Cmandñ no loylti, wɖ no winñ muvz, Liz Trus z fesñ hr endgem
(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 10 October 2022)
Cnsrṿtiv līdrz cn svîv biyñ dtstd – bt ẃn ɖ parti starts t ʈnc abt hu cd rples ɖm, it’s ol ovr
Hnri Hil, Munde 10 Octobr 2022
Wn v ɖ rmarcbl ʈñz abt last wīc’z deʈmarć v a Cnsrṿtiv parti confṛns wz ɖ xtnt t ẃć MPz, advîzrz n uɖr obzrvrz sīmd t b cmñ rnd t ɖ îdīa ɖt Liz Trus wd’nt līd ɖ parti intu ɖ nxt ilex́n. Rplesñ Trus sīmz unlîcli – ptiklrli gvn ɖ rīsnt src̣s v ɖ last līdrśp contest. Bt īvn amñ ɖoz MPz hu wr’nt ćampñ at ɖ bit fr hr oṿʈro, ɖr wr vri fy hu ʈt ɖ îdīa r’dikḷs.
Ɖs z a denjṛs stet v aferz fr ɖ prîm̦inistr. It’s qt poṣbl t mnten a grip on ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti ẃl biyñ harṭli dtstd bî a sx́n v it, at līst fr a ẃl; bʈ Boris Jonsn n Marġrit Ʈaćr, Ǎr Ledi v Ayn, pruvd ɖt. Bt ẃn ppl’z ʈōts start simpli streyñ past y? Ɖt’s a bit difṛnt.
Hǎ hz it cm t ɖs? Ɖ s’tanic stet v ɖ poulz z ɖ obvịs startñpônt. It wd b a tōl ordr t xpct Cnsrṿtiv MPz t pt p wɖ 30-pônt deḟsits īvn in srvis t a project ɖe hd plejd s’port t at an ilex́n – ẃć in ɖs ces, ɖe dd nt.
Bnʈ ɖ dsme z a growñ sspiśn ɖt ɖr simpli z’nt a vaybl Trus project at ol. Ɖ cor v ɖ probḷm z simpl: in ordr t cām ɖ marcits, Qāzi Qarteñ hz plejd t baḷns hiz £43bn v unfundd taxcuts wɖ cuts t public spendñ. Yt no p’liticli vaybl paʈ t cuts on ɖt scel xists.
Ẃr cn ɖz cuts b md? A smōliś hercut t evri dīpartmntl bujit dz’nt gt y ɖr. Ẃt it dz gt y z lots v toxic litl storiz līct t ɖ pres, sć az a pṛpozl t cut fri Rmembṛnsde reltravl fr xsrvisṃn. Ɖs z xacli ɖ sort v ʈñ ɖt z flotd ẃn guvnmnt dpartmnts r asct t fînd sevñz wɖt mcñ cuts t ɖer corsrṿsz.
Gutñ capitl-invstmnt spendñ dz’nt gt y ɖr îɖr, ntwɖstandñ ɖt Trus plejd on ɖ campentren t dlivr Norɖn Powerhouse Rel. No, ɖ onli we y sev p t £40bn z bî mcñ hyj cuts in ɖ dpartmnts ɖt spend ɖ most, sć az hlʈ, wrc n pnśnz, n edyceśn. Yt in hr spīć in Brmñm, Trus listd ambiśs golz fr ɖ hlʈsecṛtri, hr clos alî T’rez Cofi.
Ɖs mīnz mor preśr elsẃr. Bt a līdr hu dz’nt viẓbli cmand ɖ loylti v hr parḷmntri parti c’nt impoz hr wil on dpartmnts, ẃć z prisîsli ẃ Trus z cuṛntli on ɖ vrj v anɖr mejr U-trn on riyl-trm beṇfitscuts. Ẃć līvz edyceśn. W’v nt hŕd mć abt ɖt so far. Qarteñ me xpct MPz hu hv spent yirz fîtñ fr a ny naśnl fundñforḿla n betr dīlz fr ɖer locl scūlz t sîn of on a big bujitcut. I’d lîc t b in ɖ rūm ẃn h mcs ɖs rqst.
Pt ol ɖs tgɖr n ɖr’z a growñ sns ɖt ɖr’z no winñ muv fr ɖ prîm̦inistr. Ś îɖr bacs dǎn, gz dǎn fîtñ in ɖ Comnz, or riscs īvn gretr marcitceos f ś w’nt baḷns ɖ bcs. Hr eḟts t riimpoz hr oʈoṛti on ɖ guvnmnt, let alon ɖ parḷmntri parti, wl b impidd bî ɖ fact ś hz ćozn t wìcn ɖ Dǎnñ Strīt oṗreśn. Xpirịnst advîzrz hv bn let g, n ǎtfits sć az ɖ poḷsi ynit n ɖ lejsleśntīm hv bn dṛmaticli slimd dǎn (ɖ latr nǎ cnsists v jst wn prsn).
On pepr, wn cn sceć ǎt a rùt bac fr Trus, sort v. It involvz dwñ ẃt ś śd hv dn in ɖ frst ples: śo mor rspct t ɖ 2019 maṇfesto, foc̣s on a smōl numbr v winz ś cn dlivr bî 2024, n trî t win a mandet fr a difṛnt aproć at ɖ nxt ilex́n.
Bt ɖr’z litl rīzn t b’liv it wd wrc. Votrz mt nt hv md p ɖer mîndz abt ɖ prîm̦inistr ẃn ś frst tc ofis, bt ɖe hv nǎ. Nr dz a Trus premịrśp śorn v its fri-marcit ambiśnz sīm t hv mć t ofr t îɖr ɖ parti, ɖ neśn, or indd ɖ wmn hrslf.
Phps ɖ prîm̦inistr n ćanslr riyli r six muvz ahd, n ɖ nxt fy wīcs wl b a bṛvura dsple v scilfl partimanijmnt culṃnetñ in an ambiśs bt dlivṛbl program v ic̣nomic rform. In riaḷti, it sīmz mor lîcli Trus wl tec hr fri-marcit ces fr “groʈ” dǎn wɖ hr.
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