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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on the coronation of Charles III: a dated pageant that should be rethought

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Ɖ Gardịn vy on ɖ coṛneśn v Ćarlz III: a detd pajnt ɖt śd b rīʈòt

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 4 May 2023)

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Mni r opn t îdīaz abt a betr sistm fr a hed v stet. It z śrli tîm t proprli dbet ɖm.

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Ʈrzde 4 Me 2023

Az ɖ de nirz, asc yrslf a qsćn. Ẃt z ɖs wīcend’z coṛneśn fr? It wl nt mc Ćarlz III ɖ cñ. H z ɖt olrdi. H bcem cñ ẃn hiz muɖr daid last yir, n aftr a smuɖli pformd n snṣbli lo-ci axeśnproses. Ɖ lîn v s’xeśn z olso frmli set.

Nr wl ɖ coṛneśn mc eni difṛns t ɖ cñ’z abiḷti t cari ǎt hiz consttyśnl rǒl az Britn’z hed v stet. It wl cnfŕ no ny pǎr on him. H olrdi gvz hiz asnt t lwz.

Ɖ coṛneśn no longr pṛvîdz a platform t p’red an impirịl rīć, az ɖt v Iliẓbʈ II, atndd bî mor ɖn 50 sīńr repriznttivz v Britn’z pześnz n Comnwlʈ neśnz, imfaticli stl sòt t. It wl nt b a seḷbreśn v Britn’z globl militri n nevl clǎt, ẃć rlịr coṛneśnz olso wr. Ɖoz dez hv gn, n gd ridns.

Ɖ coṛneśn z srtnli nt tecñ ples bcz v public dmand or inʈyziazm fr ɖ moṇci or ɖ ny cñ. A mir 9% v Britiś adults se ɖt ɖe cer “a gret dīl” abt ɖs wīcend’z ivnts. Onli 7% dscrîb ɖmslvz az cmitd roylists, wilñ t gv uncriticl s’port t ɖ moṇci. It sīmz gṛćuiṭs t b peyñ £250m fr a coṛneśn jrñ a cost-v-livñ crîsis.

Nr cn it b sìn az a simbolic ny ćaptr fr ɖ neśn. Ɖ 1953 coṛneśn v ɖ ɖen 27-yir-old Iliẓbʈ wz wîdli dpictd az an ivnt dzînd t brñ culr n hop t postwar Britn – phps īvn az ɖ start v a ny ej. Ćarlz, bî contrast, z ɖ oldist moṇc t tec ɖ Britiś ʈron. Hiz lîf stori, hiz faṃliprobḷmz n hiz wez r fmiłr. Britn wl nt ćenj ɖs wīcend.

Ɖ oṿẃlmñ truʈ z ɖt ɖ coṛneśn z tecñ ples fr anacṛnistic rlijs n consttyśnl rīznz. Ɖs wīcend’z ivnts r sntrd on a rlijs srvis in ẃć Ćarlz vǎz t uphold ɖ Protistnt rlijn, z anôntd wɖ holi ôl n swerz an oʈ ẃć, in wrdz ɖt ɖ arćbiṣ́p v Canṭbri wl inton in Wsminstr Abi on Saṭde, cmits t mcñ Britn “a holi neśn” undr “a royl prīsthd”.

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Ɖ dvîn rît t rūl
Yt modn Britn z nt a holi neśn. Nr z it īvn a larjli Protistnt wn. Britn instd z incrisñli seklr, īvn ɖo it rmenz dīpli imprintd, in wez it smtmz dz nt grasp, bî its loñ Crisćn hisṭri. Ñgḷnd n Wêlz hv bcm mnoṛti Crisćn cuntriz. Yt Ñgḷnd, olɖo nt Scotḷnd, Wêlz or îɖr part v Îrḷnd, hz an istabliśt stetćrć. Ẃɖr ɖs cn or śd cntiny òt t b a subjict v sirịs public dbet. Bt it nvr z.

No uɖr consttyśnl moṇci in Yṛp hz a rlijs coṛneśn lîc ɖs cuntri’z. No uɖr cuntri pritndz ɖt its hed v stet z ćozn or invîtd t rūl bî a dviṇti. Ɖs dz nt mīn ɖt ɖr śd b no seriṃni, no tṛdiśn, or no seḷbreśn t marc ɖ trnziśn t a ny hed v stet. It dz mīn, hvr, ɖt ɖs ritẏl śd hv bn ćenjd n śd nt b cntinyd in its old form.

Ɖ wîdli flt impact v ɖ trnziśn fṛm ɖ loñ rên v Iliẓbʈ II òt t hv bn maćt bî a mor sirịs sivic rspons. It śd hv léd Britn t asc itslf mor ʈuṛli n mor opnli ẃɖr – n, f so, in ẃt form – Saṭde’z ivnt z nīdd at ol. Ɖt, ɖo, wd hv rqîrd a propr public dscuśn, nt mirli abt ɖ coṛneśn bt abt ɖ istabliśt ćrć – n ultiṃtli abt ɖ moṇci itslf.

Britn n its guvnmnts hv olwz bn bad at dwñ ɖt. Ɖ iśuz r cnsistntli trītd az tbuz ẃn ɖe śd nt b. Parḷmnt z nvr cnsultd. Ɖ fełrz, ɖo, r ǎrz tù. Sivic Britn hz bn far tù dosîl, wɖ moṇci hbićuetñ ɖ fīlñ ɖt w r subjicts, nt sitiznz. Ɖ royl rǒl in c’lońlizm n sleṿri me ćenj ɖt.

Tru, sm eḟt hz gn intu mcñ Ćarlz III’z coṛneśn mor inclūsiv. Sm uɖr feʈlīdrz, bsdz ɖ arćbiṣ́p, wl ple a part. Ɖ neśnz v ɖ Ynîtd Cñdm wl b mor xpliṣtli invoct. Ɖ pirij wl hv a rdyst rǒl. Ḿzic wl b multiculćṛl. Ɖ lésn wl b réd bî a Hindu prîm̦inistr.

Ɖz ćenjz, ɖo, hv nt spruñ fṛm sivl ssayti or ǎr repriznttiv insttyśnz. Instd ɖe hv larjli bn craftd bhnd clozd dorz bî ɖ cñ n hiz advîzrz. It śoz. Ɖe hv tncrd, nt rīʈòt. Ɖe hv nt gn far inuf. Ɖe hv avôdd trūli ćaḷnjñ qsćnz. N bî includñ a voḷntri plej v alījns t ɖ cñ, ɖe hv msréd ɖ spirit v ɖ cuntri, olbiit phps wɖ inclūsiv intnśnz.

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Misñ a naśnl dbet
It z nt ɖ Britiś ppl hu śd plej alījns t ɖ cñ. It z ɖ cñ hu śd plej alījns t ɖ Britiś ppl. Ɖr z ol ɖ difṛns btwn ɖ tū. Wn z fydl n deḟrenśl. Ɖ uɖr z consttyśnl n deṃcratic. Ɖ cñ hz optd fr ɖ formr. It z a telñ ćôs.

It z nt a ćôs ɖt śd b foloud. Ćarlz hz dn sm gd ʈñz sins cmñ t ɖ ʈron. Sm v hiz instñts r pṛgresiv, īvn modn. Bt h dz nt n canot imbodi ɖ neśn, its lwz, its rlijn or its insttyśnz in ɖs misticl we. Ɖ invteśn t gv alījns t a prsn, nt t a sistm or a ppl, z dminñ n pripostṛs.

Ɖs nyzpepr hz cnsistntli advcetd a mor raṣ́nl adult dbet abt ɖ moṇci n ɖ verịs oltrṇtivz. A jeṇreśn ago, w hlpt mc ɖ rpublicn ces part v ɖt dscuśn agn. Mni opińnpoulz in ɖ run-up t ɖ coṛneśn cnfrm ɖt ɖ public holdz a renj v vyz. Jeṇreśnz difr. Opińn z nt dvîdd in sm Maṇceyn we btwn fnaticl moṇcists n rebid rpublicnz.

Ɖ public z wel ahd v ɖ p’liticl sistm on ɖs. Ɖ Gardịn’z cost-v-ɖ-crǎn siriz hz śoun hǎ ɖ Winzrz’ fortyn sīmz t hv bn amast fṛm public fundz. Yt tù mni parḷmnterịnz r stuc in ɖ past, afreid v dscusñ īvn sć iśuz az ɖ royl faṃli’z sîz, wlʈ, land n asets.

Ɖt nīdz t ćenj, in part bcz it z bginñ t hapn enwe. Most ppl s’port ɖ moṇci, bt ɖ mjoṛtiz r nt az oṿẃlmñ az in ɖ past. Mni r opn t îdīaz abt hǎ a betr sistm mt oṗret. Rpublic̣nizm me nt b stormñ ɖ paliswōlz, bt it z muvñ fwd az part v ɖs ćenj. Ol ɖz ʈñz wl muv frɖr n fastr f ɖoz hu mc ɖ dsiźnz abt consttyśnl moṇci cntiny t hog ɖ dsiźnz n loc ɖ ppl ǎt, az ɖe hv dn ovr ɖ coṛneśn.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Britons getting poorer: don’t accept it

‘Prices in shops, on forecourts and at the factory gate reflect who has how much power.’ Photograph: Emilija Manevska/Getty Images
‘Prîsz in śops, on fōrcorts n at ɖ facṭriget rflect hu hz hǎ mć pǎr.’ Foṭgraf: Emilija Manevska/Geti Iṃjz
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on Brítnz gtñ purr: d’nt axpt it

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 26 April 2023)

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‘W’r ol wrs of,’ sz ɖ Banc v Ñgḷnd. At a tîm v sōrñ pe t cumṗnibosz, ɖs z ugli poḷtics

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Wnzde 26 Epril 2023

Struġlñ hǎsholdz, sncñ bizṇsz: ɖ Banc v Ñgḷnd wonts y t swolo sm bitr nyz fr yr ǒn gd. Y “nīd t axpt” ɖt y r purr. Stop ascñ fr wejrîzz. D nt snīc p prîsz. Srendr yr “rluctns t axpt ɖt, yes, w’r ol wrs of”. Sć ʈōts onli pṛdys hayr infleśn – n ɖt simpli w’nt d, acordñ t ɖ Banc’s ćīf icoṇmist, Hȳ Pil. In an inṭvy ɖs wīc, h akzd faṃliz n biznis v induljñ in a gem v “pas ɖ parsl” – pśñ hayr costs btwn ɖmslvz ẃn ẃt ɖe riyli nīd t d z admit ɖt “w ol hv t tec ǎr śer”.

F Mr Pil himslf dsplez sć Zen-lîc axptns, it me o smʈñ t ɖ fact ɖt h rsivd £88,000 fr hiz frst fîv-n-a-bit munʈs at Ʈrednīdl Strīt, iqivḷnt t an ańl saḷri v £180,000. Anɖr advc̣t v sreṇti z ɖ Banc’s guvnr, Andru Beili, hu last yir tld wrcrz nt t mc big pe dmandz, ẃl rêcñ in haf a miłn pǎndz. Ordnri Brítnz me dtct a tuć v Versailles hir, v biyñ advîzd t ćau dǎn on brioś bcz no bred z t b faund. Sć stetmnts d nt inhans wn’z oʈoṛti, az Marie Antoinette cd atst.

Mor ɖn a qortrsnć̣ri hz pást sins Gordn Brǎn set ɖ Banc fri, yt inṭrestrets n infleśn rmen az p’liticl az taxrets n sośl s’kṛti. Prîsz in śops, on fōrcorts n at ɖ facṭriget rflect hu hz hǎ mć pǎr, ẃɖr ɖt z ôlpṛdysrz in ɖ Midl Īst, big sūṗmarcitćenz or in-dmand wrcrz. Fr ovr a yir, ɖ Banc hz bn actñ az f wrcrz r an infleṣ́nri ʈret. It hz rezd rets ovr n ovr agn, wɖ anɖr incris xpctd nxt wīc. Yt ɖr hz bn no wej-prîs spîṛl, ẃl deta inḍcets ɖt cumṗniz r pśñ p prîsz t impruv ɖer marjinz – so mć so ɖt Siti aṇlists nǎ fret abt corpṛt “grīdfleśn”. Sć apaṛnt proḟtirñ hz pṛvoct no ax́n fṛm Riśi Sūnac. Phps ɖs śd’nt cm az a s’prîz fṛm ɖ admiṇstreśn ɖt handd bizṇsz biłnz fr inadiqt PPI n in lounz ɖt wl nvr b peid bac.

Clemñ ɖt “w’r ol in it tgɖr” wl nt woś at a tîm ẃn FTSX 100 bosz r siyñ ɖer pe srj bî an aṿrij v 23%, az ɖe dd last yir. In a hîli unīql cuntri, ɖ poḷtics v ẃt Mr Pil cōlz “gtñ purr” r ugli indd. A ziro-groʈ icoṇmi pṛdysz ziro-sum poḷtics, in ẃć inṭrestgrūps fît wɖ incrisñ fors fr ɖer slîs v a śrincñ cec. Sînz v ɖt r evrẃr in ɖ YC ɖs sprñ, most obvịsli wɖ ɖ brecdǎn v vîtl srṿsz, az nrsz, doctrz n tīćrz dmand pêrîzz. Anɖr simtm z ɖ culćrwor fòt bî ɖ Cnsrṿtivz wɖ incrisñli blunt siṇsizm sins 2010.

Letñ marcitforsz d ɖer ʈñ n prīćñ osteṛti-lait z no we t rspond t ɖs dîr ic̣nomic s’nario. A pṛgresiv rspons wd b t harnis ɖ fînanśl fîrpǎr v ɖ stet t pṛvîd dīsnt hǎzñ, hlʈ n edyceśn fr wn’z sitiznz, ẃl olso rezñ mor reṿny in capitl-genz tax, n in betr taxz on proṗti n land. Fr ol ɖ glūmi tōc v ɖ momnt, ɖ YC rmenz wn v ɖ rićist ssaytiz in hymn hisṭri, wɖ ɖ îdīaz n eṇji t pṛvîd a betr lîf fr ɖoz hu ofn gt ɖ śort end v ɖ stic. Ẃt it nīdz z ɖ p’liticl wil.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Suella Braverman: cruel and unusual

Ms Braverman ‘doesn’t do nuance, accuracy or thoughtfulness. She does what advances the cause closest to her heart, of becoming Conservative leader’. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA
Mz Braṿmn ‘dz’nt d ńuans, akṛsi or ʈōtflnis. Ś dz ẃt advansz ɖ cōz closist t hr hart, v bcmñ Cnsrṿtiv līdr’. Foṭgraf: Yui Mok/PA
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on Suela Braṿmn: cruwl n unyźl

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 13 April 2023)

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Sayeeda Warsi wz rît t cōl ǎt ɖ homsecṛtri ovr hr dlibṛt straṭji v resist reṭric

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Ʈrzde 13 Epril 2023

Īvn in poḷtics, n srtnli in mor norml setñz, it tecs a lot t ćalinj a colīg opnli. T wei ɖ consiqnsz v a public criṭsizm bfr mcñ it, nt līst fr wn’z faṃli, z unḍstanḍbl. Ɖt z phps ispeṣ́li tru ẃn ɖ critic n ɖ colīg śer a p’liticl parti n bʈ r fṛm eʈnic mnoṛtiz. Ol v ɖz cnsrnz, Sayeeda Warsi rout ɖs wīc, wnt ʈru hr mînd bfr ś fîṇli pénd ɖ Gardịn articl akzñ ɖ homsecṛtri, Suela Braṿmn, v resizm n v “pleyñ poḷtics in ɖ gutr” aftr ś hd brandd Britiś Pacistani men az ćîld sx’byzrz.

Hvr dificlt, raitñ ɖ articl wz ɖ rît ʈñ t d. Ɖ homsecṛtri hz bn gtñ awe wɖ hr poḷtics v pforṃtiv cruwlti n vindictivnis fr tù loñ. Evri unćalinjd provceśn ś mcs onli incrisz hr boldnis. Hr coments ɖt ɖ membrz v sx́l-grūmñ gañz r “olmst ol Britiś-Pacistani, hu hold culćṛl attydz cmplitli incmpatbl wɖ Britiś valyz” wr dlibṛtli lūs n conśsli inflaṃtri, n wr nt best on ɖ facts ɖt, az a loyr n a sīńr ministr, ś hz an obḷgeśn t uphold. Ɖz wr nt dog-ẃislz, bt resist lanḡj.

Ɖ grim riaḷti z ɖt ɖr r sx́l preḍtrz in evri cḿṇti, nt jst wn. Ɖ ńuansz n sṗsifcs matr, v cors. Bt ɖ 2013 rport bî ɖ ćildṛn’z cmiśnr fr Ñgḷnd cncludd ɖt ćildṛn wr biyñ sx̣́li abyzd in evri “tǎn, vilij or hamlit”. Ɖ Ofis fr Naśnl Sttistics esṭmetd in 2020 ɖt at līst 3.1 miłn Brítnz hd bn sx̣́li asōltd az ćildṛn, n a Hom Ofis rport ɖ sem yir faund ɖt most membrz v sx-abys gañz r ẃît n ejd undr 30, nt brǎn n midl-ejd. Acordñ t ɖ formr ćīf proṣktr Nazir Afzal, hu léd ɖ hî-profîl ces agnst ɖ Roćdel grūmñgañ in 2012, “ɖ vast mjoṛti v ɖz crîmz r carid ǎt bî ẃît Britiś melz”. T sngl ǎt wn cḿṇti dz nt jst incurij resist rsponsz agnst ɖm. It olso pts ɖ victimz v sx́l preḍtrz in uɖr cḿṇtiz at gretr risc.

Mz Braṿmn’z reclisnis z nt cerlis. It z a straṭji. Ś dz’nt d ńuans, akṛsi or ʈōtflnis. Ś dz ẃt advansz ɖ cōz closist t hr hart, v bcmñ Cnsrṿtiv līdr. Ś wz a secnd-ret atrnijenṛl hu p’liṭsîzd a post ɖt yst t b stricli advîzri. Az homsecṛtri undr Liz Trus, ś cast hrslf az an alfa-aćivr hu wd gt smōl bots stopt, sspcts srćt n arestd, n pṛtstrz clird awe. Aftr six wīcs, wɖ nn v it aćivd, ś hd t rzîn. Six dez lêtr, aftr proṃsñ hr s’port t Riśi Sūnac in ɖ insywñ līdrśp contest, ś rtrnd t ɖ Hom Ofis, n ɖ sdistic reṭric rzymd.

Ɖ qsćn nǎ, az Ledi Warsi pônts ǎt, z t nǒ hu ǒnz ɖ resist-reṭric straṭji n ɖen pt an end t it. Z it a Cnsrṿtiv parti aproć ɖt z intndd t stǒc fir n angr az ɖ jenṛl ilex́n nirz? Or z it part v Mz Braṿmn’z ǒn planz t cīp hrslf in ɖ hedlînz n p’red hrslf az ɖ canddet v ɖ hard rît? Ɖ riyl cnsrn z ɖt it z a mix v bʈ, n ɖt Mr. Sūnac, bî imbresñ ɖ stopñ v ɖ smōl bots az wn v hiz fîv priilex́n emz n ptñ Mz Braṿmn in ćarj v it, z himslf cmplisit in ɖ homsecṛtri’z ʈiytr v cruwlti.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on doctors on strike: a symptom of a deeper crisis

Junior doctors on a picket line outside St Thomas’ Hospital, London, on 12 April. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock
Jūńr doctrz on a picitlîn ǎtsd St Toṃs’ Hospitl, Lundn, on 12 Epril. Foṭgraf: Tayfun Salci.
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Đ Gardịn vy on doctrz on strîc: a simptm v a dīpr crîsis

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 12 April 2023)

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Ɖ guvnmnt hz fr tù loñ xplôtd ɖ gdwil v NHS stāf t cuvr fr inadiqt rzorsz

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Wnzde 12 Epril 2023

Ɖ  fînl rzult v ɖs wīc’s strîc bî jūńr doctrz canot b pridictd, bt sm s’nārioz r lîclịr ɖn uɖrz. It z improbbl ɖt ɖ guvnmnt wl axid t ɖ Britiś Medicl Asośieśn’z cōl fr a 35% pêrîz, n it z unlîcli ɖt doctrz wl lūz ɖ wil t protest wɖt impruvmnt in ɖer wrcñ cndiśnz. Ɖt līvz a spectṛm v compṛmîzz ɖt cn onli b aćivd bî ngośieśn, ẃć mcs ɖ guvnmnt’s rfyzl t tōc pôntlis n, fr NHS peśnts, denjṛs.

Ɖ Dpartmnt v Hlʈ n Sośl Cer z aproćñ ɖ dspyt wɖ jūńr doctrz mć az it handld industrịl ax́n bî nrsz, ẃć z t se, neglijntli. Ɖ oṗnñ gambit z a rfyzl t ingej, in ɖ hop ɖt public opińn wl muv agnst ɖ strîcrz. Ministrz olso hop fr splits in ɖ medicl pṛfeśn, wɖ cnsultnts (huz fînanśl sićueśn z les pricerịs n huz pnśn’renjmnts wr amīłretd in ɖ rīsnt bujit) wɖdrw̃ soḷdaṛti fṛm yungr colīgz.

Mni doctrz, jūńr n sīńr, r qīzi abt ɖ strîcs. It z imposbl t wɖdrw lebr fṛm hospitlz wɖt dmiṇśñ ɖ srvis n peśnts suḟrñ az a rzult, bcz pṛsijrz r dleid or wordz r unḍstaft. Ɖ arğmnt t jusṭfî ɖt cost z ɖt peśnts r olrdi at risc in a sistm ɖt hz bn oṿwrcñ n unḍpeyñ jūńr doctrz fr yirz. Az wɖ nrsz n ambyḷnsdrîvrz, ɖ dsiźn t strîc hz nt bn tecn lîtli. It xpresz fir fr ɖ vạbiḷti v ɖ NHS f ɖ wrcrz hu cīp it fuñṣ́nñ r forst t sīc implômnt elsẃr bcz ɖe cn no longr indyr ɖ cndiśnz impozd on ɖm.

Ɖt rtnśncrîsis, wɖ doctrz rtîrñ rli, startñ ny c’rirz or psywñ ɖer cuṛnt wn in cuntriz ɖt trīt ɖm betr, z wn rīzn ẃ mni cnsultnts s’port ɖ strîcs dspt msgivñz abt ɖer impact on hospitlz. Ɖe si ɖ dmoṛlîześn v a yungr jeṇreśn n antiṣpet a cronic loñ-trm śortij in yirz t cm. Iṃgreśn cn plug ɖ gap in sm eriaz, bt it z nt a ssteṇbl s’lūśn.

It z śemñ fr a dveḷpt icoṇmi t b felñ t pṛvîd ambiśs, hard-wrcñ grajụts wɖ atractiv paʈwez intu meḍsin. N it z plen westfl fr ɖ stet t subṣdîz medicl trenñ, onli t ɖen si ɖ beṇfiṣ́riz v ɖt edyceśn aplî it in Ostreła or Caṇda.

Ɖs z ɖ dīpr crîsis bhnd ɖ strîcs – ɖ degṛdeśn v pubḷcli fundd hlʈcer ɖt canot b mitgetd indefiṇtli bî ɖ gdwil v NHS stāf. It z smʈñ ɖt ɖ public unḍstandz betr ɖn ɖ guvnmnt, ispeṣ́li sins ɖ pandemic. Jūńr doctrz hv bn sacṛfîsñ ɖer ǒn tîm, hlʈ n welbiyñ t mc p fr inadiqt rzorsñ, n ɖe hv nʈñ left t gv. Ɖe strîc fr betr pe n cndiśnz, hīdfl v ɖ imīɉt dsrupśn t ɖ public, bt olso on bhaf v ɖ public, hu r intîtld t b trītd bî ppl hu r nt fizicli n mnṭli xōstd, nr fînanṣ́li stretnd.

Stīv Barcli, ɖ hlʈsecṛtri, clemz t b redi t ngośiet, bt sáits ɖ 35% dmand az an obsṭcl. Ɖt z disinjenẏs. A ngośieśn rerli endz ẃr it starts, bt it hz t start smẃr. Ɖs dspyt wl śrli end wɖ a compṛmîz v sm cnd. Ɖ guvnmnt z westñ tîm n ptñ livz at risc bî dleyñ ɖt jrni.

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Tory millionaires: a party of the rich, for the rich

Nadhim Zahawi, who had to pay about £5m in penalties and outstanding taxes to HMRC, said his mistakes were ‘careless not deliberate’. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

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Ɖ Gardịn vy on Tori miłnerz: a parti v ɖ rić, fr ɖ rić

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 23 Jan. 2023)

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Ɖ in’biḷti t rmuv hiz ǒn partićer aftr a multimiłn-pǎnd tax mstec unḍlînz Riśi Sūnac’s wìcnis

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Munde 23 Jańri 2023

Ritn in an rlịr tîm abt msgivñz ovr ɖ akḿleśn v pǎr n muni, ɖ wrdz v F Scot Fitsjeṛld r aṗsît tde. “Ɖe wr cerlis ppl,” l’mnts ɖ nretr v hiz clasic novl Ɖ Gret Gatsbi. “Ɖe smaśt p ʈñz … n ɖen rtritd bac intu ɖer muni or ɖer vast cerlisnis.” Ɖ Tori-parti ćermn, Nadhim Zahawi, peid, it apirz, abt £5m in penltiz n ǎtstandñ taxz t Hiz Maɉsti’z Reṿny n Custmz. Mr Zahawi sz hiz mstecs wr “cerlis”. Bt hǎ cd ɖ Cnsrṿtivz evr hv alaud smbdi, az ɖe dd wɖ Mr Zahawi, t bcm ćanslr ẃn h wz in dspyt wɖ ɖ tax oʈoṛti, fr ẃć ɖ ćanslr z rsponsbl? It z a conflict v inṭrest ɖt nwn cd mis – unls, phps, ɖe tù wr biyñ cerlis.

W ol cn b rmis. Bt nt t ɖ xtnt ɖt w fget, apaṛntli, t rport an esṭmetd £27m t HMRC. Riśi Sūnac apôntd Mr Zahawi t b Tori-parti ćer n gev him a sīt at hiz cabiṇțebl. Ɖ prîm̦inistr clemz nt t hv bn aprîzd v ɖ facts bfr dfndñ Mr Zahawi at ɖ dspaćbox last wīc, or ẃn h gev him hiz cuṛnt job. A strongr prîm̦inistr wd hv dn ɖ rît ʈñ n sact Mr Zahawi. Mr Sūnac hz rfŕd ɖ matr t hiz eʈics’dvîzr. Bt ɖ okpnt v Nu. 10 dz nt nīd a rport t tel him hu śd b in hiz cabiṇt. Mr Sūnac z a wìc prîm̦inistr: h hz t g in t bat fr colīgz fr fir v ɖm rfyzñ t d ɖ sem fr him. H riscs ɖ guvnmnt luzñ trust in him.

Mr Zahawi wz onli ćanslr fr tū munʈs. Bt it spīcs volymz abt hiz caṛctr ɖt h tc ɖ job. It wd hv bn slopi fr Sîmn Ces, ɖ cabiṇtsecṛtri, nt t hv noun abt Mr Zahawi’z taxprobḷm bfr hiz pṛmośn. Ɖt mt xplen ẃ a stori srfist ɖs wīcend ɖt clemd Mr Zahawi wz dnaid a naithd aftr ɖ Cabiṇt Ofis cntactd HMRC “az part v ɖ norml dy dilijns”. Mr Ces wd olso hv bn neglijnt nt t hv rezd ɖ pṛspctiv ćanslr’z taxconflict wɖ Boris Jonsn, ɖ ɖen prîm̦inistr. It me b tù mć t asc fr Mr Jonsn, a sirịl layr, t fînd enʈñ impropr in ɖ arenjmnt. Bt h śd hv vītoud Mr Zahawi fr ɖ rǒl.

Repyteśnz rerli svîv contact wɖ Mr Jonsn. H ʈncs it’s fîn fr ɖ cuṛnt BBC ćermn, Rić̣d Śarp, t hv hlpt arenj a gaṛnti on a loun v p t £800,000 fr himslf wīcs bfr rec̣mndñ him fr ɖ rǒl. Nɖr man rportd ɖs arenjmnt, ẃć ɖe śd hv. Mr Śarp wz privi t p’liticli daṃjñ inḟmeśn. Ɖ public pspśn v ɖ BBC’z imparśiaḷti n indipndns hz bn harmd bî its ćer’z lac v jujmnt. Ānti’z bōrd wl lc at ɖ matr, n ɖ public-apôntmnts cmiśnr wl invstget Mr Śarp’s apôntmnt aftr biyñ rjd t inṭvin bî Lebr’z Lūsi Pǎl. Hvr, d’nt hold yr breʈ. A wlʈi insîdr, Mr Śarp hz md hiz srṿsz tù ysfl t b dspnst wɖ īẓli.

Ɖz gwñz-on ofr a paṛbl abt ɖ c’ruptñ rǒl v iniqoḷti in ssayti, a sntṛl ʈīm v Fitzgerald’z bc. Ẃt hz md Britn unguvṇbl z nt strîcs n infleśn bt fax̣́nl infîtñ wɖn ɖ Cnsrṿtivz – ẃć lcs lîc a parti v ɖ rić, fr ɖ rić. Mr Sūnac’s guvnmnt sīmz tù rivn bî dspyts n tù wìc t implimnt big rformz. Ɖ imṗtns v Mr Sūnac hz rplest ɖ ceos v Mr Jonsn. Wɖ ɖ Toriz in ćarj, Britn hz bcm a cuntri wɖ a guvnmnt ɖt canot d enʈñ v importns.

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on China’s Covid U-turn: from all-out war to all but nothing

People hold white sheets of paper in protest over Covid restrictions, after a vigil for the victims of a fire in Urumqi, China, on 27 November. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters
Ppl hold ẃît śīts v pepr in protest ovr Covid rstrix́nz, aftr a vijil fr ɖ victimz v a fîr in Ŭṛmćī, Ćîna, on 27 Nvmbr. Foṭgraf: Toṃs Pītr/Rôtrz
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on Ćîna’z Covid U-trn: fṛm ol-ǎt wor t ol bt nʈñ

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 13 Dec. 2022)

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Tyzde 13 Dsmbr 2022

Dspt ɖ r’jidti v ɖ Ćînīz Coḿnist parti’z poḷtics n grip on pǎr, it cn smtmz ćenj cors at a starṭlñ pes. Ɖ most obvịs wz its ic̣nomic trn fṛm Mǎ t marcit. Mor rīsntli, it flipt fṛm its wn-ćîld poḷsi v liṃtñ brʈs t activli trayñ t būst ɖm.

Bt ɖ trn’rnd on its ziro-Covid poḷsi z trūli astoṇśñ in its spīd. In mid-Octobr, Bêźñ wz stl bostñ v an “ol-ǎt wor” on Covid-19, dspt its evidnt unssteṇbiḷti n pyṇtiv ic̣nomic ifcts. Tū wīcs ago, ɖ foṛn miṇstri’z spocsprsn twītd sceɖñli v 1m Covid deʈs az part v “Ɖ prîs v ‘frīdm’ in ɖ YS … Ẃt w wont z t pṛtct ǎr ppl’z lîvz.”

Nǎ ɖ guvnmnt hz cast of cntrolz in a matr v dez. Qoṛntīnrūlz n travl rstrix́nz hv bn sgnificntli rlaxt; ɖ guvnmnt hz scrapt its prîṃri Covid-tracñ ap. Xprts worn ɖt hospitlz cd b rapidli oṿẃlmd; wn anaḷsis sjsts ɖt p t 2.1 miłn lîvz cd b at risc. Tstñ buɖz r biyñ dsmantld, bt Bêźñ oʈoṛtiz sd fīvrclinics in ɖ siti rsivd 16 tîmz mor peśnts on Súnde ɖn ɖ wīc bfr.

An end t ziro Covid wz loñ oṿdy. Uɖr cuntriz hv s’xesḟli x’td similrli tît rstrix́nz ʈru vax̣neśn n ɖ grajl rīlaxeśn v meźrz. Bt ɖ lac v preṗreśn, ɖ tîmñ v ɖs voltfās – at ɖ hît v wintr – n ɖ scrapñ v most (ɖo nt ol) mitgeśnmeźrz ol xasbet ɖ riscs. Oldr ppl in ptiklr r unḍvax̣netd, n Ćîna stl dpndz on les ifctiv dmestic vaxīnz ɖt wr dzînd t cǎntr ɖ orijinl stren.

Ɖ xtrordnri anti-ziro-Covid protests ɖt brouc ǎt last munʈ hv clirli pleid a part in ɖs dsiźn. Bt ic̣nomic factrz me wel hv bn mor dsîsiv. Foxcón’z fǎndr ptiśnd ɖ oʈoṛtiz t īz p arnd a munʈ ago, wornñ ɖt Ćîna’z pziśn in globl s’plîćenz wz undr ʈret. Octobr’z particongres, s’mentñ Śī Jinpñ’z pziśn az Ćîna’z most pǎrfl līdr sins Mǎ, z sefli ǎt v ɖ we.

Rīlaxeśn olso pozz p’liticl riscs, dspt ɖ unḍstanḍbl unpopylaṛti v ziro Covid in sitiz. Ɖ cuntrisîd wz reḷtivli un’fctd bî rstrix́nz; it z olso mć wrs srvd bî hlʈcer, n ɖrfr wrs iqipt t handl a srj in cesz. W r lîcli t hír far les abt sicnis n deʈs ɖr, n sm wundr f mni Covid deʈs wl b ascrîbd t uɖr cōzz. Bt ẃl ɖ partistet z xprt in olṭrñ ɖ naṛtiv, it z hard t d so oṿnît. Hvñ hamrd hom ɖ mesij ɖt mć v ɖ wrld hd bn caḷsli abandnd bî its līdrz t a dedli ilnis, ofiślz nǎ sudnli portre Covid az litl wrs ɖn a bad cold. Stetmīdia hz swićt fṛm hîlîtñ ɖ tol v loñ Covid t anǎnsñ ɖt ɖ ćansz v gtñ it r “vri lo”, n īvn qotñ a doctr qsć̣nñ its vri xistns.

Hd Ćîna pord a frax́n v ɖ eḟt n rzorsz dvotd t tstñ n locdǎnz intu vax̣neśn n planñ ɖ end v ziro Covid, it wd nǎ b in a mć betr ples. Ɖs rvrsl z nesṣri, bt śd nt b vyd az prūf v an ifctiv slf-c’rex́n mec̣nizm – ptiklrli ẃn pṛtstrz r peyñ ɖ prîs fr ɖer dfayns. Rɖr, it z evidns v ɖ fełr v a sistm ɖt rerli lisnz t its sitiznz n z incrisñli subjict t ɖ dsiźnz v wn man.

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Sunak’s asylum plan: tough talk can’t mask past failures

‘Mr Sunak said that “fairness” must be the overarching principle, and is fond of pointing out how tolerant and welcoming he thinks the UK is.’ Photograph: Reuters
‘Mr Sūnac sd ɖt “fernis” mst b ɖ oṿarćñ prínsipl, n z fond v pôntñ ǎt hǎ tolṛnt n welcmñ h ʈncs ɖ YC z.’ Foṭgraf: Rôtrz
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on Sūnac’s asîḷmplan: tuf tōc c’nt masc past fełrz

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 13 Dec. 2022)

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Tac̣lñ ɖ baclog v clemz z ɖ rît îdīa. Bt ɖ guvnmnt sīmz unlîcli t aćiv it

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Tyzde 13 Dsmbr 2022

Ɖ  YC’z baclog v asîḷmclemz, ẃć cuṛntli standz at abt 140,000, hz bn bildñ p sins 2013. Ɖ guvnmnt, n sṗsificli ɖ Hom Ofis, berz rsponsbiḷti fr ɖs. Trî az h mt t priznt himslf az a ny brūm, swīpñ awe old cobwebz n clīnñ p a scrapi sistm, Riśi Sūnac mst tec hiz śer v rsponsbiḷti fr ɖ cuṛnt dsfuñśn – n ɖ akt suḟrñ it līdz t.

In ɖ Hǎs v Comnz on Tyzde, ɖ prîm̦inistr sòt t priznt hiz fîv-pônt plan az a blast v bold, freś ʈncñ. Hiz ambiśn t drasticli rdys ɖ baclog nxt yir, n promis v ny rzorsz includñ xtra, speṣ́list ceswrcrz, sǎnd lîc cnstructiv steps. Bt it z dǎtfl ẃɖr ɖz emz wl b met, n ɖ rest v ɖ anǎnsmnt gev mor rīzn fr alarm ɖn rlif at ɖ d’rex́n v travl.

Last munʈ an acoṃdeśnsntr at Manstn erport in Cnt wz clozd dǎn aftr un’xptbl cndiśnz includñ dziz ǎtbrecs wr xpozd. Bt ministrz sīm az dtrmind az evr t avôd ɖ xpns v hotelz, n Mr Sūnac clemd in parḷmnt ɖt vecnt hoḷdecamps n armibaṛcs wl sn pṛvîd bedz fr 10,000 ppl. Sáitñ hiz clos wrcñ rleśnśp wɖ ɖ homsecṛtri, Suela Braṿmn – hu śd hv rzînd in Octobr fr brīćñ ɖ miṇstirịl cod – Mr Sūnac olso signld hiz s’port fr ɖ poḷsi v dportñ asîḷmsīcrz t Rwanda. N h promist ny lejsleśn ɖt wl – f pást – mc it imposbl fr ppl arîvñ in ɖ YC on smōl bots t sbmit asîḷmclemz at ol.

Mr Sūnac sd ɖt “fernis” mst b ɖ oṿarćñ prínsipl, n z fond v pôntñ ǎt hǎ tolṛnt n welcmñ h ʈncs ɖ YC z. Bt h dclînd t xplen ẃt z mnt bî ɖ stetmnt ɖt ɖ xistñ inṭnaśnl fremwrc fr refyjīz z “obṣlīt”. N h ofrd no clir aśuṛnsz ɖt sef n līgl rùts, includñ sṗsific pṛviźn fr ćildṛn n faṃli ri-yńn, wd b pt in ples.

A rīzṇbl ces cn b md fr fast-tracñ rtrnz t Albeńa, az sm YY cuntriz r olrdi dwñ, n fr an inhanst rǒl fr ɖ Naśnl Crîm Ejnsi in cmbatñ traḟcñ. Bt it z roñ t priznt sć meźrz in miliṭristic reṭric abt “būts on ɖ grǎnd” ptrolñ Frenć bīćz. Ẃtvr ɖ rīznz fr ɖ śift in deṃgrafics v smōl-bot pasinjrz, ɖ riaḷti v lîf fr most asîḷmsīcrz v ol naṣ́naḷtiz z a levl v hardśp dificlt fr ppl livñ setld lîvz t imajin. Dsgresḟli, ɖ ceotic cloźr v Manstn léd t a numbr v its formr rezidnts biyñ dumt in sntṛl Lundn, wɖ nẃr t g. In Octobr it imrjd ɖt 222 ćildṛn hv dis’pird fṛm hotelz in ẃć ɖ Hom Ofis pt ɖm.

Ɖ guvnmnt’s cruwl n westfl Rwanda scīm mcs it an inṭnaśnl ǎtlîr. Ɖr z evri rīzn t dǎt ɖ plej t tacl wêtñlists wɖ ny stāf, gvn ɖt rcrūtmnțargits acrs ɖ public sectr r rūtīnli biyñ míst. Folowñ Liz Trus’z dsgresfl sjsćn in ɖ sumr ɖt ɖ Frenć prezidnt cd b cnsidrd a “fo”, Mr Sūnac’s cmitmnt t wrc wɖ YY partnrz z a welcm ćenj. Fr ɖ sec v ɖ ʈǎzndz v ppl stuc in limbo, wêtñ fr ɖer clemz t b prosest, it mst b hopt ɖt hiz rnyd foc̣s on ɖs iśu wl brñ sm beṇfiśl ifcts, hvr liṃtd.

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Olaf Scholz’s Germany: reading the signs of new times

‘Mr Scholz is tasked with finding an updated business model for Europe’s most powerful economy.’ Photograph: Clemens Bilan/EPA
‘Mr Scholz z tasct wɖ fîndñ an updetd biznismodl fr Yṛp’s most pǎrfl icoṇmi.’ Foṭgraf: Clemens Bilan/YPE
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on Olaf Scholz’z Jrṃni: rīdñ ɖ sînz v ny tîmz

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 11 Dec. 2022)

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Ɖ ćanslr’z frst yir in ofis hz bn dfînd bî ɖ consiqnsz v Ruśa’z wor in Ycren

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Súnde 11 Dsmbr 2022

Last Dsmbr, on bcmñ Jrṃni’z frst SPD ćanslr fr 16 yirz, Olaf Scholz asct eidz ẃɖr ɖr wz a plan B fr eṇji śd Ruśa trn of ɖ gas. Ɖ ansr, Mr Scholz rout in an ese publiśt ɖs munʈ, wz “no”.

So bgan a yir jrñ ẃć ɖ asumśnz unḍlayñ decedz v Jrmn pṛspeṛti wr tstd t dstrux́n. Vḷdīmir Pūtin’z brūtl inveźn v Ycren, n hiz weṗnîześn v eṇji s’plîz, oblîjd Jrṃni t simlteńsli end its dpndnsi on Ruśn gas n rīʈnc a slf-conśsli lo profîl az a militri pǎr. Gvn ɖ scel n moṛl rjnsi v ɖ ćalinj – n Jrṃni’z jioṗliticl importns – Mr Scholz’z smtmz unwīldi ʈri-parti cọliśnguvnmnt hz nt got ɖ inṭnaśnl credit it dzrvz fr stepñ p t ɖ plet.

Undr Mr Scholz, Jrṃni hz bcm ɖ ʈrd larjist donr v ed, includñ wepnz, t Ycren. At ɖ sem tîm, it hz hld a nesṣri lîn on cīpñ Nato ǎt v ɖ wor. At hom, ɖ guvnmnt hz ifctivli dlt wɖ ẃt Mr Scholz cōlz a zeitenwende (trnñ pônt) bî spendñ xpśnl sumz t dīl wɖ xtrordnri srcmstansz. Az ɖ cuntri hz axest oltrṇtiv sorsz v gas at brecnec spīd, n traid t spīd p ɖ trnziśn t rnywbl eṇji, €200bn hz bn boroud t subṣdîz hî eṇjibilz. Abt €100bn mor z t b invstd in būstñ ɖ cepbiḷtiz v a mor hî-profîl Jrmn armi.

Ɖs inorṃs amǎnt v borowñ hz bn clast az an imrjnsifund – alawñ it t b plest of ɖ bcs. Ɖt, in trn, hz pmitd Mr Scholz t psy sm v ɖ sntr-left ajnda ɖt hlpt gt him ilectd: ɖ minimm wej hz bn rezd, alñ wɖ welférpemnts n ɖ stetpnśn; a popylr subṣdîzd public-trnsport pas wl b riintṛdyst in 2023. Ɖ cọliśnguvnmnt z olso mcñ it īzịr fr imigṛnts t aplî fr naćṛlîześn n sitiznśp. Sm v Mr Scholz’z critics on ɖ left wd lîc ɖ guvnmnt t g frɖr n fastr on iśuz sć az c’lectiv barġnñ n fer wejz. Bt a yir on, n gvn ɖ srcmstansz, ɖs lcs lîc a dīsnt pṛgresiv record.

Nvɖles, aftr a trōmatic yir dscrîbd bî wn SPD membr v parḷmnt az “abṣlutli insen”, ɖ fyćr lcs jst az ćaḷnjñ fr Mr Scholz n hiz cọliśnpartnrz. In ɖ poulz, az ɖ cost-v-livñ crîsis bîts, ɖ SPD z runñ wel bhnd ɖ CDY opziśn. In ɖ īst, rzntmnt at ɖ cost v s’portñ Ycren’z rzistns t Mr Pūtin z rîzñ. P’līsrêdz acrs ɖ cuntri last wīc, ẃć ʈwortd a far-rît plot t oṿʈro ɖ stet, cnfrmd ɖ ʈret pozd bî frinj xtrimists radic̣lîzd in an ej v prṃcrîsis.

On ɖ eṇjifrunt, impresiv reṭric on ɖ nīd t axeḷret ɖ grīn trnziśn z nt biyñ maćt bî facts on ɖ grǎnd. N on vxt Yṛpiyn iśuz sć az ôlprîs caps n eṇjisubṣdiz, uɖr YY līdrz hv akzd Mr Scholz v lacñ soḷdaṛti n tecñ a “Jrṃni frst” aproć. Ɖ Franco-Jrmn rleśnśp, in ptiklr, z in nīd v rper.

Most funḍmnṭli, Mr Scholz z tasct wɖ fîndñ an updetd biznismodl fr Yṛp’s most pǎrfl icoṇmi. Hvñ groun rić ʈru xport-léd groʈ in an ira v hî gloḅlîześn n ic̣nomic inṭdipndnsi, Jrṃni mst nǎ naṿget a multipolr wrld in ẃć bʈ ɖ YS n Ćîna r irectñ barịrz. Mr Pūtin’z ax́nz hv cnsînd ɖ doctrin v Wandel durch Hándl (ćenj ʈru tred) t hisṭri. Hvñ s’xesḟli avrtd poṣbl dzastr jrñ hiz frst yir in ofis, Mr Scholz’z premịrśp wl b dfînd bî hiz abiḷti t fînd a we t prizrv Jrmn ic̣nomic streñʈs in trnsformd tîmz.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on declining authors’ pay: an unequal burden

Writing is ‘a vocation, admittedly with big potential rewards, but also with a big risk of penury and exploitation’. Photograph: Sean Gladwell/Getty Images
Raitñ z ‘a voceśn, admitidli wɖ big ptnśl rwordz, bt olso wɖ a big risc v peńri n xplôteśn’. Foṭgraf: Śōn Gladwél/Geti Iṃjz
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on dclînñ oʈrz’ pe: an unīql brdn

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 11 Dec. 2022)

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A stīp slump in aṿrij rnñz nt onli afcts indivijlz, bt impovṛśz litṛćr bî dictetñ ẃć storiz gt tld

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Súnde 11 Dsmbr 2022

Nyz ɖt ɖ aṿrij rnñz v slf-imploid raitrz hv slumt t £7,000 in ɖ YC mt sīm par fr ɖ cors in ɖ contxt v a pandemic foloud bî a cost-v-livñ crîsis. Hvr, ɖ 38% drop in mīdịn rnñz sins 2018 cntinyz a 16-yir dǎnẉd trend, wɖ ɖ numbr v oʈrz hu rn ol ɖer incm fṛm raitñ mor ɖn hāvñ sins 2006, fṛm 40% t 19%. Ɖs fnominn z nt ynīc t ɖ YC, wɖ similr trendz rportd in Ostreła, Caṇda, ɖ YY n ɖ YS, acordñ t ɖ oʈrz v a ny rport.

Ɖ srve, cmiśnd bî ɖ Oʈrz’ Lîsnsñ n C’lectñ Ssayti (OLCS), z nt gwñ t set alarmbelz rññ lîc ɖ lo pe v nrsz or ambyḷnsdrîvrz. Ɖz r ppl in a netwrc v inḍstriz, acrs pubḷśñ n ɖ mīdia, ɖt hv olwz rwordd ɖ s’xesfl fy at ɖ xpns v ɖ aspîrñ mni. Ɖ fl sgnificns v ɖ drop bcmz clir ẃn y buro dǎn intu ẃr ɖ oʈrz liv n hǎ ɖe manij t svîv on sć lo rnñz. Nirli haf r best in Lundn n ɖ sǎʈ v Ñgḷnd, n mni rlî on fînanśl s’port fṛm partnrz or faṃli (ẃr ɖe d so, ɖer hǎshold rnñz aṿrij £50,000). Wn in fîv prîmṛli s’port ɖmslvz ʈru acdemic wrc.

Ẃr dz ɖs līv a yuñ raitr tôlñ awe in a bedsit smẃr in ɖ Tìz Vali? Amñ ɖ raitrz sveid, onli 3% liv in ɖ norʈ-īst v Ñgḷnd, fōlñ t 1% v ɖoz huz raitñ okpîz mor ɖn haf v ɖer wrcñ tîm. Ɖ Bcr-winñ noṿlist Pat Barcr wz wn sć oʈr bac in 1982 ẃn hr frst novl, Yńn Strīt, wz fîṇli publiśt, aftr biyñ rjctd mni tîmz fr oḟrñ tù blīc a portrit v wrcñclas wimin hu, lîc hr, hêld fṛm ɖ industrịl norʈ-īst.

Īvn nǎ ɖt Mz Barcr hz muvd hr fix́nl gêz on t ɖ clasicl wrld, hr novlz ʈrum wɖ ɖ “tufnis, irevṛns, hymr n bitrnis” ɖt ś hírz in wimin’z vôsz arnd hr. Fix́n wd b vri mć purr wɖt sć plêfl apḷceśnz v livd insîts fṛm undŗeprizntd cḿṇtiz. So it z wuriyñ t hír ɖt raitrz fṛm mnoṛti eʈnic bacgrǎndz r ptiklrli luzñ ǎt, wɖ ɖ fōl in publiśrz’ advansz – ɖ muni ɖt hīts ɖ raitr’z garit – a ci cnsrn.

Tū yirz ago, raitrz arnd ɖ wrld atmtd t rvil ɖ dis’dvantij sufrd bî blac oʈrz bî śẹrñ ɖer rnñz on Twitr. Ɖ formr ćildṛn’z lorịt Maḷri Blacmn wz amñ ɖoz hu wr śoct bî ɖ dspaṛtiz ɖt imrjd. Rports on #pubḷśñpeidmi bòr ǎt wn reṿleśn v ɖ OLCS srve: 47% v rnñz g t 10% v raitrz, so fr ɖ vast mjoṛti, a c’rir in raitñ rlîz on “intrinzic motveśn”. In uɖr wrdz, it z a voceśn, admitidli wɖ big ptnśl rwordz, bt olso wɖ a big risc v peńri n xplôteśn. “F w gv p, nʈñ ćenjz. Ǎr storiz r wrʈ telñ n nīd telñ,” rout Mz Blacmn, in a twīt ɖt nītli sumd p ɖ cnundṛm: t ivolv, litṛćr most nīdz ɖoz hu r rwordd līst.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on cuts in theatre funding: a threat to playwriting

The Oldham Coliseum, ‘another theatre cut off without a penny’. Photograph: PR image
Ɖ Oldm Coḷsiym, ‘anɖr ʈiytr cut of wɖt a peni’. Foṭgraf: PR imij
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on cuts in ʈiytrfundñ: a ʈret t plêraitñ

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 9 Dec. 2022)

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In an inḍstri drend v stet s’port, hu wl der t tec a risc on ny plez? Ɖ los wl b flt nt onli in Lundn, bt acrs ɖ cuntri

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Frîde 9 Dsmbr 2022

Ɖ  storm ovr artsfundñ in Ñgḷnd muvd fṛm oṗra t ʈiytr ɖs wīc, ẃn ɖ artistic d’rectr v wn v Lundn’z līdñ ny raitñhǎzz rzînd in rspons t ɖ wɖdrwl v its Artscaunsl Ñgḷnd grant. Its ǎtgwñ d’rectr, Roxana Silbrt, sd ɖt ɖ los v its stetsubṣdi v £766,455 a yir mnt it cd no longr cntiny t fuñśn az a hub fr ny raitñ. Sevnti-fîv plêraits trnd ǎt fr a crîsismītñ folowñ ɖ anǎnsmnt, mni v hūm credit Hamstid ʈiytr wɖ gvñ ɖm c’rir-mcñ brecs, n ol v ɖm wurid abt ɖ ifct on ɖ frajîl plêraitñ icoḷji v ɖ cuntri f a sīdbed lîc Hamstid cn onli aford t stej gaṛntìd crǎdplizrz.

Ɖ 60-yir-old norʈ Lundn veny z amñ 141 orġnîześnz cut adrift undr Arts Caunsl Ñgḷnd’z radicl ʈri-yir plan t rīśep ɖ crietiv icoṇmi v Ñgḷnd. Cōld t acǎnt bî ɖ dijitl, culćr, mīdia n sport cmiti on Frîde, ɖ ćīf xektiv v ɖ grantgvñ guvnmnt ejnsi cd onli bat awe a s’xeśn v locl-inṭrest criṭsizmz fṛm MPz wɖ ɖ stetmnt ɖt, v cors, evrʈñ wd b mć betr ol rnd f onli ɖr wz mor muni, bt sadli ɖr wz’nt – ptiklrli in Lundn, ẃr it hd bn ordrd t sîfn £24m of t mor nīdi eriaz ovr ɖ nxt ʈri yirz.

A sjsćn ɖt ɖs dmand wz md bî a prīvịs culćrsecṛtri, n ɖ ny wn me hv a freś aproć “on sm matrz”, z no conṣleśn fîv wīcs aftr ɖ ax hz fōḷn, at ɖ end v a nel-bîtñ, 10-de dle impozd bî ɖ Dpartmnt fr Dijitl, Culćr, Mīdia n Sport itslf. Ɖr wz a ʈiatricaḷti t ɖ ritẏlîzd parḷmntri standof ɖt ɖoz armzleñʈ Śecspirịn ejnts Rosencrantz n Guildenstern wd hv aprīśietd, wɖ ɖ comic subplot ɖt ɖ Tori ćer v ɖ ol-parti cmiti hd bn sspndd fṛm ɖ parḷmntri parti pndñ a p’līs invstgeśn, aurz bfr it wz dy t cnvin, so an unḍstudi hd t step in.

Ɖs bacstej ceos mt b funi f it wr nt so sirịs fr ɖ fyćr v an inḍstri ẃć – it wz pôntd ǎt, in ɖ contxt v anɖr ʈiytr cut of wɖt a peni, ɖ Oldm Coḷsiym – jeṇrets £8 fr locl icoṇmiz fr evri £1 v public muni spent. Ẃt xacli z it ɖt z biyñ levld p, in ɖ tīʈ v an eṇji n cost v livñ crîsis, aftr 12 yirz in ẃć ɖ artswrld hz olrdi lost mor ɖn a ʈrd its fundñ in riyl trmz – gen or pen?

Ɖ lîf v a plêrait z enwe ntorịsli pricerịs, wɖ mni dfctñ t ɖ betr-fundd hǎzz v mênḷnd Yṛp t cīp ɖer c’rirz aflot. Yt fṛm Śecspir t Stopard, Aphra Behn t Lūsi Prebl, plêraitñ hz bn a juwl in ɖ YC’z culćṛl crǎn, studid n xportd arnd ɖ wrld. Its practiśnrz hv inrićt ɖ rletd inḍstriz v film, teḷviźn, redio n gemñ. Ɖt Lundn stl rsivz a ʈrd v Artscaunsl Ñgḷnd’z naśnl-portfolio fundñ z cold cumḟt. Venyz ɖt hv bn cut of – Hamstid, ɖ Get, ɖ Donmar – r part v a jônd-up, multiḍmnśnl wrld ɖt dz nt abîd bî poscodz. Ɖ buc stops nt wɖ ɖ artscaunsl, bt wɖ ɖ guvnmnt.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on proportional representation: Labour should back it

‘Voters will probably need to vote tactically to ensure that Keir Starmer’s Labour party stands a chance of winning power.’ Photograph: House of Commons/PA
‘Votrz wl probbli nīd t vot tacticli t enśur ɖt Cir Starmr’z Lebr parti standz a ćans v winñ pǎr.’ Foṭgraf: Hǎs v Comnz/PA
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on pṛporśnl repriznteśn: Lebr śd bac it

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 9 Dec. 2022)

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Hǎs v Lordz rform z a nesṣri, bt nt a sfiśnt consttyśnl ćenj t mnd Britn’z brocn poḷtics

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Frîde 9 Dsmbr 2022

Munde marcs ɖ ʈrd aṇvrsri v ɖ jenṛl ilex́n ɖt dlivrd ɖ larjist Cnsrṿtiv parḷmntri mjoṛti sins Marġrit Ʈaćr’z. Lebr, mnẃl, dropt t its wrst rzult sins ɖ 1930z. Guvnmnts r ʈroun ǎt ẃn votrz wont a freś start. Ẃt wz unyźl in 2019 wz ɖt votrz gev ɖ Toriz ɖ tasc v rvrsñ Tori poḷsiz. Ɖt phps xplenz ẃ Riśi Sūnac hedz a guvnmnt ɖt rzmblz an opziśn in ofis, pitñ itslf agnst ax́nz v its prīdisesrz.

Ɖs paṛdox hîlîts hǎ clos ɖ tū-parti p’liticl sistm z t brecñpônt. Ppl hu votd Cnsrṿtiv at ɖ last ilex́n nǒ ɖe hv bn hd. Instd v gtñ a guvnmnt ɖt wl fix ɖ icoṇmi n ɖ NHS, ɖz votrz hv faund ɖmslvz wɖ ministrz hu r recñ ɖm. Ɖs hz léd t a wîdspred fīlñ v siṇsizm. Poulñ fr ɖ Cumṗs ʈnctanc śoz ɖt īvn f Lebr rplesz ɖ Cnsrṿtivz at ɖ nxt ilex́n, ɖ mjoṛti v votrz ʈnc ɖ p’liticl sistm z inceṗbl v mītñ ɖ big ćaḷnjz v ǎr tîm – sć az clîṃt, wlʈ iniqoḷti n hǎzñ.

Ɖs dsper hz its rūts in ɖ ilectṛl sistm. T si ẃ, cnsidr ɖ vxt iśu v iṃgreśn. Opińnpoulz śo ɖt haf v ɖ adult popyleśn nǎ se ɖt imigṛnts inrić ssayti. Bt bcz most v ɖ pro-iṃgreśn vots r pîld p in 25% v parḷmntri cnstitẏnsiz, n ɖ antīiṃgreśn vot z spred īvnli ovr ɖ uɖr 75%, poḷtics acts az a drag ancr on progres.

Ẃt nīdz t ćenj z ɖ dstortñ frst-past-ɖ-post votñsistm. In Britn, sīts wún at a jenṛl ilex́n r nt śerd ǎt pṛporśṇli btwn ɖ partiz. Bt nɖr v ɖ mn p’liticl partiz bacs a fẹrr mec̣nizm ɖt maćz sīts t vots. Bʈ beṇfit bî disinfranćîzñ ppl hu bac smōl partiz. Dfndrz v ɖ cuṛnt sistm se ɖt it gvz votrz tū brōd partiz t ćūz btwn, n dlivrz dyṛbl, stroñ guvnmnts rɖr ɖn śeci multiparti wnz. Yt Mr Sūnac z Britn’z fifʈ Cnsrṿtiv prîm̦inistr in six yirz.

Ɖ Libṛl Deṃcrats, n ɖer Libṛl fōrberz, hv cnsistntli fevrd ɖ adopśn v pṛporśnl repriznteśn; ɖ Cnsrṿtivz hv cnsistntli opozd eni rform; n ɖ Lebr parti hz bn cnsistntli dvîdd on ɖ iśu. Lebr z nǎ proṃsñ Hǎs v Lordz rform. Ɖs z a nesṣri bt nt a sfiśnt consttyśnl ćenj t mnd Britn’z brocn poḷtics. Sr Éd Dêvi, ɖ Libṛl Deṃcrat līdr, wz rît t se in a spīć last munʈ ɖt ɖ cuṛnt ilectṛl sistm “fylz ɖ disiluźnmnt ɖt fīdz xtrimizm. Pṛporśnl repriznteśn cn hlp tacl it … [Lebr’z] Lordz rform wɖt Comnz rform z lîc ćenjñ ɖ tairz ẃn ɖ car’z on fîr.”

Lebr siz ilectṛl rform az at bst a dstrax́n. Yt ɖ cuṛnt sistm z stact agnst it. Sr Cir Starmr stl nīdz t rten evri sīt hiz parti holdz tde, n gt a bigr swñ ɖn îɖr 1945 or 1997, t gen an unpresdntd 120 sīts fr a wn-sīt mjoṛti at ɖ nxt ilex́n. Sr Cir’z pouļīd z śrincñ. Votrz wl probbli nīd t vot tacticli t enśur ɖt Lebr standz a ćans v winñ pǎr n ɖt pṛgresiv partiz, sć az ɖ Lib Démz n ɖ Grīnz, d’nt gt sqizd ǎt.

Britn hz nvr bn asośietd wɖ jst wn we v votñ. Pṛporśnl repriznteśn hz pṛdyst mor sośl-deṃcratic poḷtics in Wêlz n Scotḷnd. It cd olso b a paʈwe fr xtrimist poḷtics – az hz hapnd in Yṛp. Bt a difṛnt YC ilectṛl sistm wd injndr cooṗreśn btwn partiz n a mor pluṛlistic p’liticl culćr, az wel az endñ ɖ daṃjñ Wsminstr obseśn ovr marjinl votrz. Fr ɖ cuntri’z sec, it’s tîm t ćenj a votñsistm bilt fr ɖ beṇfit v ɖ tū mn partiz.

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Harry and Meghan: the ring of truth

‘Much of the Sussexes’ anger and indignation is focused on the British media, which they view with implacable hostility and contempt.’ Photograph: Netflix
‘Mć v ɖ Suṣxz’ angr n inḍgneśn z foc̣st on ɖ Britiś mīdia, ẃć ɖe vy wɖ implacbl hostiḷti n cntmt.’ Foṭgraf: Netflix
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on Hari n Megn: ɖ rñ v truʈ

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 8 Dec. 2022)

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Miłnz v Brítnz hv wrs grīvnsz ɖn ɖ Suṣxz d rît nǎ. Bt ɖer cṛtīc v ɖ royl faṃli z dámñ

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Ʈrzde 8 Dsmbr 2022

Fest wɖ ɖ Dyc n Dućis v Susix’z six-part Netflix dokmntrisiriz, mni wl dsmis ɖm az a dstrax́n at a dificlt tîm fr ɖ neśn. In wn pspctiv, ɖt z a cmplitli fer rspons. F y wei ɖ angr n hrt flt bî tū xpśṇli wlʈi n intîtld ppl livñ in Caḷforńa agnst ɖ struglz n depṛveśn fesñ miłnz v unḍpeid Brítnz graṗlñ wɖ a dōntñ cost-v-livñ crîsis n unebl t aford a Netflix contract, ɖr cn onli b wn cncluźn. It z ɖ unḍpriṿlijd mni hu hv ɖ dīpr grīvnsz agnst cntmprri Britn, nt ɖ sūṗpriṿlijd fy lîc Hari n Megn.

Ɖ dsjuñśn btwn ɖ wrld v ɖ roylz n xroylz on ɖ wn hand n ɖ wrld v ordnri ppl on ɖ uɖr fīlz ptiklrli glẹrñ n cruwl ɖs wīc. Ɖ dokmnṭriz r biyñ lōnćt in a batnd-dǎn, batrd cuntri in ẃć 3 miłn faṃliz canot aford t hīt ɖer homz az ɖ wintrweɖr trnz Arctic acrs a continnt blîtd bî wor. It z a cuntri in ẃć mor ɖn 7 miłn ppl r wêtñ fr trītmnt fṛm ɖ Naśnl Hlʈsrvis. It z wn fesñ pṛloñd industrịl dsrupśn ovr lo wejz. N it z wn in ẃć a dvîdd n brocn guvnmnt hz gvn ɖ g’hd fr a ny colmain fōrcast t pump ǎt mor carbn imiśnz ɖn Cardif, Ednbra n Belfast cmbînd. In ɖs riyl Britn, ɖ bred n src̣sz v ɖ royl faṃli sīm infntîl.

N yt it z nt az simpl az ɖt. Az in ɖ past, ɖ royl faṃli z stl a lcñglas in ẃć Britn cn si itslf. Ɖ picćr it siz z ofn dstortd. Bt it z olmst nvr ireḷvnt. Ɖ picćr z olso ćenjñ aftr a loñ pirịd v pridicṭbiḷti. Ɖt hz bn ptiklrli obvịs ɖs yir, folowñ ɖ Qīn’z deʈ n fynṛl, n ɖ s’xeśn v Ćarlz III. Ɖ moṇci z srćñ fr a ny form v stbiḷti ẃl abzorbñ ɖ dsgresñ v Prins Andru n, f ɖ dokmnṭriz n Prins Hari’z fʈcmñ bc r a gîd, ɖ wrsnñ rleśnśp btwn ɖ crǎn n ɖ Suṣxz. Ɖ c’lîḍscop hz nt yt cm t rest in a setld patn.

Ɖ dokmnṭriz se a lot abt ɖ Suṣxz’ vyz v ɖ royl faṃli n its felñz. At ɖer cor z a cṛtīc v ɖ moṇci’z riax́nri n cnsrṿtiv attydz t wimin, foṛnrz n mnoṛti wimin in ptiklr, imbodid bî its in’biḷti t axpt Megn in ol ʈri rspcts. Ɖ cṛtīc z smtmz a bit lît on d’rect evidns. Its eḍtñtecnīcs r lîcli t b atact. Bt ɖ rīsnt scandl trigrd bî Ledi Sūzn Husi’z coments wz evidns ɖt ɖ Suṣxz’ cṛtīc rñz tru. Ẃn Prins Hari tōcs abt ɖ “pen n suḟrñ v wimin mariyñ intu ɖs insttyśn”, h spīcs fṛm ɖ hart abt bʈ hiz muɖr n hiz wîf. Ɖ moṇci śd tec ɖoz wrdz vri sirịsli.

Bt ɖ moṇci n ɖ roylz r nt ɖ onli targit v ɖ dokmnṭriz. Mć v ɖ Suṣxz’ angr n inḍgneśn z foc̣st on ɖ Britiś mīdia, ẃć ɖe vy wɖ implacbl hostiḷti n cntmt, ofn wɖ vri gd rīzn. Ɖ roylz hv t liv wɖ constnt mīdia intruźn, includñ fonhacñ. Megn z śrli rît t se, at wn pônt, ɖt ś wz, in ifct, left t b ɖ prei v stōcrz, az Dîana, Prinses v Wêlz, huz traɉdi lūmz ovr ɖs siriz, wz bfr hr. It z nt jst ɖ roylz hu nīd t b cmpeld t lrn fṛm ɖz filmz. So d ɖ mīdia, tù mć v ẃć rmenz blînd t its ǒn felñz az wel az t its rǒl in ɖ sad prsnl storiz ɖt ɖz dokmnṭriz ultiṃtli rvil.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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