
Ɖ Obzrvr vy on ɖs wīc’s bîilx́nz in Wecfīld n Tiṿtn n Honitn
(Transcription of an editorial published in the Observer on Sunday 19 June 2022)
Tacticl votñ z a rer ćans fr votrz t śo ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti xacli ẃt ɖe ʈnc v Boris Jonsn
Súnde, 19 Jūn 2022
Ẃn Cnsrṿtiv MPz rīsntli hd ɖ oṗtyṇti t ivict a pṛfǎndli unpopylr n dīpli dscredtd prîm̦inistr hu brouc ɖ lw n ɖen laid abt it t parḷmnt, ɖe flunct ɖ tst. Ɖ 148 hu dd ɖ rît ʈñ wr ǎtnumbrd bî ɖ 211 plesholdrz, croniz n sinics hu ćouz t cīp him at Nu 10. In ɖ fortnît sins, w hv bn pṛvîdd wɖ an akḿleśn v frɖr evidns ɖt ɖe wr moṛli mîopic n p’liticli fūliś t alǎ Boris Jonsn t cari on sqotñ in ɖ ofis h hz so dbest.
Hiz lac v besic integṛti hz bn unḍlînd bî ɖ reẓgneśn v Crisṭfr Gît az hiz advîzr on miṇstirịl inṭrests. Gît z ɖ secnd holdr v ɖ post t riylîz ɖt trayñ t gt ɖs prîm̦inistr t folo rūlz on eʈicl bhevyr z an imposbli oxiṃronic ćalinj. It z a sîn v hǎ far xpcteśnz v dīsnt conduct hv c’lapst jrñ ɖ Jonsn reźīm ɖt fy r s’prîzd t lrn ɖt h z cnsiḍrñ dspnsñ wɖ hvñ an eʈics inviɉletr at ol. A prîm̦inistr hu caẓ́li flǎtd hiz ǒn Covid lwz hz olso śoun himslf redi t conśsli brec inṭnaśnl lw bî anǎnsñ lejsleśn t yṇlatṛli rīcast ɖ Norɖn Îrḷnd proṭcol. Ɖs dfîz ɖ wśz v ɖ mjoṛti v Norɖn Îrḷnd’z ilectd repriznttivz n sīcs t undu ɖ Brexit agrīmnt ɖt h ngośietd n sold t ɖ Britiś ppl az “an uvn-redi dīl” at ɖ 2019 ilex́n. Amd ɖ grevist armd conflict on ǎr continnt sins 1945 n ɖ most svir sqīz on livñstanddz in decedz, a tredwor wɖ ɖ Yṛpiyn Yńn z ɖ last ʈñ ɖs cuntri nīdz. It wl fyl infleśn n mc it īvn lîclịr ɖt ɖ YC slîdz intu rseśn. N yt, wɖ ol tù caṛcṭristic reclisnis, ɖs guvnmnt z riscñ jst ɖt.
In its psyt v an inhymen n xpnsiv scīm v dybịs līgaḷti t xport asîḷmsīcrz t Rwanda, ɖ guvnmnt z sqonḍrñ taxpeyrz’ muni n Britn’z repyteśn wɖ a gṛtesc gimic rɖr ɖn mcñ an intelijnt eḟt t adres ɖ ćaḷnjz pozd bî mîgreśn. Wɖ ɖ aṛgnt nastinis w hv cm t xpct v ɖs guvnmnt, ɖr r ʈrets t trî t cic ɖ biṣ́ps ǎt v ɖ Hǎs v Lordz fr dẹrñ t cndem ɖ Rwanda scīm az ungodli n uneʈicl. A similr pṛpnṣti t ple sqolid parṭzan poḷtics wɖ eni iśu hz bn dspleid in ministrz’ rfyzl t inṭvin t trî t hed of ɖ criṗlñ relstrîcs ɖt wl b inflictd on Britn ɖs wīc. It z hard t iscep ɖ sspiśn ɖt ɖ guvnmnt cndemz ɖz strîcs ẃl biyñ sīcṛtli dlîtd t si ɖ travlplanz v miłnz ʈroun intu ceos in ɖ hop ɖt ɖ Tōriz cn weṗnîz ɖ dsrupśn t wūnd ɖ Lebr parti.

Poulstrz hv loñ bn ynaniṃs in rportñ ɖt a sbstanśl mjoṛti v ɖ public wont Jonsn rmuvd fṛm ofis. Wɖt a jenṛl ilex́n, ɖ cuntri hz no mec̣nizm fr aćivñ ɖs rzult.
Lebr hz hî xpcteśnz v tecñ Wecfīld, ẃć it reprizntd fr decedz bfr ɖ last jenṛl ilex́n. W hop fr betr ɖn a naro Lebr win. Ẃt z rqîrd z a stoncñ rjx́n v ɖ Tōriz. In Wecfīld, w wont t si s’portrz v non-Tori partiz mc ɖer vots az potnt az poṣbl. In ɖs ces, it mīnz gtñ bhnd ɖ Lebr canddet.
Ɖr z no śem in tacticl votñ. Fr az loñ az p’liticl ǎtcumz r dstortd bî an antīc n unfer frst-past-ɖ-post ilectṛl sistm, votñ tacticli z ɖ onli we t moḅlîz ɖ anti-Tori mjoṛti. Cir Starmr n Devi hv bn incuṛjñ tacticl votñ bî snṣbli foc̣sñ ɖer partiz’ eṇjiz ẃr ć z bst plest t puniś ɖ Cnsrṿtivz.
On Ʈrzde, votrz in tū vri difṛnt eriaz hv ɖ oṗtyṇti t spīc fr ɖ cuntri. A dubl ẃami v bîilex́n dfits wl frîtn Cnsrṿtiv MPz in red wōl sīts n ɖoz tṛdiśṇli tru blu. A scer, ɖ bigr ɖ betr, z xacli ẃt ɖ Tōriz nīd bfr ɖs guvnmnt sliɖrz intu īvn wrs djenṛsi.