ vakm at ɖ hart v hiz guvnmnt z nǎ imposbl t ignor.

Loñ spelz in pǎr tnd t līv partiz śort on îdīaz n dvôd v eni sns v prṗs. Bt ʈancs partli t ɖ prîm̦inistr’z intîrli slf-sntrd unḍstandñ v poḷtics, ɖs guvnmnt’s sns v moṛl n p’liticl rot z smʈñ els agn. A qsćn nǎ scrīmz ǎt fr an ansr ɖt nwn sīmz ebl t pṛvîd: six yirz on fṛm ɖ 2016 reḟrendm n nirli ʈri yirz intu Jonsn’z tîm at ɖ top, ẃt z left v Britiś Cnsrṿtizm?

Tori îdīaz n attydz ɖt wns dfînd ɖ parti hv bn dscardd, or drasticli wìcnd. Ɖ old strand v sntŗît, “wn neśn” poḷtics ɖt riyli wz cnsrṿtiv – scepticl, nonîdịlojicl n yẓ́li opozd t eni radicl ćenj – stl xists, bt z a marjnl prezns, frst sîdlînd bî Ʈać̣rizm, ɖen dlt anɖr blo bî ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti’z fyrịs imbres v Brexit. Ɖ fri-marcit credo Ʈaćr yzd t riinvnt hr parti stl hz plenti v hî-profîl dsîplz (Liz Trus n Riśi Sŭnac amñ ɖm), bt it nǎ fīlz mor lîc a nstaljic cumḟtblancit ɖn a vîbṛnt set v îdīaz – sirịsli wìcnd nt jst bî its lac v ansrz t 21st-snć̣ri probḷmz, bt bî Jonsn’z pṛfest b’lif in ic̣nomic inṭvnśnizm, n ɖ we ɖ pandemic hz średd no end v Tori śiḅleʈs, nt līst ɖer b’lif in lo taxeśn.

Amd ɖ “wor on wouc” n ɖ ranc nastinis v Priti Ptél’z Hom Ofis, Devid Camṛn n Jorj Ozbōrn’z brīf atmt t “moḍnîz” ɖer parti n aqent it wɖ libṛl sośl attydz sīmz lîc enćnt hisṭri. Mnẃl, mni v ɖ s’pozd big ny îdīaz bròt t post-Brexit Cnsrṿtizm sīm t hv olrdi wiɖrd awe, az evidnst bî ɖ gret anticlîmax v “leṿlñ p”: a bit v spendñ hir n ɖr, bt nẃr nir ɖ gret ic̣nomic reḟmeśn votrz wr promist.

T cap it ol, Jonsn’z conduct – or, mor t ɖ pônt, hiz parti’z axptns v it – nǎ ʈretnz īvn its most besic articlz v feʈ. F ɖe wev ʈru lwbrecñ n layñ t parḷmnt, hǎ cn Cnsrṿtivz stl clem t b’liv in lw n ordr n ɖ sañtti v Britiś insttyśnz? Az ɖ damij cōzd bî Brexit pîlz p, ɖ îdīa ɖt ɖ Cnsrṿtivz r ɖ parti v biznis z olso fedñ fast. Fr ɖ fōrsiybl fyćr, ɖr òt t b plenti v rūm in Britiś poḷtics fr a parti v ɖ sntŗît cumftbl wɖ mdrṇti, n ataćt t proṗti ǒnrśp, liṃtd guvnmnt, a cōśs aproć t sośl ćenj n ɖ promis – hvr iluẓri – ɖt ɖ beṇfits v capiṭlizm r opn t evrwn. Bt ɖ Tōriz sīm t b gwñ mć ɖ we v ɖ YS Rpublicn parti, trnsformd ovr 30 or 40 yirz fṛm p’liticli stebl pṛtctrz v ɖ steṭs qo intu a voḷtîl mes v olmst ńrotic obseśnz n aṇmoṣtiz, n cuṛntli jst abt stild bî a c’lectiv b’lif in wn ol-pǎrfl indivijl.

Dspt ɖer sns v p’liticl dce, a mixćr v factrz – ej, deṃgrafics, Brexit, ǎr crīcñ ilectṛl sistm n ɖ fełrz v ɖ Lebr parti – hz cept ɖ Tōriz in pǎr. Bt mni v ɖz ʈñz wl nt last. Ɖ reḷvnt numbrz r starc: olmst haf v Tori votrz r nǎ ovr 65, n 83% r ovr 45. Fr yungr ppl, ɖ ic̣nomic modl crietd bî Ʈaćr n hr érz hz inteild ɖ imposbiḷti v hom ǒnrśp, n ɖr z fedñ inṭrest in ẃt ɖ Tōriz hv t ofr, śrli axeḷretd bî Brex̣ti nstalja n nastinis: in 1983, ɖ Cnsrṿtivz wún ɖ s’port v 42% v ɖoz ejd 18 t 24, bt bî 2019, ɖt figr hd hāvd.

Gvn ɖt dgri-levl edyceśn nǎ sīmz t tilt ppl awe fṛm ɖ Tōriz, ɖ fact ɖt 50% v yuñ ppl in Ñgḷnd nǎ g t yṇvrṣti z a big drîvr v ɖt śift. It z olso wrʈ notñ dīp ćenjz in ɖ culćr n poḷtics v mni plesz ɖt wns gev ɖ Tōriz ɖer most loyl s’port: az hîlîtd bî ɖ parti’z dclînñ fortynz in evrẃr fṛm sbrbn Gretr Manćestr t ɖ sǎʈ-īst cḿtr blt, an incrisñli larj ćunc v ɖ Ñgliś midl clas z nǎ soṣ́li libṛl, īcomîndd n rpulst bî ɖ Tōriz’ incrisñli riax́nri instñts.

Smẃr in ɖer c’lectiv soul, a lot v Cnsrṿtivz prizyṃbli nǒ ɖt ɖer cuṛnt p’liticl luc wl sn run ǎt, bt ɖt nagñ rịlîześn onli mcs sm v ɖm mor dtrmind t uptrn az mni ʈñz az ɖe cn, ẃl ɖe stl hv ɖ ćans. Ɖ rzult z ɖt paṛnôd, flelñ stîl v poḷtics ɖt Jonsn hz dsîdd z hiz bst mīnz v steyñ on top. Eni dstñśn btwn sbstanśl poḷsi n despṛt gimics hz loñ sins dzolvd. Ɖ prîm̦inistr n hiz alîz sīm t hv preśs litl t se abt ɖ evride riaḷtiz v ppl’z lîvz. Evrʈñ sntrz on hiz apaṛntli emoṛl attyd t pǎr n a growñ are v eṇmiz: jujz, “left-wñ loyrz”, brōdcastrz, tīćrz. Ɖ abîdñ impreśn z v ppl wɖ a rebid dsden nt jst fr ɖ cnvnśnz v poḷtics n pǎr, bt fr libṛl dmocṛsi itslf.

In 2020, ɖ Britiś p’liticl raitr Edṃnd Fòsit publiśt a cmpelñ wrc v hisṭri tîtld Cnsrṿtizm: Ɖ Fît fr a Tṛdiśn, huz stori runz fṛm ɖ 19ʈ snć̣ri t ɖ preznt de. “T svîv, let alon fluriś, libṛl dmocṛsi nīdz ɖ rît’s s’port,” h rout. “It nīdz, ɖt z, cnsrṿtivz hu axpt libṛl n deṃcratic grǎndrūlz … Ẃn, az nǎ, ɖ rît heẓtets or dnîz its s’port, libṛl dmocṛsi’z hlʈ z at risc.”

H add: “Wɖ ɖ left in rtrit, bʈ inṭlecć̣li n in partitrmz, ɖ rît cmandz poḷtics at preznt. Bt ẃć rît z ɖt? Z it ɖ brōdli libṛl cnsrṿtizm ɖt unḍpind libṛl dmocṛsi’z post-1945 s’xesz or an ilibṛl hard rît clemñ t spīc fr ‘ɖ ppl’?” Ẃn I rīréd ɖoz wrdz last wīc, ɖ homsecṛtri wz in Rwanda, anǎnsñ a poḷsi on refyjīz sīmñli inspîrd bî a wrc v dstopịn fix́n, ẃl ɖ prîm̦inistr cntinyd t ʈnc h òt t b alaud gt awe wɖ brecñ ɖ lw n ɖen endlisli layñ abt it. Wns agn, it wz obvịs ẃć sîd ɖe hd pict.

Fr eni Cnsrṿtivz hu rmen jenyinli cnsrṿtiv, ɖt òt t b an rjnt rīzn t gt rid v ɖer līdr n at līst atmt t rīc̣nct ɖer parti wɖ chiṛns, sns n ɖ besic rsponsbiḷtiz ɖt cm wɖ pǎr. Mbi ɖ rot z nǎ tù dīp; phps xpctñ eni moṛl cors v ax́n fṛm a p’liticl fors so yst t śemlisnis n cruwlti z a ven hop. Bt f onli t pl ǎr sistm v guvnmnt bac fṛm a cmplit moṛl vôd, f conśnsz wns agn str n a fy Tōriz start t muv, ɖ rest v s òt t qaytli ćir ɖm on.

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