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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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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on energy rationing: Truss cannot be trusted

‘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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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Our country yearns for unity – but Truss’s government is mercilessly dividing it into rich and poor

Illustration: Sébastien Thibault/The Guardian
IỊstreśn: Sébastien Thibault/Đ Gardịn
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Ǎr cuntri yrnz fr yṇti – bt Trus’z guvnmnt z mrsilisli dvîdñ it intu rić n pur

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 21 September 2022)

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Fr ɖ frst tîm sins ɖ welfér stet wz crietd, ɖ fūdbanc wl b ǎr seftinet n ćaṛti ǎr last lîn v dfns

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Gordon Brown

Gordn Brǎn, Wnzde 21 Sptmbr 2022

Hvñ bn promist an eṇjiprîs frīz, miłnz v hard-prest faṃliz wl b śoct n firfl ẃn, on 1 Octobr, ɖe r hit wɖ a 25% rîz in ɖer fylbilz.

Aftr a sumr v dwñ nʈñ, ɖ guvnmnt lct az f it hd dn a lot, bt it hz nt dn enẃr nir inuf. In 10 dez’, ɖ cap on eṇjibilz wl rîz t an unpresdntd £2,500 a yir. Ɖs z an aṿrij incris v £10 a wīc, on top v Epril’z rîz v £14 a wīc. Fylcosts wl, acordñ t Joṇʈn Bradśw n Antońa Kñ at Yorc Yṇvrṣti, cnsym an unpresdntd 20% v ɖ incm v 4.1 miłn faṃliz in Octobr. Bî Me, ɖt figr cd rîz t 7.4 miłn. Fr 2.2 miłn faṃliz, eṇjibilz wl tec p an unpeybl 30% v ɖer incm, n ɖs cd rîz t 3.8 miłn faṃliz bî Me.

Nvr hz fylpoṿti hit so mni ppl so hard, n unls ny hlp z anǎnst fr lo-incm faṃliz on Frîde, Liz Trus’z £150bn eṇjipacij wl rmen so purli tarġtd ɖt it wl nt privnt 5 miłn ćildṛn fōlñ intu poṿti ɖs wintr, n an evr larjr pṛporśn v ǎr neśn fṛm trnñ p at wn v ɖ cuntri’z 3,000 fūdbancs.

Ẃn in Jūn, ɖ ɖen ćanslr, Riśi Sŭnac, wz wîdli aplōdd fr apirñ t solv ɖ hītñcosts crîsis, I rout ɖt it wd nt b inuf t privnt hardśp. Ɖen ɖ cap on aṿrij hītñbilz wz £1,971, hvñ rizn fṛm £1,200. Ɖ Sŭnac pacij gev hǎsholdz on yṇvrsl credit £24 xtra a wīc (£1,200 a yir, f y rsivd a caunsltax rībet). Stl, ɖt sem faṃli z olrdi £20 a wīc wrs of az a rzult v ɖ £1,000 a yir cut last Octobr, n £25 a wīc dǎn bcz beṇfits rouz bî onli 3.1% ẃn infleśn hit 10%. Ẃn ɖ hefti Octobr gas n ilectriṣti incris z add t ɖer bilz, ɖe r, acordñ t updetd figrz on rlịr calkleśnz bî Doṇld Hirsch at Lufḅra Yṇvrṣti, £28 a wīc, or £1,450 a yir, wrs of.

Faṃliz wɖ mor ɖn tū ćildṛn r īvn wrs of, az r dsebld ppl, dspt ɖ £150 ɖe r dy t rsiv fṛm ɖs wīc. Ɖs z bcz ɖ flat-ret pemnt v £13 a wīc (£650 a yir) t ɖoz on beṇfits tecs no acǎnt v faṃlisîz or speśl nīdz, n ofrz onli £2.60 a wīc p’ prsn ẃn spred acrs a cupl n ɖer ʈri ćildṛn, hardli inuf t cuvr ɖ xtra n rîzñ costs v fūd, fyl, travl, teḷcomz, cloɖñ, lōndri n tôḷtriz. Ɖt z ẃ Cir Starmr n Rećl Rīvz hv nt onli pṛpozd a prîscap at ɖ lowr levl v £1,971, bt rdyst prīpemntmītr ćarjz n a mor jenṛs worm-homz dscǎntscīm. Sadli, ɖ guvnmnt sīmz so intnt on śort-ćenjñ lo-incm faṃliz ɖt nt īvn a jenṛs Epril 2023 rîz in beṇfits wl undu ɖ damij nǎ biyñ dn.

N ẃt v ɖ lo-peid hu gt jst £550 in guvnmnt hlp, dspt fesñ ɖs yir’z £1,300 rîz in fylbilz n esc̣letñ fūd n uɖr prîsz? A wejrîz v 5% wl stl līv miłnz fesñ ɖer bigist cut in livñstanddz fr 50 yirz.

Fr ɖ frst tîm sins ɖ welfér stet wz crietd, it z ɖ fūdbanc, nt sośl s’kṛti, ɖt z nǎ ǎr seftinet, n ćaṛti, nt yṇvrsl credit, ɖt z ǎr last lîn v dfns. Yt, jst az nīd rîzz, ǎr cuntri’z voḷntri sectr fîndz itslf az b’līgrd az ɖ ppl it z hlpñ. Cmpaśn z nt runñ ǎt bt caś z. Donrz hu hv a litl n jenṛsli gv t ɖoz hu hv nʈñ wl sn b unebl t gv at ol. Gifts left on sūṗmarcițroliz r dclînñ. Mni ćaṛtiz, lîc a locl welfér fund I nǒ, r flat brouc. Īvn ćrćz, ẃć hv slflisli ofrd ɖer hītd hōlz t hlp eldrli ppl ste worm, fir ɖe wl nǎ strugl t pe ɖer ǒn fylbilz.

Ẃn ɖs ōtm’z flud v nīd trnz intu a wintr tsūnāmi v hardśp, w r lîcli t si ćaṛtiz hv t stop fīdñ ɖ hungri so ɖe cn hlp ɖ starvñ, cut bac on s’port t ɖ purli hǎzd so ɖe cn foc̣s on ɖ fast-rîzñ numbrz v homlis, n gv p on hlpñ ɖ dǎn-at-hìl bcz ɖer prîoṛti hz t b ɖ desttyt. Ɖ scel v ɖ crîsis z olrdi so svir ɖt wn ćaṛti, ɖ Hymn-Rlif Fǎndeśn, ẃć hz spent 30 yirz foc̣st intîrli on foṛn ed t ɖ wrld’z purist cuntriz, hz opnd its ǒn fūdbanc in Brmñm.

It z bcz ɖ ofiśl seftinet z so średd n ćaṛtiz r nǎ so strećt ɖt ćrćz n feʈgrūps, anti-poṿti campenrz n mẹrz n caunslrz r jônñ tgɖr t fors ɖ Trus guvnmnt t wec p t ɖ scel v ɖ poṿticrîsis ahd. Public opińn abt poṿti hz bn śiftñ.

An oṿẃlmñ mjoṛti v ɖ Britiś public – 73%, acordñ t Ipsos – cnsidrz poṿti n sośl iniqoḷti alñsd infleśn az ɖ top iśuz nǎ wuriyñ ɖm n cōzñ slīplis nîts. Wɖ, fr ɖ frst tîm in yirz, poṿti nt jst ingulfñ lo-incm faṃliz bt spredñ t midl-incm faṃliz tù, ɖr z a growñ sns ɖt poṿti z ol ɖ mor un’xptbl bcz it arîzz nt bcz w r a pur cuntri bt bcz w r a rić yt hîli unīql cuntri.

Wɖ Frîde’z anǎnsmnt t rvrs ɖ naśnl-inśuṛns rîz, ẃć gvz £1,800 t ɖ rićist n onli £7.66 a yir t ɖ pur, ɖ gap btwn ɖoz wɖ n ɖoz wɖt wl cntiny t wîdn, wɖ nn v ɖ “tricl dǎn” ifct fṛm rić t pur ɖt niolibṛl îdịlogz promis. N f ɖ guvnmnt’s fiscl stetmnt olso aboliśz ɖ bancrz’ boṇs tax, cuts corṗreśntaxz on sm v ɖ most profitbl cumṗniz, rjcts windfōl taxz on ɖ xes profits v ôlcumṗniz n laviśz biłnz on ɖ olrdi wlʈi at ɖ xpns v ɖ ny pur, it wl hv a ćilñ ifct – mrsilisli n unconśṇbli dvîdñ a cuntri ɖt ovr rīsnt dez hz śoun it yrnz fr yṇti.

Acordñ t rsrć bî Hirsch, bî 55% t 19%, ppl in Ñgḷnd ʈnc ɖ guvnmnt hz nt bn dwñ inuf t tacl poṿti – wɖ īvn mor seyñ so in Scotḷnd n Wêlz. Y canot rlî on a hartlis guvnmnt hvñ a ćenj v hart, bt cnsrtd ax́n bî ɖ public cn fors a ćenj v mînd – n a naśnl campen t ćenj poḷsi z ɖ onli ćôs. Wɖ a cold wintr fast aproćñ, ɖ tîm fr ax́n z nǎ. Ɖ cmñ wor mst b agnst poṿti, nt agnst ɖ pur.

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Gordn Brǎn wz YC prîm̦inistr fṛm 2007 t 2010

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Fṛm Đ Obzrvr: Putin is waging an economic war with Europe. Britain’s absurd energy plan plays into his hands

Illustration: Dominic McKenzie/The Observer
Iḷstreśn: Doṃnic MCnzi/Ɖ Obzrvr
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Pūtin z wejñ an ic̣nomic wor wɖ Yṛp. Britn’z absrd eṇjiplan plez intu hiz handz

(Transcription into Ñspel of an article published in the Obzrvr on 11 September 2022)

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Ɖ Tōriz’ îdioḷji v dafi libterịnizm sīcs t trîumf ovr evidns n rīzn

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Will Hutton

Wil Hutn, Súnde 11 Sptmbr 2022

Ɖ  Brexit libterịnz r in cntrol v ǎr desṭniz fr at līst ɖ nxt tū yirz n olrdi ɖ xtnt v ɖ ʈret ɖe pǒz t ǎr welbiyñ n s’kṛti z bcmñ clir. Ɖ prîm̦inistr, Liz Trus, me hv swoloud hr ǒn wrdz v jst a munʈ ago ɖt ś wz agnst “handǎts” t lōnć ɖ bigist handǎt in ǎr hisṭri, bt ɖt wz t bai hr n hr ac̣lîts ɖ p’liticl briɖñspes t lōnć ɖer programz. Ɖ eṇji-prîs cap mt hv bn a breʈtecñ U-trn, bt it hd a darcr prṗs.

Ɖ intnt wz btreid bî ɖ ćanslr Qāzi Qarteñ’z súṃri sacñ v Sr Tom Scolr, wn v ǎr bst n most dedcetd sivl srvnts, nǎ formr prṃnnt secṛtri t ɖ Treẓ́ri. Qarteñ’z ʈncñ wz rvild ẃn h blemd “ɖ sem old ic̣nomic maṇjirịlizm” fr līvñ Britn “wɖ a stagnetñ icoṇmi n anīmic groʈ”.

“Bold ax́n,” h sjstd, wz an impeṛtiv t rliv ɖs “toxic comḅneśn”: “Cutñ taxz, ptñ muni bac intu ppl’z pocits n unśac̣lñ ǎr bizṇsz fṛm brdnsm taxz n unsūṭbl reğleśnz.” Onli ɖus cd invstmnt n groʈ b unloct. Betr ɖt, h add, ɖn “beriyñ ǎr hedz in a rīdistribytiv fît ovr ẃt z left”.

It z unṣbstanśietd hogwoś – îdịlojicl feʈ trîumfñ ovr evidns n rīzn. In ɖz trmz, Scolr, xmplar v ɖ alejd old ic̣nomic maṇjirịlizm, hd t g. W r on an ic̣nomic fergrǎnd rîd léd bî fẹriz n fūlz.

V cors, ɖ tū-yir £2,500 prîscap z welcm. It wl lift fṛm miłnz v ppl ɖ ʈret v despṛt ćôsz ovr wormʈ or fūd. It wl olso lowr ɖ pīc infleśnret bî p t 4% n so lowr détsrvis costs in a fl yir bî arnd £20bn – a qortr v ǎr naśnl dét z reprizntd bî bondz indxt t ɖ levl v infleśn. It wl olso parṣ́li avrt ɖ risc v a denjṛs wej/prîs spîṛl. Bt ɖoz wr ɖ rīznz Lebr frst advcetd a prîscap. Ɖ libterịnz onli ćenjd tac ẃn ɖe riylîzd ɖt rzistñ n sticñ t ɖer prifŕd rspons v taxcuts n miniṃlist rībets risct ɖm biyñ p’liticli oṿẃlmd.

Bt y d’nt win worz n rīset icoṇmiz wɖ dafi libterịnizm. Yṛp z in a de facto wor wɖ Ruśa ovr Ycren, az it ʈretnz a prîscap on Ruśn gas. Pūtin rspondd bî seyñ in Vḷdīvostoc ɖt at ɖ limit Ruśa wl xport nʈñ – no gas, no ôl, no fūd – t Yṛp. Ɖs z ic̣nomic rɖr ɖn batlfīld wor, bt it z wor nnɖles. Britn’z eṇjipoḷsi z nt sirịs, it btrez ɖ cōz.

Eṇjipoḷsi in a tîm v ptnṣ́li pṛloñd s’plî dsrupśn hz t b dzînd fr ɖ loñ trm; hz t pṛtct biznis az mć az cnsymrz; hz t b fînanṣ́li ssteṇbl n avôd ɖ risc v blacǎts. Ɖ guvnmntplan felz on ol cǎnts.

Crūṣ́li, it z nt fînanṣ́li ssteṇbl: Britn’z naśnl dét, az ɖ Trusịnz cntińli se, z ɖ lǒist in ɖ G7 bar Jrṃni, so ɖr z scop t boro. Bt ɖ dolr, yen n ɖ yro r ɖ wrld’z rzrvcuṛnsiz n Caṇda runz a baḷns-v-pemnts srpḷs. Britn z alon, ǎtsd eni v ɖ mejr tredblócs, wɖ a wìc, leġsi icoṇmi n a cronic inṭnaśnl pemntsdeḟsit. It canot sel at līst £100bn v xtra public dét a yir t pṛtct livñstanddz rɖr ɖn rezñ invstmnt wɖt ɖ ʈret v frɖr strlñwìcnis or an inforst jump in inṭrestrets.

Fînanśl ssteṇbiḷti cd hv bn adrest in a numbr v wez. A frɖr windfōl tax cd hv bn impozd on ɖ xtrordnri profits in ɖ eṇjisectr. In adiśn, fr ɖ jreśn v ɖ Ycren wor, ol gas n ôl fṛm Britiś fīldz śd b rqîrd t b sold t ɖ guvnmnt on a cost-plus besis rɖr ɖn dstortd inṭnaśnl prîsz. Cnsymrz cd hv bn tld t tîtn ɖer blts wɖ ministrz gvñ a līd n a raṣ́nñsistm rold ǎt f nīdd. Ɖr śd b a stet-léd craśprogram v bildñ onśor n ofśor windfarmz, – ɖ fastist n lǒist cost rùt t būstñ eṇji s’plîz – alñ wɖ axeḷretñ ɖ hom-insyleśn program.

Fr libterịnz, evri sć meźr stics in ɖer crwz. Ɖus ɖe pṛpoz untarġtd, f jenṛs, hlp fr hǎsholdz bt, bcz īvn ɖe rec̣gnîz ɖ nir opn-endd costs, ɖe hv liṃtd ɖ hlp t biznis t six munʈs. Scerd v ẃt me folo, biznis wl batn dǎn ɖ haćz so ɖt Qarteñ canṣlñ ɖ pṛpozd corṗreśntax rîz wl hv ziro ifct on invstmnt. It z olso awer v ɖ risc v blacǎts ɖs wintr, unrilivd bî ɖ unsrtn prospect v fract gas on strīm in a deced.

At līst ẃn Britn wz in ɖ sngl marcit it wz linct via unḍsì inṭcnctrz t Îriś, Duć, Frenć n Beljn gridz; it wz olso linct, in a speśl dīl, wɖ Norwe. Ɖ prîs wz set in ɖ sngl marcit n ilectriṣti floud frīli az cpaṣti ebd n floud btwn ɖ netwrcs.

Nǎ Brexit Britn hz dvîzd a byṛcratic n xpnsiv ōx́nsistm instd, rezñ ɖ prîs v ilectriṣti n xpozñ s t s’plîśocs. In adiśn, ɖ YS eṇjisecṛtri, Jenifr Granhom, hz rqîrd ol YS rfînriz xportñ petṛl, dīzl n disṭlets t bild p ɖer rzrvz rɖr ɖn xportñ – cǒinsîdñ wɖ ɖ Ruśa swić-of. Ɖs z anɖr ʈret t s’plî.

Bfr ɖz ćaḷnjz, ɖ YY hd bn bildñ p its gas rzrvz in a proses in ẃć w śd hv tecn part. Bt it wz onli in lêt Ōġst ɖt Sntrica got ɖ go’hd t rīopn its Ruf gaștorij fsiḷti in ɖ Norʈ Sì; n ɖs cn onli b bròt bac intu srvis slǒli. Ɖs wintr, it wl onli b v marjinl hlp.

Ɖus libterịnz manij eṇjicrîsīz n fît worz. T plan, t yz stetpǎr, t tax, t reğlet, t bild rzrvz n t wrc wɖ felo Yṛpiynz r ol anaʈ̇ma. Ɖ sem f’loṣfi ɖt gz nẃr wl inform ɖ taxcutñ “fiscl ivnt” lêtr ɖs munʈ ɖt wl frɖr inflet ǎr naśnl dét t no prṗs. Groʈ z ɖ rzult v wel-marśld n imajiṇtivli d’rectd invstmnt bî ɖ public n prîṿt sectr in an inṭdipndnt rleśnśp – nt mcñ so-cōld indivijl “wlʈcrietrz” īvn rićr via taxcuts.

Ɖ intîr project wl fel. Ɖ piti z ɖt ẃtvr damij it wl d t ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti, ɖ rest v s r cndemd t liv ʈru ɖ sem dzastr.

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Truss energy bill freeze brings little cheer to struggling households

People taking part in a Don’t Pay UK protest outside Downing Street, London, on Monday. Photograph: Guy Smallman/Getty Images
Ppl tecñ part in a D’nt Pe YC protest ǎtsd Dǎnñ Strīt, Lundn, on Munde. Foṭgraf: Gai Smōlmn/Geti Iṃjz
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Trus eṇjibil frīz brñz litl ćir t struġlñ hǎsholdz

(Transcription into Ñspel of an article published in the Guardian on 8 September 2022)

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Fîv Gardịn rīdrz gv ɖer vrdict on ɖ s’portpacij n ẃr it līvz ɖm ɖs wintr

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Jedidajah Otte n Alfi Pacm, Ʈrzde 8 Sptmbr 2022

Liz Trus hz anǎnst ɖt eṇjibilz fr ɖ tipicl hǎshold in Gret Britn wl b frozn at £2,500 a yir untl 2024, sūṗsidñ Ofgem’z prîscap ɖt wz s’pozd t rîz t £3,549 fr ɖ aṿrij hom on 1 Octobr.

Ɖ ny prîm̦inistr sz ɖ meźr, az part v a taxpeyr-fundd £150bn s’portpacij, wl sev ɖ tipicl hǎshold £1,000 a yir. On top v ɖs ɖe wl gt £400 of bilz, promist rlịr ɖs yir.

Hir, fîv ppl in difṛnt srcmstansz fṛm acrs ɖ cuntri gv ɖer vrdict on ɖ s’portpacij n ẃr it wl līv ɖm ɖs wintr.

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‘W’r gwñ t end p peyñ ol ɖs bac’

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Kayleigh, from Milton Keynes, has told her children to wear jumpers this winter.
Kêli, fṛm Miltn Cīnz, hz tld hr ćildṛn t wer jumprz ɖs wintr.

Kêli, 36, a sngl muɖr v for ćildṛn fṛm Miltn Cīnz hu wrcs in a hotel, sw no opśn bt t cansl hr d’rect debit fr Octobr, aftr hr eṇjipṛvîdr, Ovo, qotd hr a fixt dyl-fyl ret mor ɖn hr hǎzñcosts.

“F I wontd t g on t ɖ fixt ret in Epril, ɖt wd hv bn £280 a munʈ,” Cêli sd. “Nǎ a fixt ret z £504 a munʈ.” Ś add ɖt īvn ɖ guvnmnt’s ny aṿrij-bil cap wz stl tù hî fr hr.

“Liz Trus z jst enśurñ ɖt ɖ cumṗniz gt t cīp ɖer biłn-pǎnd profits,” Cêli sd. “W’r gwñ t end p peyñ ol ɖs bac. Ɖ onli ʈñ I cn d z jst axpt ɖt I wl b in dét t mî eṇjicumṗni. I c’nt majic muni ǎt v ʈin er.

“I’v olrdi hd convseśnz wɖ ɖ cidz abt, y nǒ, ẃn y cm dǎn in ɖ mornñ, y cn brñ yr dūve in ɖ wintr dǎnsterz, jst so I d’nt hv t nesseṛli hv ɖ hītñ on fr a loñ tîm in ɖ mornñz.”

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‘I c’nt mīt ɖ costs v mî cuṛnt eṇjibilz’

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Cêt, 60, fṛm Sǎʈamtn, z dsebld n rents a caunslflat. Ś rīsntli stopt peyñ hr ilectriṣtibil, aftr hr d’rect debit wnt fṛm £23 a munʈ t £61.

“Wɖ ɖ rîzñ costs v abṣlutli evrʈñ it’s simpli nt poṣbl fr m t pe a £40 a munʈ incris,” ś sd. “I’m in arirz bcz I simpli c’nt aford ɖs n hv no îdīa ẃt I wl d ẃn ɖ nxt incris cmz arnd. Tde’z anǎnsmnt līvz m nn ɖ wîzr hǎ I wl b afctd az it lacs ol ɖ dītel, n it dz’nt sīm t hv bn costd at ɖs pônt – Lebr’z windfōl tax hd bn.”

Cêt criṭsîzd ɖ lac v dītel on ẃt s’port wz on ofr, seyñ Trus’z ofr wd “bérli tuć ɖ sîdz” ɖs wintr. “I c’nt yz fūdbancs t tîd m ovr az I am on a speśl dayt ẃć ɖe c’nt cetr fr. Trus hz gn fr ɖ poṣbli most xpnsiv, līst tarġtd opśn ɖt w’nt b vri hlpfl fr ppl on beṇfits ɖt r’nt cīpñ p wɖ ɖ cost v livñ.

“I’m lcñ intu dét rlif opśnz nǎ, az I hv no we in hel v mītñ ɖ costs v mî cuṛnt eṇjibilz. I hv no îdīa ẃt t d or hǎ t cǒp.”

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‘Ɖs dz’nt g far inuf’

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Ken Taylor, a pensioner, says what little income he has left after essentials has been swallowed up by rising costs.
Cén Teilr, a pnśnr, sz ẃt litl incm h hz left aftr isnślz hz bn swoloud p bî rîzñ costs. Nǎ h cmz p £20 śort a munʈ, az prîsz fr groṣriz hv rizn dṛmaticli.

Cén Teilr, 72, a rtîrd seilzprson fṛm Śrbrn in Elmit, Norʈ Yorx́r, tld ɖ Gardịn rlịr ɖs yir ɖt hiz munʈli incm v £1,188, fṛm a stetpnśn n a smōl wrcpnśn, onli left him wɖ £92 aftr peyñ fr isnślz.

“Ɖs [eṇjiprîs s’port] dz’nt g far inuf. I’m olwz runñ ǎt v muni at ɖ end v ɖ munʈ, n I’m nt cnvinst it’s prūvn in eni we ɖt ɖz poḷsiz v Trus wl hlp crb infleśn,” sd Teilr.

“Ś hz capt eṇjicosts at a levl ɖt z tù hî, n it’s gōlñ ɖt ɖ prîm̦inistr prifŕz ordnri ppl lîc m t pe fr ɖs in fyćr yirz, poṣbli wɖ hayr incmtax, rɖr ɖn intṛdys ɖ eṇji windfōl tax I wontd t si. I cd’nt b’liv it ẃn ś rūld it ǎt. Ɖ Tōriz’ yźl we t pe fr ʈñz z t cut public srṿsz, n ɖs z jst anɖr we t ćarj ɖ public.

“In mî eria ɖr r so mni pnśnrz hu r riyli scerd abt ol ɖs. I’m dis’pôntd ɖt ś dz’nt grasp ẃt z haṗnñ t ordnri ppl at ɖ momnt.”

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‘Hǎ wl ppl lîc s gt ɖz fundz?’

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Trus sd ɖt amñ ɖ meźrz anǎnst wd b an xtra fund t enśur ppl in parchomz n ɖoz hu yzd hītñ ôl wd rsiv “iqivḷnt s’port” wɖ eṇjibilz.

Ema Wŭd, hu livz in a static caṛvan on a sait in Devn alñsd 17 uɖr rezidnts hu r Roma n Ny Travlrz, welcmd Ʈrzde’z s’portpacij bt sd mni qsćnz rmend.

“Ẃn n hǎ wl ppl lîc s gt ɖz fundz? Bilz wl stl b dubl or tripl ẃt ɖe wr bfr ɖs hol crîsis startd. Ǎr gasbotlz r cuṛntli £62 ć. W yz wn v ɖz evri tū wīcs in wintr f w liv frūġli. W hv no îdīa hǎ mć ɖ’l b on 1 Octobr.”

Wŭd tld ɖ Gardịn last munʈ ɖt ś fird misñ ǎt on ɖ guvnmnt’s £400 eṇjibil s’port pemnt fr prîṿt hǎsholdz, ẃć wl stl b intṛdyst undr Trus.

Hr eṇji s’playr, Scotiś Pǎr, hz cnfrmd ɖt onli wn grant wl b aplaid t ɖ sait’s mn mītr, mīnñ 12 hǎsholdz wl hv t śer wn £400 pemnt, instd v axesñ ɖ £4,800 ɖe wd hv bn intîtld t in totl.

“I’m stuc, n wl b raitñ t mî MP agn ɖs afṭnun, n si ẃt h cmz p wɖ,” Wŭd add.

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‘I’m plizd a cap hz bn intṛdyst’

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Tim Hūpr, 50, fṛm Norḟc, z unimploid n gts hiz eṇji fṛm a prīpemntmītr.

Ẃn ɖ Gardịn spouc t him in Epril, Hūpr xpctd t spend rufli £32 a wīc v hiz munʈli £325 yṇvrsl-credit pemnt on eṇji – olmst 40% v hiz incm aftr hǎzñcosts.

Aftr Trus’z anǎnsmnt, h sd: “Ẃlst I’m vri plizd ɖt a lowr cap hz bn intṛdyst, ɖ riaḷti z ɖoz on yṇvrsl credit wl b peyñ twîs az mć fr eṇji ɖn ɖe dd last yir, at a tîm ẃn ɖ’r £85 wrs of dy t ɖ rmuvl v ɖ uplift.

“Mî groṣri spend z olso rufli 40% mor, dspt sttistics sjstñ infleśn v 10%. I hv trnd of mî hot wōtr, unplugd evrʈñ I’m nt activli yzñ, cmplitli rvîzd hǎ I cc in ordr t icoṇmîz. Ɖ endz jst d’nt mīt eni mor.”

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Britain’s charities have done all they can to help desperate people. What will Truss do?

Illustration: Eva Bee
Iḷstreśn: Īva Bì
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Britn’z ćaṛtiz hv dn ol ɖe cn t hlp despṛt ppl. Ẃt wl Liz Trus d?

(Transcription into Ñspel of an article published in the Guardian on 7 September 2022)

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Ɖ ny PM mst riylîz ɖt onli ɖ guvnmnt hz ɖ rzorsz t end ɖ suḟrñ cōzd bî ɖ cost-v-livñ crîsis

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Gordon Brown

Gordn Brǎn, Wnzde 7 Sptmbr 2022

Nt onli r ɖ cuntri’z pur ppl nǎ strećt bynd ɖer limits, bt so tù r ɖ cuntri’z ćaṛtiz. Jst az mni bredwinrz r fîndñ it dificlt t pe fr bred, so ɖr r nǎ fūdbancs firfl v runñ ǎt v fūd.

Pripẹrñ fr a wintrwev v unpresdntd nīd, ǎr voḷntri sectr z hvñ t b iṇvtiv – n fast. Fest wɖ rîzñ depṛveśn in ɖ locl cḿṇti ẃr I wz bròt p, ɖ faṃli sntr I voḷntir at hz paynird ɖ banc v bancs: a fūdbanc, bedñbanc, cloɖzbanc, tôḷtrizbanc, homfrṇśñz banc, hîjīnbanc n bebibanc, ol rold intu wn. In jst et munʈs, it hz groun fṛm biyñ wn v ɖ cǎnti’z smōlist ćaṛtiz, wɖ a trnovr v £500,000 a yir n 30 stāf, t amñ ɖ larjist, wɖ a £5m trnovr in gdz. Beṇfitñ fṛm a ynīc agrīmnt t rsiv srpḷs îtmz dnetd bî ɖ locl Aṃzn wérhǎs n bact p bî ɖ Coop, Scotmid n 12 locl frmz, it z nǎ wrcñ wɖ 500 nirbî orğnîześnz – ćaṛtiz, fūdbancs, scūlz, hlʈ sntrz n sośl-wrc tīmz – ẃć hv bn ebl t pṛvîd 35,000 Fîf faṃliz wɖ 230,000 gdz, fṛm tind fūd, napiz, tôḷtrolz n ćildṛn’z cloɖz t dūvez, cetlz, mîcrowevz n bedz.

Nǎ stocs r biyñ bilt p t priper fr ɖ bigist dmandsrj v ol – fr blancits, slīpñbagz n hot-wōtr botlz az faṃliz gv p on hītñ ɖer homz n consntret on hītñ ɖmslvz. Bt ɖs sntṛl wérhǎs dz mor ɖn hand ǎt gdz. In adiśn t dliṿrñ pent, wōlpepr, carpits n homfrṇśñz t faṃliz hu cn no longr aford besic hǎshold menṭnns, a locl tīm v voḷntir pentrz, plúmrz n ilectriśnz z nǎ biyñ asmbld t hlp rīfrbiś n impruv homz. Planz r nǎ undr dscuśn fr a śop ɖt wl lend ilectricl n mcanicl tūlz fri v ćarj fr du-it-yrslf rperz, ẃl hlp z biyñ xtndd fṛm hǎs t gardnz n ɖ plantñ v alotmnts.

Wɖ its brecfstclubz, aftr-scūl clubz n muɖrz-n-todlrz grūps nǎ cómpḷmntd bî a payniyrñ dadz’ club, graniz’ club, n its ǒn tīm v mntl-hlʈ cǎnslrz, ɖ faṃlisntr z lîc so mni ćaṛtiz I nǒ – endlisli crietiv in hlpñ faṃliz t d mor wɖ les, n I am constntli imprest bî ɖ slflis s’port ofrd bî locl biznis, fṛm ɖ struğlñ wn-man ilectricl ǎtfit t ɖ bigist sūṗstor.

Yt ɖ cer gvrz n sośl wrcrz at ɖ faṃli sntr nǒ ɖt no matr hǎ invntiv n xtnsiv ɖz olrdi hrkliyn eḟts bcm, ɖe wl nt b inuf t privnt desttyśn ɖs wintr. At bst, ol ɖs ćaritbl asistns ɖt hz bn bròt tgɖr loc̣li cn brñ an adiśnl £10m t Fîf’s purist faṃliz ɖs yir. Bt ɖoz xtra miłnz canot compnset fr ɖ £76m ɖt ɖ vri sem faṃliz r śort v cmperd wɖ last yir.

Ɖs z bcz 35,000 Fîf faṃliz lost in xes v £30m aftr ɖ £20 a wīc cut in yṇvrsl credit last Octobr, n r anɖr £46m śort bcz beṇfits hv rizn onli 3% ẃl infleśn z pśñ p ɖer wīcli bilz bî mor ɖn 10%. N ɖs śortfōl fṛm wn yir t ɖ nxt z onli a frax́n v ɖ £200m ɖt Fîf caunsl estiṃts hz bn lost t 35,000 faṃliz ʈru beṇfitcuts sins 2010.

Fr 75 yirz, ɖ Britiś welférstet, in śarp contrast t ɖ YS, hz stept p n in ẃr n ẃn ɖ nīd z gretist. Bt nǎ, az a rzult v osteṛti īc̣nomics, it z nt ɖ sośl-s’kṛti sistm bt fūdbancs ɖt hv bcm ɖ lîflîn fr faṃliz in nīd. N it z no longr yṇvrsl credit bt ćaṛti ɖt z ɖer last rzort.

Ɖt z ẃ Cir Starmr hz dmandd an eṇjiprîs frīz n xtra discǎnts fr lo-incm faṃliz, includñ rdyst ćarjz on prīpemnt mītrz.

Ẃt w olrdi nǒ v ɖ multibiłn eṇjipacij fṛm ǎr ny prîm̦inistr, Liz Trus, sjsts it z unlîcli t d inuf t privnt dîr poṿti ɖs wintr unls ɖr z adiśnl pṛviźn fr lo-incm faṃliz. It wl nt undu ɖ fełr t upret yṇvrsl credit in lîn wɖ prîsz, nr adres ɖ liṃteśnz v Riśi Sŭnac’s sumr flat-ret pemnt v £650, ẃć wrct ǎt at onli £2.60 a wīc ć fr a cupl wɖ ʈri ćildṛn, līvñ litl aftr peyñ fylbilz fr fūd, mobîlz, TV lîsns, travl, ćildṛn’z cloɖz, tôḷtriz n clīnñmtirịlz. Indd, ǎr ʈredbér ofiśl seftinet hz bn so vayḷntli ript apart ovr ɖ past 12 yirz ɖt rsrć fṛm Lufḅra Yṇvrṣti śoz ɖt faṃlibeṇfits ɖs yir wl cuvr onli haf v isnśl livñcosts. Smōl wundr ɖt mî locl fūdbanc hz olrdi run p a deḟsit v £28,000 ɖs yir, az apilz fr hlp hv rizn 50%.

Wɖ ɖz last lînz v dfns nǎ brīćt n ćaṛtiz abt t hit a brecñpônt, onli ɖ guvnmnt hz ɖ rzorsz t end ɖ unspīcbl suḟrñ cōzd bî unpeybl bilz n unmet nīdz. On Tyzde Trus travld ɖ leñʈ v ɖ cuntri t Balmoṛl n bac. Ɖr z dsper in ɖ cḿṇtiz ś flù ovr bt z unlîcli t evr vizit. Ɖr z fir in ɖ îz v ppl ś n hr ministrz wl nvr mīt. Fr acrs ǎr cuntri ɖr z suḟrñ ɖe d nt si, hardśp ɖe d nt hír n pen – n yt ɖe pas on bî.

Fṛm Covid t conflicts, w hv olwz rlaid on sm v ɖ lǒist-incm rnrz – cer gvrz, nrsz, ambyḷnswrcrz, ǎr armd srṿsz – t śo p in an imrjnsi. Nǎ it’s tîm fr ɖ guvnmnt t śo p fr ɖm. Onli ax́n t reẓrect ǎr naśnl miśn t end ćîld n pnśnr poṿti cn ri-ynît an evr mor dvîdd n dsperñ cuntri. Az z ofn ɖ ces, dwñ ɖ rît ʈñ z a matr v p’liticl wil, n nwn dǎts Trus’z dtrṃneśn. In ɖ wrst v tîmz, ś nǎ nīdz t dlivr fr ɖ bst n most rjnt v cōzz. N f, instd, ś z rzolvd t b ireẓlut in ɖ fît agnst mǎntñ poṿti, dīsnt ppl wl dvot ɖer eṇjiz t asmḅlñ an unpresdntd naśnl cọliśn v ćrćz n feʈgrūps, ćaṛtiz n anti-poṿti campenrz, locl caunslrz n mẹrz t ćenj hr mînd. Ćenj z cmñ. Ɖs z a momnt fr it t rples deẓleśn wɖ hop.

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Gordn Brǎn wz YC prîm̦inistr fṛm 2007 t 2010.

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn │ Brexit is the monster under the bed Liz Truss is desperately trying to ignore

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‘Liz Truss claims that backing the wrong horse in the Brexit referendum taught her to discard orthodox economic thinking.’ Photograph: John Sibley/Reuters
‘Liz Trus clemz ɖt bacñ ɖ roñ hors in ɖ Brexit reḟrendm tòt hr t dscard orʈ̇dox ic̣nomic ʈncñ.’ Foṭgraf: Jon Sibli/Rôtrz

Brexit z ɖ monstr undr ɖ bed Liz Trus z despṛtli trayñ t ignor

(Transcription of an interview published in the Guardian on Wednesday 31 August 2022)

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Ɖ lîcli winr v ɖ līdrśp contest insists Brexit wz ɖ rît paʈ t tec wɖ ɖ viymns v a zeḷs cnvrt

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Rafael Behr

Rafel Bẹr, Wnzde, 31 Ōġst 2022

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Ɖr z a bc ɖt fōrsw wɖ prisiźn ɖs sumr’z Cnsrṿtiv līdrśp contest, olɖo it wz frst publiśt in 1980. It z a ʈin volym abt dnayl n neglijns, mcñ its pônt wɖ fy wrdz n culrfl iḷstreśnz. It z cōld Nt nǎ, Brṇd bî Devid MCi.

Ɖ titylr hiro z a bô hu trîz t alrt hiz peṛnts t ɖ prezns v a ćîld-ītñ monstr in ɖ gardn. Ɖe r bizi wɖ uɖr ʈñz. “Nt nǎ, Brṇd,” sz ɖ faɖr, strîcñ hiz ǒn hand wɖ a hamr. “Nt nǎ, Brṇd,” sz ɖ muɖr, wōṭrñ a plant.

Ɖ monstr īts ɖ bô.

Ɖ nxt rezidnt v 10 Dǎnñ Strīt wl fînd ɖ gardn crōlñ wɖ monstṛs ic̣nomic n p’liticl meṇsz. A cōṛs v Brṇdz z rezñ ɖ alarm. Icoṇmists, MPz, formr Tori ministrz, ćaṛtiz, tredyńnz, bizṇsz, locl caunslz – ol cn hír ruṣlñ in ɖ bśz ẃr a bīstli crîsis lrcs, redi t savij ɖ ny prîm̦inistr.

Enwn hu pez an eṇjibil n dz a wīcli śop cn fīl ɖ clwz v a bujitsqīz clozñ arnd ɖ neśn’z windpîp. Ɖr’z an ogr in ɖ hlʈsrvis. “Nt nǎ, Brṇd,” sz Riśi Sŭnac. Ɖr’z a fīnd in ɖ fînanśl ǎtlŭc. “Nt nǎ, Brṇd,” sz Liz Trus. Ɖr r devlz in yr poḷsidītelz. “Nt nǎ, Brṇd!”

Ɖen ɖr z ɖt uɖr monstr, ɖ wn ɖt hz bcm sć a fixćr in ɖ gardn ɖt īvn ɖ opziśn sīmz nt t notis it eni mor. Cn w tōc abt Brexit? Nt nǎ, Brṇd!

Britn’z slf-xcluźn fṛm conṭnntl marcits z nt ɖ bigist cōz v preznt ic̣nomic pen bt it wl b hard t imajin reṃdiz in ɖ absns v eni raṣ́nl ōdit v ɖt dsiźn or eni riixaṃneśn v ɖ îdịlojicl fixeśnz ɖt pṛvoct it. Bt fr Brexit b’livrz, it z olwz tù sn n tù lêt t pas jujmnt.

Tù sn, bcz ɖ beṇfits v frīdm lî unclemd undr ɖ pîr v “rtend” YY reğleśnz ɖt bʈ Trus n Sŭnac promis t insiṇret. N tù lêt, bcz Brexit z ɖ setld wil v ɖ ppl n eni hint v a dǎnsîd z sdiśn.

Ɖ Tori parti recgnîzz onli tū poṣbl pziśnz on Britn’z rleśnśp wɖ ɖ YY – hrǒic insistns on frɖr sevṛns n cawdli plotñ t rījôn. Lebr, unwilñ t adopt ɖ formr stans n afreid v biyñ cast in ɖ latr wn, sz nʈñ mīnñfl on ɖ subjict.

Mnẃl, ɖ irex́n v pôntlis custmzbarịrz btwn Britn n its nirist marcits hz obstructd tred, impozd costs on biznis, snarld p s’plîćenz n stǒct infleśn. Ɖ end v fri muvmnt hz cōzd lebrśorṭjz fr fūd pṛdysrz, cerhomz n a gaṃt v srṿsz in btwn.

Fri-tred dīlz wɖ non-Yṛpiyn stets ɖt wr mnt t compnset fr ɖ los v conṭnntl custm hv hd negliɉbl impact. (Most r copi-n-pest jobz fṛm arenjmnts Britn hd az a YY membr.)

Strlñ hz dprīśietd, bt wɖt ɖ compnsetñ būst t xportcmpettivnis ɖt mt b xpctd fṛm a cuṛnsi dvalyeśn. Biznis invstmnt hz bn flat sins ɖ reḟrendm, in larj part bcz ɖ p’liticl clîṃt hz bn so unpridictbl. Ɖt voḷtiḷti – tū jenṛl ilex́nz n ʈri ćenjz v prîm̦inistr in six yirz – z a fuñśn v ɖ strugl t trn an îdiyl Brexit, nrćrd in ɖ p’rocịl Yrosceptic imaɉneśn, intu a riaḷti-best Brexit involvñ uɖr cuntriz n riyl ppl’z jobz.

It c’nt b dn. Opińnpoulz sjst a mjoṛti v votrz ʈnc ɖ hol ʈñ wz a mstec. Liz Trus, ɖ lîcli winr v ɖ līdrśp contest, insists uɖ̇wz wɖ ɖ viymns v a zeḷs cnvrt.

Trus wz a rmenr in 2016 bcz ś wz an ac̣lît v Jorj Ozbōrn. Ɖ ɖen ćanslr cnvinst hiz dsîpl ɖt Britn wd nt b fūliś inuf t jeṭsn YY membrśp. Ɖ campen wd b fòt on ɖ icoṇmi n ɖ smart ʈñ fr an ambiśs yuñ ministr t d wz bac ɖ winñ sîd. Ś promtli dd jst ɖt wns ɖ rzults wr in.

Trus nǎ clemz ɖt bacñ ɖ roñ hors in ɖ reḟrendm tòt hr t dscard orʈ̇dox ic̣nomic ʈncñ. Ɖt crietd a mntl vecnsi, ẃć ś fild wɖ hardlîn Brexit dogmaz. Bî 2019, ś wz argywñ in prîṿt ɖt Britn cd sefli wōc awe fṛm ɖ YY wɖt a comprihnsiv dīl. Bruslz, ś sd, wd imīɉtli b caud intu “sîd dīlz” t miṭget eni poṣbl harm, ɖ ʈret v ẃć wz, in eni ces, vastli xaɉretd bî lili-livrd rmonrz.

Hvñ lrnt t dspîz rsivd Treẓ́ri wizdm, Trus hz grajuetd on t scorn fr dploṃsi az tṛdiśṇli practist at ɖ Foṛn Ofis. Rports v hr incǎntrz wɖ oṿsìz cǎnṭparts sjst ś stumblz at ɖ sutl bǎnḍri btwn d’rect n brusc; candid n cras.

Ɖt tndnsi wz on dsple at ɖ hustñz ivnt last wīc, ẃr Trus wz asct ẃɖr ɖ Frenć prezidnt, Emmanuel Macron, z frend or fo. “Ɖ jri’z ǎt,” ś sd. It wz mnt in a misćiṿs spirit, wɖ an î onli fr ɖ Tori acṭvists in ɖ rūm. Foṛn secṛtriz n woṇbi prîm̦inistrz yst t avôd imḅsiḷtiz v ɖt cnd bfr Boris Jonsn cntaṃnetd bʈ oḟsz wɖ hiz mrōdñ insūsịns. N īvn h dz’nt heẓtet t cōl Frans an alî.

Tōriz nǎ spīc incrisñli fondli v ɖ ǎtgwñ prîm̦inistr, nt bcz ɖe rmembr him az a scild līdr, bt bcz hiz ynīc scil z mezṃrîzñ ɖm intu fgetñ ẃt gd guvnmnt z mnt t lc lîc. Trus dz’nt hv ɖt majic tuć. Ɖ Brexit-būstr wond sits ōcẉdli in hr hand.

Cnsrṿtiv redinis t indulj Jonsn z no meźr v hiz repyteśn in ɖ cuntri, bt ɖ līdrśp contest z nt a naśnl ilex́n. Fr at līst wn mor wīc, Britiś poḷtics z cntend in ɖt sìld ćembr ẃr ɖr z a Boris leġsi t seḷbret, ẃr ɖ s’lūśn t poṿti z corpṛt taxcuts, ẃr ɖ s’lūśn t evrʈñ z taxcuts, ẃr taxcuts hv no impact on public-srvis bujits, ẃr lîf ǎtsd ɖ YY z ol upsîd n cn onli gt betr.

Bt ɖr’z a monstr in ɖ gardn.

MCi’z stori dz’nt end ẃn Brṇd z ītn. In a briłnt twist, ɖ monstr ɖen entrz ɖ hǎs n muvz intu ɖ bô’z rūm, brecñ hiz tôz n ītñ hiz dinr. Stl ɖ peṛnts d’nt notis. “Bt I’m a monstr,” ɖ monstr z fîṇli muvd t inform ɖm. “Nt nǎ, Brṇd,” ɖe se.

Ɖs z ɖ nxt ćaptr fr Britn. Ɖ monstr z hir, anǎnsñ itslf wɖ rorz n snarlz. Ɖ crîsis z upn s, dmandñ ceṗbl, sirịs guvnmnt. Ẃn wl ɖt crî b hŕd? Nt nǎ, Britn. Nt nǎ.

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

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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)

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

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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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