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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Sunak and the strikes: misreading the mood of the nation

‘At prime minister’s questions on Wednesday, Rishi Sunak challenged Keir Starmer to back even tougher anti-strike legislation.’ Photograph: Jessica Taylor/UK Parliament/AFP/Getty Images
‘At prîm̦inistr’z qsćnz on Wnzde, Riśi Sūnac ćalinjd Cir Starmr t bac īvn tufr antīstrîc lejsleśn.’ Foṭgraf: Jesica Teilr/YC Parḷmnt/AFP/Geti Iṃjz

Ɖ Gardịn vy on Sūnac n ɖ strîcs: msrīdñ ɖ mūd v ɖ neśn

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 7 Dec. 2022)

Ɖ prîm̦inistr z sīcñ confṛnteśn wɖ ɖ yńnz in ɖ b’lif h wl rīp a p’liticl rword

Wnzde 7 Dsmbr 2022

Ɖ  rplesmnt v ɖ haplis Liz Trus bî Riśi Sūnac wz wîdli asymd t heṛld ɖ rtrn v a “groun-up”, maṇjirịl stîl v poḷtics t Dǎnñ Strīt. Wɖ ɖ marcits dyli pḷcetd bî Jeṛmi Hunt’s ōtmstetmnt, sm sīńr Tōriz īvn bgan t wuri ɖt Sūnacịn stbiḷti n fiscl orʈ̇doxi wd b tù borñ a platform on ẃć t fes Lebr at ɖ nxt ilex́n.

Bt it trnz ǎt ɖt, ǎtsd ɖ Siti, Brítnz r’nt bord bî Mr Sūnac’s flejlñ premịrśp; ɖe r fyrịs n insrjnt. Rel n postl wrcrz, nrsz, ambyḷnswrcrz n sivl srvnts r cuṛntli planñ t g on strîc in Dsmbr. Ɖe me b jônd bî tīćrz n jūńr doctrz in ɖ ny yir. In ol, mor ɖn a miłn membrz v ɖ wrcfors me wɖdrw ɖer lebr in ɖ līd-up t Crisṃs – numbrz reṃnisnt v ɖ “wintr v discntnt” in 1978/9. Ɖs z dspt lowr levlz v yńnmembrśp n far mor strinjnt rūlz guṿnñ strîc ax́n.

Dzastṛsli, aftr biyñ buḟtd intu U-trnz on hǎsbildñ n onśor windfarmz bî intrnl parti rvolts, Mr Sūnac apirz t si ɖ strîcs az a ćans t cnfǎnd ɖoz critics hu akz him v biyñ wìc. At prîm̦inistr’z qsćnz on Wnzde, h ćalinjd Cir Starmr t bac īvn tufr antīstrîc lejsleśn, t b intṛdyst nxt yir. Az ɖ transportsecṛtri, Marc Harper, hz admitd, ɖs wl nt afct industrịl ax́n ɖs wintr, bt ɖt z nt ɖ pônt. Ɖ guvnmnt’s cuṛnt straṭji z t ẃip p a confṛnteśn wɖ ɖ yńnz in ɖ b’lif ɖt ɖ public wl b on its sîd.

Ɖs “hu guvnz?” aproć feṃsli endd badli fr Edẉd Hīʈ, hu lost an ilex́n cōld on ɖt besis in 1974. Bt Mr Sūnac no dǎt prifŕz t dwel on Marġrit Ʈaćr’z trîumf in 1979, ẃn ɖ arğmnt ɖt yńnz wr “holdñ ɖ cuntri t ransm” – a lîn rpitd bî ministrz ɖs wīc – cntribytd t a Tori landslîd. Unforćṇtli fr ɖ prîm̦inistr, ɖt wz ɖen.

Bî ɖ end v ɖ 1970z, mć v ɖ popyleśn agrìd ɖt yńnz hd bcm tù pǎrfl. Forti yirz on, az Mr Sūnac proṃsz t leɉslet t “pṛtct” ɖ public, popylr simṗʈi fr ɖ rît t strîc hz acć̣li groun sins Jūn. Ɖ rīznz fr ɖt g bynd ptiklr dspyts, n dīpr ɖn ɖ cuṛnt cost-v-livñ crîsis. Ɖr z a wîdspred n akṛt public pspśn ɖt, sins ɖ craś, ɖ cuntri hz witnist a būm in unrnd-aset wlʈ n pe at ɖ top, cmbînd wɖ stagnetñ or fōlñ riyl-trmz wejz fr olmst evrwn els. A deced v undr-invstmnt in ɖ public sectr hz olso fyld a pspśn ɖt mć v ɖ cuntri jst dz’nt wrc proprli eni mor. Rsponsbiḷti fr ɖs dsfuñśnl stet v aferz z dīmd nt t lî wɖ 1970z-stîl militnt tredyńnists, bt wɖ s’xesiv Cnsrṿtiv guvnmnts.

F onli fṛm an instñt v slf-preẓveśn, a wîz admiṇstreśn wd rec̣gnîz ɖs bacdrop n ngośiet, n compṛmîz, acordñli. Ahd v a wintŗseśn ɖt strîcs wl onli dīpn, ɖs wd olso b ɖ rît ʈñ t d fr ɖ cuntri. Bt fr nǎ, Mr Sūnac’s fiscl cnsrṿtizm mīnz h wl nt cǎntinns sć an aproć. Instd, h apirz dtrmind t f’mnt sośl strîf in ɖ hop v îṣletñ Lebr n ynîtñ hiz ǒn parti wɖ sm retro reṭric. Ɖt z msgîdd n irisponsbl oṗtynizm, nt groun-up poḷtics. It olso sirịsli msrīdz ɖ mūd v ɖ neśn.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Labour’s devolution plans: regional inequality is a blight

Gordon Brown (left) and Sir Keir Starmer. ‘The former Labour prime minister has produced a serious – and sweeping – set of proposals that would change the face of the country, largely for the better.’ Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA
Gordn Brǎn (left) n Sr Cir Starmr. ‘Ɖ formr Lebr prîm̦inistr hz pṛdyst a sirịs – n swīpñ – set v pṛpozlz ɖt wd ćenj ɖ fes v ɖ cuntri, larjli fr ɖ betr.’ Foṭgraf: Jen Barlo/PA

Ɖ Gardịn vy on Lebr’z dīṿluśnplanz: rījnl iniqoḷti z a blît

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 5 Dec. 2022)

Britn z hedñ in ɖ roñ d’rex́n, n radicl ćenj z nīdd in hǎ muni n pǎr wrcs

Munde 5 Dsmbr 2022

Gordn Brǎn wonts ɖ nxt Lebr guvnmnt t win pǎr – n ɖen gv it awe. Ɖt mt xplen ẃ Sr Cir Starmr hz prezd Mr Brǎn, bt nt yt cmitd t hiz cmiśn’z rec̣mndeśnz. Yt ɖ formr Lebr prîm̦inistr hz pṛdyst a sirịs – n swīpñ – set v pṛpozlz ɖt wd ćenj ɖ fes v ɖ cuntri, larjli fr ɖ betr.

Ɖ 40 rec̣mndeśnz g far bynd ɖ vri welcm sjsćn ɖt ɖr śd b deṃcratic rform v ɖ Hǎs v Lordz on a fedṛl besis. Ɖs pṛpozl wd si ɖ slf-guṿnmnt in Scotḷnd, Wêlz n Norɖn Îrḷnd bcm part v ɖ śerd guvnmnt v ɖ YC. Ɖr r olso incuṛjñ planz t dvolv ic̣nomic pǎrz t cḿṇtiz. Mr Brǎn z rît t asc ẃ, f secnd jobz cn b bánd in ɖ YS Congres, ɖs cd nt aplî t ɖ YC parḷmnt.

Dīṿluśn śd b gvn paṛmǎnt importns in ic̣nomic dveḷpmnt. Ɖ YC z biyñ hld bac bî its form v guvnmnt, sntrd on Ẃîthōl n Wsminstr. Ɖz cntrol arnd 95% v ɖ YC’z taxreṿny n 75% v ɖ YC’z public spendñ – a far hayr consntreśn v fiscl pǎr ɖn in eni cmpaṛbl cuntri. Ɖ rzult v ɖs hz mnt ic̣nomic groʈ n pṛspeṛti consntretd in Lundn n ɖ sǎʈ-īst v Ñgḷnd. Mr Brǎn z rît ɖt ɖ YC hz bcm “ɖ most sntṛlîzd cuntri in Yṛp. Tù mni dsiźnz afctñ tù mni ppl r md bî tù fy.”

Rījnl iniqoḷti z a blît. Mr Brǎn’z rport pônts ǎt ɖt ɖ Midḷndz n ɖ norʈ v Ñgḷnd r sìn t ofr a lowr qoḷti v lîf ɖn Aḷbama – wn v ɖ purist YS stets. Cnsiḍrñ GDP p’ capita, haf ɖ YC popyleśn livz in eriaz no wlʈịr ɖn ɖ purr parts v ɖ formr Īst Jrṃni. It z hardli s’prîzñ ɖt trust in MPz n sntṛl guvnmnt dclînz ɖ frɖr awe cḿṇtiz r fṛm Wsminstr n Ẃîthōl.

Ɖ dlema fr Mr Brǎn’z ajnda z hǎ t dīl wɖ ilectd rījnl poḷtiśnz hu r îdịlojicli opozd t hiz instñts. Hiz pṛpozd s’lūśn z ɖt a ny consttyśn śd gaṛnti ny sośl rîts sć az axes t hlʈcer on ɖ besis v nīd, nt profit acrs ɖ YC. Ɖ ʈret z riyl. NHS trītmnt z pṛvîdd fri, bt ɖr z nʈñ t hindr ministrz in Lundn, Ednbra, Cardif or Belfast pṛmotñ lejsleśn t ćenj ɖt. In rtrn fr YC-wîd sefgardz, Mr Brǎn wd consttyśṇli pṛtct Scotiś n Wlś dīṿluśn, ẃć at ɖ momnt cn b rvrst bî a parḷmntri mjoṛti.

Ɖ stet plez an instṛmntl rǒl in śepñ ɖ icoṇmi. Covid-19 hlpt xplod ɖ arğmnt agnst dīṿluśn ɖt sntṛl guvnmnt z mor compitnt ɖn its locl vrśn. Ñgliś caunslz’ tst-n-tres scīmz in ɖ pandemic wr mć betr valy fr muni ɖn ɖ feld sntṛl scīm. Mr Brǎn’z ces fr rībildñ trust aftr Boris Jonsn’z trnzgreśnz agnst istabliśt p’liticl cnvnśnz z wel md. Brexit hz nt léd t votrz tecñ bac cntrol bt rɖr pmitd a pǎrgrab bî ɖ xektiv.

Sr Cir hz welcmd ɖ last Lebr prîm̦inistr’z rport, bt its apil me wen f h winz pǎr. Ɖt wd b a mstec. Ɖr z a cnsnss, Mr Brǎn nots, ɖt Britn z hedñ in ɖ roñ d’rex́n, n radicl ćenj z nīdd in hǎ muni n pǎr wrcs hir. Pasñ p on ɖ oṗtyṇti t rît ɖ cuntri wd b a historic mstec.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

In Ñspel: Brexit has made Britain the sick man of Europe again

Rishi Sunak at the G20 summit this month. Of the G20 economies, only Russia’s is expected to perform worse than the UK’s. Photograph: Reuters
Riśi Sūnac at ɖ G20 sumit ɖs munʈ. V ɖ G20 icoṇmiz, onli Ruśa’z z xpctd t pform wrs ɖn ɖ YC’z. Foṭgraf: Rôtrz

Brexit hz md Britn ɖ sic man v Yṛp agn

(Transcription of a Guardian article of 27 Nov. 2022)

Ɖ YY dd wundrz fr ɖ icoṇmi: ɖt wz ẃ w jônd. Ǎr dparćr fṛm it z nǎ ol tù obvịsli costñ s ɖt pṛspeṛti

William Keegan
Wiłm Cīgn

Wiłm Cīgn, Súnde 27 Nvmbr 2022

Ẃn rīsntli asct on ɖ Tde program t sáit ćaptr n vrs on ɖ subjict v Brexit “oṗtyṇtiz” Mîcl Gov, ɖ secṛtri v stet fr ol sīznz, wz hoplisli ǎt v hiz depʈ.

Hvr, Gov míst a tric. Ẃt h śd hv sd, bt az a sînd-up Brexitr obvịsli cd nt, wz ɖt ɖ onli “oṗtyṇti” arîzñ fṛm Brexit wz t conduct a sạntific xperimnt t demnstret ɖt ɖ hol îdīa wz a mstec. Morovr, it wz a confidnstric on ɖ Britiś public, ɖ mjoṛti v hūm nǎ riylîz ɖt ɖe hv bn hd.

Az biznis n inḍstri strugl wɖ ɖ consiqnsz v impozñ sañśnz on ǎr abiḷti t tred wɖ ǎr larjist marcit, n sitiznz – noun t icoṇmists az “cnsymrz” – strugl wɖ ɖ hayr importprîsz impozd bî ɖ dvalyeśn rzultñ fṛm Brexit, ɖ poulz r pṛnǎnsñ ppl’z vrdict on Brexit wɖ a vnjns.

A rīsnt YGuv poul tlz s ɖt 56% v ppl ʈnc w wr roñ t līv ɖ YY n onli 32% ɖt w wr rît. Īvn 19% v ɖoz hu ǒn p t hvñ votd līv nǎ ʈnc ɖe wr roñ. Ɖ onli ej grūp cntenñ a mjoṛti stl in fevr v Brexit z ɖ ovr-65z – I hv t se ɖe r nt amñ ɖ ovr-65z I mslf bump intu, bt ɖr it z. N 88% v ɖoz hu votd Lebr in 2019 ʈnc līv wz ɖ roñ dsiźn. (Cir Starmr n śadoćanslr Rećl Rīvz plīz not!)

It z obvịs ɖt ɖ mor intelijnt membrz v ɖ Sūnac/Hunt cabiṇt hv got ɖ mesij fṛm ɖ CBI n elsẃr ɖt w nīd, fr ɖ sec v ǎr icoṇmi n ɖ jenṛl welfér, t rījôn ɖ sngl marcit. Bt ɖs z ɖ luv ɖt der nt spīc its nem, īvn ɖo it apirz ɖt attydz twdz iṃgreśn – fri muvmnt! – hv ćenjd sins 2016, ẃn ɖ igrījs Boris Jonsn, himslf v Trciś ansstri, f’mntd anti-imigṛnt fīlñ wɖ nonsns abt an iminnt flud v Trciś imigṛnts.

Sūnac hz pict p ɖ mesij ɖt ɖ comḅneśn v Brexit n ɖ ceos in ɖ Cnsrṿtiv n Brexit parti hz léd foṛn obzrvrz t cnclud ɖt Britn z sncñ fast. Acordñ t ɖ Orġnîześn fr Ic̣nomic Cooṗreśn n Dveḷpmnt, v ɖ grūp v 20 līdñ icoṇmiz, onli Ruśa z pformñ wrs ɖn ɖ YC. Yes, w wr noun az ɖ “sic man v Yṛp” untl w jônd ɖ Yṛpiyn Yńn n – ges ẃt? – w hv left ɖ YY n hv rgend ɖt dybịs steṭs.

Membrśp v ɖ YY dd gret ʈñz fr ɖs cuntri. Bʈ Lebr n Cnsrṿtiv guvnmnts fòt ɖer cornr n, on ɖ hol, got ẃt ɖe wontd. Marġrit Ʈaćr n hr rît-hand ngośietr Lord Cǒfīld pleid a blîndr in ɖ setñ p v ɖ sngl marcit, n Jon Mejr aćivd wundrz at Maastricht wɖ ɖ YC’z opt-ǎt fṛm ɖ sngl cuṛnsi. Az fr rîtwñ cnsrnz abt “evr closr” yńn, ɖe wr dyli aswejd. In esns, ẃt ɖoz ol tù influenśl līvrz aćivd wz a hol̦i uņesṣri Brexit ɖt śot ɖ icoṇmi in ɖ ft.

Ɖ Ofis fr Bujit Rsponsbiḷti calklets ɖ kḿḷtiv damij v Brexit wl b inuf t noc 4% evri yir of ǎr ptnśl GDP. Az Mîcl Sōndrz, a formr membr v ɖ Banc v Ñgḷnd’z munitri-poḷsi cmiti, hz sd: “Ɖ nīd fr taxrîzz [n] spendñcuts wd’nt b ɖr f Brexit hd’nt rdyst ɖ icoṇmi’z ptnśl ǎtpt so mć.” N ɖ Fînanśl Tîmz rīsntli rportd ɖt mni v ɖ asetmanijrz hūm Sūnac n Hunt wr trayñ t paṣfî aftr ɖ Trus-Qarteñ fiasco wr cnsrnd abt ɖ denjrz v oṿdwñ osteṛti!

It wz a formr Treẓ́ri prṃnnt secṛtri, Lord Crowm, hu obzrvd t ɖ historịn Lord Heṇsi n m wns: “Ẃt matrz z nt baḷnsñ ɖ bujit bt baḷnsñ ɖ icoṇmi.” Yt, wɖ ɖ rīsnt bujit n ɖ ćanslr’z “śoc n horr” tōc, w sīm t b bac t ɖ ira v sedomuniṭrizm. W r srtnli a loñ we fṛm baḷnsñ ɖ icoṇmi.

Ɖ icoṇmist Jim Bōl yst t se h wz sspiśs v ɖ OBE – nt ɖ Ordr v ɖ Britiś Empîr, bt ɖ ppl hu gv y Wn Big Xpḷneśn.

Fr ɖs guvnmnt, ɖ WBX fr ǎr ic̣nomic trublz wz frst Covid, ɖen Ycren. I am nt seyñ Brexit z ɖ cōz v ol ǎr probḷmz bt – mî gdnis! – it hz magṇfaid ɖm. Wɖ dy rspct t ɖ meṃri v ɖ lêt Pṛf. Bōl, I śd lîc t noṃnet Brexit az ɖ Wn Big Xpḷneśn fr ẃ ɖs icoṇmi z fẹrñ so mć wrs ɖn ɖ rest v ɖ G20.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Sunak v Starmer: time to get real

‘Not only did Mr Sunak have his guard up, he’d brought his own parries.’ The prime minister, Rishi Sunak, during prime minister’s questions. Photograph: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA
‘Nt onli dd Mr Sŭnac hv hiz gard p, h’d bròt hiz ǒn pariz.’ Ɖ prîm̦inistr, Riśi Sŭnac, jrñ prîm̦inistr’z qsćnz. Foṭgraf: YC Parḷmnt/Jesica Teilr/PA

Ɖ Gardịn vy on Sŭnac v. Starmr: tîm t gt riyl

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 26 October 2022)

It’s ɖ ic̣nomic crîsis, stypid. N nɖr ɖ Tōriz nr Lebr r priperd

Wnzde 26 Octobr 2022

Fget Tîsn Fyri n Dionte Wîldr – Wsminstr z brêst fr its ǒn epic bǎt: “wird gai” vrss “sntrist dad”. At līst, ɖt z hǎ advîzrz t Sr Cir Starmr wd lîc it fremd: ɖ sūṗwlʈi n prīṭnaćṛli yuñ ny prîm̦inistr vrss ɖer rlaybli grounup līdr.

F Wnzde’z prîm̦inistr’z qsćnz z eni gîd, Lebr ministrz wl nīd t dīpn n brōdn ɖer atac. It’s nt ɖt ɖe lac fr mtirịl, srvd p in a rlaybli adult manr bî ɖ līdr v ɖ opziśn. Fṛm Riśi Sŭnac’z non-Dóm wîf t hiz ri’pôntmnt v Suela Braṿmn t ɖ vri ofis ś qit in dsgres jst last wīc, ol wz preznt n c’rect. Wn cn si in ɖs ɖ jrm v ɖs wintr’z p’liticl dbet – n ɖ tū big probḷmz wɖ it.

Nt onli dd Mr Sŭnac hv hiz gard p, h’d bròt hiz ǒn pariz. In ɖ ny prîm̦inistr’z vy, hiz rîvl z a norʈ Lundn rmenr hu wrśps Jeṛmi Corbin. Misñ fṛm ɖs tîrd dñ-doñ btwn Sr F’renzic n a rìdi, dwībi unḍstudi v Boris Jonsn wz ɖ fact ɖt ɖ vast mjoṛti v votrz r suḟrñ a viśs sqīz on ɖer livñstanddz.

Mnẃl, pubz n ćrćz r setñ ɖmslvz p az worm hubz, so ɖt ppl hu c’nt aford t hīt ɖer homz d nt frīz ɖs wintr. Hospitlz in Lstr hv startd fūdbancs fr ɖer ǒn wrcrz. Nt onli dz ɖ parḷmntri panṭmîm rñ ptiklrli holo in ɖs brūtl wintr, bt ɖ post-2020 dnamic v Lebr compitns agnst Cnsrṿtiv culćrwor z ovr. T rīhaś an old rūl v poḷtics: it’s ɖ ic̣nomic crîsis, stypid. N nɖr Mr Sŭnac nr Sr Cir z priperd.

In fernis t ɖ ny prîm̦inistr, h hz got wn ʈñ rît. Bî ptñ of ɖ nxt bujit untl mid-Nvmbr, h hz gvn hiz guvnmnt briɖñ n ʈncñ spes t mc mor sirịs fiscl planz. Ɖ bad nyz z h planz anɖr dzastṛs rǎnd v osteṛti. Wnzde’z most telñ ćalinj cem fṛm ɖ SNP’z līdr at Wsminstr, Iyn Blacḟd, hu asct fr a gaṛnti ɖt beṇfits wd rîz in lîn wɖ infleśn – a gaṛnti ɖ prîm̦inistr rfyzd t gv. Ɖs wl drîv t desttyśn sm v ɖ lǒist-peid Brítnz, az rec̣gnîzd bî a Tori ćanslr hu jst a fy munʈs bac swòr beṇfits wd b linct t infleśn. Ɖt ćanslr wz nn uɖr ɖn Mr Sŭnac.

Ɖ odz-on feṿrit t b ɖ nxt prîm̦inistr z v cors Sr Cir, n it z naćṛl ɖt h wl b asct mor n mor ẃt h wd d difṛntli. So far, ɖ onist ansr z: w d’nt nǒ. Lebr hz a £28bn-a-yir grīn-invstmnt pacij n a plej t scrap ɖ non-Dóm tax lūphoul. Bt it nīdz t d mor on wlʈtaxz, n it śd argy ɖt spendñcuts amd a rseśn r madnis. Far betr t pṛtct beṇfits n public srvnts’ wejz, n t le ǎt planz t gro ɖ icoṇmi. Gvn hǎ fast fūdprîsz r rîzñ, it śd olso gaṛnti mīlz fr scūlćildṛn – in n ǎt v trm.

Oṗziśnz d’nt win ilex́nz, it z ofn sd; guvnmnts lūz ɖm. Fṛm Boris Jonsn t Liz Trus, ʈru partiz n lobiyñ scandlz n fūlhardi bujits, ɖs guvnmnt hz dn its levl bst t lūz ɖ nxt ilex́n. Nǎ it’s p t Lebr t pruv ẃ it śd win.

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Fṛm ɖ Gardịn: Labour must be bold and strike the killer blow – or the Tories will rise again

‘There needs to be an offering not just for those sick of the Tories.’ L to R, Rachel Reeves, Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner during prime minister’s questions. Photograph: Jessica Taylor/UK Parliament/AFP/Getty Images
‘Ɖr nīdz t b an oḟrñ nt jst fr ɖoz sic v ɖ Tōriz.’ L t R, Rećl Rīvz, Cir Starmr n Anɉla Rênr jrñ prîm̦inistr’z qsćnz. Foṭgraf: Jesica Teilr/YC Parḷmnt/AFP/Geti Iṃjz

Lebr mst b bold n strîc ɖ cilrblo – or ɖ Tōriz wl rîz agn

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 9 October 2022)

A rer oṗtyṇti hz imrjd t pin ǎr mni crîsīz nt jst on ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti, bt ɖ intîr cnsrṿtiv îdioḷji

Nesrine Malik

Nesrīn Malic, Súnde 9 Octobr 2022

Fîṇli, an ax́n-páct episod v Britiś poḷtics hz drwn t a cloz. It startd rufli at ɖ tîm v Riśi Sŭnac n Sajid Javid’z reẓgneśnz in rli Jlî, foloud bî Boris Jonsn’z reẓgneśn, a Tori līdrśp rês, a ny prîm̦inistr, a sêizmic minibujit, strlñ tancñ, a confidnt pformns bî ɖ Lebr parti n inevitbli a guvnmnt U-trn. Ɖ ǎtcm hz bn a dṛmatic śift in ɖ poulz twd Lebr. It wl b tū yirz bfr Brítnz cn xpres ɖer vyz in a jenṛl ilex́n, so a qsćn hañz in ɖ er – ẃt nǎ?

In ɖ îz v pṛgresivz ɖ ansr z clir: Lebr winz, v cors, n ɖ Tōriz hed intu cold xîl. Xpcteśn hz morft intu fact n nǎ okpîz ɖ spes btwn ɖ preznt n fyćr. Bt f a wīc z a loñ tîm in poḷtics, ɖen tū yirz z sevṛl lîftîmz. Ɖr z a risc ɖt, in ɖs momnt v oṗtyṇti, Lebr misz ǎt on mcñ ɖ sort v sstemic ćalinj ɖt cd, ɖt śd, snd ɖs c’lamiṭs Tori parti intu oblivịn, n nt mirli intu a cornr t rīgrūp.

Ɖr r hints ɖt ɖ Lebr parti z bginñ t riylîz ɖt it cn no longr cǎnt intîrli on biyñ popylr bî dfōlt. Ɖt ɖr nīdz t b an oḟrñ nt jst fr ɖoz sic v ɖ Tōriz bt olso ɖoz trnd of bî ɖ lac v śarp, mīnñfl contrast btwn ɖ tū. Īvn sm v ɖ most dis’fctd n ełnetd membrz fṛm ɖ left v ɖ parti I spouc t aftr ɖ Lebr confṛns sīmd xîtd n hartnd bî ɖ ny poḷsiz pṛpozd, ptiklrli ɖt v a Gret Britiś Eṇji cumṗni ǒnd bî ɖ public. Bt ɖs z stl nt inuf v a ny viźn t capćr ɖ neśn’z c’lectiv imaɉneśn. N ɖt z bcz ɖr hz nt bn inuf v a rec̣nñ wɖ ɖ oṛjin v ɖ dzastrz ɖt hv bfōḷn ɖ cuntri ovr ɖ past ʈri decedz – v ẃć Brexit n ɖ cuntri’z unpriperidnis fr Covid r nt eṗsodz, bt simtmz.

Ɖ parti’z straṭji z t fix ẃt ɖ Tōriz hv run dǎn, bt axpt ɖ arenjmnts n prizrv ɖ infṛstrucćr in ẃć ɖt dclîn hz ocŕd. It z a badli tîmd tmidti; in riaḷti, ẃt z nīdd z ɖ ijx́n v ɖ prîṿt sectr intîrli fṛm eni relm ɖt pṛvîdz besic nīdz sć az śltr, cer fr oldr ppl, ɖ eṇji w nīd t cīp worm n cc ǎr fūd. Nt, az Lebr’z depyti līdr, Anɉla Rênr, pṛpozd, mirli mcñ śr ɖt public contracts r wel x’ktd, az f ɖ Lebr parti wr pićñ itslf az a betr srvispṛvîdr t a Britiś sitizn hu z abv ol els a custmr.

Ɖ parti foc̣sz, telñli, on xpandñ hom ǒnrśp rɖr ɖn sośl hǎzñ. Ɖ neśn z a marcitples, wn ɖt Lebr wl fines t betr srv its claynt, ɖ dzrvñ “wrcñ ppl” – a caṭgri ɖt z xcluźnri at bst, n sinistr at wrst: pśñ ǎt ɖoz hu wrc unpeid or r unebl t wrc dy t sicnis, cẹrñ or ej. Lebr’z targit z a clas ɖt z wɖn snifñdistns v a morgij, wɖ a reğlr incm, rɖr ɖn ɖoz in gig implômnt, or lîfloñ prîṿt n sośl hǎzñ rentrz. A d’rect lîn lincs ɖs priceriat t Starmr’z strongist rīsnt ʈīm – ɖt v a rić huz wlʈ ɖ Tōriz r akzd v pṛtctñ. Agn, Lebr hz míst a tric; ɖ qsćn òt nt t b hǎ t tax ɖm aproprịtli, bt ẃ ɖe wr ebl t akḿlet so mć wlʈ.

On iṃgreśn n culćr, ɖ parti’z top lînz n poḷsi lc nt onli lîc bad poḷtics, bt olso pur straṭji. F yr criṭsizm v Tori iṃgreśnpoḷsi z ɖt it z nt dportñ ppl ifiśntli inuf, az ɖ śadoćanslr, Rećl Rīvz, argyd last wīc, ɖen ɖ rît wl ʈanc y fr prîmñ votrz fr ɖer evr-mor pôzṇs n pyṇtiv poḷsiz. F yr petrịtizm z gwñ t b xclūsiv n yoct t Britn’z insttyśnz v oʈoṛti n lw n ordr – ɖ armd forsz, ɖ p’līs, ɖ royl faṃli – ɖ picćr v ɖt cuntri z olwz gwñ t b pentd mor vividli bî ɖ rît.

Cnvnśnl sntrgrǎnd wizdm z ɖt mcñ tù mni îdịlojicl muvz wl scer votrz huz unḍstandñ v poḷsi z mīdietd mnli ʈru a rîtwñ pres. Betr t brñ ɖm alñ jntli n ɖen tec of ɖ masc ẃn in pǎr. Yt wer ɖ masc fr loñ inuf n it īts intu ɖ fes.

Ɖ ǎtcm z a parti cnstrictd in ɖ oltrṇtivz it cn pṛvîd. Ɖ riyl risc z felñ t imbarc on an ic̣nomic n culćṛl rīśepñ v ɖ cuntri ẃn ɖ grǎnd z frtîl. Ɖ steṭs qo, az dfndd bî ɖoz wɖ a vstd inṭrest in it, z simpli nt wrcñ. Ɖ YC nīdz t b gîdd awe nt jst fṛm ɖ rît, bt fṛm its unḍraitrz; fṛm ɖ s’preṃsi v capitl n ɖ s’preṃsi v ɖ netiv, ɖrfr enśurñ ɖt ɖ Cnsrṿtivz r no longr ɖ parti ɖt bst rflects ɖ cuntri. Ɖt involvz an antagnizm wɖ ɖ Siti, ɖ pres n, yes, wɖ parts v ɖ ilectṛt.

Ɖ denjr z nt in dwñ tù mć, bt dwñ tù litl. T yz a frêz ɖt ɖ ny parti v fiscl rsponsbiḷti śd aprīśiet, ɖ Lebr parti z līvñ muni on ɖ tebl. Ɖ sort v spnteńs grasrūts orġnîzñ w hv sìn arnd ɖ cost v livñ, Covid n refyjī crîsīz śoz a neśn ɖt ǎtṗformz its p’liticl ǎtcumz.

Ɖr z a votrcọliśn ɖt cn b crietd, nt mirli totd p fṛm swñvotrz n ɖ rtrn v ɖ “red wōl”, bt v a dispṛt numbr v grūps n ejz arnd nośnz v soḷdaṛti n incluźn. Ɖs cọliśn wd mc p a mjoṛti, az larj n az galṿnîzd az ɖoz hu votd fr Brexit popylizm. “Ɖ prinsipl probḷm wɖ ɖ nośn v ilectbiḷti”, ɖ formr Gardịn coḷmnist Gari Yúñ wns obzrvd, z ɖt it “sjsts ɖ we ppl si ɖ wrld at eni gvn momnt canot b ćenjd ʈru arğmnt n actvizm n instd irects bordrz fr ẃt z pmisbl dscuśn.”

Az loñ az w ste wɖn ɖoz bordrz, darcnis lrcs, no matr ɖ poulz. I c’nt hlp bt ʈnc v ɖ film Fōḷn, in ẃć a fōḷn enjl pzesz ɖ bodiz v hymnz, muvñ ʈru ɖm t rīc haṿc on Rʈ. Confidnt in ɖ pǎr v its imortaḷti, ɖ spirit tōnts hymnz trayñ t vanqiś it bî sññ ɖ cōṛs t an Irma Toṃs soñ: “Tîm z on mî sîd, yes it z.” Ɖ forsz v ɖ Tori rît cn rzîd in ɖ bodi v Lebr, cn īvn drw eṇji fṛm it, unls ɖe r rjctd intîrli. Untl ɖen, tîm z on ɖer sîd, yes it z.

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Fṛm ɖ Gardịn: Britain is slowly waking up to the truth: Brexit has left us poorer, adrift and alone

Illustration: Matt Kenyon
Iḷstreśn: Mát Céńn

Britn z slǒli wecñ p t ɖ truʈ: Brexit hz left s purr, adrift n alon

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 9 October 2022)

Nǎ Boris Jonsn’z gn, ol bt ɖ most hardnd v līvrz hv bn forst t si ʈru ɖoz rozi viźnz v lîf ǎtsd ɖ YY

John Harris

Jon Haris, Súnde 9 Octobr 2022

Last wīc, hvñ ẃîld awe tū joys dez at ɖ Tōriz’ confṛns in Brmñm, I spent a loñ afṭnun an aur’z drîv awe, in ɖ cʈīdṛlsiti v Wŭstr. Ɖ plan wz t sampl ɖ mūd v ɖ cnd v ples wns cnsidrd t hold ɖ ci t Britiś ilex́nz: rmembr “Wŭstr wmn”, ɖ swñ-votñ sterịtîp tōct p in ɖ Ny Lebr yirz? Bt I wz olso ɖr t gaɖr mor evidns v hǎ mć ɖ YC’z cuṛnt woz r afctñ ɖ cnd v aṿrij-t-aflụnt plesz ɖt mt wns hv weɖrd eni ic̣nomic storm.

Nt intîrli s’prîzñli, ppl sd ɖe wr wurid n scerd. Sm tōct abt grounup ćildṛn sudnli teṛfaid ɖt a morgij z bynd ɖer rīć; uɖrz dscrîbd a ny n unseṭlñ habit v yzñ spẹrñ amǎnts v gas n ilectriṣti. Ɖ ōtm’z incrisñli ōfl mūdḿzic – fṛm tōc v cansld locl Crisṃs marcits t ɖ posbiḷti v ʈri-aur pǎrcuts – informd jst abt evri convseśn I hd.

Mnśn v poḷtics drù sm vri inṭrestñ rsponsz indd. “I jst mis Boris,” sd Jūli, hu wrcs at ɖ sitisntr branć v Būts, n tld m ś hd loñ sins got yst t convseśnz wɖ hr custmrz abt ɖ imposbiḷti v ɖer livñcosts. Az ś n a fy uɖr ppl sw it, Jonsn hd s’xesḟli manijd ɖ Covid vax̣neśnprogram, n bròt sm pizaz n hymr t ɖ borñ wrld v poḷtics, ẃć hd nǎ rvrtd t tîp. Ɖe olso vôst smʈñ I hv hŕd a fy tîmz lêtli: a b’lif ɖt h hd reprizntd ɖ last hop v Brexit smhǎ oṗnñ ɖ we t a hapịr n mor prospṛs cuntri, a drīm ɖt daid ẃn h left Dǎnñ Strīt.

Clirli, ɖt z a vri jenṛs opińn v a man hu tld jst az mni slf-srvñ lîz abt līvñ ɖ YY az h dd abt most uɖr ʈñz. At ɖ hart v sm linġrñ fondnis fr him, phps, z a lot v ppl’z rfyzl t admit hǎ mć ɖe wr dypt. Bt ɖt vy v lîf bfr n aftr Jonsn hîlîts smʈñ ɖt z nǎ seṭlñ amñ ol bt ɖ most hardnd Brexit s’portrz: a qayt, slîtli torćrd rịlîześn ɖt ol ɖoz opṭmistic viźnz v lîf ǎtsd ɖ YY r nt gwñ t mtirịlîz, īvn f ɖ crîsīz trigrd bî Vḷdīmir Pūtin ivnć̣li sbsîd.

Britiś ppl biyñ Britiś ppl, ɖs z nt yt a matr v eni wîdspred angr. Ɖo ɖe probbli òt t, nwn z abt t ćarj intu ɖ strīts n dmand eni cnd v Brexit rec̣nñ. Bt f y wont t unḍstand ɖ cuṛnt p’liticl momnt – n sm v ɖ rīznz ẃ ɖ Cnsrṿtivz hv so sudnli n spectaklrli implodd – hir z a strenjli oṿlct part v ɖ stori.

Huevr ppl blem fr ǎr cuṛnt pridic̣mnt, wn vivid fact z iniscepbl. Ɖ fyćr ɖt 17 miłn votrz bòt intu six yirz ago hz nǎ c’lapst intu its prisîs oṗzit. In ɖ sumr v 2016, let s nt fget, Jonsn, Mîcl Gove n ɖ formr Lebr MP Jsela Stywt jôntli pt ɖer nemz t an articl in ɖ Sún ẃć insistd ɖt wns Brexit hapnd, “ɖ NHS wl b strongr, clașîzz smōlr n taxz lowr. W’l hv mor muni t spend on ǎr prîoṛtiz, wejz wl b hayr n fylbilz wl b lowr.”

A yir lêtr, Jecb Rīs-Mog – hu stl sīmz t b trayñ t snif ǎt undiscuvrd “Brexit oṗtyṇtiz” – aśurd enwn hu wd lisn ɖt līvñ ɖ YY wd opn ɖ we t mć ćīpr fūd, n ɖrfr incris ppl’z dspoẓbl incm. Brexit z nt ɖ onli ʈñ ɖt hz rvild ɖ imposbiḷti v ɖoz drīmz, bt ɖt z nt qt ɖ pônt: mcñ proṃsz lîc ɖt wz bʈ stypid n denjṛs, n w r nǎ startñ t liv wɖ ɖ consiqnsz.

Fr Liz Trus n hr guvnmnt, post-Brexit poḷtics z pruvñ t b imposbl. Ɖe wont lîf ǎtsd ɖ YY t mīn Darwińn īc̣nomics, public-spendñ cuts n a smōlr welférstet – ẃć z nt ẃt miłnz v līv s’portrz ʈt ɖe wr votñ fr in ɖ 2016 reḟrendm, nr ẃt ɖ Tōriz ofrd in ɖ tū ilex́nz ɖt foloud. Mnẃl, trayñ t rigl ǎt v Brexit’s endlis cnstrents in psyt v groʈ ʈretnz t tî ɖ guvnmnt in nóts. Suela Breṿmn, a homsecṛtri hu imbodiz ol v modn Cnsrṿtizm’z nastinis n intṛvrśn, sz ś wonts t cut net mîgreśn t “tnz v ʈǎzndz”. Bt Dǎnñ Strīt hz bn sigṇlñ ɖt it wonts t libṛlîz ɖ YC’z iṃgreśnsistm, a muv ɖt wd defiṇtli snd a srtn cnd v Brexit votr intu paṛxizmz v fyri. Evrʈñ z a mes bcz ɖ lojic v Trus n hr alîz’ pziśn canot hold: az ɖ Brexit reṿluśn ɖt uptrnd Cnsrṿtiv poḷtics n bròt ɖm t pǎr unravlz, ɖ rīzn fr ɖer s’xes z olso a gaṛnti v ɖer fełr.

Gvn its loñstandñ rfyzl t qsćn ǎr xit fṛm ɖ YY, Cir Starmr’z Lebr parti fesz sm cmpaṛbl contṛdix́nz, bt sīmz t b tnttivli trayñ t fînd a we ʈru. Wn v ɖ most faṣnetñ momnts v ɖ past tū wīcs v p’liticl ʈiytr hapnd jrñ Starmr’z confṛnșpīć in Liṿpul, ẃn Starmr acć̣li mnśnd ɖ B wrd, n tnttivli tōct abt ẃt Brexit’s c’laṃtiz mīn fr ppl’z vy v poḷtics. Mni hu votd fr Brexit, h sd, dd so bcz ɖe wontd “deṃcratic cntrol ovr ɖer livz … oṗtyṇtiz fr ɖ nxt jeṇreśn, cḿṇtiz ɖe flt prǎd v, public srṿsz ɖe cd rlî on”. Ɖs wz a slîtli rouz-tintd rīdñ v rīsnt hisṭri, bt it jst abt rañ tru. H add: “Ẃɖr y votd līv or rmen, y’v bn let dǎn.” Hiz clem ɖt h wl smhǎ mc Brexit wrc stl sǎndz dīpli qsćṇbl, bt ɖs z a start: an acnolijmnt, at līst, v ɖ lîz n siṇsizm ɖt got s hir.

Ẃɖr mǎntñ dis’pôntmnt n rzntmnt wl simpli mīn a nīt swić fṛm ɖ Tōriz t Lebr z anɖr matr. Ɖ untruɖz Toni Bler tld abt ɖ Irac wor ivnć̣li pleid ɖer part in ɖ hyj crîsis v public trust ɖt léd on t Brexit, n ɖ endlis p’liticl flux ɖt foloud it. Nǎ, 2016’z dsits r biyñ rvild in an īvn mor toxic p’liticl invîrnmnt, awoś wɖ cnspiṛsiʈiyri n poḷrîześn. Enwn hu asymz ɖt a mūd v siṇsizm, fir n daśt hops wl pt poḷtics ɖ c’rect we p òt t mbi ʈnc abt rīsnt ivnts in Iṭli, Swīdn n Frans – n, closr t hom, ɖt instnt nstalja fr ɖ reclis, oʈoṛterịn stîl v līdrśp ɖt Jonsn cmbînd wɖ hiz mor śǒbiz aspects. Wns Trus z ǎt v ɖ we, ɖ ultiṃt Brexit paṛdox me yt mtirịlîz: a hrific būst fr ɖ vri cnd v poḷtics its fełr òt t hv cild ston ded.

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on the UK economy: sack Kwarteng, oust Truss

‘The prime minister and her chancellor are determined to impose a new economic orthodoxy on Britain.’ Photograph: Rory Arnold/No 10 Downing Street
‘Ɖ prîm̦inistr n hr ćanslr r dtrmind t impoz a ny ic̣nomic orʈ̇doxi on Britn.’ Foṭgraf: Rori Arnld/Nu 10 Dǎnñ Strīt

Ɖ Gardịn vy on ɖ YC icoṇmi: sac Qarteñ, ǎst Trus

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 29 September 2022)

Ɖ crîsis wz crietd bî ɖ ny guvnmnt. Bt ɖ Britiś ppl, nt ministrz, r peyñ ɖ prîs

Ʈrzde 29 Sptmbr 2022

Liz Trus n Qāzi Qarteñ r ɖ oʈrz v ɖ ic̣nomic crîsis nǎ baṭrñ Britn n its ppl. Ɖe alon dmandd ɖ taxcutñ mini-bujit ɖt hz trigrd ɖ wrst fînanśl instbiḷti t ʈretn ɖs cuntri sins 2008. Sins ɖe, n nwn els, ǒn ɖs growñ naśnl dzastr, ɖe alon mst tec rsponsbiḷti fr it. Ny poulz śowñ record Lebr līdz demnstret ɖ toxiṣti v ɖer ax́nz.

Ɖ prîm̦inistr n hr ćanslr r dtrmind t impoz a ny ic̣nomic orʈ̇doxi on Britn. Ɖe r ebl t d so bcz Cnsrṿtiv parti membrz hv impozd a doctṛner rîtwñ līdrśp on a cuntri ɖt hz nvr votd fr it, cmitd t a f’loṣfi v smōl guvnmnt ɖt prîoṛtîzz radicl dīreğleśn ovr gretr fernis, rījnl iqoḷti n besic ic̣nomic litṛsi. It z a poḷsi pṛfǎndli ǎt v tuć wɖ ɖ valyz n prîoṛtiz v ɖ neśn – jst 19% v ɖ public ʈnc ɖ minibujit z fer. Bt it z olso ǎt v harṃni wɖ ɖ mjoṛti ɖt votd fr Brexit in 2016 n hlpt ilect ɖ Jonsn guvnmnt in 2019. Mz Trus n Mr Qarteñ gv evri impreśn v nt cẹrñ. Ɖe sīm t ʈnc ɖe r clevr n uɖr ppl r stypid.

Mz Trus md it cristl-clir on Ʈrzde ɖt ś dz nt intnd t ćenj. Ɖs z in spît v a run on ɖ pǎnd, an imploźn in ɖ bondmarcit, a śarp tîṭnñ v ɖ morgijmarcit n a nir-deʈ̒ret t ɖ pnśnfundz on ẃć ordnri ppl dpnd fr ɖer sevñz. Ol v ɖz wr fōrsiybl. Bt ol hv nǎ hapnd, n me rcŕ. T plǎ ahd wɖ sć poḷsiz z nt mirli cruwl bt olso intnsli aṛgnt.

Fr ɖr z undǎtidli wrs t cm. Blūmbrg calkletd ʈri dez ago ɖt YC marcits hv lost $500bn sins Mz Trus bcem prîm̦inistr ɖs munʈ. Ɖoz numbrz r rîzñ. Snr or lêtr, ɖ Banc v Ñgḷnd wl rêz inṭrestrets sgnificntli. Ɖt wl crb dmand, nt būst it. Freś spendñcuts – fṛm a guvnmnt ɖt wz ilectd seyñ ɖt it wz nǎ tîm t invst proprli in ǎr fyćr – r srtn. So r beṇfitcuts fr cleṃnts n t pnśnz – ɖ latr in d’rect brīć v ɖ 2019 maṇfesto. Mz Trus n Mr Qarteñ cōzd ɖs probḷm, bt ɖ public r peyñ ɖ prîs fr it.

Olɖo ɖ prîm̦inistr n ɖ ćanslr se ɖe r dtrmind t oṿtrn Treẓ́ri orʈ̇doxi, ɖe hv qcli imbrest its instñt t cut spendñ. Ɖs hlps enśur ɖt Britn’z rseśn wl b longr n dīpr. Wejz wl fōl frɖr bhnd infleśn, n industrịl dspyts, nt jst in public srṿsz, r lîcli t gro. Eṇjiprîsz me hv bn capt, bt it wl b a riyli tuf wintr fr miłnz. Bizṇsz wl fold ɖt wd nt uɖ̇wz hv dn.

Mz Trus n Mr Qarteñ r nt jst roñ bt incompitnt. Ɖe sact ɖ hed v ɖ Treẓ́ri. Ɖe unḍmaind ɖ Banc v Ñgḷnd. Ɖe rfyzd t sbmit ɖer planz t ɖ indipndnt Ofis fr Bujit Rsponsbiḷti fōrcastrz. Ɖe anǎnst no plan t brñ ɖ public fînansz bac intu baḷns. N, hvñ spūct ɖ marcits olrdi, ɖe ɖen spūct ɖm agn bî hintñ ɖt īvn mor unfunded taxcuts r on ɖ we lêtr.

Ɖs cuntri hz rerli nīdd a jenṛl ilex́n n a ny guvnmnt mor rjntli ɖn it dz tde. Bfr ɖt, hvr, ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti itslf nīdz t grasp ɖ moṛl, ic̣nomic, sośl n p’liticl sirịsnis v ɖ cors on t ẃć it hz bn haijact. P’liticli, Mr Qarteñ z nǎ a ded man wōcñ. H śd g qcli. Az prîm̦inistr, Mz Trus me hañ on. Bt ɖ unfgiṿbl ivnts v ɖ past wīc mīn ɖt, fr hr tù, ɖ end z nî n ɖ dai z śrli cast.

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on the financial crisis: a meltdown made in Downing Street

‘The Bank of England’s emergency intervention in financial markets on Wednesday qualifies as a crisis.’ Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA
‘Ɖ Banc v Ñgḷnd’z imrjnsi inṭvnśn in fînanśl marcits on Wnzde qoḷfîz az a crîsis.’ Foṭgraf: Joṇʈn Brêdi/PA

Ɖ Gardịn vy on ɖ fînanśl crîsis: a meltdǎn md in Dǎnñ Strīt

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 28 September 2022)

Liz Trus’z frst big poḷsi hz bn śot dǎn bî fînanśl marcits – n hr ic̣nomic creḍbiḷti średd

Wnzde 28 Sptmbr 2022

Poḷtiśnz n jrṇlists scatr ɖ wrd “crîsis” lîc sōlt ovr hot ćips, bt evri nǎ n ɖen ɖ trm riyli aplîz. Ɖ Banc v Ñgḷnd’z imrjnsi inṭvnśn in fînanśl marcits on Wnzde qoḷfîz az a crîsis – fr ɖ Banc, ɖ guvnmnt n ɖ public. Ɖs z a crîsis md in Dǎnñ Strīt, n it z nt ovr yt.

Jst last Frîde, Qāzi Qarteñ unveild ẃt h rfyzd t cōl a mini-bujit. It dd in fact ranc az wn v ɖ most sgnificnt bujits in 50 yirz, wɖ £45bn in taxcuts. Ɖz gv’wez hd nt bn dmandd bî vast sweɖz v votrz. Mni bizṇsz n icoṇmists ʈt ɖm uņesṣri, īvn westfl. Ɖe cem aftr an eṇji-s’port pacij wrʈ £150bn ovr tū yirz, n ẃl ɖ YC z hvñ t boro evr mor muni t pe fr importd fyl, fūd n mańfacćrd gdz. Yt ɖ ćanslr hd nt priperd invstrz fr ol ɖs spendñ, hd dcrìd ɖ Ofis fr Bujit Rsponsbiḷti śd nt ćec hiz sumz, n olso pśt ǎt Tom Scolr, ɖ Treẓ́ri’z top sivl srvnt. Alñ wɖ Liz Trus, Mr Qarteñ hd spent munʈs dcrayñ ɖ Treẓ́ri’z “abc̣s īc̣nomics” n olso dmandñ a śec-up at ɖ Banc v Ñgḷnd.

Fest wɖ ol ɖs insttyśnl instbiḷti n slipśod poḷsi, marcits riactd increḍbli badli. Ɖ pǎnd hz c’lapst n bondmarcits hv ol bt frozn p. Ɖ fri-marcit ʈnctancs n mīdia ǎtrîdrz hu hlpt rait ɖ bujit nǎ lc les lîc ɖ xprts on capiṭlizm ɖe clemd t b, n mor lîc xtrimist cbalz on a difṛnt planit fṛm votrz n invstrz. Īvn ɖ IMF, nt noun fr its cnsrn wɖ îɖr groʈ or tac̣lñ iniqoḷti, leid intu ɖ ćanslr’z planz. Ɖ IMF z qt hapi t slap dǎn poḷsi mcrz in Izlaṃbad or Cgāli; it z yẓ́li rɖr mor srcmspect abt criṭsîzñ G7 cuntriz ɖt ranc amñ its mejr śerholdrz. Six yirz n ʈri prîm̦inistrz on fṛm ɖ Brexit vot, ɖ YC lcs vri îṣletd on ɖ wrldstej. Ɖ guvnmnt ɖt ʈt it cd rip p ɖ Norɖn Îrḷnd proṭcol n rneg on ol manr v inṭnaśnl dīlz hz bn rwordd wɖ ɖ cold śoldr bî ŕstẃl alîz hu mt uɖ̇wz ofr s’port.

On Wnzde ɖ Banc guvnr, Andru Beili, wz forst t step in, bayñ loñ-trm guvnmntbondz in ordr t sev Mr Qarteñ fṛm hiz ǒn mes. Ɖs wl nt b a wn-of reskmiśn bt an intîr program v dêli prć̣sz lastñ untl mid-Octobr. Bondtredrz injoid a wn-we bet fr ɖ past wīc in selñ gílts. Ɖe nǎ hv a wn-we bet fr a fortnît in bayñ ɖm. A nîs biznis t b in. Bt fr ɖ Banc ɖs z a hyj mes. It wontd t rvrs qontittiv īzñ, nǎ it z dwñ sm mor. It pland t incris rets, nǎ it z undr preśr t jac ɖm p vri sn. Mr Beili apaṛntli b’livz h cn cari on az norml n mc hiz nxt ret dsiźn wɖ colīgz az scejld in Nvmbr. Ɖs no longr lcs plōzibl.

Fr Mr Qarteñ n Mz Trus, ɖs z an unmiṭgetd dzastr. Ɖer frst mejr poḷsi hz bn śot dǎn bî fînanśl marcits, ɖer clemz t ic̣nomic compitns średd. Nʈñ ɖ Lebr līdr, Cir Starmr, cd se wd d az mć fr hiz poulretñz az ɖ public yslisnis v ɖz tū. Bt, sadli, īvn f ɖ Banc’s mnuṿrñ wrcs, ɖ consiqnsz wl b flt mć mor wîdli, in hayr morgijbilz n importprîsz. N ɖ guvnmnt z olrdi hintñ at sgnificnt spendñcuts. T d so wd b a contṛvnśn v ɖ Cnsrṿtivz’ 2019 maṇfesto, ẃć md hyj spendñproṃsz on hospitlz, p’līs n scūlz. It wd olso frɖr irod public srṿsz n a public relm olrdi in denjṛsli il hlʈ.

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Keir Starmer’s speech: starting to stand for something

Sir Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech at the Labour party conference in Liverpool. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA
Sr Cir Starmr dlivrz hiz cīnot spīć at ɖ Lebr parti confṛns in Liṿpul. Foṭgraf: Adm Vōn/YPA

Ɖ Gardịn vy on Cir Starmr’z spīć: startñ t stand fr smʈñ

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 27 September 2022)

Ɖ Tōriz hv crietd a dīpli unīql cuntri wɖ felñ srṿsz. Ɖ Lebr līdr’z confṛns’dres set ǎt a viźn v a difṛnt stet

Tyzde 27 Sptmbr 2022

Sr Cir Starmr’z confṛnșpīć in Liṿpul wz hiz frst az līdr t b emd sqerli at votrz rɖr ɖn partideḷgets. H hz spent mć v ɖ last tū yirz ruʈlisli tîṭnñ hiz grip ovr ɖ parti mśīn. Ɖs wīc h sìld hiz vicṭri ovr hiz intrnl oponnts bî drepñ ɖ yńn jac ovr ɖ stej n gtñ hiz parti t sñ ɖ naśnl anʈm. Sr Cir’z ax́nz wr nt a rpydieśn v ɖ parti’z inṭnaśṇlizm, bt an imbres v ɖ neśn so it cn b rīcast in a “fẹrr, grīnr” we.

H dd tec a swîp at hiz left-wñ critics, seyñ Lebr nǎ pt “cuntri frst, parti secnd”. Bt h trênd hiz gunz on ɖ Tōriz, akzñ ɖm v ptñ slf-inṭrest bfr neśn. H argyd ɖt Britn dz nt hv t b, az ɖ Tōriz hv md it, a dīpli unīql cuntri wɖ a stet ɖt canot pṛvîd besic srṿsz. Ɖ guvnmnt’s ic̣nomic inepttyd riscs hayr infleśn n scîroc̣tñ inṭrestrets. Sr Cir spouc v a wmn telñ him: “I d’nt jst wont t svîv; I wont t liv” – wrdz ɖt wl reẓnet wɖ mni votrz hu fīl ɖe hv wrct hard bt got nʈñ in rtrn.

Lebr’z welcm mesij wz ɖt ɖ guvnmnt rmenz an indispnsbl actr in ptñ ʈñz rît. Sr Cir’z anaḷsis z ɖt hu cntrolz ɖ naśnl icoṇmi, n t ẃt end, z importnt. Lîc anɖr Lebr līdr – Haṛld Wilsn – campenñ olmst 60 yirz ago t win pǎr aftr a deced in ɖ wilḍnis, Sr Cir plejd t rīforj ɖ cuntri. Ẃr-az Wilsn yzd ɖ “ẃît hīt” v ɖ sạntific reṿluśn, tde Lebr wonts Britn t bcm a “grīn-groʈ sūṗpǎr”. At ɖ hart v ɖ plan z a stet-ǒnd cumṗni, “Gret Britiś Eṇji”, ɖt wd criet 1m ny jobz. Hiz rfreśñ arğmnt, hond bî hiz colīg Ed Miḷband, z ɖt ɖ stet cn dplô rnywbl eṇji qcr – n capćr mor v its beṇfits – ɖn f ɖ job wz left t foṛn stet-ǒnd enttiz n prîṿt-eqti actrz.

Sr Cir rápt hiz poḷtics in ɖ flag fr a rīzn: t cōl ǎt prîṿt inṭrests ɖt ɖ Tōriz hv fevrd, bt ẃć unḍmain naśnl cḿṇti. Lebr hz set a targit v rezñ homǒnrśp t 70% wɖ “a ny set v p’liticl ćôsz” ɖt wd stop landlordz n landspekletrz goḅlñ p ny hǎzñstoc. Sr Cir tućt on iniqoḷti, hîlîtñ ɖ rǒl ɖ Siti plez bî rêsñ ahd ẃl “ɖ rest v ɖ cuntri stagnets”. Ɖ Lebr līdr z no popylist, bt in emḟsîzñ ɖ neśn h fōrgrǎndz a poḷtics v ɖ mni agnst ɖ fy.

Ɖr z a denjr ɖt Lebr fōlz intu ɖ trap v riax́nri naśṇlizm. Ẃl ptñ ɖ îdīa v Britn at ɖ sntr v poḷtics mt apil t votrz – ispeṣ́li oldr wnz – in Ñgḷnd, it hz les pl in Scotḷnd. Sr Cir nīdz a consttyśnl ansr t ɖs cnundṛm; bt hiz spīć dd nt ofr wn. Līvñ ɖ YY wz an act v slf-harm bt h ʈncs ɖr’z no we bac. Brexitrz dres p pro-gloḅlîześn poḷsiz in naśṇlist cloɖz. Ɖ Lebr līdr plenli fīlz h hz litl ćôs bt t ofr a Lebr Brexit – v betr wrc, hayr wejz, n a modn NHS – az an oltrṇtiv t ɖ Tori wn.

Gvn ɖ inṭvnśnz bî ɖ stet sins ɖ pandemic, wn mt hv hopt h wd rstor public srṿsz at līst t ɖer pri-2010 formz. Unforćṇtli fr Britn, ɖ Lebr līdr sd hiz “sǎnd fînans” planz mnt h cd nt fix ɖ fełrz v a deced eni tîm sn. Lebr, it sīmz, c’nt jst b ɖ parti v ɖ larjr stet. It hz t b ɖ parti v a difṛnt stet. Sr Cir z startñ t stand fr smʈñ. Sm wd lîc him t b boldr. Bt hiz spīć wz gd nyz fr ɖ cuntri in wn importnt we: Sr Cir hz a betr grip on ɖ preznt ɖn ɖoz h sīcs t rples.

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Fṛm ɖ Gardịn: Truss is on an economic rampage with no mandate – so why is Starmer resisting electoral reform?

‘The Daily Mail gravely warns that “scrapping first-past-the-post could put the Tories out of power for a generation”.’ Keir Starmer and Liz Truss. Composite: Getty Images
‘Ɖ Dêli Meil grevli wornz ɖt “scrapñ frst-past-ɖ-post cd pt ɖ Tōriz ǎt v pǎr fr a jeṇreśn”.’ Cir Starmr n Liz Trus. Comṗzit: Geti Iṃjz

Trus z on an ic̣nomic rampej wɖ no mandet – so ẃ z Starmr rzistñ ilectṛl rform?

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 25 September 2022)

Bérli enwn votd fr slaśt taxz, n fevrz śǎrd on ɖ rić. Yt ɖ Lebr līdrśp stl ʈncs a rigd votñsistm cn b yzd fr pṛgresiv endz

John Harris

Jon Haris, Súnde 25 Sptmbr 2022

Ʈancs t ɖ fībrîl stet v ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti, Wsminstr poḷtics sīmz t b loct intu ɖ tṛjectri v a rapidli dfletñ b’lūn. Poḷsiz n big îdīaz zūm intu ɖ fōrgrǎnd n jst az qcli rsid; miṇstirịl c’rirz rîz n fōl in onli a fy yirz. Ɖ onli constnts sīm t b a ppćl sns v crîsis n ɖ fīlñ ɖt, no matr hǎ bad it gts, Tori guvnmnt rmenz Britn’z dfōlt pziśn. Amd rseśn, mǎntñ poṿti n ɖ prospect v a strlñcrîsis, olmst nwn evr mnśnz a glẹrñ sistmfełr: ɖ fact ɖt w r rūtīnli guvnd bî ppl wɖ onli ɖ flimziist v ilectṛl mandets, f ɖe hv wn at ol.

Ɖ reḷvnt numbrz r starc. Ʈri yirz ago, Boris Jonsn léd ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti t a “landslîd” ilex́nvicṭri n 80-sīt Comnz mjoṛti wɖ ɖ s’port v 29% v ɖ ilectṛt. Az f h ɖen hd pǎr bynd eni rstrent, h set abt trayñ t le west t enʈñ ɖt got in hiz we. Ẃn hiz misrūl bcem tù mć īvn fr hiz ǒn parti, h wz rplest bî Liz Trus, swept intu ofis bî 82,000 Tori membrz, hu repriznt a tîtanic 0.3% v ol votrz.

Trus’z viźn v slaśt taxz, dīreğletd enṭprîz̦onz, an īvn mor unfetrd Siti V Lundn, n fevrz śǎrd on ɖ rić mt b mor chiṛnt ɖn hr prīdisesr’z flelñ oṗtynizm, bt bynd Tori parti membrz, hu votd fr it? Ʈri yirz ago, ɖ Cnsrṿtivz ofrd ɖ ilectṛt a viźn v a nyli activ stet n an unrilentñ foc̣s on ɖ YC’z ic̣nomic iniqoḷtiz n imbaḷnsz: t qot fṛm ɖer maṇfesto, “miłnz mor invstd evri wīc in sayns, scūlz, aprenṭśps n infṛstrucćr ẃl cntrolñ dét”. Bʈ ɖoz plejz r nǎ ded: ɖ îdīa v guvnmntspendñ rīśepñ ɖ icoṇmi hz bn sîdlînd bî dīreğleśn n taxcuts, n ɖ Tōriz r sudnli telñ s ɖt scîroc̣tñ public borowñ z nʈñ t wuri abt.

Ɖ impreśn v a jîgantic hanbreic trn z cnfrmd bî ɖ end v ɖ ban on fracñ – smʈñ ɖ Tori maṇfesto sd wd hapn onli f it wr pruvd t b sef. Ɖ hol unhinjd pacij ofrd bî Trus n hr guvnmnt śrli ćîmz wɖ an īvn smōlr mnoṛti v ɖ ilectṛt ɖn ɖ wn ɖt pt Jonsn in pǎr, bt sć z ɖ deṃcratic graṿti ɖt Cnsrṿtizm maṇjz t dfî: ilex́nz nǎ fīl lîc mir pōzz fr breʈ bfr ẃćvr Tori cbal z cuṛntli in ćarj gts on wɖ dwñ ẃtvr it wonts.

T stet ɖ blîndñli obvịs, ɖ votñsistm ɖt līdz t ɖz ǎtcumz z hoplisli brocn. Bcz ɖ Tōriz’ s’port z īvnli spred arnd nonŕbn Ñgḷnd, it tc arnd 38,000 vots t ilect a Cnsrṿtiv MP in 2019. Fr Lebr, huz s’port z incrisñli clustrd in sitiz, ɖ figr wz 51,000. Ɖ Lib Dems, mnẃl, got wn sīt fr evri 334,000 vots cast, ẃl ɖ Grīnz’ solitri MP, Caṛlîn Lūc̣s, sat atop a mǎntin v 865,000.

Clirli, frst-past-ɖ-post z ifctivli rigd. It z ɖ rīzn ẃ Tori guvnmnts cn stl lord it ovr Scotḷnd n Wêlz, n ɖrfr a ci factr in ɖ freyñ v ɖ YC (yńnists òt t olso b alarmd at hǎ mć ɖ sistm asists ɖ SNP, huz vots p’ MP r abt 26,000).

Morovr, ʈancs t parḷmntri ẃipñ, ɖ xistñ votñsistm opnz ɖ we fr abṣlut pǎr t b capćrd bî smōl Tori fax́nz, ẃl matrz v hyj naśnl importns r subɉgetd t intrnl batlz – ẃć z ɖ besic stori v ɖ last six yirz v p’liticl hisṭri, startñ wɖ Devid Camṛn’z stypid dsiźn t cōl ɖ Brexit reḟrendm.

Frst past ɖ post olso criets a msplest imij v ɖ public ɖt w tù ofn mstec fr riaḷti. Last wīc ɖ lêtist Britiś sośl-attydz srve rvild plenti v strîcñ fîndñz: in 2011, fr xampl, 42% v rspondnts sd ɖt iṃgreśn wz “bad fr ɖ icoṇmi”, bt ɖt figr hz sins fōḷn t 20%. Mor ɖn haf v s nǎ ʈnc it’s nt importnt t b born in Britn t b “trūli Britiś”, p fṛm 25% in 2013.

Most Britiś ppl tec a libṛl pziśn on qsćnz v sx́l orịnteśn n jndr îdntti, līvñ ɖoz hu ʈnc ɖt sć vyz “hv gn tù far” in a smōl mnoṛti. F poḷtics ofn sīmz t rvolv arnd ɖ îdīa ɖt a big ćunc v ɖ ilectṛt z soṣ́li cnsrṿtiv n fentli netivist, ɖ rîtẉd tilt v ɖ votñ sistm hz a lot t d wɖ it. Pt anɖr we, ɖr z a rīzn hardli enwn woćz GB Nyz.

N so t Lebr. Last wīc bròt līct dītelz v ɖ parti’z consttyśnl rvy, léd bî Gordn Brǎn, ẃć wl apaṛntli rec̣mnd rplesñ ɖ Hǎs v Lordz wɖ an ilectd senit, ny pǎrz fr ɖ YC’z dvolvd guvnmnts, n mor bsdz. Ɖz ʈñz wd hardli b unwelcm, bt ɖ ci elimnts v ɖs ptiklr stori r clir: ɖ absns v enʈñ in Brǎn’z rvy abt hǎ w ilect ɖ Comnz, n ɖ līc’s rɖr sspiśs tîmñ.

Poulñ sjsts ɖt 83% v Lebr membrz nǎ s’port ilectṛl rform. In ɖ bildup t its confṛns ɖs wīc, abt 140 cnstitẏnsipartiz hv sbmitd mośnz cōlñ fr xacli ɖt. Unls bacrūm fixz gt in ɖ we, a reẓluśn pṛpozñ a ny votñsistm śd b dbetd on Munde afṭnun.

Last yir, a cōl fr pṛporśnl repriznteśn wz dfitd ʈancs t ɖ big yńnz – bt Ynisn n Ynît hv sins śiftd ɖer pziśn, n ɖ ppl in ćarj v an umbreḷgrūp cōld Lebr fr a Ny Dmocṛsi sǎnd confidnt ɖt ɖs yir śd si ɖer sîd win. An unḍstandñ v ɖ cōzl linc btwn ǎr endlis naśnl crîsīz n ɖ we w ilect ǎr MPz sīmz t hv wrct its we intu ɖ parti’z c’lectiv soul, n sć big Lebr figrz az ɖ Wlś frst ministr, Marc Drêcḟd, n ɖ Gretr Manćestr mẹr, Andi Brnm, nǎ s’port Lebr’z rformrz.

Unforćṇtli, Cir Starmr n hiz alîz stl si ćenjñ ǎr sistmz v pǎr n poḷtics az an iṛtetñ dstrax́n, n r clirli teṛfaid ɖt eni convseśnz abt cọliśnz n partnrśps wl b a gift t ɖ Tōriz. So Brǎn’z rport wl b frenzidli tōct p, ẃl eni s’xesfl pro-PR mośn wl b ignord. Ɖ Lebr līdr hz olrdi prīemtivli rūld ǎt eni mnśn v votñ rform in ɖ parti’z nxt maṇfesto, a stans cupld wɖ hiz yźl insistns ɖt h wl nt b “dwñ eni dīlz gwñ intu ɖ ilex́n or cmñ ǎt v ɖ ilex́n”.

In uɖr wrdz: ǎr sistmz v pǎr cn b tncrd wɖ bt nt funḍmnṭli ćenjd. Sć z yt anɖr sriyl aspect v ǎr poḷtics: ɖ fact ɖt a parti ɖt nǎ sīmz oṿẃlmñli in fevr v clozñ Britn’z hyj deṃcratic gaps z stl léd bî ppl hu ʈnc ǎr brocn ilectṛl mśīṇri cn b yzd fr pṛgresiv endz.

Wɖ gd rīzn, ɖ Dêli Meil grevli wornz ɖt “scrapñ frst past ɖ post cd pt ɖ Tōriz ǎt v pǎr fr a jeṇreśn”, bt Lebr’z līdrśp sīmz t wont t ple bî ɖ yźl rūlz: jeḷsli gardñ ɖ parti’z custmri rǒl az Wsminstr’z runr-up, n hopñ ɖt it wl cari on gtñ its custmri trn in pǎr wns evri 15 or 20 yirz. Ɖr z a prîs t pe fr ɖt stubņis, n w r siyñ it mor vividli ɖn evr: unhinjd poḷtics n ɖ prospect v yt anɖr unrepriznttiv Tori clīc rīcñ haṿc.

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Fṛm ɖ Obzrvr │ Even Macron still hopes Brexit Britain will come to its senses

Keir Starmer in the Commons: Brexit is, or should be, an open goal for the opposition. Photograph: Jessica Taylor/PA
Cir Starmr in ɖ Comnz: Brexit z, or śd b, an opn gol fr ɖ opziśn. Foṭgraf: Jesica Teilr/PA

Īvn Macron stl hops Brexit Britn wl cm t its snsz

(Transcription of an Observer article of 28 November 2021)

Līvñ ɖ YY hz hd a teṛbl impact on ol partiz. W mst grasp ɖt it z a poḷsi ɖt canot b md t wrc

William Keegan

Wiłm Cīgn, Súnde 28 Nvmbr 2021

“Xcz m, sr, bt ẃ r y wẹrñ a popi? Rmembṛns De wz on Ʈrzde.” Ɖ spīcr wz a Spaniś jntlṃn. Ɖ sīn: ɖ brecfstrūm v a hotel in Valladolid, an aur’z trenrîd norʈ-wst v Mdrid, on Saṭde, ɖ 13ʈ v ɖs munʈ. I wz struġlñ wɖ ɖ tostr. Y nǒ hǎ it z ẃn wn arîvz at a slfsrvis brecfstrūm.

I rplaid ɖt I olwz wòr a popi untl Rmembṛns Súnde, ẃn ɖr wz ɖ tṛdiśnl Seṇtaf p’red in Lundn. “Ā,” h sd. “Fgiv m, bt ẃ on rʈ dd yr cuntri vot ɖ we it dd?”

It trnd ǎt ɖt mî inṭloktr wz a hisṭripṛfesr at Mdrid Yṇvrṣti. H pṛsidd t por hiz hart ǎt abt ɖ traɉdi v Brexit, n ɖ apōlñ impact it z hvñ on Britn’z rleśnz wɖ ɖ cuntriz ɖt Boris Jonsn rfŕz t – aftr ol ɖ ićnomic n dipḷmatic carnij hiz Brexitrz r inflictñ – az “ǎr Yṛpiyn partnrz.”

Viẓtñ Spen aftr olmst tū yirz v absns fṛm ɖ continnt wz an olmst yforic xpirịns. Yṛp! A fîn historic Spaniś siti, nn ɖ wrs fr biyñ reḷtivli uņoun – xpt, phps, fr its ftbōltīm – t ɖ Brits hu fevr ɖ Costa del Brexit. Ẃt a trīt t b rīviẓtñ ɖ Yṛpiyn Yńn w bcem part v undr mor inlîtnd Cnsrṿtiv līdrz ɖn ɖ preznt śǎr.

Tru, t vizit ǎr dōtr – hu tīćz Ñgliś in Valladolid – ɖr wz an ōfl lot v fṛstretñ Brexit byrocṛsi. Ɖs wz on top v ɖ tîrsm, f hoļi unḍstanḍbl, pepr, cmpytr n smartfon wrc nseṣtetd bî Covid pricōśnz. Bt ẃt a rlif it wz t si ɖt, unlîc in Jonsn’z Ñgḷnd, mascs wr biyñ wòrn evrẃr: sm cnx́n, śrli, wɖ ɖ lo Covid caźltiret in Spen.

I hd jst réd, in an inṭvy wɖ ɖ Ny Yṛpiyn, ɖt gret Yṛpiyn Ceniʈ Clārc obzrvñ ɖt undr Jonsn, huz Brexit-inflictd damij cn no longr b cnfyzd wɖ ɖ impact v Covid, “w r nǎ gtñ denjṛsli clos t ɖ ‘ilectd dictetrśp’ ɖt Lord Hêlśm, ɖ formr lord ćanslr, wornd s abt haf a snć̣ri ago”.

Bt ɖr z hop. Ɖ wd-bi dictetr z biyñ faund ǎt. I hv bn rīrīdñ Ánṭni Pǎl’z Dans t ɖ Ḿzic v Tîm. Ɖr z a gret pasij: “Hvr, lîc most untruswrɖi prsnz, Uncl Jîlz hd ɖ gift v inspîrñ confidns in a gret mni ppl wɖ hūm h cem in contact. Īvn ɖoz hu, t ɖer cost, hd noun him fr yirz, smtmz faund dificlti in esṭmetñ ɖ leñʈs t ẃć h cd cari hiz lac v rlạbiḷti – n indd śir inćpaṣti – in matrz v biznis.” Dz ɖs rmînd y v enwn?

Ɖ gd nyz z ɖt nt onli r hiz parḷmntri colīgz n ɖoz hŭdwnct “red wōl” votrz bginñ t rumbl Jonsn: it lcs az ɖo ɖ līdr v ɖ opziśn, Sr Cir Starmr, hz fîṇli dscuvrd, in ɖ spirit v hiz gret prīdisesr Haṛld Wilsn, ɖt riḍkl z a fîn dbetñtūl.

Amñ ɖ Jonsn apôntīz hu srtnli dzrv t b riḍkld z hiz so-cōld “ngośietr”, Devid Frost. Unforćṇtli, Starmr canot gt at him d’recli bcz Jonsn caṭpultd Frost intu ɖ Hǎs v Lordz. Bt I gaɖr Lord Adonis hz a gd g at him ɖr. Frost z on record bfr ɖ reḟrendm az pôntñ t ɖ cnsidṛbl advantjz v membrśp v ɖ custmzyńn n sngl marcit, ẃć h ɖen pt at p t 8% v GDP, or £1,500 a yir p’ prsn on aṿrij incm.

H śd hv stuc t hiz gunz n nt sold hiz soul t ɖ Brexit devl. Ẃć brñz s bac t Starmr, hu wz rît t opoz Brexit, n śd olso most srtnli hv stuc t hiz gunz. Ɖ dzastr v Brexit z an opn gol fr ɖ opziśn. It z no gd ispǎzñ a poḷsi v “mcñ Brexit wrc”. Ɖ fact v ɖ matr z ɖt Brexit z’nt wrcñ n canot wrc.

Dspt ol ɖ iṛteśn Brexit hz inflictd on ǎr partnrz in Yṛp, ɖe r awer ɖt ɖ snṣbl ʈñ fr s wd b t priper ɖ we bac, olbiit wɖ ǎr teil btwn ǎr legz. Ɖ cuntriz v Yṛp nǒ ɖt ɖe beṇfitd fṛm Britiś membrśp – nt līst fṛm ɖ sngl marcit ɖt ɖ YC ćampịnd bfr luzñ its snsz.

In hiz ny bc Yṛp Bynd ɖ Yro, Ćarlz Īnoc v St Anṭni’z Colij, Oxḟd, qots Imańl Macron az seyñ: “In a fy yirz’ tîm, ɖ YC wl b ebl t fînd its ples, f it wśz” in ɖ YY – a YY ɖt wd b “rīfoc̣st on uncompṛmîzñ valyz n an ifctiv marcit.”

Mnẃl, cn enwn tel m f ɖr z eni presidnt fr ɖs dgri v naśnl slfharm?

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