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In Ñspel │ The Observer view: Donald Trump deserves to face the full force of justice

Former US president Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference at Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., on 4 March 2023. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
Formr YS prezidnt Doṇld Trump spīcs at ɖ Cnsrṿtiv P’liticl-Ax́n Confṛns at Gêlord Naśnl-Cnvenśn Sntr in Naśnl Harbr, Mẹriland, Y.S., on 4 Marć 2023. Foṭgraf: Eṿlin Hockstein/Rôtrz

Ɖ Obzrvr vy: Doṇld Trump dzrvz t fes ɖ fl fors v justis

(Transcription of an Observer editorial of 2 April 2023)

Ɖ Ynîtd Stets wz fǎndd on ɖ rūl v lw. It mst nt nǎ flinć fṛm upholdñ it

Súnde 2 Epril 2023

In ɖ tymultẏs, multifaṣtd ces v Doṇld J Trump vrss ɖ ppl v ɖ Ynîtd Stets, ɖ bigist qsćn z ẃ ɖs formr prezidnt, p’liticl cón artist n sirịl ofndr z nt olrdi in jel. Trump wl b ćarjd ɖs wīc in Manhatn ovr alejd “huśmuni” pemnts t a formr pornstar. Ɖs ax́n, bʈ welcm n oṿdy, mcs him ɖ frst YS prezidnt t b crimiṇli indîtd. Yt twîs-impićt Trump standz akzd v a strñ v infiṇtli mor sirịs, wel-dokmntd crîmz, includñ a vayḷnt atmt t oṿʈro ɖ guvnmnt. Ɖ cntinywñ misṭri z ẃ justis z so loñ in cmñ.

Ɖ fl Trump ćarjśīt rīdz lîc a horrnovl in ẃć dmocṛsi z mrdrd. In ɖ wīcs folowñ hiz clir-cut dfit bî Jo Bîdn in Nvmbr 2020, Trump dd evrʈñ h cd t sbvrt ɖ rzult, līġli n ilīġli, bî mcñ beslis akześnz v frōd. Ɖs z nt in dspyt. Nt dspytd, îɖr, z a tept teḷfon convseśn on 2 Jańri 2021 btwn Trump n Brad Raffensperger, Jorja’z secṛtri v stet, in ẃć ɖ ɖen prezidnt prest ɖ latr “t fînd 11,780 vots” – sfiśnt t cansl Bîdn’z vicṭri in ɖ ci swñstet.

Ẃ hz Trump nt bn crimiṇli ćarjd in ẃt apirz t b an opn-n-śut ces v śemlis ilex́n inṭfiṛns? A speśl grand jri in Atlanta hz rec̣mndd ɖ proṣkśn v ol involvd in ɖ ilīgl lobiyñ v Raffensperger. Phps ɖ curij śoun bî Manhatn’z district’trni, Alvin Brag, in indîtñ Trump wl inspîr hiz Fŭltn Cǎnti cǎnṭpart, Fani Wilis – n uɖr stet n fedṛl proṣktrz – t folo sūt wɖt frɖr dlez. F ɖs ces hd bn cnductd in a tîmli manr, Trump mt b bhnd barz nǎ.

It z mor ɖn tū yirz sins Trump insaitd hiz s’portrz t atac ɖ Cápitl in ordr t hōlt Congres’z ratiḟceśn v Bîdn’z vicṭri. Ɖ insywñ rayt on 6 Jańri 2021 léd t deʈs n inɉriz. Yt Trump dd nʈñ t cōl of ɖ mob untl it wz far tù lêt. H hz sins hêld ɖ raytrz az hiroz. Agn, mć v ɖs z on ɖ record. Congres hz cnductd xōstiv invstgeśnz. Ẃ hz Meric Garḷnd, ɖ YS atrnijenṛl, feld t act agnst ɖ ćīf insṭgetr az wel az ɖ prṗtretrz v ɖ cù’tmt? Onli in Nvmbr dd Garḷnd fîṇli apônt a speśl cǎnsl – ẃć amǎnts, in ifct, t anɖr dle.

It z hard t avôd ɖ cncluźn ɖt rluctns t eṇjeticli psy ɖz n uɖr crîmz, sć az Trump’s apaṛnt ʈeft v sīcrit dokmnts faund at hiz Florida hom, stemz fṛm p’liticl tmidti at ɖ top. Az h śoud agn last wīc, Trump z redi n ebl t yz hiz mafialîc grip on ɖ Rpublicn parti n rîtwñ mīdia t intiṃdet ɖ intîr YS bodipoḷtic. H plez ɖ victim, trnz ɖ teblz n clemz Bîdn n ɖ Deṃcrats r ɖ lwbrecrz. Trump sz p’liticl eṇmiz hv sngld him ǎt. Yt ɖ onli speśl trītmnt h hz rsivd z t hv bn alaud t avôd proṣkśn fr so loñ.

Difidns ovr cnfruntñ Trump fl-on stemz in part fṛm an unḍstanḍbl dzîr t avôd fīdñ naśnl dviźnz. Ɖ intîr Trump sāga, acin t a tōdri, nvr-endñ riaḷti-TV śo, z a dstrax́n fṛm presñ iśuz sć az pospandemic ic̣nomic rvîvl, ɖ clîṃt imrjnsi n wor in Yṛp. Ɖ YS śd foc̣s on ɖz ćaḷnjz rɖr ɖn endlisli indulj ɖ antic revñz v a narssistic, fǎl-mǎɖd, msoɉnistic crŭc.

Bîdn wd śrli wś it so. At ɖ start v hiz trm, h plenli hopt ɖt, bî ignorñ him, Trump wd ivnć̣li g awe. Yt sadli, hir h z agn, hogñ ɖ lîmlît. Trump wl hv hiz de in cort amd blancit mīdịcuṿrij n fird strītvayḷns. H wl rpit hiz yźl inflaṃtri lîz n slandrz, pṛsidñz wl b ajrnd, probbli fr munʈs, n mnẃl, ɖs arć-eṇmi v dmocṛsi, dīsnsi n justis wl trî t xplôt hiz “victimhd” t s’kr ɖ 2024 Rpublicn preẓdnśl noṃneśn. In a sns, Trumpizm z itrnl. It cerz fr nʈñ n nwn bt itslf.

Ɖ Trump ces pozz ptnṣ́li historic ćaḷnjz fr an Americn rpublic fǎndd on ɖ rūl v lw. Ɖ îdīa, pédld bî Rpublicnz, ɖt a cuṛnt or formr prezidnt injôz de facto iḿṇti fṛm proṣkśn z at odz wɖ modn-de consepts v justis. Ɖ fact ɖt it apirz sć a prsn me stand agn fr ɖ Ẃît Hǎs ẃl undr criminl invstgeśn, or īvn folowñ a criminl cnvix́n, pônts t denjṛs flwz in America’z consttyśnl arenjmnts. No prsn, hvr feṃs, big-hedd or ʈreṭnñ, śd b abv ɖ lw.

Ɖ agresiv riax́n t ɖ indîtmnt v mni līdñ Rpublicnz, n ispeṣ́li Ron DeSantis, Trump’s closist cmpetitr, z dsmeyñ. Bî paṛtñ Trump’s lîn abt “weṗnîześn” v ɖ corts, ɖ Floṛda guvnr śoz himslf t b no betr or wîzr ɖn hiz īġtistic rîvl. Ɖ parti az a hol cntinyz t ples its inṭrests ahd v ɖ prínsiplz fr ẃć America standz. Deṃcrats, mnẃl, śd avôd tōc ɖt xaṣbets naśnl poḷrîześn. “Loc him p!” z a tmtñ slogn, gvn hǎ Trump yzd it agnst Hiḷri Clintn. Bt cām, rstrent n peśns r rqîrd. F ɖr’z eni justis, Trump’s tîm in cort wl ultiṃtli b foloud bî tîm srvd.

Ɖ manr in ẃć ɖs unpresdntd līgl drama z handld, n its ǎtcm, cd dsîd America’z imīɉt p’liticl fyćr. It me olso hv a sgnificnt, lastñ impact on YS inflụns n moṛl oʈoṛti in ɖ globl strugl t uphold a deṃcratic, lw-best inṭnaśnl ordr. Ɖ wrld z woćñ – n ɖt, rgretbli, z ẃt Trump lîcs.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

In Ñspel: The Observer view on a humanitarian calamity in the making

A camp for internally displaced people, near Baidoa in Somalia, one of five countries currently experiencing ‘catastrophic hunger’. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer
A camp fr intrṇli dsplest ppl, nir Baidoa in S’māła, wn v fîv cuntriz cuṛntli xpirịnsñ ‘caṭstrofic hungr’. Foṭgraf: Gari Caltn/Ɖ Obzrvr

Ɖ Obzrvr vy on a hymaṇterịn c’laṃti in ɖ mcñ

(Transcription of an Observer editorial of 4 Dec. 2022)

Wɖt a 25% rîz in ed, tnz v miłnz v ppl wl b pt at risc v starveśn n dziz. W mst step p t ɖ ćalinj

Súnde 4 Dsmbr 2022

A  grim wornñ fṛm ɖ Ynîtd Neśnz last wīc ɖt a record 339 miłn ppl wl nīd sm form v imrjnsi rlif in 2023 z a rmîndr t Britn n Yṛpiyn cuntriz ɖt Ycren z nt ɖ onli crîsiszon in a wrld bset bî xtrim clîṃtćenj, unpresdntd fūdśorṭjz n ńmṛs uɖr conflicts.

Ɖs z nt t miṇmîz ɖ akt dstres cōzd bî Ruśa’z ilīgl inveźn. Ɖ YN sz nirli haf-a-miłn Ycreńnz nīdd d’rect wintr’sistns in rīsnt wīcs. Miłnz mor r dsplest or lac ilectriṣti, hītñ n wōtr folowñ Ruśn misîl’tacs.

Ɖr z no līgtebl v suḟrñ, no Wrldcup v miẓri. Ɖ YN’z pridix́nz spīc t a śerd trōma trnsndñ naśnl bǎnḍriz. Ɖ figr v 339 miłn z 65 miłn p on 2022, afctñ 68 cuntriz. It z rufli ɖ popyleśn v ɖ YS – or 4% v ɖ popyleśn v ɖ planit.

Ɖs z nt nxt yir’z probḷm; a hymn c’laṃti z olrdi unfoldñ. It z esṭmetd ɖt 222 miłn ppl in 53 cuntriz wl fes svir fūdśorṭjz bî ɖ end v 2022, wɖ 45 miłn v ɖm at risc v starveśn n asośietd dzizz. Ppl r dayñ avôḍbl deʈs nǎ, evri de, larjli unrimarct.

Fîv cuntriz – Afgaṇstan, Īʈiopia, Hêti, S’māła n Sǎʈ Sdan – r olrdi xpirịnsñ “caṭstrofic hungr”. T mīt ɖs n similr ćaḷnjz, ɖ YN n partnrz r sīcñ $51.5bn (£41.5bn) in 2023 donrfundñ, p 25% yir on yir. Ɖe wl b luci t gt haf v ɖt. Onli 47% v YN-rqstd 2022 rlif̓undz mtirịlîzd.

A globl dǎntrn z nt ɖ bst tîm t sīc adiśnl caś. Ɖ ifcts v ɖ pandemic cntiny t cōz sirịs ic̣nomic disḷceśn, az in Ćîna. Intrenćt poṿti in līst dveḷpt cuntriz z a loñstandñ probḷm. So, tù, z ɖ sort v slfiśnis ɖt léd ɖ Toriz t slaś Britn’z oṿsìz-ed bujit in 2020.

Bt sć factrz d nt xkz inax́n. Nr r ɖe ɖ funḍmntl cōz v tde’z axeḷretñ hymaṇterịn crîsis. Man-md clîṃtćenj n avôḍbl conflicts r prîmṛli t blem. Ɖs yir’z xtrim fludñ in Pacistan, fr xampl, wz hardli ɖ product v norml weɖrsîclz. Ɖ YN ćīf, António Guterres, sd h hd “nvr sìn clîṃtcarnij on sć a scel”.

Ɖ drǎts, xtrim hīt, crīpñ dzrtiḟceśn n cropfełrz in ɖ Horn v Africa n purr cuntriz in Africa n Eźa r lîcwz prinsipli atribytbl t globl wormñ – trigrd, iniṣ́li, bî ɖ cuntriz v ɖ wlʈi norʈ. So, mor ɖn evr, it z ɖer rsponsbiḷti t fŭli fund ɖ YN’z 2023 apil, ispeṣ́li in ɖ lît v ɖ Cop27 “los n damij” agrīmnt.

Wor n conflict r uɖr big drîvrz v ɖs globl imrjnsi. Yemn pṛvîdz a trajic xampl. Wn v ɖ wrld’z wrst hymaṇterịn crîsīz, its loñ-runñ sivl wor apird clos t endñ rlịr ɖs yir. Bt a trūs c’lapst in Octobr n inṭmitnt fîtñ hz rzymd.

Yemn’z plît hz bn xasbetd bî clîṃtfactrz. Bt it z wrsnd bî xtrnl actrz, prinsipli Iran n Sǎdi Arebia. Ɖ sem holdz tru in norɖn Siria, ẃr anɖr Trciś inveźn z ʈretnd. Ńmṛs foṛn inṭvnśnz in Siria sins 2011 hv cntribytd t fūd inṣkṛti afctñ 60% v ɖ popyleśn.

Ɖ dveḷpmntministr, Andru Mićl, viẓtñ wor- n drǎt-hit S’māła last wīc, sd ɖ wrld’z nglect v ɖ Horn v Africa wz “un’xptbl”. H anǎnst £14m in ny hymaṇterịn n s’kṛti ed. Bt ɖs a drop in a deṣcetd ośn. Dspt ɖer ǒn probḷmz, Britn n its wlʈi frendz cn n mst aford t d mor.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

In Ñspel: The Observer view on the indefensible decision to open a deep coalmine in a climate crisis

The former colliery site in Westhaven is to be reopened with the first deep coalmine approved in the UK for 30 years. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Ɖ formr cołrisait in Wsthêvn z t b riopnd wɖ ɖ frst dīp colmain apruvd in ɖ YC fr 30 yirz. Foṭgraf: Crisṭfr Frloñ/Geti Iṃjz

Ɖ Obzrvr vy on ɖ indifnsbl dsiźn t opn a dīp colmain in a clîṃtcrîsis

(Transcription of an Observer editorial of 11 Dec. 2022)

Ɖ guvnmnt sz ɖ nīdz v YC stīl-mcñ oṿrîd ɖ invîrnmntl impact. Ɖ inḍstri ʈncs difṛntli

Súnde 11 Dsmbr 2022

Ɖ  dsiźn t apruv a ny £165m colmain in Cumbria rvilz an unpleznt truʈ abt ɖ guvnmnt. It demnstrets, wɖ brūtl claṛti, ɖt Nu 10 hz no creḍbl grīn ajnda n dz nt unḍstand or cer abt ɖ clịmatic peṛl ǎr wrld z fesñ.

Ministrz r clirli foc̣st onli on śort-trm, tacticl gen – in ɖs ces, t gv a brīf būst t locl implômnt – at ɖ xpns v formñ a straṭji fr rīćñ net-ziro carbn imiśnz bî 2050 n mntenñ wrldlīdrśp in ɖ batl t limit ɖ impact v grīnhǎs-gas imiśnz on ǎr clîṃt.

Lord Dībn, ćer v ɖ Clîṃtćenj Cmiti, ɖ guvnmnt’s indipndnt advîzr, hz dscrîbd ɖ dsiźn t apruv ɖ cołri – t b bilt bî Wst Cumbria Mainñ – az “abṣlutli indifnsbl”. Ɖ formr Cnsrṿtiv ministr z qt c’rect in ɖs anaḷsis, ẃć, in lîn wɖ uɖr xprts, flatli contṛdicts ɖ leṿlñ-up secṛtri Mîcl Gov’z arğmnts fr apruvñ ɖ main at Wŭdhǎs nir Ẃîthêvn.

Ɖ guvnmnt clemz ɖt ɖ Wŭdhǎs cołri, ɖ frst dīp colmain t b apruvd fr 30 yirz, wl pṛdys cǒcñcol ɖt z despṛtli nīdd fr stīl-mcñ in Britn n z ɖrfr vîtl fr YC inḍstri az a hol. Ɖs z untru. Fr wn ʈñ, Britiś stīl-mcrz wl b līġli rqîrd – az part v ǎr clîṃt obḷgeśnz – t muv t lo-carbn pṛdux́n in ɖ nxt 13 yirz. Ẃn ɖt hapnz it wl no longr b ebl t yz cǒcñcol. Ǎtpt fṛm Wŭdhǎs cołri ɖrfr hz no loñ-trm fyćr in Britn.

In eni ces, ɖ col ɖt wl b dug p at ɖ main wl hv a hî sulfrcontent. Mni YC stīl-mcrz hv indcetd ɖt ɖs mcs it un’xptbl fṛm ɖ start; tū cumṗniz hv olrdi rjctd eni prospect v evr brnñ Wŭdhǎs col. Ɖus its śort-trm ys in ɖ YC olso lcs liṃtd, wɖ onli wn v ɖ cuṛnt for blastfrṇsz xpctd t xplôt its col. Az a rzult, inḍstrifigrz n eṇji xprts pridict ɖt arnd 90% v Wŭdhǎs’z col wl b xportd – t a wrld ɖt olrdi hz a glut v fosilfylz. Stīl-mcñ in Yṛp z olso ćenjñ n wl rlî on hîdṛjn, nt col, in ɖ nir fyćr – līvñ Britn t sīc marcits fr its Cumbrịn col in plesz ẃr invîrnmntl cnstrents r liṃtd. In ɖ proses, w wl hv bcm a s’playr v drti fyl t ɖ planit.

Apruvl v ɖ cołri sirịsli tarṇśz ɖ YC’z repyteśn az a globl līdr on clîṃt ax́n n opnz s p t wel-jusṭfaid ćarjz v hipocṛsi. Telñ uɖr cuntriz t dić col ẃl crietñ ny mainz wl sirịsli unḍmain Britiś ngośietrz’ ćansz v inflụnsñ clîṃtsumits. India n uɖr dveḷpñ neśnz wl srtnli nt b hapi t b tld t avôd yzñ fosilfylz bî a cuntri ɖt z xplôtñ ny sorsz v ɖ most p’lūtñ v ol hîdrocarbnz.

It z a grim, unseṭlñ, śemfl sićueśn ɖt wz sumd p bî Pṛfesr Pōl Īcinz, v ɖ Insttyt fr Ssteṇbl Rzorsz at Yṇvrṣticolij Lundn, last wīc: “Ax́nz spīc lǎdr ɖn wrdz, n apruvl v ɖs colmain, instd v sīcñ invstmnt in rnywbl eṇji on ɖ sem sait, cnfrmz ɖt ɖ guvnmnt’s proṭsteśnz in fevr v a grīn icoṇmi r a śam.”

Sayntists esṭmet ɖt ɖ cołri wl līd t ɖ rlis v 250m tunz v carbndîoxîd ovr ɖ nxt 30 yirz. Wst Cumbria Mainñ sz it wl criet arnd 500 jobz. In an oṿhītñ wrld, ẃć wl bcm incrisñli intolṛnt v fosilfylz, ɖz jobz r gwñ t b śort livd.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

In Ñspel: The Observer view on why public sector workers deserve a fair pay deal and have no choice but to strike

Health workers take part in a march in central London to demand a pay rise. Photograph: Belinda Jlao/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock
Hlʈwrcrz tec part in a marć in sntṛl Lundn t dmand a pêrîz. Foṭgraf: B’linda Jlao/Sopa Iṃjz/Rex/Śuṭstoc

Ɖ Obzrvr vy on ẃ public-sectr wrcrz dzrv a fer pêdīl n hv no ćôs bt t strîc

(Transcription of an Observer editorial of 11 Dec. 2022)

Ɖ guvnmnt hz feld t rêz riyl-trm wejz fr yirz n z nǎ rfyzñ t ngośiet

Súnde 11 Dsmbr 2022

Wrcrz in ɖ YC r xpirịnsñ ɖ longist pêsqīz in mor ɖn 200 yirz. Ɖe r rnñ on aṿrij £900 les a yir in riyl trmz ɖn ɖe wr bfr ɖ 2008 fînanśl crîsis, n ɖ Reẓluśn Fǎndeśn hz fōrcast aṿrij wejz r nt set t rtrn t 2008 levlz untl 2027.

Bt public-sectr wrcrz hv sufrd ɖ wrst. TYC anaḷsis śoz ɖt nrsz, on aṿrij, r tde peid £5,000 a yir les in riyl trmz ɖn in 2010. Fr paṛmedics n midwîvz, ɖt figr z £6,000 a yir. P’līs ofisrz n priznsrvis ofisrz hv sìn ɖer riyl pe drop bî 13% n 10.4% rspctivli sins 2009. Ɖ pe v secnḍri-scūl stāf n prîṃri-scūl stāf hz fōḷn bî 9.7% n 11.8%. N az infleśn hz spîct n eṇjiprîsz hv spîṛld, it z public-sectr wrcrz hu r fesñ ɖ dīpist riyl-pe cuts, wɖ aṿrij nominl pe ofrz b’lo ɖ prîṿt sectr aṿrij. Ɖs z ɖ contxt in ẃć mni v ɖm – fṛm nrsz t tīćrz t Bordrfors gardz – wl b gwñ on strîc in ɖ cmñ wīcs. Mni v ɖz wrcrz r ppl hu cntinyd gwñ ǎt t wrc jrñ ɖ pandemic, ptñ ɖer hlʈ n ɖt v ɖer faṃliz at risc t mnten ɖ pṛviźn v isnśl srṿsz. Yt s’xesiv Cnsrṿtiv ćanslrz hv ifctivli aćivd cuts t public srṿsz ovr ɖ last deced bî forsñ public-sectr wrcrz t ber riyl-trm pêcuts. Ɖ NHS z biyñ cros-subṣdîzd bî docñ nrsz’ pe. Tīćrz r biyñ peid les t cīp spendñ on scūlz az lo az poṣbl.

Fr mni lowr-peid public-sectr wrcrz, ɖs z rīćñ a crunćpônt. Frst z ɖer prsnl fînansz: deta fṛm ɖ Trusl Trust śoz ɖt nrsz r amñ ɖoz biyñ forst t rlî on fūdbancs t fīd ɖer faṃliz. A qortr v NHS hospitltrusts se ɖe hv set p sć bancs t hlp ɖer stāf gt ʈru ɖ wintr.

Secnd r ɖ akt stāfśorṭjz biyñ xpirịnst in mni public-sectr pṛfeśnz. Wn in 10 hospitlposts z vecnt, ẃć daṃjz peśntsefti n qoḷti v srṿsz, n incrisz ɖ preśr on uɖr membrz v stāf. Tīćrvec̣nsiz r at ɖer hîist ret sins naśnl deta wz frst c’lectd in 2010. Ɖs z bʈ az a rzult v xpirịnst hlʈ n edyceśn stāf līvñ ɖer pṛfeśnz dy t brnǎt n lo pe, n iśuz wɖ rcrūtmnt az a rzult v lo startñsaḷriz. Az ɖ Insttyt fr Fiscl Studiz hz argyd, lo n fōlñ public-sectr pe reḷtiv t ɖ prîṿt sectr z a hyj rcrūtmnt-n-rtnśn ćalinj. It z mtirịli afctñ ɖ qoḷti v hospitlz n scūlz.

Ʈrd, in sm sectrz, sć az rel, sub-infleśn pêrîzz r olso biyñ md cndiśnl on “moḍnîześn”, ẃć yẓ́li implîz cmpulsri rdundnsiz in a wrld ẃr ɖr r hardli eni rzorsz fr ppl t drw on t rtren; ɖs ofn mīnz axptñ biyñ ǎt v wrc or in mć lowr-peid wrc fr ɖ loñ trm.

Ɖs z ẃ mni grūps v public-sectr wrcrz r baḷtñ fr n planñ strîc ax́n ɖt wl cost ɖm pe in ɖ śort trm. Ɖ pe ofrz on ɖ tebl repriznt frɖr riyl-pe cuts n r nt ssteṇbl. Ɖe wl “bec in” incrist hardśp amñ wrcrz lîc nrsz, tīćrz n paṛmedics, n frɖr dclînz in ɖ qoḷti v public srṿsz.

Ɖ guvnmnt hz rspondd bî argywñ ɖt mni v ɖ pêdīlz hv bn rec̣mndd bî indipndnt pe-rvy bodiz n ɖt it canot ɖrfr inṭfir wɖ ɖm. Ɖs z disinjenẏs: it z ɖ guvnmnt itslf ɖt sets ɖer rīmit, n ministrz hv dvrjd fṛm ɖer rec̣mndeśnz bfr. Riśi Sūnac n cabiṇtministrz r roñli clemñ it wd cost an xtra £1,000 p’ hǎshold t cīp public-sectr pe flat in riyl trmz, tecñ intu acǎnt infleśn v 11%.

Rɖr ɖn mīt yńnz n strîc a dīl, ɖ guvnmnt z ʈreṭnñ t intṛdys frɖr lejsleśn t crb ɖ pǎr v public-sectr wrcrz t strîc. Ɖ 2016 Tredyńn Act hz olrdi intṛdyst strinjnt cndiśnz on strîcs ɖt irodd ɖ pǎr v wrcrz t gt a fer pêsetlmnt. Ny pṛpozlz includ lejsletñ fr minimm-srvis levlz in “criticl” sectrz, banñ strîcs bî difṛnt yńnz in ɖ sem wrcples wɖn a set pirịd, rqîrñ freś baḷts fr ć bǎt v strîc ax́n n rqîrñ sūṗmjoṛtiz v yńnmembrz t vot t s’port strîc ax́n.

Līgl advîs fṛm Mîcl Ford CC, fr ɖ TYC, sz mni v ɖz pṛpozlz wd pt ɖ YC at risc v brīćñ its obḷgeśnz undr inṭnaśnl lw. It z enwe incnsiṿbl ɖt ny lejsḷtiv crbz cd b pást bî parḷmnt n impḷmntd in ɖ nxt fy wīcs īvn f ɖe dd nt pt ɖ guvnmnt at risc v sgnificnt līgl ćalinj.

Ɖ guvnmnt mst gt rnd ɖ tebl n ngośiet wɖ ɖ yńnz t avôd ɖ sgnificnt dsrupśn ɖt wl b cōzd bî strîcs in ɖ nxt fy wīcs. Lo-peid public-sectr wrcrz dzrv nt t b left mtirịli wrs of aftr a deced v riyl-trm pêcuts. Trayñ t śift ɖ blem t “yńnbosz” n fob of ɖ public wɖ veg proṃsz t clamp dǎn frɖr on ɖ pǎr v nrsz n tīćrz t strîc wl nt cut it ẃn votrz cn si wɖ ɖer ǒn îz ɖ impact pur stafñlevlz r hvñ in eriaz sć az hlʈ n edyceśn. It z ɖ guvnmnt, nt hard-prest wrcrz, hu wl b hld acǎntbl.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

In Ñspel: The Observer view on the toxic workplace that is Westminster

Multiple allegations of bullying have surfaced in relation to the former minister Gavin Williamson. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Multipl aḷgeśnz v bŭliyñ hv srfist in rleśn t ɖ formr ministr Gavin Wiłmsn. Foṭgraf: Dan Citwŭd/Geti Iṃjz

Ɖ Obzrvr vy on ɖ toxic wrcples ɖt z Wsminstr

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 13 Nov. 2022)

Bŭliyñ z rîf in parḷmnt n MPz śd b ɖ last ppl t cndon it

Súnde 13 Nvmbr 2022

‘A  starc rmîndr v hǎ bad ʈñz yst t b” z hǎ Lora Cox dscrîbd parḷmnt in hr indipndnt rvy v bŭliyñ n haṛsmnt in Wsminstr. Ś faund evidns v a toxic wrcñculćr, wɖ sm MPz bhevñ in apōlñ wez t jūńr stāf.

Ɖt wz in 2018. Sins ɖen, an indipndnt inqîri hz faund ɖt Jon Brco, hu ẃl Comnz spīcr hd oṿol rsponsbiḷti fr parḷmntri culćr, wz a “sirịl bŭli” n a layr. It cncludd ɖt hiz conduct twdz stāf wz so apōlñ h wd hv bn sspndd fṛm ɖ Comnz hd h stl bn an MP. Alix Aḷn, ɖ formr indipndnt advîzr on miṇstirịl standdz, in 2020 faund ɖt ɖ formr homsecṛtri Priti Ptél hd bŭlid sivl srvnts. Aḷn lêtr rzînd ẃn ɖ ɖen prîm̦inistr, Boris Jonsn, dfndd hr n asrtd ś hd nt brocn ɖ miṇstirịl cod.

Ńmṛs aḷgeśnz v bŭliyñ hv srfist ɖs munʈ in rleśn t Gavin Wiłmsn: fṛm ɖ formr ćīf ẃip – t hūm h snt xplītiv-lêdn meṣjz – fṛm a fīmel parḷmntri colīg n fṛm a sivl srvnt hu hz akzd him, amñ uɖr ʈñz, v telñ him t “slit hiz ʈrot”. Ɖs wīcend, it hz imrjd ɖt sīńr sivl srvnts at ɖ Miṇstri v Justis wr ofrd ɖ oṗtyṇti t swić rǒlz t avôd wrcñ wɖ Doṃnic Rāb aftr Riśi Sūnac ri’pôntd him az justișecṛtri. N evidns hz bn sbmitd t yt anɖr parḷmntri bŭliyñ inqîri – ɖ ʈrd in jst fîv yirz – ɖt hîlîts ɖt in a srve v 600 stāf, a qortr sd ɖe hd xpirịnst or witnist bŭliyñ.

Mć hz bn ritn abt ẃ parḷmnt apirz so pmisiv t toxic bhevyr bî a mnoṛti v MPz. Ɖ Comnz hz bn lîcnd t 650 litl fīfdmz, ć wɖ a smōl grūp v stāf ansṛbl t a MP, ẃć mcs stāf rluctnt t cōl ǎt n rport bad bhevyr. Ɖ goṣpi culćr mīnz ɖe fir biyñ tard az “dificlt” f ɖe cmplen, mcñ it hard fr ɖm t gt jobz in ɖ fyćr. Ɖ culćr v lêt-nît wrcñ n soṣ́lîzñ cn wìcn ɖ bǎnḍriz btwn pṛfeśnl n prsnl rleśnśps.

MPz hv traid t adres ɖs bî istabliśñ an indipndnt cmplents-n-grīvns proses fr stāf hu hv xpirịnst bŭliyñ n haṛsmnt. Bt ɖr z a criticl factr ɖt hz nt ćenjd a bit in ɖ yirz sins Cox’z rvy. Culćr z set bî ɖoz wɖ pǎr at ɖ top v a wrcples. N ɖr r far tù mni ministrz n sīńr MPz hu mc xksz fr un’xptbl bhevyr bî ɖer p’liticl alîz.

Jonsn apôntd Cris Pinćr ćīf ẃip dspt biyñ md awer v forml cmplents ɖt alejd h sx̣́li haṛst tū men ẃl h wz a ministr at ɖ Foṛn Ofis. Sīńr Cnsrṿtiv MPz argyd ɖt ɖr wr “baḷnsñ rqîrmnts” ɖt mitgetd Ptél’z bŭliyñ bhevyr. Crispin Blunt MP dfndd formr parḷmnterịn Imran Ahmad Cān aftr h wz cnvictd v ćîld sx́l asōlt. Sūnac hd rportidli bn md awer ɖt ɖr wr sirịs aḷgeśnz abt Wiłmsn’z conduct.

It z nt jst a Cnsrṿtiv probḷm: ɖ sīńr Lebr MP Marġrit Becit in 2018 sd in rleśn t Brco’z bŭliyñ: “Ɖ consttyśnl fyćr v ɖs cuntri… trumps bad bhevyr.”

So loñ az sm parḷmnterịnz rmen hapi t trn ɖer fesz awe fṛm evidns v bŭliyñ n haṛsmnt, fr rīznz v p’liticl xpīdịns, nʈñ wl ćenj. Ɖ Hǎs v Comnz n Ẃîthōl wl cntiny t harbr bhevyr ɖt śd nvr b toḷretd in ɖ modn wrcples, wɖ teribl consiqnsz fr ɖ ppl hu wrc ɖr.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

In Ñspel: The Observer view on negotiating with Vladimir Putin: it’s too soon

Ukrainians in Kyiv celebrate Russia’s retreat from Kherson on 12 November 2022. Photograph: Ed Ram/Getty Images
Ycreńnz in Cyīv seḷbret Ruśa’z rtrit fṛm Hersón on 12 Nvmbr 2022. Foṭgraf: Ed Ram/Geti Iṃjz

Ɖ Obzrvr vy on ngośietñ wɖ Vladīmir Pūtin: it’s tù sn

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 13 Nov. 2022)

Ycren z in a stroñ pziśn aftr rītecñ Hersón bt ɖ wst mst rzist ɖ rj t pś fr a setlmnt wɖ Ruśa

Súnde 13 Nvmbr 2022

Vḷdīmir Pūtin’z dsiźn t ste awe fṛm ɖs wīc’s G20 sumit v wrld līdrz in Bāli z telñ. Ẃl Inḍnīźa insistd ɖt Ruśa’z prezidnt wz welcm, hiz prezns wd hv bn an imbaṛsmnt. H z an inṭnaśnl p’raia – n h nz it. Īvn Ćîna apirz t b luzñ peśns.

Ɖ rīzn fr ɖs z, v cors, Ycren, ẃr Pūtin’z c’lamiṭs “speśl militri oṗreśn” dmiṇśz him n hiz cuntri bî ɖ de. Last wīc’s liḅreśn bî Ycreńn forsz v Hersón, folowñ vicṭriz arnd Cyīv n in Harcīv rījn, wz ɖ most sgnificnt Ruśn rvrs sins ɖ inveźn bgan in Febrri. Pūtin anxt ɖ Hersón oblast in Sptmbr aftr a foni reḟrendm n dclerd it soṿrin teritri. Ɖ pṛvinśl capitl, ɖ onli wn in Cremlin handz, wd “nvr” b srendrd, h vaud.

Nǎ, hiz trūps, firñ insrclmnt, hv cut n run, scuṭlñ of t ɖ reḷtiv sefti v ɖ īst banc v ɖ Dnipro Rivr. Xibtñ tredmarc p’liticl cawdis, a śelśoct Pūtin hz bn trayñ t distns himslf fṛm ɖs dzastr. H left it t hiz haplis dfnsministr, Serge Śîgu, n nyli apôntd hardlîn cmandr in Ycren, Jén. Serge Sŭrovīcin, t brec ɖ hymilietñ nyz t TV vywrz.

Bt evri Ruśn nz hu z rsponsbl. Fr dictetrz lîc Pūtin, ɖt z ɖ prîs v abṣlut pǎr. Ɖ Hersón dbācl hz frɖr dspeld ɖ ōra v a wîz, ol-nwñ, zar-lîc faɖrfigr ɖt h hz cultvetd ovr tū decedz. Sadli, Pūtin z nt yt finiśt, bt hiz public standñ z cnsidṛbli wìcnd. Ɖs sns ɖt Ruśa z on ɖ bac ft z wn v sevṛl factrz fylñ spekleśn abt pīstōcs. Jén. Marc Mile, ćermn v ɖ YS jônt ćīfs, argyd last wīc ɖt a “windo v oṗtyṇti” wz oṗnñ az wintr frizz ɖ fruntlînz. Cyīv’z trūps wr unlîcli t advans mć frɖr untl sprñ, h sd, n cd ɖen fes a betr-orġnîzd eṇmi. Ngośietrz śd “sīz ɖ momnt.”

Firz ɖt ɖ wor me drag on incnclūsivli fr yirz, repḷcetñ ɖ et-yir Donbas stelmet, fīd ɖ tōc abt tōcs. Ɖ hymn cost z undǎtidli hrific, wɖ an esṭmetd 100,000 militri caźltiz on ć sîd. Hundṛdz v ʈǎzndz v sviłnz hv olso bn cild, injrd, trōṃtîzd n dsplest.

Mnẃl, Pntgn ćīfs wuri abt esc̣letñ fînanśl costs n wepnzśorṭjz – a probḷm olrdi afctñ Yṛpiyn Nāto stets. Ɖ YS hz pṛvîdd $19.3bn (£17bn) in līʈl ed t Ycren, includñ an adiśnl $400m last wīc. Ɖr z tōc v a ny $50bn cngreśnl pacij bî yir’z end. Ɖs wl nt plīz sm nyli ilectd Rpublicnz, hu wont t cut ed. Rîzñ p’liticl preśrz r nt cnfînd t ɖ YS. Far-rît n far-left Yṛpiyn partiz, pīscampenrz n Pūtin admîrrz sć az Hunġri’z prîm̦inistr, Viktor Orbán, olso qsćn unliṃtd YY s’port fr a liṃtlis conflict amd an eṇji n cost-v-livñ sqīz. Ɖe wont ɖ wor t stop nǎ.

Ɖt z nt a vy śerd bî Ycren’z līdrśp n sitiznz. Prezidnt Vlodimir Zelensci n hiz advîzrz se bluntli ɖr z nʈñ t ngośiet abt ẃl Mosco’z agreśn cntinyz n, in eni ces, Pūtin canot b trustd. Ɖe pônt ǎt ɖt ɖr z no sîn Ruśa z redi fr sirịs tōcs. Rɖr, it z digñ in n pripẹrñ fr a loñ wintr v atriśnl worfér.

Pūtin’z terristic misîl n dron atacs on ilectriṣti n wōtr infṛstrucćr apir onli t hv hardnd ordnri ppl’z rzistns. Last wīc, Zelensci riiṭretd Ycren’z dmandz: “Resṭreśn v teṛtorịl integṛti, rspct fr ɖ YN ćartr, compnseśn fr ol daṃjz cōzd bî ɖ wor, puniśmnt v evri worcriminl n gaṛntìz ɖt ɖs wl nt hapn agn.” Ɖ risc v growñ difṛnsz btwn Cyīv n Wośñtn z evidnt. Wɖ Yṛpiyn Nāto alîz, nt līst Britn, priokpaid bî conflict-rletd ic̣nomic probḷmz, ɖ Bîdn admiṇstreśn hz incrisñli tecn ćarj v ɖ wstn wor eḟt. Bt a rīsnt, informl YS sjsćn ɖt Ycren adopt a mor flex̣bl pziśn wnt dǎn vri badli in Cyīv. Dis’grīmnts ovr hǎ t pṛsid hv olso imrjd wɖn ɖ YS guvnmnt itslf, wɖ Jec Sulivn, Jo Bîdn’z naśnl-s’kṛti advîzr, rportidli rzistñ Jén. Mile’z advîs. Sulivn n uɖr Ẃît Hǎs eidz argy eni pōz in ɖ fîtñ wd gv Ruśa tîm t riinfors, rīgrūp n riarm.

Olɖo ɖ YS b’livd ɖ wor wd b setld ʈru ngośieśnz, it wz nt “preṣ́rñ” Ycren, Sulivn sd last wīc. “W’r nt insistñ on ʈñz wɖ Ycren. Ẃt w r dwñ z cnsultñ az partnrz.” Nvɖles, ɖ impreśn rmenz, aftr hiz vizit t Cyīv last wīcend, ɖt ɖ YS hz bgun t xplor ẃt a setlmnt mt ultiṃtli lc lîc.

A yrnñ fr a qc, penlis end z a naćṛl rspons t slōtr n miẓri. Dsruptd gren s’plîz t dveḷpñ cuntriz, firz v ńclir esc̣leśn, dîr invîrnmntl impacts, ɖ weṗnîześn v fosilfylz n ɖ ic̣nomic pen flt bî ppl evrẃr ol ad t preśr fr a swift reẓluśn. Endlis wor z nt an opśn. Ngośieśnz wɖ ɖ Ruśn guvnmnt, nt nesseṛli wɖ Pūtin, wl hapn ivnć̣li. Bt ɖ tîm z nt yt rîp. Ycren mst b alaud t ćūz its momnt n bgin eni tōcs fṛm a pziśn v maximm streñʈ. Pūtin mst nt b rwordd fr hiz bć̣ri. Mor vicṭriz lîc ɖt in Hersón cn pev ɖ we t pīs.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

In Ñspel: The Observer view on Liz Truss and the sacking of Kwasi Kwarteng

The ‘dejected demeanour’ of Liz Truss at a press conference following the sacking of Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor was ‘so unconvincing the markets crashed again’. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian
Ɖ ‘djctd dmīnr’ v Liz Trus at a presconfṛns folowñ ɖ sacñ v Qāzi Qarteñ az ćanslr wz ‘so uncnvinsñ ɖ marcits craśt agn’. Foṭgraf: Śōn Smiʈ/Ɖ Gardịn

Ɖ Obzrvr vy on Liz Trus n ɖ sacñ v Qāzi Qarteñ

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 16 October 2022)

Ǎr nǎ titylr prîm̦inistr hz run ǎt v opśnz, bt at līst ɖ rît hz fîṇli lūsnd its grip on ɖ icoṇmi

Súnde 16 Octobr 2022

An ira hz clozd az sumṛli az it bgan. Ćanslr Qāzi Qarteñ in hiz Sptmbr mini-bujit portnṭsli anǎnst a ny ira v groʈ, groʈ, groʈ drivn bî unfundd taxcuts on a stypnds scel. In wn v ɖ most astoṇśñ turn’rndz in Britiś ic̣nomic n p’liticl hisṭri, it n h svîvd jst ʈri wīcs. Nǎ it z an opn qsćn ẃɖr ɖ prîm̦inistr n guvnmnt cn svîv n īvn ɖ Tori parti in its cuṛnt gîz. Nvr hz fełr bn so slf-inflictd, so abṣlut n so rićli dzrvd. Neṃsis hz foloud hybris, bt in so dwñ, tstñ ɖ insttyśnz v guvnmnt t ɖer limit n ɖ lîvz v evrwn.

It wz a ʈri-wīc spazm ɖt z ɖ culṃneśn v a secnd, mor loñ-standñ, ira, wn ɖt bgan in 1976 ẃn ɖ ɖen ćanslr, Denis Hīli, flù rli t an IMF confṛns t ngośiet a jaynt loun t pṛtct strlñ at ɖ prîs v swinjñ public-spendñ cuts. Ɖ postwar cnsnss ovr ic̣nomic manijmnt daid t b rplest bî fri-marcit Ʈać̣rizm. Bî a nīt siṃtri v fet, Qarteñ flù hom rli fṛm an IMF mītñ 46 yirz lêtr t b sact n si ɖ guts torn fṛm hiz mini-bujit. Ɖ ira v libterịn fri-marcit īc̣nomics ɖt hz hd sć a grip on ɖ Tori parti, n wîdr ic̣nomic n p’liticl dbet, hz daid in similrli dṛmatic faśn t ɖ we it wz lōnćt.

Fr no Cnsrṿtiv ćanslr wl evr trî t rpit ẃt Qarteñ dd. Ɖ c’lectiv oʈrz – ɖ gagl v rîtwñ Brexitr Tori poḷtiśnz sntrd on ɖ Yṛpiyn Rsrćgrūp, ɖ rîtwñ ʈnctancs, noṭbli ɖ Insttyt fr Ic̣nomic Aferz n ɖ Adm Smiʈ Insttyt, n ɖ rîtwñ mīdịćirlīdrz – hv bn faund ǎt n hymilietd. Ɖe prīćt inṭlecćl n p’liticl snec ôl. Ɖr wz no evidns t s’port ɖ “tricl-dǎn” ʈīsis ɖt ɖ public fînansz śd b orġnîzd t d’rect larjes t ɖ rićist, irispctiv v ɖ impact on ɖ purist n ɖ rzultñ volym v public dét, hu wd in rspons drîv ic̣nomic groʈ fṛm ẃć evrwn wd beṇfit. It wz ic̣nomic nonsns, ignorñ ɖ truɖz v ẃt riyli lîz bhnd ic̣nomic groʈ, nglectñ ɖ redinis v ɖ capitl marcits t bai Britiś guvnmnt dét on sć scel n torćñ eni cnspśn v fernis.

Ɖ riax́n wz ol tù pridictbl. Ɖ marcits hv dṛmaticli rezd ɖ cost v YC guvnmntbondz wɖ sirịs consiqnsz fr ɖ inṭrestret on ol dét, includñ morġjz. T rstor its fînanśl creḍbiḷti ɖ guvnmnt wz forst intu cnsiḍrñ lōnćñ a pirịd v fiscl osteṛti mor intns ɖn ɖt impozd bî Jorj Ozbōrn. Mnẃl, ɖ ilectṛt, contmpletñ śarpli hayr morgijcosts, gretli rdyst public srṿsz n frɖr priveśn fr ɖ pur, hz sd no t it ol, oḟrñ Lebr pouļīdz v 30% or mor.

Ɖ scel v ɖ rtrit z signld bî ɖ nyli apôntd ćanslr, Jeṛmi Hunt. In rli inṭvyz, clirli emd at ɖ marcits az mć az ɖ public, wɖ sm oṇsti h hz sd ɖt h starts wɖ a clīn slet, ɖt taxz me hv t g p rɖr ɖn dǎn, ɖt penfl public-spendñ cuts me lî ahd n nʈñ ćeriśt z nesseṛli sef – ẃɖr dfnșpendñ or ɖ fl indxeśn v welférbeṇfits. It z a rpydieśn v ɖ taxcutñ sntrpìs v Qarteñ poḷsiz, itslf nʈñ mor ɖn ɖ pṛspcṭs on ẃć Liz Trus wún ɖ Tori līdrśp wɖ ɖ s’port v partimembrz.

Hr śoc at ɖs rvrsl wz evidnt in hr djctd dmīnr at ɖ nîn-minit presconfṛns ś gev on Frîde afṭnun – so uncnvinsñ ɖt ɖ marcits fél agn. Ś z a prîm̦inistr wɖ no wrcbl p’liticl f’loṣfi, no poḷsiprogram, no prṗs, no bes in hr parti n no ilectṛl mandet. Hr tîtl az frst lord v ɖ Treẓ́ri z titylr: ɖ cntrol n d’rex́n v ic̣nomic poḷsi hz bn sìdd cmplitli t Hunt, hu in ifct nǎ runz ɖ guvnmnt. A numbr v Cnsrṿtiv MPz wuri ɖt eni public utṛns fṛm hr wl mc matrz wrs, ɖt īvn alawñ hr t tec anɖr prîm̦inistr’z qsćnz z t tmt p’liticl fet.

Bt t rples a secnd prîm̦inistr wɖ a ʈrd in wn parḷmntri trm wɖt a freś jenṛl ilex́n rezz funḍmntl deṃcratic prínsiplz. Brexit hz nt onli uptrnd ɖ Britiś icoṇmi, forsñ ɖ stagneśn fṛm ẃć Trus wontd t iscep, it hz so disorịntd ɖ Tori parti ɖt it trīts ɖ stet n ǎr public insttyśnz az an ajuñt t its intrnl poḷtics – ẃɖr its attyd twdz ɖ sivl srvis, ɖ s’prīm cort, public eʈics or ɖ BBC. Ɖ sem mst nt hapn t ǎr dmocṛsi. It mst b unḍstd ɖt eni s’xesr t Trus cn onli b a certecr bfr oḟrñ a jenṛl ilex́n.

Ɖ silvr lînñ in an uɖ̇wz grim lanscep z ɖt ɖ dzastṛs rîtwñ grip on public poḷsi hz bn śatrd. Trus wz rît on wn ʈñ: it z an impeṛtiv ɖ cuntri brecs ǎt v ic̣nomic stagneśn. Ɖ oltrṇtiv t tricl-dǎn īc̣nomics z t rêz public n prîṿt invstmnt alñ wɖ rîzñ xports, ɖ yṇvrsl drîvrz v ic̣nomic groʈ. Britn nīdz a stepćenj upwdz in public invstmnt n it nīdz t rīcast its fînanśl n ǒnrśp sistm t fostr ɖ gret cumṗniz ɖt iṇvet n invst. It nīdz t būst its tred wɖ ɖ YY bî fŭli alînñ wɖ ɖ sngl marcit n custmz yńn. Dvrjns wɖ YY rūlz mst b of ɖ ajnda. T rêz reṿny, ɖ Britiś taxsistm, ispeṣ́li ɖ taxeśn v reẓdnśl n cmrśl proṗti, nīdz t b hol̦i rīcast. W canot cntiny wɖ ɖ caunsltax best on 1991 proṗtivalyeśnz. Opśnz ɖt ɖ îdịlojicl rît vītoud r nǎ, at last, fīẓbl n on ɖ tebl. Ɖ cuntri yrnz fr stbiḷti, gd guvnns n s’luśnz. It z clir it wl fōl t ɖ Lebr parti t pṛvîd ɖm – probbli snr ɖn lêtr. It hd betr b redi.

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