Ɖ Gardịn vy on Brexit heṛsi in ɖ guvnmnt: riaḷti bginz t bît
(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 21 Nov. 2022)
Contṛvrśl brīfñz t ɖ pres bî sīńr guvnmntfigrz rflect a ćenj in ɖ zîtgîst
Munde 21 Nvmbr 2022
Ɖ śort, dzastṛs premịrśp v Liz Trus z bginñ t lc lîc ɖ endpônt v a p’liticl tṛjectri ɖt bgan wɖ ɖ Brexit reḟrendm in 2016. Ɖ spectaklr deṭneśn v Qāzi Qarteñ’z minībujit bî unimprest marcits wz ɖ momnt ẃn îdioḷji met riaḷti, n ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti’z sovṛntist dluźnz wr fîṇli tstd t dstrux́n. In its afṭmaʈ, ɖ hî tîd v Brexit hz gn ǎt, n a slo vôij bac t ic̣nomic saṇti at last apirz t b undr we.
On Munde, Mz Trus’z s’xesr, Riśi Sūnac, wz oblîjd t spend mć v hiz vizit t ɖ CBI confṛns in Brmñm dnayñ sjsćnz ɖt ɖ guvnmnt wz hopñ t piṿt t a closr Swis-stîl rleśnśp wɖ ɖ Yṛpiyn Yńn. Switṣḷnd injôz sgnificnt n profitbl axes t ɖ sngl marcit, n ptiṣpets in YY rsrć n edyceśn programz, ẃl mcñ pemnts t ɖ YY n alînñ wɖ its lw. Acordñ t a Súnde Tîmz rport, guvnmntfigrz hv prîṿtli dscust ɖ posbiḷti v jst sć a rleśnśp fr Britn. “Let m b uniqivcl abt ɖs,” Mr Sūnac cǎntrd robustli. “Undr mî līdrśp, ɖ Ynîtd Cñdm wl nt psy eni rleśnśp wɖ Yṛp ɖt rlîz on alînmnt wɖ YY lwz … I votd fr Brexit. I b’liv in Brexit n I nǒ ɖt Brexit cn dlivr.”
Ɖr z no rīzn t dǎt ɖ prîm̦inistr’z wrd on ɖs. Olrdi vulnṛbl az h imbarcs on a program v taxrîzz, Mr Sūnac nz ɖt hardlîn Brexitrz in ɖ Tori parti (inʈyziasticli asistd bî ɖ Dêli Meil) wd atmt t brñ him dǎn rɖr ɖn cǎntinns sć a btreyl. Ẃn T’rīza Me flotd smʈñ similr t a Swis-stîl arenjmnt (ɖ dūmd Ćécrz dīl), it pruvd t b ɖ bginñ v ɖ end v hr premịrśp. Ɖ Yṛpiyn Rsrćgrūp muvd agnst hr n Boris Jonsn sizd hiz ćans.
Nr r ɖr grǎndz fr ʈncñ ɖt Bruslz wd ple bōl wɖ ẃt amǎnts t rīhītd cecizm. Az ɖ damij dn bî Brexit t ɖ Britiś icoṇmi plez itslf ǎt, ɖ YY hz no rīzn t rvizit its pziśn ɖt Britn canot injô ɖoz aspects v ɖ sngl marcit ẃć apil t it, ẃl rjctñ ɖoz ɖt d’nt – sć az ɖ fri muvmnt v ppl. Ɖr wl ɖus b no Swis-stîl acoṃdeśn wɖ ɖ YY undr ɖ preznt guvnmnt. Bt ɖ fact ɖt influenśl figrz in Mr Sūnac’s guvnmnt flt ebl t brīf sć heṛsiz t ɖ pres tlz s smʈñ importnt.
Acordñ t poulz, ɖ numbr v Brítnz hu b’liv it wz a mstec t līv ɖ YY nǎ standz at 56%, cmperd wɖ 32% hu stand bî ɖ dsiźn. Rlisñ its ic̣nomic fōrcast bfr last wīc’s ōtmstetmnt, aftr biyñ prīvịsli sîdlînd bî Mr Qarteñ, ɖ Ofis fr Bujit Rsponsbiḷti stetd bòldli ɖt Brexit hd dlivrd a “sgnificnt advrs impact” on tred. Ɖ public hz olso notist ɖt Britn z ɖ onli G7 cuntri stl t hv a smōlr icoṇmi cmperd wɖ bfr ɖ pandemic, n hz ɖ wrst groʈret. Ɖ flagśp post-Brexit treḑīl wɖ Ostreła wz “nt acć̣li a vri gd dīl”, acordñ t ɖ formr invîrnmntsecṛtri, Jorj Ysṭs.
Ɖ public’s tec on ɖz kḿḷtiv pìsz v bad nyz – dlivrd az ɖ cuntri priperz fr a record fōl in livñstanddz n a pṛloñd rseśn – z cọlesñ intu a ny comn-sns: ɖ hard Brexit ɖt Mr Jonsn orc̣stretd, n on ẃć Mz Trus atmtd t dubl dǎn, hz palṗbli feld. Fr Mr Sūnac, ɖ līdr v an unguvṇbl, dvîdd parti, it z – az h śrli nz – tù lêt t resk ɖ sićueśn. Bt fr Cir Starmr’z Lebr, ɖ Swis spekleśn z anɖr sîn ɖt an oṗtyṇti z oṗnñ p.
