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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on the Tory energy rebellion: get rid of the onshore wind ban

The view of Frodsham wind farm from Helsby Hill in Helsby, Cheshire. Photograph: Nathan Stirk/Getty Images
Ɖ vy v Frodśm wind farm fṛm Hlzbi Hil in Hlzbi, Ćeśr. Foṭgraf: Neʈn Strc/Geti Iṃjz

Ɖ Gardịn vy on ɖ Tori eṇji rbełn: gt rid v ɖ onśor-wind ban

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 28 Nov. 2022)

Riśi Sūnac z les cnsrnd abt hvñ a propr clîṃtpoḷsi ɖn biyñ ǎtflanct bî Nîjl F’rāź’z reḟrendm on net ziro

Munde 28 Nvmbr 2022

Ɖ  lésn fṛm ɖ paṛbl v onśor wind z ɖt Riśi Sūnac lacs oʈoṛti, creḍbiḷti or îdnṭfaybl poḷsiz in ci eriaz. H apirz t hv fy cor b’lifs ɖt h z wilñ t stand p fr, n lcs incrisñli vulnṛbl t dtrmind grūps v reblz on hiz ǒn bacbnćz. Bî bacñ dǎn ovr an ifctiv ban on land-best windmilz, h hz U-trnd twîs in les ɖn a wīc on ɖ leṿlñ-up n rījeṇreśn bil. Last Tyzde’z voltfās cem aftr duznz v Tori MPz ʈretnd t dfî him ovr hǎsbildñ targits. Hiz rvrsl ovr windpǎr on Munde cem aftr hiz prīdisesrz Boris Jonsn n Liz Trus ynîtd agnst him.

Ɖ bloc on bildñ land-best windfarmz in Ñgḷnd z absrd. Wind z brññ dǎn ɖ cost v bilz az YC hǎsholdz fes ɖ bigist cost-v-livñ rîz in a jeṇreśn. It hlps rdys carbn imiśnz n dpndns on foṛn eṇji imports. Poulñ sjsts onśor windtrbînz t b popylr wɖ ɖ jenṛl public – wɖ no los in s’port fṛm ɖoz livñ clos t ɖ ẃś v ɖ bled. Yt jrñ ɖ Tori līdrśp-ilex́n campen in ɖ sumr, ẃć h lost t Mz Trus, Mr Sūnac plejd t cīp ɖ ban on onśor windfarmz bcz v ɖ “dstres n dsrupśn” ɖe cd cōz t locl rezidnts. Mr Sūnac’s poḷsi ɖen wz abt telñ ɖ mostli eldrli, suɖn, mel Tori partimembrz ẃt ɖe wontd t hír. YGuv in Jlî sjstd onli 4% v ɖm ʈt net ziro śd b a prîoṛti.

Wns in ofis, n fesñ a rvolt v cabiṇtministrz az wel az bacbnćrz, Mr Sūnac hz dsîdd t rlax ɖ ban – bt nt bî mć. Ɖ prîm̦inistr sīmz lîcli t instōl a rstrictiv planñreźīm ɖt riscs blocñ grīn-eṇji dveḷpmnts n cīpñ bilz hî. Ɖ onśor-windfarm ban svîvz smẃt intact bcz v ɖ vxt poḷtics v ɖ Ñgliś rît. Cnsrṿtiv acṭvists n Tori MPz r cnsrnd abt biyñ ǎtflanct bî rîtwñ popylists hu tred in clîṃt dnaylizm n r ataćt t a trbîn-fri lanscep. Ɖs añzayti z hîtnd bî rports ɖt Nîjl F’rāź, hu z ajtetñ fr a reḟrendm on net ziro, z ayñ p a rtrn t fruntlîn poḷtics.

Wɖ Mr Sūnac in ćarj, Britn endz p in hóc t hiz parti’z wrst instñts. Lebr’z Ed Miḷband z rît t cōl fr ɖ scrapñ v ɖ onśor-wind ban cmplitli. Ɖ cuntri hz sufrd bcz s’xesiv Cnsrṿtiv guvnmnts hv “cut ɖ grīn crap” ovr ɖ past deced. An anaḷsis bî Carbn Brīf śoz ɖt olmst ol v ɖ eṇji rqîrmnt fṛm ɖ YC’z net import v Ruśn gas in 2021 cd hv bn met f ɖ cuntri hd cntinyd t ad land-best wind trbînz at historicl rets. Ɖ probḷm wɖ Mr Sūnac z ɖt h dz nt hv an ajnda ɖt ćîmz wɖ Britiś public opińn. Ɖ prîm̦inistr’z straṭji z t mudl ʈru n hop fr ɖ bst. Britn z in ɖ mdst v multipl crîsīz. Mr Sūnac hz onli bn in Dǎnñ Strīt fr a munʈ bt h hz olrdi xpozd hǎ ɖt aproć hz rīćt its limits at ɖ hart v guvnmnt.

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Brexit and the economy: time to face facts

‘Britain’s severance from EU markets is a wound that needs healing.’ Photograph: Getty
‘Britn’z sevṛns fṛm YY marcits z a wūnd ɖt nīdz hīlñ.’ Foṭgraf: Geti

Ɖ Gardịn vy on Brexit n ɖ icoṇmi: tîm t fes facts

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

Dnayñ ɖ cost v līvñ ɖ YY cīps Britn loct in a sîcl v fōlñ livñstanddz n rîzñ angr

Frîde 4 Nvmbr 2022

Ɖr mst cm a tîm ẃn ɖ cost v Brexit z rec̣gnîzd bî a Britiś guvnmnt, bt ɖt de z nt iminnt. Īvn ẃn ɖ icoṇmi n mîgreśn r tū v ɖ most prominnt topics v dbet, a rịlistic acǎnt v ɖ Yṛpiyn dmnśn t ɖoz iśuz z tbu fr Cnsrṿtivz hu stl wer ɖer epic poḷsifoli az a baj v onr.

Indipndnt obzrvrz rêz ɖ consiqnsz v Britn’z dparćr fṛm ɖ YY, az Marc Carni, formr Banc v Ñgḷnd guvnr, dd on Frîde ẃn h obzrvd ɖt it wz a factr drîvñ preśr fr hayr inṭrestrets. Mr Carney wnt frɖr, pôntñ ǎt ɖt ɖ YC icoṇmi hz śrunc reḷtiv t similr Yṛpiyn stets. Ɖr z mć dbet amñ icoṇmists abt ɖ bst sttisticl meźr t dscrîb ɖt ifct, bt nt mć dspyt on ɖ unḍlayñ fact ɖt Brexit hz md Britn purr, az ɖ rmencampen sd it wd n ɖ līvcampen dnaid.

Ɖ valy v strlñ dropt az sn az marcits rsivd ɖ reḟrendmvrdict in Jūn 2016 n hz nt rcuvrd. Ɖ dvalyeśn dd nt brñ ɖ upsîd in mor cmpettiv xports ɖt mt hv bn xpctd. Tred wɖ Britn’z nirist n rićist nebrz hz bn saḅtājd bî wɖdrwl fṛm ɖ YY custmzyńn n sngl marcit. Brexit ivanɉlists md improbbl proṃsz v compnseśn fr ɖ los v frix́nlis bordrz wɖ Yṛp via fri-tred dīlz arnd ɖ glob. Ɖ YS wz ɖ most īgrli antiṣpetd partnr. Ɖt hz’nt hapnd. Ɖr r no tōcs in Wośñtn t mc it hapn.

Ɖ riyl p’liticl impeṛtiv cīpñ Britn ǎt v ɖ sngl marcit wz nt tred bt iṃgreśn. Endñ fri muvmnt v lebr wz an axịmatic rqîrmnt fr “tecñ bac cntrol” v ɖ bordrz. Tōc v an ic̣nomic dǎnsîd t ɖt dsiźn wz dsmist bî Cnsrṿtivz az part v insidịs pro-Bruslz rvanś. Nǎ Britn fesz lebrśorṭjz, ẃć limit biznis xpanśn, harm prodctivti n cnstren groʈ. Ćocñ of līgl mîgreśnrùts hz bròt no p’liticl diṿdnd fr ɖ Tōriz. Ɖ parti’z rît wñ z stl obsest wɖ bordrcntrol, foc̣sñ instd on smōl-bot crosñz n viḷfayñ refyjīz fr dẹrñ t sīc asîḷm in ɖ YC.

Ɖs tù wz pridictd. Tori Yroscepṭsizm z an unstebl cọliśn v fri-tredñ libṛlz n culćṛl naśṇlists, wɖ ɖ latr dictetñ ɖ ton v dbet n ɖ spīd v flît fṛm ic̣nomic riaḷti. A hunt fr scepgǒts ẃn ɖ project felz t flfil its ytopịn proṃsz z intrinzic t naśṇlizm. Ɖt z ɖ grim paʈ dǎn ẃć Mr Sūnac’z parti z dsndñ, rgardlis v ẃɖr ɖ prîm̦inistr himslf planz it ɖt we. Ɖr z a sbstanśl risc ɖt anɖr sîcl v bujit osteṛti wl hesn ɖ dsent. Cuts t srṿsz on top v rîzñ livñcosts wl dgred ɖ public relm n cōz angr ɖt ɖ Tōriz wl, f rīsnt hisṭri z a gîd, adres bî mīnz v sinicl dflex́n, blemñ enwn bt ɖmslvz.

Mr Sūnac z trapt. H canot gv an onist aprezl v ɖ neśn’z ic̣nomic pridic̣mnt, sins dwñ so wd mīn abandnñ vaḳs reṭric arnd Brexit “oṗtyṇtiz”, recgnîzñ instd ɖt Britn’z sevṛns fṛm YY marcits z a wūnd ɖt nīdz hīlñ. Osteṛti 1.0 mnt biznis invstmnt wz slo t rtrn t prīcraś levlz. Hvr, it wz frozn aftr ɖ reḟrendm, bfr tecñ a Covid-sîzd hit. Ɖ upśot z ɖt līvñ ɖ YY hz cōzd loñ-trm scarñ t ɖ cuntri’z pṛductiv cpaṣti n cmpettivnis. Aṣnîn miṇstirịl dnayl v ɖt riaḷti z a frɖr dteṛnt t invstmnt. Ic̣nomic dclîn stǒcz p’liticl voḷtiḷti, ẃć mcs rcuṿri hardr. Ɖt viśs sîcl wl b brocn ẃn Britn hz a prîm̦inistr hu z wilñ t dīl in facts abt Brexit n set pniśs fix́nz asd. Riśi Sūnac, it sīmz, z nt ɖt man.

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Sunak v Starmer: time to get real

‘Not only did Mr Sunak have his guard up, he’d brought his own parries.’ The prime minister, Rishi Sunak, during prime minister’s questions. Photograph: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA
‘Nt onli dd Mr Sŭnac hv hiz gard p, h’d bròt hiz ǒn pariz.’ Ɖ prîm̦inistr, Riśi Sŭnac, jrñ prîm̦inistr’z qsćnz. Foṭgraf: YC Parḷmnt/Jesica Teilr/PA

Ɖ Gardịn vy on Sŭnac v. Starmr: tîm t gt riyl

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 26 October 2022)

It’s ɖ ic̣nomic crîsis, stypid. N nɖr ɖ Tōriz nr Lebr r priperd

Wnzde 26 Octobr 2022

Fget Tîsn Fyri n Dionte Wîldr – Wsminstr z brêst fr its ǒn epic bǎt: “wird gai” vrss “sntrist dad”. At līst, ɖt z hǎ advîzrz t Sr Cir Starmr wd lîc it fremd: ɖ sūṗwlʈi n prīṭnaćṛli yuñ ny prîm̦inistr vrss ɖer rlaybli grounup līdr.

F Wnzde’z prîm̦inistr’z qsćnz z eni gîd, Lebr ministrz wl nīd t dīpn n brōdn ɖer atac. It’s nt ɖt ɖe lac fr mtirịl, srvd p in a rlaybli adult manr bî ɖ līdr v ɖ opziśn. Fṛm Riśi Sŭnac’z non-Dóm wîf t hiz ri’pôntmnt v Suela Braṿmn t ɖ vri ofis ś qit in dsgres jst last wīc, ol wz preznt n c’rect. Wn cn si in ɖs ɖ jrm v ɖs wintr’z p’liticl dbet – n ɖ tū big probḷmz wɖ it.

Nt onli dd Mr Sŭnac hv hiz gard p, h’d bròt hiz ǒn pariz. In ɖ ny prîm̦inistr’z vy, hiz rîvl z a norʈ Lundn rmenr hu wrśps Jeṛmi Corbin. Misñ fṛm ɖs tîrd dñ-doñ btwn Sr F’renzic n a rìdi, dwībi unḍstudi v Boris Jonsn wz ɖ fact ɖt ɖ vast mjoṛti v votrz r suḟrñ a viśs sqīz on ɖer livñstanddz.

Mnẃl, pubz n ćrćz r setñ ɖmslvz p az worm hubz, so ɖt ppl hu c’nt aford t hīt ɖer homz d nt frīz ɖs wintr. Hospitlz in Lstr hv startd fūdbancs fr ɖer ǒn wrcrz. Nt onli dz ɖ parḷmntri panṭmîm rñ ptiklrli holo in ɖs brūtl wintr, bt ɖ post-2020 dnamic v Lebr compitns agnst Cnsrṿtiv culćrwor z ovr. T rīhaś an old rūl v poḷtics: it’s ɖ ic̣nomic crîsis, stypid. N nɖr Mr Sŭnac nr Sr Cir z priperd.

In fernis t ɖ ny prîm̦inistr, h hz got wn ʈñ rît. Bî ptñ of ɖ nxt bujit untl mid-Nvmbr, h hz gvn hiz guvnmnt briɖñ n ʈncñ spes t mc mor sirịs fiscl planz. Ɖ bad nyz z h planz anɖr dzastṛs rǎnd v osteṛti. Wnzde’z most telñ ćalinj cem fṛm ɖ SNP’z līdr at Wsminstr, Iyn Blacḟd, hu asct fr a gaṛnti ɖt beṇfits wd rîz in lîn wɖ infleśn – a gaṛnti ɖ prîm̦inistr rfyzd t gv. Ɖs wl drîv t desttyśn sm v ɖ lǒist-peid Brítnz, az rec̣gnîzd bî a Tori ćanslr hu jst a fy munʈs bac swòr beṇfits wd b linct t infleśn. Ɖt ćanslr wz nn uɖr ɖn Mr Sŭnac.

Ɖ odz-on feṿrit t b ɖ nxt prîm̦inistr z v cors Sr Cir, n it z naćṛl ɖt h wl b asct mor n mor ẃt h wd d difṛntli. So far, ɖ onist ansr z: w d’nt nǒ. Lebr hz a £28bn-a-yir grīn-invstmnt pacij n a plej t scrap ɖ non-Dóm tax lūphoul. Bt it nīdz t d mor on wlʈtaxz, n it śd argy ɖt spendñcuts amd a rseśn r madnis. Far betr t pṛtct beṇfits n public srvnts’ wejz, n t le ǎt planz t gro ɖ icoṇmi. Gvn hǎ fast fūdprîsz r rîzñ, it śd olso gaṛnti mīlz fr scūlćildṛn – in n ǎt v trm.

Oṗziśnz d’nt win ilex́nz, it z ofn sd; guvnmnts lūz ɖm. Fṛm Boris Jonsn t Liz Trus, ʈru partiz n lobiyñ scandlz n fūlhardi bujits, ɖs guvnmnt hz dn its levl bst t lūz ɖ nxt ilex́n. Nǎ it’s p t Lebr t pruv ẃ it śd win.

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Fṛm ɖ Gardịn: Labour must be bold and strike the killer blow – or the Tories will rise again

‘There needs to be an offering not just for those sick of the Tories.’ L to R, Rachel Reeves, Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner during prime minister’s questions. Photograph: Jessica Taylor/UK Parliament/AFP/Getty Images
‘Ɖr nīdz t b an oḟrñ nt jst fr ɖoz sic v ɖ Tōriz.’ L t R, Rećl Rīvz, Cir Starmr n Anɉla Rênr jrñ prîm̦inistr’z qsćnz. Foṭgraf: Jesica Teilr/YC Parḷmnt/AFP/Geti Iṃjz

Lebr mst b bold n strîc ɖ cilrblo – or ɖ Tōriz wl rîz agn

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 9 October 2022)

A rer oṗtyṇti hz imrjd t pin ǎr mni crîsīz nt jst on ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti, bt ɖ intîr cnsrṿtiv îdioḷji

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Nesrīn Malic, Súnde 9 Octobr 2022

Fîṇli, an ax́n-páct episod v Britiś poḷtics hz drwn t a cloz. It startd rufli at ɖ tîm v Riśi Sŭnac n Sajid Javid’z reẓgneśnz in rli Jlî, foloud bî Boris Jonsn’z reẓgneśn, a Tori līdrśp rês, a ny prîm̦inistr, a sêizmic minibujit, strlñ tancñ, a confidnt pformns bî ɖ Lebr parti n inevitbli a guvnmnt U-trn. Ɖ ǎtcm hz bn a dṛmatic śift in ɖ poulz twd Lebr. It wl b tū yirz bfr Brítnz cn xpres ɖer vyz in a jenṛl ilex́n, so a qsćn hañz in ɖ er – ẃt nǎ?

In ɖ îz v pṛgresivz ɖ ansr z clir: Lebr winz, v cors, n ɖ Tōriz hed intu cold xîl. Xpcteśn hz morft intu fact n nǎ okpîz ɖ spes btwn ɖ preznt n fyćr. Bt f a wīc z a loñ tîm in poḷtics, ɖen tū yirz z sevṛl lîftîmz. Ɖr z a risc ɖt, in ɖs momnt v oṗtyṇti, Lebr misz ǎt on mcñ ɖ sort v sstemic ćalinj ɖt cd, ɖt śd, snd ɖs c’lamiṭs Tori parti intu oblivịn, n nt mirli intu a cornr t rīgrūp.

Ɖr r hints ɖt ɖ Lebr parti z bginñ t riylîz ɖt it cn no longr cǎnt intîrli on biyñ popylr bî dfōlt. Ɖt ɖr nīdz t b an oḟrñ nt jst fr ɖoz sic v ɖ Tōriz bt olso ɖoz trnd of bî ɖ lac v śarp, mīnñfl contrast btwn ɖ tū. Īvn sm v ɖ most dis’fctd n ełnetd membrz fṛm ɖ left v ɖ parti I spouc t aftr ɖ Lebr confṛns sīmd xîtd n hartnd bî ɖ ny poḷsiz pṛpozd, ptiklrli ɖt v a Gret Britiś Eṇji cumṗni ǒnd bî ɖ public. Bt ɖs z stl nt inuf v a ny viźn t capćr ɖ neśn’z c’lectiv imaɉneśn. N ɖt z bcz ɖr hz nt bn inuf v a rec̣nñ wɖ ɖ oṛjin v ɖ dzastrz ɖt hv bfōḷn ɖ cuntri ovr ɖ past ʈri decedz – v ẃć Brexit n ɖ cuntri’z unpriperidnis fr Covid r nt eṗsodz, bt simtmz.

Ɖ parti’z straṭji z t fix ẃt ɖ Tōriz hv run dǎn, bt axpt ɖ arenjmnts n prizrv ɖ infṛstrucćr in ẃć ɖt dclîn hz ocŕd. It z a badli tîmd tmidti; in riaḷti, ẃt z nīdd z ɖ ijx́n v ɖ prîṿt sectr intîrli fṛm eni relm ɖt pṛvîdz besic nīdz sć az śltr, cer fr oldr ppl, ɖ eṇji w nīd t cīp worm n cc ǎr fūd. Nt, az Lebr’z depyti līdr, Anɉla Rênr, pṛpozd, mirli mcñ śr ɖt public contracts r wel x’ktd, az f ɖ Lebr parti wr pićñ itslf az a betr srvispṛvîdr t a Britiś sitizn hu z abv ol els a custmr.

Ɖ parti foc̣sz, telñli, on xpandñ hom ǒnrśp rɖr ɖn sośl hǎzñ. Ɖ neśn z a marcitples, wn ɖt Lebr wl fines t betr srv its claynt, ɖ dzrvñ “wrcñ ppl” – a caṭgri ɖt z xcluźnri at bst, n sinistr at wrst: pśñ ǎt ɖoz hu wrc unpeid or r unebl t wrc dy t sicnis, cẹrñ or ej. Lebr’z targit z a clas ɖt z wɖn snifñdistns v a morgij, wɖ a reğlr incm, rɖr ɖn ɖoz in gig implômnt, or lîfloñ prîṿt n sośl hǎzñ rentrz. A d’rect lîn lincs ɖs priceriat t Starmr’z strongist rīsnt ʈīm – ɖt v a rić huz wlʈ ɖ Tōriz r akzd v pṛtctñ. Agn, Lebr hz míst a tric; ɖ qsćn òt nt t b hǎ t tax ɖm aproprịtli, bt ẃ ɖe wr ebl t akḿlet so mć wlʈ.

On iṃgreśn n culćr, ɖ parti’z top lînz n poḷsi lc nt onli lîc bad poḷtics, bt olso pur straṭji. F yr criṭsizm v Tori iṃgreśnpoḷsi z ɖt it z nt dportñ ppl ifiśntli inuf, az ɖ śadoćanslr, Rećl Rīvz, argyd last wīc, ɖen ɖ rît wl ʈanc y fr prîmñ votrz fr ɖer evr-mor pôzṇs n pyṇtiv poḷsiz. F yr petrịtizm z gwñ t b xclūsiv n yoct t Britn’z insttyśnz v oʈoṛti n lw n ordr – ɖ armd forsz, ɖ p’līs, ɖ royl faṃli – ɖ picćr v ɖt cuntri z olwz gwñ t b pentd mor vividli bî ɖ rît.

Cnvnśnl sntrgrǎnd wizdm z ɖt mcñ tù mni îdịlojicl muvz wl scer votrz huz unḍstandñ v poḷsi z mīdietd mnli ʈru a rîtwñ pres. Betr t brñ ɖm alñ jntli n ɖen tec of ɖ masc ẃn in pǎr. Yt wer ɖ masc fr loñ inuf n it īts intu ɖ fes.

Ɖ ǎtcm z a parti cnstrictd in ɖ oltrṇtivz it cn pṛvîd. Ɖ riyl risc z felñ t imbarc on an ic̣nomic n culćṛl rīśepñ v ɖ cuntri ẃn ɖ grǎnd z frtîl. Ɖ steṭs qo, az dfndd bî ɖoz wɖ a vstd inṭrest in it, z simpli nt wrcñ. Ɖ YC nīdz t b gîdd awe nt jst fṛm ɖ rît, bt fṛm its unḍraitrz; fṛm ɖ s’preṃsi v capitl n ɖ s’preṃsi v ɖ netiv, ɖrfr enśurñ ɖt ɖ Cnsrṿtivz r no longr ɖ parti ɖt bst rflects ɖ cuntri. Ɖt involvz an antagnizm wɖ ɖ Siti, ɖ pres n, yes, wɖ parts v ɖ ilectṛt.

Ɖ denjr z nt in dwñ tù mć, bt dwñ tù litl. T yz a frêz ɖt ɖ ny parti v fiscl rsponsbiḷti śd aprīśiet, ɖ Lebr parti z līvñ muni on ɖ tebl. Ɖ sort v spnteńs grasrūts orġnîzñ w hv sìn arnd ɖ cost v livñ, Covid n refyjī crîsīz śoz a neśn ɖt ǎtṗformz its p’liticl ǎtcumz.

Ɖr z a votrcọliśn ɖt cn b crietd, nt mirli totd p fṛm swñvotrz n ɖ rtrn v ɖ “red wōl”, bt v a dispṛt numbr v grūps n ejz arnd nośnz v soḷdaṛti n incluźn. Ɖs cọliśn wd mc p a mjoṛti, az larj n az galṿnîzd az ɖoz hu votd fr Brexit popylizm. “Ɖ prinsipl probḷm wɖ ɖ nośn v ilectbiḷti”, ɖ formr Gardịn coḷmnist Gari Yúñ wns obzrvd, z ɖt it “sjsts ɖ we ppl si ɖ wrld at eni gvn momnt canot b ćenjd ʈru arğmnt n actvizm n instd irects bordrz fr ẃt z pmisbl dscuśn.”

Az loñ az w ste wɖn ɖoz bordrz, darcnis lrcs, no matr ɖ poulz. I c’nt hlp bt ʈnc v ɖ film Fōḷn, in ẃć a fōḷn enjl pzesz ɖ bodiz v hymnz, muvñ ʈru ɖm t rīc haṿc on Rʈ. Confidnt in ɖ pǎr v its imortaḷti, ɖ spirit tōnts hymnz trayñ t vanqiś it bî sññ ɖ cōṛs t an Irma Toṃs soñ: “Tîm z on mî sîd, yes it z.” Ɖ forsz v ɖ Tori rît cn rzîd in ɖ bodi v Lebr, cn īvn drw eṇji fṛm it, unls ɖe r rjctd intîrli. Untl ɖen, tîm z on ɖer sîd, yes it z.

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Fṛm ɖ Gardịn: Britain is slowly waking up to the truth: Brexit has left us poorer, adrift and alone

Illustration: Matt Kenyon
Iḷstreśn: Mát Céńn

Britn z slǒli wecñ p t ɖ truʈ: Brexit hz left s purr, adrift n alon

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 9 October 2022)

Nǎ Boris Jonsn’z gn, ol bt ɖ most hardnd v līvrz hv bn forst t si ʈru ɖoz rozi viźnz v lîf ǎtsd ɖ YY

John Harris

Jon Haris, Súnde 9 Octobr 2022

Last wīc, hvñ ẃîld awe tū joys dez at ɖ Tōriz’ confṛns in Brmñm, I spent a loñ afṭnun an aur’z drîv awe, in ɖ cʈīdṛlsiti v Wŭstr. Ɖ plan wz t sampl ɖ mūd v ɖ cnd v ples wns cnsidrd t hold ɖ ci t Britiś ilex́nz: rmembr “Wŭstr wmn”, ɖ swñ-votñ sterịtîp tōct p in ɖ Ny Lebr yirz? Bt I wz olso ɖr t gaɖr mor evidns v hǎ mć ɖ YC’z cuṛnt woz r afctñ ɖ cnd v aṿrij-t-aflụnt plesz ɖt mt wns hv weɖrd eni ic̣nomic storm.

Nt intîrli s’prîzñli, ppl sd ɖe wr wurid n scerd. Sm tōct abt grounup ćildṛn sudnli teṛfaid ɖt a morgij z bynd ɖer rīć; uɖrz dscrîbd a ny n unseṭlñ habit v yzñ spẹrñ amǎnts v gas n ilectriṣti. Ɖ ōtm’z incrisñli ōfl mūdḿzic – fṛm tōc v cansld locl Crisṃs marcits t ɖ posbiḷti v ʈri-aur pǎrcuts – informd jst abt evri convseśn I hd.

Mnśn v poḷtics drù sm vri inṭrestñ rsponsz indd. “I jst mis Boris,” sd Jūli, hu wrcs at ɖ sitisntr branć v Būts, n tld m ś hd loñ sins got yst t convseśnz wɖ hr custmrz abt ɖ imposbiḷti v ɖer livñcosts. Az ś n a fy uɖr ppl sw it, Jonsn hd s’xesḟli manijd ɖ Covid vax̣neśnprogram, n bròt sm pizaz n hymr t ɖ borñ wrld v poḷtics, ẃć hd nǎ rvrtd t tîp. Ɖe olso vôst smʈñ I hv hŕd a fy tîmz lêtli: a b’lif ɖt h hd reprizntd ɖ last hop v Brexit smhǎ oṗnñ ɖ we t a hapịr n mor prospṛs cuntri, a drīm ɖt daid ẃn h left Dǎnñ Strīt.

Clirli, ɖt z a vri jenṛs opińn v a man hu tld jst az mni slf-srvñ lîz abt līvñ ɖ YY az h dd abt most uɖr ʈñz. At ɖ hart v sm linġrñ fondnis fr him, phps, z a lot v ppl’z rfyzl t admit hǎ mć ɖe wr dypt. Bt ɖt vy v lîf bfr n aftr Jonsn hîlîts smʈñ ɖt z nǎ seṭlñ amñ ol bt ɖ most hardnd Brexit s’portrz: a qayt, slîtli torćrd rịlîześn ɖt ol ɖoz opṭmistic viźnz v lîf ǎtsd ɖ YY r nt gwñ t mtirịlîz, īvn f ɖ crîsīz trigrd bî Vḷdīmir Pūtin ivnć̣li sbsîd.

Britiś ppl biyñ Britiś ppl, ɖs z nt yt a matr v eni wîdspred angr. Ɖo ɖe probbli òt t, nwn z abt t ćarj intu ɖ strīts n dmand eni cnd v Brexit rec̣nñ. Bt f y wont t unḍstand ɖ cuṛnt p’liticl momnt – n sm v ɖ rīznz ẃ ɖ Cnsrṿtivz hv so sudnli n spectaklrli implodd – hir z a strenjli oṿlct part v ɖ stori.

Huevr ppl blem fr ǎr cuṛnt pridic̣mnt, wn vivid fact z iniscepbl. Ɖ fyćr ɖt 17 miłn votrz bòt intu six yirz ago hz nǎ c’lapst intu its prisîs oṗzit. In ɖ sumr v 2016, let s nt fget, Jonsn, Mîcl Gove n ɖ formr Lebr MP Jsela Stywt jôntli pt ɖer nemz t an articl in ɖ Sún ẃć insistd ɖt wns Brexit hapnd, “ɖ NHS wl b strongr, clașîzz smōlr n taxz lowr. W’l hv mor muni t spend on ǎr prîoṛtiz, wejz wl b hayr n fylbilz wl b lowr.”

A yir lêtr, Jecb Rīs-Mog – hu stl sīmz t b trayñ t snif ǎt undiscuvrd “Brexit oṗtyṇtiz” – aśurd enwn hu wd lisn ɖt līvñ ɖ YY wd opn ɖ we t mć ćīpr fūd, n ɖrfr incris ppl’z dspoẓbl incm. Brexit z nt ɖ onli ʈñ ɖt hz rvild ɖ imposbiḷti v ɖoz drīmz, bt ɖt z nt qt ɖ pônt: mcñ proṃsz lîc ɖt wz bʈ stypid n denjṛs, n w r nǎ startñ t liv wɖ ɖ consiqnsz.

Fr Liz Trus n hr guvnmnt, post-Brexit poḷtics z pruvñ t b imposbl. Ɖe wont lîf ǎtsd ɖ YY t mīn Darwińn īc̣nomics, public-spendñ cuts n a smōlr welférstet – ẃć z nt ẃt miłnz v līv s’portrz ʈt ɖe wr votñ fr in ɖ 2016 reḟrendm, nr ẃt ɖ Tōriz ofrd in ɖ tū ilex́nz ɖt foloud. Mnẃl, trayñ t rigl ǎt v Brexit’s endlis cnstrents in psyt v groʈ ʈretnz t tî ɖ guvnmnt in nóts. Suela Breṿmn, a homsecṛtri hu imbodiz ol v modn Cnsrṿtizm’z nastinis n intṛvrśn, sz ś wonts t cut net mîgreśn t “tnz v ʈǎzndz”. Bt Dǎnñ Strīt hz bn sigṇlñ ɖt it wonts t libṛlîz ɖ YC’z iṃgreśnsistm, a muv ɖt wd defiṇtli snd a srtn cnd v Brexit votr intu paṛxizmz v fyri. Evrʈñ z a mes bcz ɖ lojic v Trus n hr alîz’ pziśn canot hold: az ɖ Brexit reṿluśn ɖt uptrnd Cnsrṿtiv poḷtics n bròt ɖm t pǎr unravlz, ɖ rīzn fr ɖer s’xes z olso a gaṛnti v ɖer fełr.

Gvn its loñstandñ rfyzl t qsćn ǎr xit fṛm ɖ YY, Cir Starmr’z Lebr parti fesz sm cmpaṛbl contṛdix́nz, bt sīmz t b tnttivli trayñ t fînd a we ʈru. Wn v ɖ most faṣnetñ momnts v ɖ past tū wīcs v p’liticl ʈiytr hapnd jrñ Starmr’z confṛnșpīć in Liṿpul, ẃn Starmr acć̣li mnśnd ɖ B wrd, n tnttivli tōct abt ẃt Brexit’s c’laṃtiz mīn fr ppl’z vy v poḷtics. Mni hu votd fr Brexit, h sd, dd so bcz ɖe wontd “deṃcratic cntrol ovr ɖer livz … oṗtyṇtiz fr ɖ nxt jeṇreśn, cḿṇtiz ɖe flt prǎd v, public srṿsz ɖe cd rlî on”. Ɖs wz a slîtli rouz-tintd rīdñ v rīsnt hisṭri, bt it jst abt rañ tru. H add: “Ẃɖr y votd līv or rmen, y’v bn let dǎn.” Hiz clem ɖt h wl smhǎ mc Brexit wrc stl sǎndz dīpli qsćṇbl, bt ɖs z a start: an acnolijmnt, at līst, v ɖ lîz n siṇsizm ɖt got s hir.

Ẃɖr mǎntñ dis’pôntmnt n rzntmnt wl simpli mīn a nīt swić fṛm ɖ Tōriz t Lebr z anɖr matr. Ɖ untruɖz Toni Bler tld abt ɖ Irac wor ivnć̣li pleid ɖer part in ɖ hyj crîsis v public trust ɖt léd on t Brexit, n ɖ endlis p’liticl flux ɖt foloud it. Nǎ, 2016’z dsits r biyñ rvild in an īvn mor toxic p’liticl invîrnmnt, awoś wɖ cnspiṛsiʈiyri n poḷrîześn. Enwn hu asymz ɖt a mūd v siṇsizm, fir n daśt hops wl pt poḷtics ɖ c’rect we p òt t mbi ʈnc abt rīsnt ivnts in Iṭli, Swīdn n Frans – n, closr t hom, ɖt instnt nstalja fr ɖ reclis, oʈoṛterịn stîl v līdrśp ɖt Jonsn cmbînd wɖ hiz mor śǒbiz aspects. Wns Trus z ǎt v ɖ we, ɖ ultiṃt Brexit paṛdox me yt mtirịlîz: a hrific būst fr ɖ vri cnd v poḷtics its fełr òt t hv cild ston ded.

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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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