Ɖ Gardịn vy on a PM’z patṛnij: Boris Jonsn’z śemfl onrzlist
Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 19 June 2023
Rformñ ɖ Hǎs v Lordz śd bgin bî cnstrenñ a dpartñ līdr’z pǎr t diś ǎt lîftîm awordz t frendz n croniz
Munde, 19 Jūn 2023
Ẃn handñ ǎt lîftîm onrz, Boris Jonsn’z gîdñ prínsipl hz bn brezn croniizm n snubñ istabliśt cnvnśn. Bt ɖ most rīsnt reṿleśnz, on ɖ īv v MPz dbetñ ɖ priṿlijzcmiti rport intu Mr Jonsn’z dsit ovr Partiget, r jw-dropñ. On Súnde, a vidio imrjd v Cnsrṿtiv stāfrz injoyñ a 2020 Crisṃs “jngl n mngl” jamḅrī ɖt petntli brouc locdǎn rūlz. Mr Jonsn mst hv noun abt ɖs ivnt. Yt at līst tū v ɖoz at ɖ parti wr on hiz reẓgneśn onrzlist.
Votrz cer abt oṇsti n integṛti in poḷtics. Mr Jonsn dz nt. Bî wevñ ʈru ɖ list, Riśi Sūnac apirz îɖr t agri wɖ hiz dsgrest prīdisesr or t b tù wìc t stop it. Ɖ guvnmnt sz it wz rspctñ “dy proses” – az prîm̦inistrz rūtīnli rubrstamp ɖoz apôntmnts apruvd bî pirz. Bt Mr Jonsn dd nt rspct sć normz. Ɖ manr v hiz dparćr – cnvictd bî parḷmnt’s hîist cort v layñ – z unpresdntd. Ɖ cuṛnt prîm̦inistr z rsponsbl fr rec̣mndñ onrz. Mr Sūnac wd hv bn jusṭfaid in rfyzñ Mr Jonsn’z list. H śd hv dn so.
Ɖ slīz z lapñ at ɖ dor nt jst v Dǎnñ Strīt, bt Bucñm Palis tù. Pṛf. Meg Rúsl v Yṇvrṣticolij Lundn’z Consttyśn Ynit rout ɖt ɖ Crǎn’z brʈde onrzlist hz bn pt at risc bcz Mr Jonsn’z noṃneśnz “r sìn az dscredtñ ɖ tîtlz ɖt mni v ɖz ppl – n uɖrz lîc ɖm in ɖ past – hv rîtḟli rsivd” … “An add cnsrn z ɖt īvn Jonsn’z list wz ofiṣ́li – n nesseṛli – iśùd in ɖ nem v ɖ Cñ”. Pṛf. Rúsl sjsts ɖt Mr Sūnac hz feld “t pṛtct ɖ moṇc fṛm biyñ drwn intu p’liticl cntrovsi”. It’s hard t dis’gri.
Smʈñ z badli roñ wɖ ɖ we Britn z guvnd. Sins 2010 ɖ rwordz t Cnsrṿtiv-parti donrz n p’liticl frendz in ɖ form v piṛjz n goñz hv xpozd a maṇfest lac v l’jitiṃsi ɖt z c’rodñ stetoʈoṛti. Hopñ t cast ɖ opziśn az scrūpyḷs cmperd t ɖ guvnmnt, Sr Cir Starmr rūld ǎt pṛdysñ a reẓgneśn onrzlist v hiz ǒn in fyćr. Mr Sūnac hz ofrd no dfns fr ẃt’s gn on; bt instd ćouz t dfnd hiz inax́n. Ɖr z no xks fr biznis az yźl.
F nʈñ z dn, Sr Cir śd ʈretn t rsind Mr Jonsn’z onrzlist wɖ ny lejsleśn wns in ofis. It z ɖ upr hǎs ẃr ɖ nīd z most presñ. Lebr òt t implimnt Gordn Brǎn’z planz t rples ɖ Hǎs v Lordz wɖ an ilectd asmbli. Ɖ Cnsrṿtivz r b’reft v îdīaz, hvñ pṛpozd no ny iniṣ́tivz on Lordz rform fr mor ɖn 10 yirz.
Mr Jonsn’z dsrepytbl bhevyr rezz qsćnz abt hǎ w r guvnd – n bî hūm. Ɖr’z a nīd t śrinc a blǒtd upr ćembr, rmuv ɖ rmenñ hreditri pirz n intṛdys gretr qoḷti-cntrol on apôntmnts – bginñ wɖ ɖ prîm̦inistr’z reẓgneśn onrzlist. Crietñ a mec̣nizm ɖt recgnîzz ɖ public inṭrest in ɖ matr v patṛnij n cn privnt its crūdist maṇfsteśn z – or at līst śd b – ɖ ordr v ɖ de.
