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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Tory environment chaos: turning back the clock

‘Mr Rees-Mogg’s enthusiasm for new oil and gas means he must never be mistaken for a friend to green causes.’ Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
‘Mr Rīs-Mog’z inʈyziazm fr ny ôl n gas mīnz h mst nvr b mstecn fr a frend t grīn cōzz.’ Foṭgraf: Anadolu Ejnsi/Geti Iṃjz
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on Tori invîrnmntceos: trnñ bac ɖ cloc

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 13 October 2022)

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Ɖr z no mandet fr ɖ anti-grīn ajnda v Liz Trus’z guvnmnt

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Ʈrzde 13 Octobr 2022

Ɖ  lêtist scizm t opn p in Liz Trus’z cabiṇt z les s’prîzñ ɖn it mt hv bn, hd dviźnz ovr tax n welfér poḷsiz nt olrdi imrjd. Bt ɖ dsiźn bî ɖ biznișecṛtri, Jecb Rīs-Mog, t opoz hr pubḷcli ovr solr-eṇji planz z stl a dṛmatic wn ɖt līvz hr lcñ īvn wìcr n mor xpozd. Hvñ prīvịsli strest hiz s’port fr fracñ, n ôl n gas drilñ in ɖ Norʈ Sī, Mr Rīs-Mog yzd an articl in ɖ Gardịn t dnî ɖt h opozz grīn eṇji. Ẃl Mz Trus wonts t rstrict ny solr insṭleśnz on farmland, Mr Rīs-Mog’z dīreğletri frvr xtndz bynd fosilfylz t rnywblz az wel.

Mz Trus’z anti-solr scīm z so il-jujd ɖt ol vôsz rezd agnst it r welcm. Bt Mr Rīs-Mog’z inʈyziazm fr ny ôl n gas mīnz ɖt h mst nvr b mstecn fr a frend t grīn cōzz. H z rît t pônt ǎt ɖt carbn-intnsiv imports r jst az daṃjñ t ɖ atṃsfir az YC-best inḍstriz. Bt ẃl hiz bacñ fr solr n wind me mc him a mor cnsistnt frīmarc̣tir ɖn ɖ prîm̦inistr – hu z agnst red tep xpt ẃn it blocs smʈñ ś dslîcs – ɖ riscs t ɖ invîrnmnt fṛm ol ɖoz lîc him hu ćampịn groʈ at ɖ xpns v nećr rmen hyj.

Rnyd inʈyziazm fr fosilfyl projects z wn aspect v ɖs guvnmnt’s riax́nri n denjṛs ajnda. Tū mor r ɖ proṃsz t scrap hundṛdz v invîrnmntl reğleśnz guṿnñ eriaz sć az wōtrqoḷti (olrdi śocñli pur), n t rmuv wîldlîf pṛtx́nz fṛm ny lo-tax invstmntzonz. Ɖ dsiźn t rvy a post-Brexit farmñpemnts scīm ɖt tc six yirz t set p – n ẃć hz olrdi léd t inhanst pṛtx́n fr wîldlîf in pîḷt eriaz – ofrz frɖr prūf v ɖ guvnmnt’s dsden fr ol ʈñz grīn.

Mz Trus md ɖs xplisit ẃn ś tarġtd clîṃtcampenrz az part v an “anti-groʈ cọliśn”. So far, ś śoz no sîn v peyñ atnśn t wornñz fṛm sīńr figrz includñ Wiłm Hêg ɖt ś z on ɖ roñ trac. Bt cnsrn abt ɖ guvnmnt’s ny d’rex́n z spredñ. Ministrz r at odz nt onli wɖ invîrnmntl campen grūps sć az Grīnpīs, bt olso wɖ masmembrśp ćaṛtiz b’luvid v mni Tori votrz, includñ ɖ Naśnl Trust n ɖ Royl Ssayti fr ɖ Pṛtx́n v Brdz. Pōl Mainr, fṛm ɖ cuntrisîd ćaṛti CPRE, dscrîbd ɖ rvrslz on fracñ n uɖr iśuz az “a liṭni v btreyl n brocn proṃsz”.

Prisîsli hǎ ɖ angr promtd bî ɖz anti-grīn poḷsiz wl maṇfest itslf rmenz t b sìn. Olrdi, ćaṛtiz hv cōld on membrz t contact MPz, n ɖe wl b imboldnd bî a spīć fṛm ɖ Ćaṛti Cmiśn’z ćer, Orlando Frezr, afrmñ ɖer rît t ingej in p’liticl activti. Wɖ anɖr crunć YN clîṃtconfṛns fast aproćñ, n a ny rport fṛm sayntists pôntñ t a frɖr dclîn in animlpopyleśnz, consveśngrūps n ɖer s’portrz r rît t b alarmd.

It z wîdli unḍstd bî votrz in ɖ YC – n jujñ fṛm poulñ, bî a mjoṛti v ppl arnd ɖ wrld – ɖt ɖ nxt fy yirz ofr a fînl oṗtyṇti t privnt clîṃt-linct dstrux́n on an unimajṇbl scel. Undr Boris Jonsn, Cnsrṿtiv invîrnmntpoḷsiz wr nẃr nir ambiśs inuf. Bt undr Mz Trus, ɖe r olrdi far wrs. Hr hañ-ɖ-consiqnsz śort-trmism wd nvr hv wún a jenṛl ilex́n. Ɖ Grīnpīs acṭvists hu inṭruptd hr confṛnșpīć wr rît ɖt votrz d nt s’port ɖ poḷsiz ś hz imbrest. Ɖe n uɖr grūps śd tec hart fṛm ɖ s’port ɖe hv olrdi rsivd. Ministrz me nt cer abt ɖ damij ɖt ɖe r cōzñ, bt ɖ public dz.

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: At ease, Martin Lewis – a queue of Tory MPs is here to solve the cost of living crisis

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‘George Eustice recently let shoppers in on the little secret of supermarket value ranges.’ Photograph: Breakfast | Sky News
‘Jorj Ysṭs rīsntli let śoprz in on ɖ litl sīcrit v sūṗmarcit valyrenjz.’ Foṭgraf: Brecfst │ Scî Nyz
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At īz, Martin Luis – a k v Tori MPz z hir t solv ɖ cost-v-livñ crîsis

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on Tuesday 17 May 2020)

Hd y ʈt v biyñ peid mor, sjsts wn ministr. Hu derz clem ɖ guvnmnt hz no brît îdīaz‽
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Marina Hyde

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Mrīna Haid, Tyzde 17 Me 2022

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Gvn ɖ implôī caliba n atriśnret v ɖs guvnmnt, it’s olwz a hart-in-mǎʈ momnt ẃn ɖe unlīś a prīvịsli unhŕd-ov ministr on ɖ erwevz. Mć lîc ɖ bit in ɖ Simpsnz ẃr Mr Brnz rlisz ɖ wñd munciz fṛm hiz windo wɖ a hopfl “Flî, mî pritiz – flî!”. Ẃn ʈudz n bludcrdlñ śrīcz folo, h trnz t hiz rtenr, Smiɖrz, wɖ ɖ crt instrux́n: “Cntiny ɖ rsrć.”

Phps Nu 10’z cómzjīńsz flt ɖs we ẃn ɖe debyd ɖ hiɖrtu dzrvidli obskr sefgardñministr, Rećl Mclīn, on t Munde’z brecfstśoz t dscus ɖ cost-v-livñ crîsis. Hu nz ẃ ɖ randm nitwit-jeṇretr mśīn hd md it Rećl’z trn? Mbi Heḷn Wêtli wz rfyzñ t cm ǎt v hr trelr. In mni wez I rfyz t b’liv Rećl īvn z ɖ sefgardñministr – a hyj part v m asymz ś z jst a caṛctr hesṭli asmbld fṛm dscardd awede îdīaz n ɖen gvn a pritnd jobtîtl ɖt it wd fīl rūd t argy wɖ. “Jst se ś’z ɖ ‘sefgardñministr’. Sǎndz lîc a ʈñ.” Az fr Rećl’z ʈōts on hǎ incrisñli añśs sitiznz cn rspond t multipl fînanśl preśrz, let’s si ɖm flî. “W nīd t hv a plan t gro ɖ icoṇmi,” ś haẓdd (no śit), “n t mc śr ɖt ppl r ebl t pṛtct ɖmslvz betr, ẃɖr ɖt z bî tecñ on mor aurz or muvñ t a betr peid job.”

Cntiny ɖ rsrć.

In ɖ mntm, f y’r cīpñ a tali v guvnmnt sjsćnz fr hǎ t dīl wɖ akt riyl-wrld fînanśl dstres, plīz ad “Hd y ʈt v biyñ peid mor?” t ɖ pîl. Sd pîl olso fīćrz similr advîs fṛm T’rez Cófi t wrc mor aurz, ẃl Jorj Ysṭs rīsntli let śoprz in on ɖ litl sīcrit v sūṗmarcit valyrenjz. “Jenṛli spīcñ,” h jenṛlîzd unspīcbli, “ẃt ppl fînd z bî gwñ fr sm v ɖ valybrandz rɖr ɖn ǒn-brandd products, ɖe cn acć̣li cnten n manij ɖer hǎsholdbujit.” Amezñ, z’nt it, ɖt Jorj stl hz ol ɖs gd stuf in ɖ tanc, ẃn muni-sevñ xprt Martin Luis rīsntli admitd, “I am ǎt v tūlz t hlp ppl nǎ … I’v bn ʈru ɖ fînanśl craś, I’v bn ʈru Covid. Ɖs z ɖ wrst, ẃr w r rît nǎ … Ɖt z simpli nt teṇbl in ǎr ssayti. Ɖr z abṣlutli panic n it hz nt startd yt.” Hz Martin ʈt v pôntñ ǎt wez ppl cd rtren in invstmntbancñ?

In ɖ mntm, wɖ ɖ Banc v Ñgḷnd guvnr apirñ bfr ɖ Treẓ́ri s’lect cmiti on Munde t fōrcast “apoc̣liptic” fūdprîsz, d y gt ɖ sns ɖt ɖ guvnmnt hz enʈñ in ɖ sem poscod az a plan t mc ʈñz īvn mîldli betr? Hand on hart, no. Qt ɖ oṗzit. In fact, it hz tū planz t mc ɖm wrs. Ɖ frst z a poṣbl tredwor wɖ ɖ YY, ẃć smelt-it-dlt-it trīticritic Devid Frost sīmz t b sjstñ z wn v ɖ gd cndz v worz. N ɖ secnd z Boris Jonsn’z trîumfnt anǎnsmnt, via ɖ pejz v ɖ Dêli Meil az opozd t ɖer lînmanijrz, ɖt h z gwñ t le of 91,000 sivl srvnts.

Let’s parc ɖ fact ɖt ɖ prîm̦inistr śrli arîvd at ɖs numbr bî ɖ enćnt clu-fri tecnīc fr mcñ cuts – ʈncñ v ɖ totl numbr, ɖen dvîdñ it bî fîv. Instd, w’l foc̣s on ɖ mn ivnt, ẃć z sjstñ ɖt ɖ bst îdīa fr hǎ t entr a rseśn z t mc cuts t fruntlîn srvispṛviźn. Ẃtvr it sz on ɖ bac v Jonsn’z napcin, ɖr simpli z’nt anɖr we t mc 91,000 cuts. V cors, Nu 10 dz’nt tel y abt ɖ fruntlîn srvispṛviźn, prifŕñ instd t inṭmet ɖt ɖs wl mirli b a just-deẓts rspons t sivl srvnts wrcñ fṛm hom. Ɖs z ɖ ćīf bugber v ɖt incoriɉbl dsc snifr Jecb Rīs-Mog, a man huz ǒn wrc dsc dz nt īvn fīćr a cmpytr, bt hu hz rīsntli bn sliɖ̇rñ rnd Ẃîthōl lîc ɖ Ćîld Caćr fṛm Ćiti-Ćiti Bañ-Bañ n līvñ sub-Yodl “sori I míst y” nots fr sivl srvnts. I’m tld ɖt Rūṗt Mrdoc z obsest wɖ ppl rtrnñ t ɖ ofis ẃrvr ɖe me wrc, so phps ɖt pts led in ɖ Rīs-Mog pnsl.

Īvn so, fr a guvnmnt ɖt hz aćivd abṣlutli nʈñ in ofis bar a Brexit dīl it z cuṛntli ʈreṭnñ t torć, it dz fīl jenyinli xtrordnri t woć ɖ Jonsn admiṇstreśn wrc so cmitidli agnst ɖs organic form v leṿlñ-up. Az hz bcm incrisñli clir evr sins ɖ frêz wz frst fartd ǎt, ɖe hv’nt ɖ frst clu hǎ t “levl p” enʈñ. Yt in wn swift n elignt we, rmot wrcñ z ɖ marcit acć̣li bginñ t dlivr ɖer poḷsi fr ɖm – bî alawñ ppl t drw mtroṗlișaḷriz bt fizicli lcet ɖmslvz in les aflụnt rījnz fr at līst sm v ɖ wrcñwīc. Ẃt’s nt t imbres?

Ovr t Boris Jonsn, a man hu feṃsli wrcs fṛm hom. Indd, hiz ofiślz hv spent mć v ɖ yir xplenñ ɖt z ẃ srtn rūlz d’nt aplî t Dǎnñ Strīt. “Mî xpirịns v wrcñ fṛm hom,” Jonsn xplend at ɖ wīcend, “z y spend an ōfl lot v tîm mcñ anɖr cup v cofi n ɖen, y nǒ, gtñ p, wōcñ vri slǒli t ɖ frij, hacñ of a smōl pìs v ćīz, ɖen wōcñ vri slǒli bac t yr laptop n ɖen fgetñ ẃt it wz y’r dwñ.” Ǒ, y fgot ẃt y wr dwñ? Let s hlp y ǎt. Y WR S’POZD T B BIYÑ Ɖ EFÑ PRÎM̦INISTR. Ā wel, phps anɖr tîm. Sori t hv míst y.

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Fṛm ɖ Gardịn │ Reckless, Trumpian leadership is losing Johnson allies. It should lose him his job

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Reclis, Trumpịn līdrśp z luzñ Jonsn alîz. It śd lūz him hiz job

(Transcription of a Guardian article of 4 February 2022)

Ɖ reẓgneśnz v Mnira Mrza n uɖr eidz śd galṿnîz Tori MPz t d ẃt ɖe mst nǎ d

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Martin Cetl, Frîde 4 Febrri 2022

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In raitñ abt poḷtics y cn îɖr trî t xplen ẃt y ʈnc z haṗnñ or y cn se ẃt y ʈnc śd hapn. Rît nǎ, ɖr z a cmplit cnvrjns btwn ɖ tū. Boris Jonsn’z premịrśp z on ɖ slîd, irivrsbli so. Ɖ qsćn z nt ẃɖr Jonsn wl g. It z ẃn n hǎ – n ẃt wl cm aftr.

Simlteńsli it z incrisñli plen ɖt Jonsn śd g. Sm tec ɖs vy fr parṭzan rīznz or bcz Jonsn’z prṣnaḷti apōlz ɖm. Fer inuf. Bt ɖt’s nt mî arğmnt hir. Ɖr z olso an xtrimli pǎrfl Cnsrṿtiv ces agnst him rmenñ. In ɖ end, ɖs wl b dsîsiv, bcz h wl g onli f it z in ɖ Tori parti’z inṭrest; nwn els’z.

Hvr ɖ mn rīzn ẃ Jonsn śd dpart z nǎ moṛl, sstemic n guvnmntl, rɖr ɖn p’liticl. Hiz incrisñli reclis, n īvn Trumpịn, rspons t it hz nǎ léd t ɖ reẓgneśn v Mnira Mrza, Nu 10’z poḷsićīf, hu dscrîbd a rīsnt atac on Cir Starmr az bynd “ɖ norml cut n ʈrust v poḷtics”. It’s abt ɖ we ɖ cuṛnt crîsis śoz hǎ h siz hiz job, n abt ɖ we h dz it. H siz himslf az abv ɖ sistm. H śd nt. Hiz aproć canot cǒixist fr mć longr wɖ biyñ a prîm̦inistr v a stebl n hlʈi parḷmntri dmocṛsi. Ɖr z tù mć at stec.

Mć hz bn sd ɖs wīc abt hǎ ɖ denjrz t Jonsn’z pziśn me hv liftd a litl. Ɖt me b tru in ɖ śort run, olɖo evri tîm enwn sz ɖs a ny denjr pops p. In ɖ longr trm, ɖ denjr z az gret az evr. Ɖ simpl bt pṛfǎnd truʈ z ɖt ɖ lw z abv Jonsn, nt ɖ uɖr we arnd. Az Cir Starmr hintd ɖs wīc, ɖ p’līs invstgeśn me yt end in ɖ cnvix́n v a prîm̦inistr, an ivnt wɖt modn presidnt.

It z clir ɖt Jonsn wd trî t bruś ɖt asd. H apirz redi t argy ɖt a fixt-penlti notis fr a brīć v locdǎn rūlz wd no mor cōl hiz pziśn az prîm̦inistr intu qsćn ɖn a parcñfain. Bt ɖ Tori parti z olmst srtnli nt so far gn ɖt it wd pmit ɖs. Tbays Elẉd’z wrdz ɖs wīc – “W’r betr ɖn ɖs” – wd bcm ɖ raliyñcrî, n rîtli so.

Jonsn z blînd t rūlz n dsmisiv v ɖm. Bt h z olso mor dīvịs abt ẃ ɖe śd nt aplî t him ɖn z smtmz unḍstd. Ɖs z funḍmnṭli bcz h siz himslf az an ōtoṇṃs indivijl unbrdnd bî ɖ obḷgeśnz or cnvnśnz ɖt uɖrz uphold. It mīnz h b’livz rūlz d nt matr, n it mīnz ɖt in guvnmnt h z nt ɖ frst amñ īqlz, az ɖ consttyśnl orʈ̇doxi wd hv it, bt vri mć ɖ frst abv sbordiṇts.

Ɖs z ẃ h hz cnstructd hiz guvnmnt ɖ we h hz, wɖ a cabiṇt cmpozd mnli v sic̣fants n secnd-ordr ministrz; wɖ a sntṛlîzd Nu 10 oṗreśn ɖt ovŗîdz dpartmnts n unḍmainz ɖer īʈos; n wɖ sīńr sivl srvnts, lîc ministrz, tù ofn ćozn fr ɖer defṛns t ɖ man at ɖ sntr rɖr ɖn fr ɖer redinis t argy a ces.

It z olso ẃ Jonsn guvnz nt ʈru hiz cntrol v Ẃîthōl or ɖ Hǎs v Comnz bt ʈru ɖ Nu 10 mīdia oṗreśn. It z ẃ h spendz so mć tîm mcñ foto-oṗtyṇti vizits t hospitlz n cnstrux́nsaits acumṗnid bî hiz sīmñli botmlis dresñ-up box. It z ẃ h bilt ɖ pres-brīfñ swìt in Dǎnñ Strīt. It z ẃ h flù t Kyiv on Tyzde. It z ẃ, in Jecb Rīz-Mog’z hîli rvilñ clem, guvnmnt in ɖ Jonsn ira z mor preẓdnśl ɖn parḷmntri.

Jonsn’z attyd t ɖ miṇstirịl cód ofrz an xampl v ɖs aproć. Starmr asct Jonsn last wīc f ɖ cód aplaid t him. Jonsn rplaid ɖt it dd. Bt ɖr z a gd ces fr sspctñ Jonsn riyli b’livz uɖ̇wz. In ɖ cód, ministrz r subjict t ɖ rūlz, bt ɖ prîm̦inistr himslf z ɖ cód’z arbitr n gardịn. It z h, n h alon, hu dsîdz f ɖr hz bn a brīć.

Jonsn nz ɖs. It z hǎ h ovŗoud hiz standdz’dvîzr in ɖ Priti Ptel bŭliyñces. It z olso ɖ ces h wd mc f Su Gre wr cnvinst in hr fînl rport ɖt h hd laid t parḷmnt. Ɖ īʈos v ɖ cód undǎtidli mīnz ɖt a prîm̦inistr śd rzîn fr layñ. Bt ɖ letr v ɖ cód gvz a prîm̦inistr ɖ riglrūm t clem t b ɖ juj in ɖer ǒn ces.

Ol v ɖs z at wn wɖ ɖ we Jonsn cnducts himslf az ɖ hed v guvnmnt. Consttyśṇli, h oz ɖ prîm̦inistrśp t ɖ s’port v parḷmnt (ẃć z ẃ MPz cn n wl in ɖ end ʈro him ǎt). Bt Jonsn siz ɖ 2019 ilex́nvicṭri az a prsnl mandet ɖt bîpasz MPz. Ɖs z ẃ Rīz-Mog n uɖrz hv clemd ɖt ɖr wd hv t b a jenṛl ilex́n f ɖ Tōriz ćouz ɖmslvz a ny līdr. It z cmplitli untru, bt it z hǎ Jonsn ʈncs v it.

Smʈñ similr srfist agn in Jonsn’z rvilñ rspons t Gre’z inṭrim rport ɖs wīc. In ɖ fes v Gre’z fîndñ v “fełrz v līdrśp n jujmnt”, Jonsn anǎnst ɖt “I gt it n I wl fix it.” Bt h dz’nt n h w’nt. Bīfñ p ɖ Nu 10 oṗreśn n sntṛlîzñ guvnmnt arnd himslf īvn mor frmli r ɖ oṗzit v ẃt h nīdz t d.

Ɖs wīc’s “leṿlñ p” ẃît pepr pṛvîdd an xampl v anɖr sstemic felñ in Jonsn’z soḷpsistic aproć t guvnmnt. Mc no mstec, leṿlñ-up z n cd b a big îdīa. Ptnṣ́li it z az big an îdīa az Brexit in its importns t sstenñ ɖ ilectṛl ri’lînmnt ɖt Jonsn aćivd in 2019.

Bt ɖ ẃît pepr śoz ɖt leṿlñ-up z stl mor v a frêz ɖn a poḷsi, rɖr az Brexit olso wz. Ɖ planz d nt cm clos t adresñ ɖ scel n intric̣si v ɖ probḷmz involvd in ɖ neśn’z iniqoḷtiz n unīvn oṗtyṇtiz. Wɖt ny muni, amd larj dosz v Ʈatć̣rît Tori scepṭsizm on ɖ bacbnćz, n hamprd bî Jonsn’z prefṛns fr pforṃtiv rɖr ɖn ifctiv preẓdnṣ́lizm, it wl nt d ɖ job îɖr ic̣nomicli or p’liticli.

Jonsn oz hiz prîm̦inistrśp t runñ agnst Britn’z guṿnñsistm. Bt at no tîm hz h hd an oltrṇtiv sistm t pt in ples fr ćenjñ Britn – bynd himslf n hiz pformns. H z nǎ duḅlñ dǎn on ɖt sem aproć, īvn ɖo it wl mc ol ɖ probḷmz wrs. Ɖs z nǎ an irepṛbli dstructiv prîm̦inistrśp, nt jst t Jonsn n hiz parti, bt t guvnmnt mor jenṛli, t ɖ public’s nīdz, t ɖ cuntri’z repyteśn n īvn t ɖ svîvl v ɖ stet.

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‘We were supposed to believe that a culture of impunity and disregard for rules at the heart of government had absolutely nothing to do with Boris Johnson.’ Photograph: Paul Childs/Reuters
‘W wr s’pozd t b’liv ɖt a culćr v impyṇti n disrigard fr rūlz at ɖ hart v guvnmnt hd abṣlutli nʈñ t d wɖ Boris Jonsn.’ Foṭgraf: Pōl Ćîldz/Rôtrz
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Ɖ Obzrvr vy on Boris Jonsn hrtñ ɖ cuntri n śemñ hiz parti

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Observer on 15 January 2022)

Wɖ hiz lîz n hipocṛsi, ɖ prim̦inistr hz c’ruptd n dgredd ɖ Tori parti fṛm ɖ hîist ofis

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Saṭde, 15 Jańri 2022

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A  litl ovr a munʈ ago, ɖ prim̦inistr tld ɖ Hǎs v Comnz ɖt h śerd ɖ angr v a neśn at siyñ a vidio v hiz Numbr 10 staf mcñ lît v locdǎn meźrz n jocñ abt Crisṃs partiz. W wr s’pozd t b’liv ɖt a culćr v impyṇti n disrigard fr rūlz at ɖ hart v guvnmnt hd abṣlutli nʈñ t d wɖ Boris Jonsn; ɖt h wz az śoct bî ɖ hipocṛsi az ɖ rest v s. It wz olwz a lūdicṛs cntnśn ɖt ɖ prim̦inistr hd no îdīa ẃt wz gwñ on in hiz ǒn ofis, part v ɖ sem complex az hiz ǒn rezidns. N in ɖ last wīc ɖ fl xtnt v ɖ śir gōl v a līdr priperd t ʈro hiz staf undr a bus t ived acǎntbiḷti fr ɖ wrst sort v p’liticl hipocṛsi hz bn xpozd.

Reṿleśn aftr reṿleśn hz imrjd sins ɖ start v ɖ yir – az Jonsn mst hv noun ɖe inevitbli wd – ɖt ruḅśz ɖt stetmnt h md t MPz last munʈ. W nǎ nǒ ɖt in Me 2020, Jonsn wz gvñ a spīć at a sośl gaɖ̇rñ, wɖ drinc n fūd, in ɖ Dǎnñ Strīt gardn ɖ vri sem īvnñ ministrz wr wornñ ɖ public at a presconfṛns ɖt ɖe cd onli mīt wn uɖr prsn ǎtsd. Ɖt hiz staf wr ʈrowñ nt wn, bt tū, rōc̣s partiz ɖt rportidli left îtmz in ɖ gardn damijd ɖ nît bfr Prins Filip’s fynṛl. N ɖt Dǎnñ Strīt staf reğlrli hld drincspartiz on Frîdez ɖt Jonsn wd ofn drop intu, gvñ ɖm ɖ prim̦iṇstirịl sìl v apruvl.

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Cntmt fr parḷmnt n public

Ɖ Obzrvr hz loñ b’livd Jonsn t b a man v litl integṛti, bt īvn so, it z hard nt t b śoct at ɖ levl v cntmt in ẃć h so clirli holdz parḷmnt n ɖ public. Imajin ɖ consiqnsz f h hd msléd a cort undr oʈ in ɖs we. Bt t him, it z jst ɖ Comnz, jst ɖ we h aproćz poḷtics n evri uɖr aspect v hiz pṛfeśnl lîf.

It z clir ɖt ɖ vy v ɖ Covid rūlz az opśnl rɖr ɖn mandetri, az ɖe wr fr evrwn els in ɖ cuntri, dd nt stop at ɖ dorz v Nu 10. Ɖr wr partiz n līvñdrincs at uɖr guvnmnt dpartmnts. Bt ɖr z no dǎt ẃr ɖs culćr eṃnetd fṛm: it startd fṛm ɖ vri top, wɖ ɖ prim̦inistr. It z xtrordnri ɖt ɖoz hu rout ɖ lw n ɖ gîdns flǎtd it, az olmst evrwn els, includñ ɖ Qīn, obzrvd it fr ɖ sec v public hlʈ, īvn ẃl mōrnñ. Fr ɖoz hu dd nt, ɖr wr hefti fainz, īvn fr ppl wɖ far mor simṗʈetic storiz ɖn ɖoz wrcñ in Nu 10. Wn tīnejr wz faind hundṛdz v pǎndz fr orġnîzñ an ǎtdor b’lūn rlis fr hiz frend hu hd daid n hd t g t cort t contest a frɖr £10,000 fîn iśùd in err bî Duṛm cnstabyḷri.

Tū wīcs intu ɖ ny yir, Jonsn’z oʈoṛti hz bn comprihnsivli średd. H canot ste in post. Bt ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti canot wîp ɖ slet clīn bî ilectñ a ny līdr. Evrʈñ abt Jonsn’z dredfl premịrśp hz bn intîrli pridictbl, a rflex́n v ɖ man h so clirli wz loñ bfr h bcem prim̦inistr. H wz sact fṛm a job in jrṇlizm in ɖ 1980z fr fabṛcetñ qots fr a nyzpepr stori n fṛm ɖ Cnsrṿtiv śado frontbench in ɖ rli 2000z fr layñ abt an afer. Az ćer v ɖ Līv campen, h wz cmplisit in its fōls clemz ɖt līvñ ɖ YY wd fri p £350m a wīc fr ɖ NHS – lêtr rūld a msys v ofiśl sttistics bî ɖ YC Sttisticsoʈoṛti – n ɖt a vot t rmen in ɖ YY wz a vot t śer a bordr wɖ Irac n Siria. Az mẹr v Lundn, h feld t dcler hiz prsnl inṭrests, includñ hiz rleśnśp wɖ Jenifr Arcuri, huz cumṗni rsivd ʈǎzndz v pǎndz v public muni.

It wz petntli obvịs ẃt sort v prim̦inistr h wd b; nwn cd creḍbli argy ɖt ɖr wz a sīńr Tori les wel sūtd t guvn Britn. Yt Cnsrṿtiv MPz stl crǎnd him līdr in 2019. Inuf v ɖm ʈt h cerd tù litl abt ɖ yńn, alawñ him t ruʈlisli psy a hard Brexit n ɖt hiz lūs-wɖ-ɖ-truʈ stîl v campenñ cd win ɖm a jenṛl ilex́n in ɖ sem we it dd ɖ YY reḟrendm. An incompitnt, c’rupt n rotn prim̦inistr wz ɖ bargin ɖe wr priperd t mc, ɖ cost ɖe wr ol tù wilñ t impoz on ɖ hol cuntri.

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Ʈǎzndz v avôḍbl deʈs

Ẃt a hevi prîs Britn hz peid. On Covid, ɖ guvnmnt z trayñ t yz ɖ s’xes v ɖ vaxīnprogram t dtract fṛm ɖ growñ p’liticl crîsis in ẃć it fîndz itslf. It z tru ɖt ɖ YC hz hd a mor s’xesfl vaxīn rolǎt ɖn mni uɖr cuntriz, n ɖt ɖ guvnmnt, ptiklrli Cet Bñm, hu ćerd ɖ tascfors, dzrvz credit fr ɖ rli invstmnt in vaxīntecnoḷji. Bt ɖ guvnmnt’s oṿol record on Covid z grim: tîm n agn, jrñ ɖ frst 15 munʈs v ɖ pandemic, Jonsn feld t lrn fṛm prīvịs mstecs n actd t intṛdys rstrix́nz tù slǒli, undǎtidli rzultñ in ʈǎzndz v avôḍbl deʈs n mor ic̣nomic pen.

Frst, ɖ guvnmnt’s haplis aproć t edyceśn jrñ a pandemic mīnz ɖt far tù litl hz bn dn t miṭget its impact on ćildṛn. Ɖ ifcts v ɖs wl b flt loñ intu ɖ fyćr. Secnd, on Brexit, Jonsn aćivd ɖ hard Brexit ɖ îdịlojicl crūsedrz fṛm hiz parti’z rît flanc wontd. Bt it hz cm at a hyj cost: a loñ-trm ic̣nomic cost, ẃć wl dpres Britn’z groʈprospects fr mni yirz t cm, bt olso a periḷs risc t ɖ integṛti v ɖ yńn ɖt canot b meźrd in pǎndz n pns n ẃć me mīn ɖt wɖn a cupl v decedz ɖ Ynîtd Cñdm me no longr īvn xist. Hu cerz f ɖ hardist v Brexits ofrz sucr t ɖ cōz v Scotiś indipndns?

N fest wɖ ɖ irizolṿbl cnundṛm v Brexit – ɖt ɖr cn b no clīn brec fṛm ɖ YY ẃl avôdñ ɖ nīd fr a custmzbordr îɖr on ɖ îḷnd v Îrḷnd or dǎn ɖ Îriś Sì – Jonsn hz ćozn simpli t pritnd ɖs probḷm dz nt xist, rɖr ɖn cnfrunt ɖ fact ɖt h or hiz s’xesr wl hv t ćūz btwn rjctñ reğletri alînmnt btwn ɖ YY n parts v ɖ YC or stbiḷti in Norɖn Îrḷnd. Ɖ disrigard fr ɖ yńn prmiets evrʈñ ɖs guvnmnt dz, xtndñ t ministrz sć az Jecb Rīz-Móg insultñ Scotiś Cnsrṿtivz in a we ɖt onli plez intu ɖ indipndns campen’z handz.

Ʈrd, ol ovr Britn, faṃliz r suḟrñ az a rzult v ɖs guvnmnt’s poḷsiz. Jonsn wún hiz mjoṛti bî proṃsñ nt onli t gt Brexit dn, bt t “levl p” ɖ cuntri. Ɖt wz jst emti reṭric: hiz ćanslr, Riśi Sŭnac, hz cntinyd ɖ aproć v hiz prīdisesrz sins 2010, intṛdysñ ɖ bigist evr wn-of beṇfitcut, on top v ɖ last deced’z tax-credit cuts ɖt hv sìn sm lo-incm peṛnts lūz ʈǎzndz v pǎndz a yir īvn az mor aflụnt faṃliz hv hd ɖer taxbílz rdyst. Refyjīz fliyñ wor zonz n hymn-rîts abysz hv faund ɖmslvz at ɖ śarp end v a culćrwor wɖ Priti Ptel’z Homofis.

Fîṇli, ɖ last fy wīcs v reṿleśnz abt Jonsn’z hipocṛsi on Covid d nt jst damij ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti. Lîc ɖ xpnsz scandl mor ɖn a deced ago, it unḍmainz public trust in ol poḷtiśnz n ɖ l’jitiṃsi v ǎr deṃcratic insttyśnz. It mcs a moc̣ri v ɖ rūl v lw ẃn ordnri sitiznz r puniśt fr brecñ ɖ lw, bt sīńr poḷtiśnz, p’liticl eidz n sivl srvnts apir t nītli sîdstep ɖ consiqnsz.

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Fṛm ilectṛl aset t lạbiḷti

Evri de Jonsn cntinyz az prim̦inistr, ɖ damij h dz groz. Az hiz īvluśn fṛm ilectṛl aset t ilectṛl lạbiḷti dōnz on hiz parti, it z lcñ incrisñli lîcli ɖt ɖe wl nt alǎ him t cntiny in ofis fr mć longr. Bt Britn’z p’liticl crîsis wl nt b ovr. Ɖ ćôs v ɖ nxt prim̦inistr wd fōl t Cnsrṿtiv MPz n partimembrz. Jonsn’z lîcli s’xesrz r ol cmplisit in ɖ guvnmnt’s dredfl tracrecord.

Ɖ onli hop lîz in a rnyd Lebr parti winñ ɖ nxt jenṛl ilex́n. Cir Starmr hz imrjd fṛm rīsnt wīcs az a man v compitns, integṛti n valyz. Lebr stl hz a loñ we t g in adresñ ɖ rīznz ẃ it lost votrz in 2019 n cḿṇcetñ ẃt a Starmr premịrśp wd aćiv fr Britn, bt ɖe r advansñ fṛm ɖ teṛbl dfit Jeṛmi Corbin léd ɖm t ɖen.

Prim̦inistr Boris Jonsn z a crieśn v ɖ modn Cnsrṿtiv parti. Tori MPz pṛpeld ɖs śarḷtn t Nu 10 intîrli bcz it sūtd ɖer naro inṭrests, wɖ no rgard fr ɖ consiqnsz fr ɖ cuntri. It z xtrordnri hǎ litl cntriśn mni v ɖoz hu bact him hv śoun. Jonsn’z reẓgneśn z nt inuf: ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti itslf mst b hld acǎntbl fr hiz dzastṛs premịrśp.

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Instroduction to Ñspel