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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Robert Jenrick going to war with Mickey Mouse is no surprise – this government is anti-child to its core

‘Children have become unaffordable to a generation that is worse off than their parents.’ Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA
‘Ćildṛn hv bcm un’forḍbl t a jeṇreśn ɖt z wrs of ɖn ɖer peṛnts.’ Foṭgraf: Dominic Lipinski/PA
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Roḅt Jnric gwñ t wor wɖ Mici Mǎs z no s’prîz – ɖs guvnmnt z antīćîld t its cor

(Transcription of an Guardian article of 11 July 2023)

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Pentñ ovr a ḿṛl z jst ɖ lêtist cruwl twist in 13 yirz v Cnsrṿtiv hostiḷti t faṃliz

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Polly Toynbee
Póli Tônbi

Tyzde, 11 Jlî 2023

Pent ovr Mici Mǎs
Brn Ẃr ɖ Wîld Ʈñz R
Pulṿrîz ɖ Lego
Set fîr t ɖ Crisṃs-tri star.

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Sīz ol ɖ tediz.
Beri evri scipñ rop
Pent ɖ wōlz darc brǎn
Aboliś ol hop.”

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Ɖt’s a powm jst ritn bî ɖt wîz n b’luvid ćildṛn’z ćampịn, Mîcl Rozn, in rspons t ɖ iṃgreśnministr, Roḅt Jnric. It’s a “Stop ol ɖ clocs” fr ćildṛn, n a rtort t Jnric’s ordr t stāf at an asîḷmsīcr rspśnsntr fr ćildṛn t blac ǎt Mici Mǎs n Wini-ɖ-Pù ḿṛlz.

Stāf at ɖ Cnt intec ynit rzistd, bt Jnric wz rportidli aḍmnt, t mc clir, h sd, ɖt ɖs wz a “lw-inforsmnt invîrnmnt” n “nt a welcm-sntr”, dogidli miṃcñ hiz bos, Suela Braṿmn.

Hir wz pforṃtiv poḷtics fr imajind rîtwñ votrz, bt īvn ɖe me hv blenćt, lîc mni v hiz ǒn MPz. Ɖr wz litl denjr v ɖs ynit bcmñ a welcm-sntr, sins its last inspx́n-rport faund ɖ tôḷts “un’xptbli drti” wɖ a “tù liṃtd” renj v tôz fr yuñ ćildṛn n “litl rīdñ-mtirịl”.

A Tori ministr gwñ t wor wɖ Mici Mǎs z pićprfict p’liticl imijri fr ɖ endñ v ɖer ira. Me h b grītd fr evr bî ppl wẹrñ Mici Mǎs irz. Filip Pŭlmn twītd: “Cold, cruwl, ɖ act v a soul ɖt’s śrivld n mīn t its cor.” Stìvn Ciṇc, ɖ śado mîgreśnministr, sd: “Ol ɖe hv left z tuf tōc n cruwl n caḷs poḷsiz,” az ɖ stori flù arnd ɖ wrld t śem s ol yt agn.

So Jnric entrz ɖ frmmnt v inḟmi rzrvd fr poḷtiśnz hu oceźṇli līp ǎt v ɖ rancs v obskṛti intu ɖ hisṭri-bcs az ɖ prfict embḷm v ɖer p’liticl tîmz. Án Widdecombe wz wn, ẃn ś sprañ t noṭrayti az priznzministr fr śaclñ fīmel priznrz t ayn bedstedz wɖ hancufs n ćenz az ɖe gev brʈ: ɖ imij reẓnetd bcz it so prficli capćrd hr parti’z pyṇtiv poḷtics.

Jnric’s vîlnis rvrḅrets bcz h z nt sm mavric ćîldcrunćr, bt an embḷm v a guvnmnt ɖt hz, fr utrli bwilḍrñ rīznz, dlibṛtli foc̣st its osteṛti on faṃliz n ćildṛn. Ɖe hv bòrn ɖ brunt, nt bî axidnt, bt wɖ intnt. Naćṛli, mîgṛntćildṛn r ɖ top targit (unls ɖe dî in ɖ sī ẃn ministrz śed a wōtrfōl v croc̣dîltirz). Ɖ sinistr dis’piṛns v asîḷmćildṛn, probbli stoḷn, fṛm hotelz ẃr ɖe wr dumt wd norṃli si eni siṿlîzd guvnmnt set of a hy n crî t fînd ɖer fet. Bt sins Britiś-born ćildṛn rsiv similr neglijns, it’s no s’prîz ɖt dd’nt hapn: rîzñ numbrz v ćildṛn in cer r biyñ dumt far awe intu proḟtirñ homz in ćīp n dprîvd eriaz.

Let’s rîfl ʈru guvnmntprîoṛtiz v ɖz past 13 yirz, t śo ɖs z nt hîpŕḅle. Hvr hard ɖ tîmz, y mt xpct eni siṿlîzd ssayti t pt ćildṛn frst, yt tîm n agn ɖe cm last.

Wɖn a stricn NHS, mtrṇtisrṿsz hv sufrd ispeṣ́li badli; a ʈrd v hlʈvizitrz r gn; n īvn in mntl hlʈ, ćîld n aḍlesnt srṿsz hv ɖ longist wêts.

Ɖe mt cōl ɖs osteṛti’z axdntl c’latṛl damij, bt beṇfitspoḷsi dlibṛtli impovṛśz ćildṛn. Jorj Ozbōrn léd ɖ ćarj wɖ beṇfitcuts ɖt stript £37bn mostli fṛm faṃliz. Hiz tū-ćîld limit on beṇfits dprîvd peṛnts v £2,800 fr a ʈrd ćîld, n pśt 1.1 miłn mor ćildṛn intu poṿti, mcñ a totl v 4.2 miłn last yir. Hiz beṇfitcap cruśz ɖoz in hî-rent eriaz. Ɖ asid ton wz set bî Devid Camṛn in 2012, seyñ: “Qt simpli, w hv bn incuṛjñ wrcñ-ej ppl t hv ćildṛn n nt wrc.”

Lebr liftd 800,000 ćildṛn ǎt v reḷtiv poṿti, bt f ɖ Toriz r stl in pǎr bî 2027 ɖe wl wîp ǎt ɖ last v ɖt gen, sz ɖ Reẓluśn Fǎndeśn. Wn ttemic rzult wl last: Britiś ćildṛn hv śrunc in hît in rleśn t ɖoz in similr cuntriz.

Hir’z anɖr ifct: ɖ brʈ ret rouz in Lebr yirz, ẃn bebiz wr welcmd wɖ a ćîld trustfund at brʈ n wɖ 3,500 Śr Start sntrz, nǎ mostli gn or radicli rdyst. Bt sins 2012, brʈs hv pluṃtd bî an alarmñ n ic̣nomicli harmfl 12.2%. Ćildṛn hv bcm un’forḍbl t a jeṇreśn ɖt z wrs of ɖn ɖer peṛnts at bebipṛdysñ ej, nǎ spendñ a ʈrd v ɖer wejz on nrṣriz, wɖ lowr incmz, hayr rents n hevi dét.

Lc ẃt els ćildṛn hv lost sins 2010. Plesz t ple r dgredd bî £330m cuts t parcs’ upcīp, ofn līvñ rect plêgrǎndz. Mor ɖn 700 cḿṇti ftbōlpićz hv gn, alñ wɖ 200 scūl pleyñfīldz sold of n 400 swimñpūlz clozd. Nirli 800 lîbrriz hv gn, ɖoz hêvnz fr ćildṛn on wintrdez. In culćṛli dplitd scūlz, cuts in artstīćrz hz left a 40% fōl in stydnts tecñ eni JSSE arts.

Ol ɖs hd olrdi hapnd ẃn ɖ pandemic struc: ćildṛn peid ɖ Covid prîs, loct in n śut ǎt v scūl, nt t sev ɖmslvz bt ɖ lîvz v oldr ppl. Ẃr’z ɖ grattyd fr ol ɖe lost? Faṃliz hd £20 ript of ɖer yṇvrsl credit az sn az it wz ovr; tde’z Reẓluśn Fǎndeśn rport śoz ɖt ɖt hlpt t tip anɖr 100,000 ppl intu abṣlut poṿti. Mî tripl-loct jeṇreśn jst got a 10% pnśnrîz, ẃl ćildṛn’z oṿwrct n unḍstaft tīćrz r ofrd 4.3%. Ɖs z ɖ p’liticl bacgrǎnd t Jnricizm, ɖ antīćîld cor v hiz guvnmnt, ingrend dīp in ɖer nećr.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: George Osborne destroyed Britain’s safety net. The Covid inquiry should shame him into silence

Chancellor George Osborne at the City of London Corporation's bankers’ and merchants’ dinner at the Mansion House on 16 June 2010. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images
Ćanslr Jorj Ozbōrn at ɖ Siti v Lundn Corṗreśn’z bancrz’ n mrćnts’ dinr at ɖ Manśnhǎs on 16 Jūn 2010. Foṭgraf: Blūmbrg/Geti Iṃjz
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Jorj Ozbōrn dstroid Britn’z seftinet. Ɖ Covid inqîri śd śem him intu sîḷns

(Transcription of an Guardian article of 1 June 2023)

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Hiz iniqiṭs osteṛtiprogram left ɖ popyleśn sic, vulnṛbl, n unpriperd fr a pandemic

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Polly Toynbee
Póli Tônbi

Ʈrzde 1 Jūn 2023

Ɖ  belz told at 4pm tde, ɖ dedlîn ẃn evri śred v evidns wd b handd ovr bî lw t Heɖr Halit, ɖ rtîrd hîcort juj. Ɖ guvnmnt set p ɖ Covid inqîri, ordend its wîd rīmit, gev its ćer līgl pǎrz t cmand ẃtvr evidns ś dīmz nesṣri, bt ɖen bōlct at obeyñ it.

Public atnśn wl foc̣s on ɖ contents v ɖoz WotsAps n not-bcs. Ẃt wr ministrz n ofiślz seyñ t ć uɖr? Z Doṃnic Cumñz rît ɖt Boris Jonsn sd “let ɖ bodiz pîl hî?” Uɖr formz v caḷs siṇsizm me b xpozd f w dscuvr ɖt ministrz ń “īt ǎt t hlp ǎt” wz a plegspredr n pt ɖ icoṇmi bfr sefti. Mor wl b rvild abt fast-tráct meġcontracts fr croniz, n abt ɖoz hu wr hiroz amñ ɖ gd sayntists n doctrz. Ministrz’ ton wl set ɖ contxt fr ol ɖe dd, az b’rivd faṃliz woć hōc-aid evri step v ɖ we. Ɖs batl ovr admisbl evidns n blac-ñc rdax́nz z onli ɖ frst strugl amñ poḷtiśnz hopñ t prizrv ɖer repyteśnz. Bî ɖ fînl rec̣nñz, ẃtvr ɖ blem n prêz, ɖz actrz wl hv left ɖ p’liticl stej.

Ɖ inqîri z dvîdd intu ʈri modylz: bfr, jrñ n aftr ɖ pandemic. Vîtl lésnz wl b lrnt – practicl, tecnicl, sạntific n administṛtiv – abt lînz v cmand n spīd v rspons. Têlz v hymn streñʈs, stypidtiz, briłns n felñz wl b abzorbñ. Bt bî far ɖ dīpist p’liticl lésn rzǎndñ intu ɖ fyćr wl cm fṛm modyl wn, “Rziłns n priperidnis”. Ɖs wl “lc intu ɖ priperidnis fr ɖ pandemic” n ases “f ɖ pandemic wz proprli pland fr n ẃɖr ɖ YC wz adiqtli redi fr ɖt ivnćuaḷti”. W nǒ ɖ ansr olrdi.

Amñ ɖoz sumnd t gv evidns fr ɖs modyl, t b hŕd fṛm 13 Jūn, r tū men hu hd loñ left pǎr bî ɖ tîm Covid blù in. Yt Devid Camṛn n Jorj Ozbōrn me hv most t ansr fr. Bî 2020 ɖ cndiśn v ɖ cuntri hd bn larjli set bî Ozbōrn, ɖ pǎrhǎs bhnd ɖ fruntman. Camṛn hd bn ɖ cuvr, adpt at sīmñ rīzṇbl, no glīm v ɖ îdịlog in hiz î az h hugd husciz n sumnd a big ssayti v cḿṇti ax́n. Ɖ Brexitrz, hūm h cōld “frūtcecs”, wr ɖ xtrimists hu alaud ɖz tū t sīm lîc moḍrets, ɖer copiz v Hîec n Frīdmn hidn in ɖer bac pocits.

Ɖ devsteśn ɖe cōzd fṛm ɖer frst, Jūn 2010, bujit set ɖ pes fr a pirịd v osteṛti mor savij ɖn enʈñ atmtd bî Marġrit Ʈaćr, huz fes hd adornd ɖer wōlz az stydnts. Ɖe tîtnd ʈumscruz in bujit aftr bujit, stripñ ɖ public relm n spẹrñ nʈñ in ɖer psyt v an evr-smōlr stet. Ɖ six ćanslrz hu foloud Ozbōrn wr cut fṛm ɖ sem stet-śrincñ cloʈ, n psyd hiz osteṛti program wɖ īql zīl.

Ɖ naśnl unpriperidnis Ozbōrn left in hiz wec starts wɖ ɖ NHS itslf, ẃć ɖ Cnsrṿtivz inheṛtd at pīc pformns in 2010 aftr yirz v jenṛs fînans. Bî ɖ plegyir v 2020, its fundñ p’ hed hd bn ẃitld dǎn fr mor ɖn a deced, dspt a fast-rîzñ n eldrli popyleśn. Sali Woṛn, d’rectr v poḷsi at ɖ Cñ’z Fund hlʈ ʈnctanc, woćt it hapn fṛm wɖn guvnmnt: ś pônts t fywr bedz, trenñcuts, b’lūnñ stāfvec̣nsiz, śorṭjz v iqipmnt n téc s’port, n ɖ axñ v capitl fr rperz.

Bt bynd ɖs incrisñli ʈredbér NHS, Woṛn tld m ɖt Covid hd torn ʈru a vulnṛbl popyleśn in a dtirịretñ stet v hlʈ. “Tù mni ppl’z rziłns wz wìcnd. Impruvmnts in lîf xpctnsi stōld in ɖ 2010z n Covid md ɖ wìcist ilr.” Ɖs wz dy t “lac v rli dạgnosis”, bt olso “ɖ stet v hǎzñ, erqoḷti, ppl’z dayt. Yr incm, yr invîrnmnt, yr xpoźr t advtîzñ n lac v fizicl activti afctd rziłns.” Ɖ guvnmnt’s fełr t ćalinj fūdmańfacćrrz ovr sōlt n śŭgr hlpt incris ćîld’biṣti. NHS cḿṇtisrṿsz wr drend n fundz rīdirectd t cīp akt srṿsz gwñ, ś sd.

Covid atact a sic popyleśn n a wìcnd hlʈ n sośl cer srvis. Ozbōrn wz ruʈlis in hiz beṇfitcuts, ispeṣ́li ɖoz afctñ ćildṛn, plunjñ ɖm frɖr b’lo sośl-s’kṛti levlz in similr cuntriz. Hǎ wr ɖ lǒist peid s’pozd t ste hom on sicpe ɖt z stl ɖ lǒist in ɖ OICD? Lo pe, inṣkr jobz, rîzñ rents n sm v ɖ most oṿcrǎdd hǎzñ in wstn Yṛp ol cntribytd t ɖ mortaḷti tol. Sins ɖ pandemic, 25% mor ppl hv bn of wrc, rportñ loñ-trm ilnis.

Nn v ɖz unḍlayñ vulnṛbiḷtiz bgan in 2020 ẃn Covid struc. V ol ɖ lésnz lrnt at ɖ end v ɖs inqîri, ɖ most importnt wn fr votrz wl b ɖs: nvr agn cn w fōl fr ɖ smōl-stet, lo-tax proṃsz ɖt līv evrwn vulnṛbl, wɖt ɖ s’kṛti v gd guvnmnt or ɖ pṛtx́n v gd public srṿsz. Camṛn z olrdi śemd intu sîḷns bî hiz Grīnsil grīd. Az fr Ozbōrn, h dzrvz ɖ sort v public condmneśn in ɖ fînl rport ɖt śd si him stript v ol ɖ undizrvd rwordz śǎrd on him sins līvñ parḷmnt. Ledi Halit hz startd ǎt splendidli rzistnt t p’liticl śiceṇri: hr rport cd b a nvr-agn landmarc on ɖ nīd fr a rziłnt ssayti.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Today’s elections are the last before the Tories vandalise our democratic rights

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A protest against the elections bill in Parliament Square, London, in February. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Getty Images
A protest agnst ɖ ilex́nzbil in Parḷmnt Sqer, Lundn, in Febrri. Foṭgraf: Hóli Admz/Geti Iṃjz

Tde’z ilex́nz r ɖ last bfr ɖ Tōriz vanḍlîz ǎr deṃcratic rîts

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 5 May 2022)

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Ɖ ilex́nzbil wl dtŕ non-Tori s’portrz fṛm votñ n scrap eni oṿsît. Rform z nīdd mor ɖn evr bfr

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Polly Toynbee

Poli Tônbi, Ʈrzde, 5 Me 2022

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Tde z ɖ last tîm y wl g t ɖ poulz bfr ɖ guvnmnt’s śemfl n śemlis ny ilex́nzbil bcmz lw. It wz sqizd ʈru parḷmnt lêt at nît last wīc in ɖ fînl “woś-up” v bad bilz bfr ɖ end v ɖ seśn.

Ɖ bil’z Trumpiś votrs’preśn z dzînd t dtŕ pur n yuñ ppl fṛm votñ. Its pasñ olso mcs ɖz ɖ last ilex́nz t b monitrd n scrūṭnîzd bî a jenyinli indipndnt Ilectṛl Cmiśn. Ɖs hbić̣li timid ǎtfit traid t stand p fr itslf: “Ɖ indipndns v ɖ Ilectṛl Cmiśn z vîtl t ɖ fuñṣ́nñ v a hlʈi dmocṛsi,” it sd. Bt, az v nǎ, Boris Jonsn n hiz alîz wl set ɖer ǒn trmz fr ɖ cmiśn, includñ its scrūṭni v fînans.

Evri votr wl nīd a foto ID fṛm nǎ on, so 7.5% v votrz, or 3.5 miłn ppl, wɖt a drîvñlîsns or a pasport wl hv t b dtrmind inuf t trec t ɖer locl caunsl ofis, hv ɖer foto tecn n fil ǎt an apḷceśn wɖ a cǎnṭsigṇćr. It’s wrʈ notñ ɖt ɖ DVLA n ɖ Pasport Ofis r in crîsis: jst trî bcñ an rjnt pasportslot. Enwn lcñ at ǎr votñpatnz wd wuri abt tù fy ppl trnñ ǎt, nt ppl votñ twîs. Ɖ risc v “prṣneśn” – ćītñ on îdntti – z miṇskl: in 2017 ɖr wz wn cnvix́n, in 2018 nn at ol. In a grosli unfer n undeṃcratic ilectṛl sistm, ɖ proḅti n oṇsti v its oṗreśn z ɖ wn aspect t b prǎd v.

Ɖ Tori-léd public admiṇstreśn n consttyśnl aferz cmiti pṛdyst a devstetñ condmneśn v ɖ bil. Ɖe esṭmetd 2.3% v votrz wd b dtrd fṛm votñ, or 1.1 miłn ppl, hu wd probbli b ɖoz on lo incmz, fṛm eʈnic mnoṛtiz n wɖ dis’biḷtiz. Ɖe wornd ɖt tù mć arbitrri dscreśn wd b left t poulñsteśn stāf t axpt or rjct ID, cōzñ kz n rǎz.

F y dǎt ɖs z a cnspiṛsi t stop non-Tōriz votñ, lc at ɖ onli ID ɖt z axptbl bynd pasports n drîvñlîsnsz: pnśnrz wl b alaud t yz ɖ oldr prsn’z buspas, Ôstr 60+ or Sīńr 60+ SmartPas – ẃl yuñ ppl wl b bàrd fṛm yzñ ɖer relcardz. Ɖ guvnmnt rjctd Lord Wilits’ amndmnt 86 trayñ t includ a wîd renj v dokmnts fr ol ejz. Oldr ppl r ɖ mn yzrz v postl vots – ẃć w’nt rqîr ID. Ol ɖs z śrli nt unc̣nctd wɖ ɖ Tōriz’ 47-pônt līd amñ ɖ ovr-65z, n Lebr’z 43-pônt līd amñ undr 25z az v 2019.

Ɖ Spectetr hz cîndli asmbld no fywr ɖn 11 raitñz n seyñz bî Jonsn xcorietñ ID cardz, startñ wɖ, “I loɖ ɖ îdīa on prínsipl. I nvr wont t b cmandd, bî eni eṃneśn v ɖ Britiś stet, t pṛdys evidns v mî îdntti … I wl tec ɖt card ǎt v mî wolit n fizicli īt it.” Bt nǎ ID cardz srv hiz onli rmenñ p’liticl prṗs: t gt riilectd.

Ɖ bil’z uɖr aboṃneśn cnsrnz ɖ reḷtivli ny meṛl n p’līs n crîm cmiśnr ilex́nz: it swīps awe ɖ preznt secnd-prefṛns sistm in fevr v ɖ unferist v ol, ɖ antīc frst past ɖ post (FPTP). Ẃ? Bcz Tōriz r mor lîcli t win undr FPTP. Ɖr r mor anti-Tori pṛgresiv votrz, hu transfr ɖer secnd prefṛnsz t anɖr pṛgresiv parti, bt rerli t a Tori.

Az Nìl Lwsn, hu advcets a pṛgresiv alayns, rout eḷqntli ɖs wīc, a mjoṛti-pṛgresiv vot z yẓ́li dzastṛsli dvîdd. Tde, in 82% v ilex́nz ɖr wl b at līst tū pṛgresiv canddets splitñ ɖer vot, standñ agnst jst wn Cnsrṿtiv, acordñ t Jon Narcros v ɖ Ilectṛl-Rform Ssayti. Pṛporśnl repriznteśn (PR) wd, t boro a frêz, “levl up” vots, so ɖe d’nt pîl p westd. PR nǎ gts stroñ public s’port, acordñ t YGuv, wɖ 44% in fevr, n onli 27% fr frst past ɖ post.

Ɖ last wīc, wɖ sevn frunt pejz v ɖ Meil n uɖrz pîlñ in, trayñ t mc Cir Starmr’z bir n curi on ɖ campen trel az bad az Dǎnñ Strīt’s 12 partiz, z jst anɖr grim rmîndr v ɖ monstṛs heft v ɖ rîtwñ pres, yzd unscrūpyḷsli t sev its multimiłner ǒnrz fṛm ɖ perilz v Lebr in pǎr.

Lebr, f it bcmz ɖ bigist parti at ɖ nxt jenṛl ilex́n, mst līd ɖ we t ilectṛl rform. Lebr z hîli unlîcli t win alon, so ɖs tîm ɖ Libṛl Deṃcrats n ol ɖ uɖr partiz mst dmand PR imīɉtli, az its frst act or rfyz eni cooṗreśn on enʈñ els. Ɖr z no nīd fr a reḟrendm, jst d it. Reḟrenḍmz r toxic poḷtics – n ɖ Tōriz cn hardli cmplen ẃn ɖe hv jerimandrd, pṛrogd n s’prest opozñ vots, ɖer mndeśs presclac dstortñ eni fer vôs, wɖ totl disrigard fr ẃt z nǎ a brocn consttyśn. Jonsn hz cild of Pītr Heṇsi’z ʈiyri v a “gd ćaps” consttyśn, wn in ẃć practiśnrz hold dir nt jst ɖ rūlz ɖmslvz bt olso ɖer spirit.

So ẃt śd pṛgresiv “gd ćaps”, b ɖe mel or fīmel, d at ɖ cloz v a Jonsn ira? Ɖt mć z clir. Ɖe śd fīl fri t intṛdys a votñsistm ɖt wl stop eni c’rupt parti wɖ a mnoṛti v vots evr guṿnñ alon agn wɖ dicttorịl pǎrz.

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: They broke the law and are disgraced. Whatever they do now, shame will cling to Johnson and Sunak

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‘Breaking the law and lying about it would have seen any other prime minister and chancellor resign instantly.’ Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson outside 10 Downing Street, December 2021. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA
‘Brecñ ɖ lw n layñ abt it wd hv sìn eni uɖr prîm̦inistr n ćanslr rzîn instntli.’ Riśi Sŭnac n Boris Jonsn ǎtsd 10 Dǎnñ Strīt, Dsmbr 2021. Foṭgraf: Andi Rên/YPA

Ɖe brouc ɖ lw n r dsgrest. Ẃtvr ɖe d nǎ, śem wl clñ t Jonsn n Sŭnac

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 12 April 2022)

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Poli Tônbi, Tyzde 12 Epril 2022

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Ɖe brouc ɖ rūlz ɖe set fr evrwn els. Ɖen ɖ prîm̦inistr laid n laid agn t parḷmnt. “Nvr bfr in hisṭri hz a prîm̦inistr brocn ɖ lw,” Cris Braynt, ćer v bʈ ɖ standdz n priṿlijz cmitiz, tld m ɖs afṭnun. “Ɖz r’nt jst rūlz; ɖe brouc ɖ lw.” Jonsn’z ćanslr, asct f h hd atndd tū Dǎnñ Strīt Crisṃs partiz, tld ɖ Comnz: “No, Mr Spīcr, I dd nt atnd eni partiz.”

Brecñ ɖ lw n layñ abt it or mslidñ ɖ hǎs wd hv sìn eni uɖr prîm̦inistr n ćanslr rzîn instntli. Bt nʈñ cn mc ɖm g f ɖe clñ t ɖer posts. Onli ɖer ǒn MPz cn aust ɖm, wɖ a fluri v ɖoz feṃs letrz t ɖ bac-bnć 1922-cmiti ćer. Ɖr śd b kz formñ ǎtsd Sr Greym Brêdi’z dor rît nǎ, bt d’nt hold yr breʈ. Instd, y hír calkletñ pplex̣ti: wɖt ɖm, hu wd b ǎr winñ līdr? Bt fr ɖ sec v ɖer repyteśnz, ɖz MPz śd onli cnsidr ɖ proḅti v ɖer parti.

Mor sntenśsli, ɖe pritnd cnsrn fr ɖ cuntri: a wor z no tîm t dić a līdr. Riyli? In bʈ wrldworz, inadiqt līdrz wr dumt unseṛmońsli fr smwn betr sūtd fr ɖt sirịs n dsîsiv rǒl. Nn v ɖm s’lectd Boris Jonsn xpctñ him t mc a worlīdr. God nz hǎ loñ ɖ wor in Ycren me last, bt ɖ tîm me cm, bfr loñ, ẃn sitiznz acrs Nato cuntriz wl b asct t mc sacṛfîsz, in eṇji, in s’plîlînz, in taxz. An imoṛl lwbrecr hu hz feld t acnolij ɖ grīṿsnis v hiz ǒn bhevyr z hardli ɖ man t cōl on uɖrz t tîtn ɖer blts in ɖ naśnl inṭrest.

Ɖs guvnmnt pritndz Covid hz gn awe, bcz it wśz it hd. It hz ćozn t ignor ɖ hundṛdz v deʈs a de, ɖ hospitlz n ambyḷnșrṿsz oṿẃlmd, pritndñ it’s ol ovr. Bt ẃrvr Jonsn n Riśi Sŭnac g, f evr agn ɖe der fes an unscriptd ōdịns, smwn wl stand p n se, “Mî muɖr daid alon, bcz w obeid ɖ lw” or “Mî ćildṛn hd t se gdbî t ɖer dayñ muɖr on a tablit, bcz w ol obeid ɖ lw ẃl y hld 12 partiz.” Imajin trayñ t doj evri ordnri sitizn hu mt hv a stori t tel jrñ an ilex́ncampen.

Braynt hz a cnstitẏnt, a yṇvrṣtistydnt, hu wz faind £2,100 fr atndñ – nt orġnîzñ – a parti jrñ locdǎn. Mni uɖrz wl wundr ẃ ɖz tū got of so lîtli. T ɖ hundṛdz v ʈǎzndz wɖ penfl Covid storiz, ɖoz Dǎnñ Strīt partiz wl olwz b an afrunt, nt a mir baġtel az ɖ lîcs v Jecb Rīs-Mog pritnd. N fr nn v ɖm wl ol ɖs fed awe bî ɖ nxt ilex́n.

Tori MPz nīd t hír lǎd n clir fṛm ol ɖer ilectrz. Ɖe nīd a frîṭnñ aṿlanć v īmeilz n letrz, tde, rît nǎ. Nʈñ els wl str ɖm t d ẃt ɖer parti wd srtnli hv dn at eni uɖr pônt in its hisṭri.

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: I’ve covered countless Tory mini-budgets. The cruelty of this one shocked even me

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‘Surely a chancellor wouldn’t choose to do the wrong things, knowingly, when he has the power to set the country in a better direction?’ Photograph: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Reuters
‘Śrli a ćanslr wd’nt ćūz t d ɖ roñ ʈñz, nwñli, ẃn h hz ɖ pǎr t set ɖ cuntri in a betr d’rex́n?’ Foṭgraf: YC Parḷmnt/Jesica Teilr/Rôtrz

I’v cuvrd cǎntlis Tori minibujits. Ɖ cruwlti v ɖs wn śoct īvn m

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 24 March 2022)

Hǎ nîīv I wz t ʈnc ɖt Riśi Sŭnac wd pṛtct ɖ purist fṛm ɖ heviist bloz v ɖ cost-v-livñ crîsis

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Poli Tônbi, Ʈrzde 24 Marć 2022

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Ɖs wz a gret “leṿlñ dǎn”, wɖ tū-ʈrdz v Riśi Sŭnac’s gv’wez in hiz sprñstetmnt gwñ t ɖ top haf v rnrz. At līst ɖ ćanslr hd ɖ gd gres t abandn ɖ wrdz “leṿlñ-up” n “net ziro”, n h bérli īvn mnśnd “pnśnrz” az h impoṿriśt ɖ olrdi pur ẃl gvñ a litl boṇs t gas-guẓlñ SYV drîvrz.

Ẃ b śoct? God nz hǎ mni Tori bujits n minibujits I hv cuvrd in a lîftîm mostli rūld bî Tori guvnmnts, yt stl, smhǎ, I cn b tecn bî s’prîz. Ɖ śir necid vīnaḷti stl tecs mî breʈ awe. Śrli a ćanslr wd’nt ćūz t d ɖ roñ ʈñz, nwñli, ẃn h hz ɖ pǎr t set ɖ cuntri in a betr d’rex́n?

Hǎ pʈeticli nîīv t ʈnc ɖt Sŭnac wd ćūz t enśur ɖ blo dd’nt agn fōl hardist on ɖ wìcist, az w fes ɖ wrst hit t ǎr livñstanddz in ǎr lîftîmz aftr ɖ tripl bloz v fnanśl craś, pandemic n wor. I dd xpct at līst a tocn jsćr. Aftr ol ɖ yirz v Jorj Ozbōrn bujits, ɖ ifcts v ẃć I cronicld wɖ Devid Wōcr in ǎr bc, Ɖ Lost Deced, ẃt idịsi on mî part t hold on t a s’ntila v b’lif ɖt ɖ Tōriz wd’nt cīp dwñ ɖ sem ʈñ ovr n ovr agn.

“W c’nt d evrʈñ” z ɖ ćanslr’z mantra, t g alñsd blemñ Pūtin fr ol ɖ kḿḷtiv damij dn sins 2010. It sǎndz grounup n rsponsbl, n it’s hǎ Tori ćanslrz hv dsivd ɖ public evr sins Marġrit Ʈaćr cmperd ɖ naśnl icoṇmi t a hǎshold bujit, n Ozbōrn clevrli sd ɖ cuntri hz “maxt ǎt its creditcard”. V cors a ćanslr c’nt d evrʈñ! Let’s līv asd ɖ macro-ic̣nomic qsćnz v hǎ h cd, v cors, boro mor wɖ a Banc v Ñgḷnd qontittiv-īzñ program ɖt invsts in evrʈñ ɖt wd dlivr grīn groʈ. Bt wɖn hiz slf-impozd limits, ɖ ćôsz h md r obsin, az wr Ozbōrn’z. Fūdbancs r fludd wɖ faṃliz in nīd fr ɖ frst tîm; cortpṛsidñz t ivict tennts in Ñgḷnd dy t rent dfōlt r p bî 43%; n ɖ maṇjñd’rectr v Îsḷnd sz fūdbanc yzrz r trnñ dǎn rw fūd sins ɖe hv no muni t pe fr ɖ eṇji t cc it.

Ɖ ćanslr’z ǒn Ofis fr Bujit Rsponsbiḷti spelt ǎt t him wɖ brūtl oṇsti hǎ mć wrs ʈñz wl gt ɖs yir. Bt stl ɖ purist fifʈ v hǎsholdz r set t rsiv jst £120, wɖ ɖ rićist poc̣tñ £480.

Hiz dsrepytbl prîoṛti z t staś most caś in a priilex́n wor ćst – swītnrz n brîbz t win anɖr trm ɖt wd agn rword ɖ havz n noc bac ɖ hv-nots. Hvr, mbi ɖt’s nt gwñ tù wel ɖs tîm jujñ bî ɖ rspons fṛm ɖ yẓ́li sic̣fantic Tori pres. Īvn ɖ Xpres fruntpej on Ʈrzde splaśt, “Ɖ fgotn miłnz se: ẃt abt s?”, pṛtstñ at les ɖn nʈñ fr ɖ old, huz stetpnśnz wl incris bî onli 3.1% dspt infleśn pridictd t rīć 8%, ol ẃl fesñ sōrñ eṇji n fūd bílz. Ɖt’s od, bcz ɖ Tōriz rlî abṣlutli on ɖ pnśnrvot. No dǎt ɖ’l gt ɖer buñ in ilex́nyir – bt wl ɖe b tù dsgruntld bî ɖen?

Ɖ Teḷgraf blasts, “Ɖ bigist fōl in livñstanddz on record” n īvn ɖ Meil struglz t fînd poẓtivz, its fruntpej dmandñ, “Nǎ slaś taxz īvn frɖr” – angri ɖt Sŭnac disrispctd its campen t “spîc ɖ hîc” in naśnl inśuṛns. It dz fînd a nrs hu sz ɖ incmtax rdux́n, ẃć dz’nt cic in untl 2024, z “briłnt”. Ś sz, “It’s a gd sîn n śd impruv ʈñz.” Ś me b wrcñ tù hard cīpñ ɖ NHS gwñ t spend mć tîm on ɖ smōl print, or ś’d si hr pe fōlñ wel bhnd prîsz, wɖ eni rîz ś gts tecn fṛm hr locl NHS fundñ, huz valy, az wɖ ol public srṿsz, wl olso dclîn in ɖs infleṣ́nri yir.

Ɖ ppćl puzl z ẃ so mni vot fr ɖs parti ɖt cnsistntli dz ɖm dǎn n rwordz ɖ wlʈịr? I cd le ǎt ɖ yźl list v rīznz faund in poulñ n foc̣s grūps: it’s nt onli ɖ icoṇmi, stypid. Ɖ Tōriz cīp tugñ on ɖ Brexit rop, a petrịtizm̦īm, wɖ Jonsn dsgustñli cmperñ Britn’z “frīdm” fṛm ɖ YY wɖ Ycreńnz fîtñ fr ɖer cuntri – Sŭnac tugd at ɖ wor in a dsonist plô in hiz spīć yesṭde.

Hvr, ɖs śemfl, śemlis minibujit me marc anɖr stepñston alñ ɖ we t trnñ ǎt ɖz rogz, hu ɖz dez bérli pritnd t d mor fr ɖ cuntri ɖn trî t clñ t ofis, vayñ fr fyćr līdrśp īvn az ɖe snc in ɖ poulz. Lebr z śipśep, ilectbl n ahd. Ɖ Tōriz wl hv dvîdd n śiprect ɖ cuntri fr loñ inuf bî 2024, ẃn ɖ muni Sŭnac dsgresḟli wɖholdz fṛm yṇvrsl credit n public srṿsz me nt bai inuf vots.

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn │ Forget curtains and cash – Johnson’s legacy will be the bitter taste of Brexit

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An anti-Brexit protester holds a placard after Boris Johnson drove past to attend prime minister’s questions on Wednesday. Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP
An anti-Brexit pṛtstr holdz a placard aftr Boris Jonsn drouv past t atnd prim̦inistr’z qsćnz on Wenzde. Foṭgraf: Mát Dunm/AP
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(Transcription of a Guardian article of 30 April 2021)

Ɖ prim̦inistr hz impeṛld pīs in Norɖn Îrḷnd, n evri de ɖ ic̣nomic fōlǎt wrsnz

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Amd sliṗjz, losz, vaṇśñ invstmnts n xportdrops, ɖ drip, drip v Brexit damij nvr stops. I c’lect xamplz evri wīc, az f picñ p spent mortŗǎndz fṛm a batlfīld. On Wenzde, it wz 450 jobz lost az carparts mańfacćrr Tôoda Gosei priperz t śut facṭriz in Roɖṛm n Swonzi, n rīḷcet t ɖ Ćeh Rpublic.

A breʈtecñ £800 rol v gold wōlpepr dstracts ǎr î. A prim̦inistr hu cōzd tnz v ʈǎzndz v bodiz t pîl hî, ẃl apaṛntli fixñ taxz fr palz n contracts fr croniz, hz ǎr îz ǎt on stōcs. Nwn nz hǎ dīp in sluri Boris Jonsn cn snc n stl swim ǎt.

Bt hisṭri wl record wn gret p’liticl crîm abv ol ɖ uɖrz, hiz tōdri dsoṇstiz mir iluṃneśnz rnd its éjz. Ɖ dlinqnt hu mișold Brexit t haf ɖ neśn wɖ a stardust v fōls proṃsz t s’kr himslf ɖ ʈron wl līv bhnd ɖ Brexit brec̣jz loñ aftr h hz gn.

Ɖ most sirịs so far z impeṛlñ pīs in Norɖn Îrḷnd, az Arlīn Fostr z bròt dǎn bî Brexit’s imposbl contṛdix́nz. Ɖr wr wornñz: tū formr prim̦inistrz spouc in Deri jst bfr ɖ reḟrendm, ẃn Toni Bler sd ɖr “wd hv t b ćecs btwn Norɖn Îrḷnd n ɖ rest v ɖ YC, ẃć wd b plenli un’xptbl”, ẃl Jon Mejr wornd v a “historic mstec” ɖt wd dīsteḅlîz ɖ Gd Frîde agrīmnt. Bt Fostr, an ardnt Brexitr, dsmist ɖs az a “dīpli ofnsiv” rmen scer stori.

Ɖ DYP’s imposbl Brexit stans wl b inheṛtd bî ẃćvr unluci canddet s’xidz hr. Ẃ bac Brexit ẃn Norɖn Îrḷnd wz agnst it n ɖ bordr dlema flaśt a red wornñ? Ẃ bac Boris Jonsn ẃn, v cors, h wd rat on hr wɖ hiz YC-splitñ proṭcol? Ẃ dd’nt ɖ DYP dmand ɖ hol YC ste in ɖ sngl marcit?

Yńnists, lîc tù mni Brítnz, wr bgîld bî ɖt majic wrd sovṛnti: ẃt îṛni ɖt it me nǎ brec ɖ yńn. V ɖs, Jonsn n hiz recñcru ń nʈñ n cerd les. Ɖr wz olwz Cet Hǒi, dǎti yńnist, t cīp proṃsñ: “Brexit w’nt hrt Norɖn Îrḷnd at ol – instd it wl brîtn its fyćr.” Nǎ, in rpost, pṛtstñ agnst ɖ proṭcol, ś clemz ɖt “Norɖn Îrḷnd hz nt got Brexit”.

Jst so. Nwn hz got ẃtvr Brexit ɖe imajind bcz nn wz evr paḷtbl or vaybl. Ɖt wz ɖ craftinis v ɖ līvrz: ɖe nvr sd ẃt cnd v Brexit, bcz eni vrśn wz a cilr. So hir w r wɖ ɖ wrst v ol Brexit dīlz. Nxt wīc’s ilex́nz in Scotḷnd lc srtn t dlivr a naśṇlist mjoṛti: ɖ mor rpeḷnt ɖ Wsminstr Cnsrṿtivz, ɖ mor apilñ Holirūd indipndns. Az ɖ Yṛpiyn parḷmnt indorst Brexit ɖs wīc, Scotiś culćṛl līdrz begd MYPz t welcm Scotḷnd bac intu ɖ YY.

Ɖs wīc līdñ YC arts orġnîześnz rout t Jonsn cōlñ on him t fix ɖ vīza, custmz n wrc-prmit crîsis ɖt privnts ɖm turñ in ɖ YY, pṛvîdñ rnñz ɖe nīd t svîv. Jonsn promist ɖm last munʈ ɖt h wd “fix ɖs”, bt h c’nt “fix” ʈñz, az evri sectr fṛm fiś n fnans t bale begz fr sm “speśl dīl”. Ɖr z no fineġlñ hiz hard Brexit: it’s ɖ sem dīl evri ʈrd cuntri gts. Az ɖ Yṛpiyn cmiśn’z prezidnt, Ursula von der Leyen, strest: “Feʈfl implimnteśn z isnśl.” No wundr ɖ YY parḷmnt add a reẓluśn ɖs wīc rcordñ Brexit az a “historic mstec”.

No big bañz so far, bt Brexit sîḷntli heṃrijz pǎr n muni: far mor ɖn ɖ £350m a wīc on ɖ infṃs bus z lost olrdi, Prof Nîjl Drifīld v Woric Biznișcūl tlz m: £1.3tn olrdi fled fṛm ɖ Siti, ẃl “ɖ dscǎntñ v gílts sins ɖ reḟrendm z wrʈ a hol bus”. JP Morgn’z ĆXO tlz śerholdrz ɖt YY sitiz r tecñ ovr Lundn biznis, n ɖt “Yṛp hz ɖ upr hand”.

Vast lost inwd invstmnt gz unricordd: Prnil Rudlin, a līdñ cnsultnt on Jaṗnīz biznis, tlz m: “Ɖ YC z atractñ fywr ny cumṗniz fṛm Jpan ɖn uɖr cuntriz in Yṛp sins Brexit. Bfr 2016, ɖ YC wz ɖ numbr wn desṭneśn fr Jaṗnīz invstmnt in Yṛp.”

Yesṭde, ɖ Comnz invîrnmnt, fūd n rṛl aferz cmiti cnfrmd ɖ woz v fiśñ n farmñ, az YY imports flud in ẃl YC xports r stuc, wornñ ɖt “bizṇsz wl rīḷcet activti t ɖ YY or stop xportñ t Yṛp”.

Ɖs wīc, tù, Mc YC, reprizntñ mańfacćrrz, rspondd t ofiśl figrz śowñ profits at ɖer lǒist fr mor ɖn a deced, blemñ a “ynīc coctel v srcmstansz” mldñ Covid wɖ Brexit. T tec jst wn xampl, Jemz Grīnm, maṇjñd’rectr v medicl-iqipmnt mcr EMS Fizio, sz h z peyñ a fortyn in ny xportñcosts, n luzñ custmrz: a Swīdiś cumṗni, fîndñ ʈri-de dlivriz arîvñ for wīcs lêt, hz trnd t anɖr s’playr in ɖ Neɖrḷndz. H grits hiz tīʈ in iṛteśn at guvnmnt adz telñ him t tred wɖ Mx̣co instd – ẃr, h sz, ɖr r hyj reğletri hrdlz. “W wr sold a lî.” Evri wīc I c’lect rīmz v ɖz têlz.

Wōlpepr n lîz me brñ Jonsn dǎn, bt Brexit z ɖ crîm agnst ɖ cuntri fr ẃć h wl b fr evr dámd. Rayts n ɖ fōl v Arlīn Fostr impeṛl ɖ pīs agrīmnt in Îrḷnd, n ɖ YC’z brecup z on a nîf éj. A nesṣri trigr wl cm t hand sn fr Lebr t līd ɖ ćarj agnst ɖ bad Brexit dīl. In hiz wîld rant at prim̦inistr’z qsćnz, Jonsn akzd Lebr v votñ agnst it, n mni wś it hd – ɖo btwn a roc n a hard ples, no dīl wz’nt an opśn. Wel bfr ɖ nxt ilex́n, Lebr wl līd ɖ cōz v gîdñ Britn twdz a rtrn t ɖ sngl marcit, n ɖ sefr hêvn v a Norwe s’lūśn.

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn │ If Labour doesn’t fight our broken electoral system, it could be out of power for ever

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London mayor Sadiq Khan launching his campaign for re-election, March 2020. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA
Lundn mẹr Sadiq Cān lōnćñ hiz campen fr riilex́n, Marć 2020. Foṭgraf: Andi Ren/YPA
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(Transcription of a Guardian article of 18 March 2021)

Priti Ptel’z ćenjz t meṛl ilex́nz intrenć ɖ unfer frst-past-ɖ-post sistm ɖt fevrz ɖ Cnsrvtivz

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Poli Tônbi, 18 Marć 2021

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Ɖs cuntri z in rvrsgir. Fīl ɖ tîdl tug bcwdz in evrʈñ fṛm xtrim iniqoḷti, t rîzñ inḟntmortaḷti n a rtrit fṛm ci inṭnaśnl alaynsz. Ɖ lêtist rgreśn z ɖ homsecṛtri’z anǎnsmnt ɖt tîni steps twdz a modn votñsistm r t b stamt ǎt. Mẹrz n p’līs n crîm cmiśnrz wl b ilectd on ɖ sem rotn frst-past-ɖ-post (FPƉP) dispṛporśṇt sistm az ɖ Hǎs v Comnz n caunslz.

Untl nǎ ɖoz ilex́nz hv bn run on a supḷmntri-vot sistm, oḟrñ a frst n secnd ćôs: f no canddet gts ovr haf v frst prefṛnsz, ɖ top tū canddets hv a runof, cǎntñ secnd prefṛnsz v ɖ luzrz, gaṛntiyñ ɖ winr’z apruvl bî ovr haf ɖ ilectṛt.

Ɖs sistm hz opnd ɖ dor t indpndnts n smōlr partiz. A votr cd risc ćuzñ Grīn or Ycip frst, wɖ a bacstop secnd ćôs t cīp ǎt ɖer most hetd opśn. Ɖs rpresiv muv wl cut ǎt ny-cmrz, s’krñ ɖ dyoṗli v ɖ tū old partiz. Ẃ d ɖt, ẃn YGuv poulñ śoz 44% v ppl in Britn wont t ćenj t a mor pṛporśnl sistm, agnst 28% opozd? Ppl wel unḍstand ɖ cnspiṛsi t dnî ɖm ćôs: caunslz sć az Havnt in Hampśr ilect onli Tori caunslrz, ɖo 54% votd uɖ̇wz.

Ẃ wd ɖ Tōriz rvrt t FPƉP? Pyr jerimanḍrñ. W cn soulsrć fr dīpr rīznz fr ɖ Cnsrvtivz’ cntinywñ dominns in Wsminstr, bt ɖ gretist cōz z FPƉP ilex́nz. Ɖ guvnmnt z aboḷśñ secnd prefṛnsz bcz Tori canddets r ɖ secnd ćôs v mni fywr votrz. Ɖ rît drouv ǎt, via Brexit, a pṛporśnl sistm fr ɖ Yṛpiyn parḷmnt bî abandnñ it: nǎ ɖe drîv it ǎt v ɖ rmenñ ilex́nz ɖt xpoz hǎ ppl vot wns frìd fṛm ɖ FPƉP stretjacit. A ʈrd v ppl wr forst t vot tacticli in ɖ jenṛl ilex́n v 2019.

Ol ɖs ɖ Tōriz unḍstand, n Lebr mst tù: ǎt v ɖ last 20 ilex́nz sins 1950, 19 hv hd a mjoṛti v votrz ćuzñ partiz t ɖ left v ɖ Tōriz, yt ɖ Cnsrvtivz hv sizd pǎr tū-ʈrdz v ɖ tîm. Boris Jonsn wún hiz 80-sīt mjoṛti on a jst 1.3% incris in votśer ovr T’rīza Me’z lost mjoṛti in 2017.

Cǎntñ vots bî cnstitẏnsi hlps ɖ mor jịgraficli dsprst Tōriz, az Lebr vots r consntretd incrisñli in ŕbn eriaz, dnayñ a naśnl deṃcratic rzult. Ɖt’s ẃ it tc 50,835 vots t ilect a Lebr MP, bt onli 38,264 t ilect a Tori, 336,038 fr a Libṛl Deṃcrat n a śocñ 865,697 fr a Grīn.

Ɖs z’nt jst a Britiś fnominn. A 2015 pepr in ɖ Britiś Jrnl v P’liticl Sayns faund ɖt, in istabliśt dmocṛsiz sins ɖ secnd wrldwor, “cuntriz wɖ mjoṛterịn rūlz mor ofn ilect cnsrvtiv guvnmnts ɖn ɖoz wɖ pṛporśnl-repriznteśn ilectṛl sistmz… Mjoṛterịn sistmz hv a sbstantiv cnsrvtiv bays.”

Ɖt’s ẃ no Tori MPz bac a pṛporśnl sistm fr ɖ Comnz, acordñ t ɖ Ilectṛl Rform Ssayti. Instd ɖ parti jerimandrz bî planñ t brñ in ÎD rqîrmnts at poulñsteśnz, a YS rîtwñrz’ we t bar purr votrz, ɖ non-drîvrz, non-pasportholdrz n rentrz frīqntli muvñ rezidns. It stamps on atmts t gv 16-yir-olds ɖ vot ɖt ɖe hv loc̣li in Scotḷnd n Wêlz. Litl eḟt z invstd in updetñ ilectṛl rejistrz, az Lebr votrz r at most risc v xcluźn. Ɖ nxt bǎnḍri ćenjz bî 2024 wl criet mor Tori sīts in ɖ sǎʈ, az Lebr pîlz p westd ŕbn vots.

A devstetñ rport fṛm Cumṗs xpozz ɖ nir-imposbiḷti v Lebr winñ alon at ɖ nxt ilex́n. W Dvîd, Ɖe Concr, bî Gres Barnit n Nìl Lwsn, śoz Lebr nǎ nīdz at līst a 10.52% swñ, gretr ɖn in 1945 n 1997. Ɖs grim anaḷsis śd b cmpulsri rīdñ fr evri Lebr MP, membr n s’portr. Ɖs mcs an iṛfytbl ces fr a páct v sm cnd btwn ol sntr n sntr-left partiz. Ɖ rport fîndz ɖer 2019 maṇfestoz rmarcbli similr. It mt tec opn prîṃriz, stand-asîdz or, at ɖ vri līst, tacticl ilex̣́nirñ. Ɖr r vrć̣li no LibDem-Lebr contests, az olmst ol LibDem wiṇbl sīts cnfrunt Tori MPz. A pṛgresiv alayns winñ jst wns on a platform cmitd t ilectṛl rform wd ćenj ɖ p’liticl lanscep fr evr. N, v cors, ɖ Tōriz nǒ it.

Cir Starmr inḍcets opņis t rform. Lebr hz mni mor MPz in fevr v pṛporśnl repriznteśn nǎ ɖn in ɖ darc dez ẃn dîṇsorz sć az Jac Strw stopt Toni Bler fṛm impḷmentñ Rô Jncinz’ cmiśn on PR. Gordn Brǎn z hedñ a consttyśnl rvy, radicl on dīṿluśn n ɖ Hǎs v Lordz, bt ɖ parti nīdz t tec ɖ plunj fr PR or it wl nvr b in pǎr t ćenj enʈñ. Start mcñ ɖ brōdr ces nǎ bî vsifṛsli opozñ ɖ guvnmnt’s atmt t riimpoz FPƉP on ɖz ilex́nz. Hir’z ɖ ćôs fr Lebr: śer pǎr most v ɖ tîm, or b ǎt v pǎr most v ɖ tîm – or, poṣbli, fr evr.

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn │ The Covid contracts furore is no surprise – Britain has long been a chumocracy

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‘Matt Hancock told the BBC’s Andrew Marr that he doesn’t even care that he broke the law over Covid contracts.’ Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma Wire/Rex/Shutterstock
‘Mát Hancoc tld ɖ BBC’s Andru Mar ɖt h dz’nt īvn cer ɖt h brouc ɖ lw ovr Covid contracts.’ Foṭgraf: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma Wire/Rex/Śuṭstoc
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Croniizm in Britn z rampnt n gz unpuniśt. W’r trnñ intu a bnana rpublic

(Transcription of a Guardian article of 22 February 2021)

Qsćṇbl Covid contracts, doji apôntmnts, tuʈlis woćdogz. Fevrz t frendz z nǎ ɖ guvnmnt’s modus operandi

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Poli Tônbi, 22 Febrri 2021

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Ɖ  sumz r so vast, ɖ sīcṛsi so śocñ, ɖt “ćumocṛsi” dz’nt bgin t capćr ẃt Britn hz bcm – reḍḷnt az w r v bnana rpublics, ɖ Ruśn oḷgarci n feld stets. Lost z Britn’z slf-imij az ɖ bolr-hatd bīcn v sivic recttyd, az ǎr rstẃl Rolz-Rôs sivl srvis gz ɖ we v, wel, Rolz-Rôs, no longr a Britiś-ǒnd carcumṗni.

Ɖ Gd Lw Project, ɖ admṛbl nt-fr-profit public clenzr, last wīc pruvd in ɖ hî cort ɖt ɖ guvnmnt hd brīćt ẃt ɖ juj cōld ɖ “vîtl public fuñśn” v trnspaṛnsi ovr “vast qonttiz” v taxpeyrz’ muni. A VIP fast len fr pṛtctiv-iqipmnt contracts md ɖ contacts v ministrz, MPz, pirz n ofiślz 10 tîmz mor lîcli t win contracts. PPI prîsz scîrocitd: īvn bodibagz wr biyñ ćarjd at 14 tîmz ɖer prīvịs cost. Ɖ Gd Lw Project’s dmandz fr pubḷceśn v ɖoz fevrd s’playrz, ɖer VIP sponsrz n prîsz peid hv bn dnaid so far.

Ẃ ɖ sīcṛsi? Ɖ Gardịn hz olrdi rvild ɖt ɖ medicl reğletr z invstgetñ Alix Bōrn, hlʈ secṛtri Mát Hancoc’s xnebr, hu wún £30m v wrc pṛdysñ medicl vaylz, dspt hvñ no xpirịns in ɖ fīld.

In ɖ panic ovr emti PPI ślvz in hospitlz n cerhomz, ɖt daś t pṛkr mt b fgivn wr it nt ɖt fevrz t frendz z ɖ evride modus operandi fr Boris Jonsn. Bt bfr a liṭni v hiz sivic śem, pōz hir t injô ɖs, ɖ fōrwrd h rout t ɖ miṇstirịl cod: “Ɖr mst b no bŭliyñ n no haṛsmnt; no līcñ; no brīć v c’lectiv rsponsbiḷti. No msys v taxpeyr muni n no acćl or psivd conflicts v inṭrest. Ɖ preśs prínsiplz v public lîf inśrînd in ɖs dokmnt – integṛti, objctivti, acǎntbiḷti, trnspaṛnsi, oṇsti n līdrśp in ɖ public inṭrest – mst b onrd at ol tîmz; az mst ɖ p’liticl imparśiaḷti v ǎr mć admîrd sivl srvis.” Ha!

Alix Aḷn flt it imposbl t ste on az ɖ prim̦inistr’z ofiśl advîzr on ɖt cod, aftr hiz fîndñ agnst ɖ homsecṛtri, Priti Ptel, fr bŭliyñ wz rjctd. Nr cd Joṇʈn Jǒnz rmen az prṃnnt secṛtri t ɖ guvnmnt līgl dpartmnt ẃl Jonsn brouc inṭnaśnl lw wɖ ɖ intrnl-marcit bil. Oltgɖr, undr Jonsn six prṃnnt secṛtriz hv gn – nt so prṃnnt in ɖs reźīm.

Ɖ Gd Lw Project nǎ olso sīcs a jdiśl rvy intu ɖ Gardịn’z reṿleśn v a £564,000 contract fr opińnpoulñ, gvn wɖt tndr t Doṃnic Cumñz’ clos ćum Rećl Wlf, hu corout ɖ 2019 Tori parti maṇfsto. Ẃt an îṛni ɖt in hr Dǎnñ Strīt dez ś pland fr ol sivl srvnts t fes constnt xamz t gard agnst a culćr ẃr “evrwn rîzz t ɖer pziśn v incompitns”. Yt ś wz pt t no tst, nt īvn besic tnḍrñ fr a fat contract.

Ɖ Súnde Tîmz rvilz ɖt Lord Udni-Listr, az depyti mẹr v Lundn undr Jonsn, hlpt apruv £4bn v proṗtiscīmz fr dveḷprz – n wɖn munʈs v līvñ ofis wnt on t wrc fr ɖm. Az Dǎnñ Strīt stṛtījic advîzr last yir, h steid on ɖer pêrolz, ɖo ɖs wz in cmplayns wɖ codz v conduct.

In a blast at Tōriz “rîf wɖ conflicts v inṭrest”, Rećl Rīvz, ɖ śado cabiṇt-ofis ministr, md a “sác Srco” plej ɖt Lebr wd rtrn prîṿt contracts t ɖ public sectr. Yt it sīmz nʈñ śemz ɖs guvnmnt. Ɖ Naśnl Ōdit Ofis z a fîn insttyśn fr ćecñ on fnanśl integṛti n valy fr muni. Bt, ɖo it faund ɖt biznis ǒnrz wɖ p’liticl tîz t ɖ Tōriz wr gvn hî-prîoṛti steṭs ovr pandemic contracts, it hz no mśīṇri t fors a guvnmnt ɖt dz’nt gv a dám t act on ɖz fîndñz. Ẃć līvz ɖ public-spiṛtd crǎdfundrz v ɖ Gd Lw Project az a last stand agnst c’lapsñ sivic integṛti. Olɖo, az Hancoc tld ɖ BBC’z Andru Mar, h dz’nt īvn cer ɖt h’z brocn ɖ lw.

Ɖ cmiśnr fr public apôntmnts, Pītr Ridél, ol tù rerli mcs public protests, bt rīsntli h rouz p agnst “unreğletd apôntmnts”, sć az ɖt v Tori pir Dîdo Hardñ t hed ɖ ceotic tst-n-tres program. Last wīc ɖ hlʈ dpartmnt’s ǒn evidns śoud ɖ £22bn ś hz spent hd hd a “reḷtivli smōl” ifct. Ridél olso pṛtstd agnst stact inṭvy panlz: utrli unqoḷfaid xTori MP Jemz Ẃartn wz apôntd hed v ɖ Ofis fr Stydnts bî a s’lex́npanl dvôd v hayr-edyceśn xprts.

For nonixektiv d’rectrz apôntd az “indpndnts” t oṿsi Mîcl Gov’z Cabiṇt Ofis r ol Gov alîz, includñ Gīẓla Stywt v hiz Vot Līv clan. Acordñ t a rīsnt srve, mor ɖn haf v ol dīpartmntl-bōrd apôntmnts, far fṛm biyñ indipndnt ǎtsîdrz, r speśl advîzrz n clos p’liticl alîz.

Ridél lobd a wornñ at brīfñz ɖt ɖ Ofcom ćer wl g t ɖ formr Meil editr-in-ćīf Pōl Dêcr, a man rebidli bayst agnst ɖ BBC, jujz, Yṛp n mîgṛnts, t nem jst a fy. Ćanslr Riśi Sŭnac’s gd ćum, ɖ Tori donr Rićd Śarp, wz md BBC ćer. Ẃ no invstgeśn intu cḿṇtizsecṛtri Roḅt Jenric’s impropr iniśl inṭvnśn t hlp Tori donr Rićd Dezmnd avôd tax ovr a £1bn planñbid? Nt onli ɖs, bt pacñ ɖ Lordz wɖ donrz z ɖ Putinesc ny norml.

Nt sins ɖ 1853 Norʈcot-Tṛvełn sivl srvis rformz hz a guvnmnt so impydntli n dfayntli ignord apôntmntsprínsiplz. Hd Lebr cmitd eni v ɖz ǎtrejz, ɖ Tori pres wd hv hǎndd it t deʈ. Rmembr Jenifr Arcuri, Jonsn’z “clos frend”, gvn £100,000 fṛm hiz Lundn meṛl fund n invîtd on ptnṣ́li lūcṛtiv tredmiśnz? Ɖ Indipndnt Ofis fr P’līs Conduct faund ɖt ɖ ofisrz mcñ dsiźnz on sponsrśp n tred miśnz ń v ɖs rleśnśp, “n ɖs inflụnst ɖer dsiźn-mcñ”. Imajin f ɖt wr Cir Starmr.

Clīn dmocṛsiz r dfînd bî hǎ wel ɖe gard agnst ɖer līdrz feṿrñ faṃli n frendz. Bt ɖ esns v ćumocṛsi runz far dīpr. Ppl instñtivli apônt ɖer ǒn cnd: “merit” tndz t b spotd onli in ɖoz hu tōc, ʈnc n b’liv lîc ɖoz dwñ ɖ ćuzñ. In a wîld blog, Doṃnic Cumñz pritndd t brec ǎt v ɖs stretjacit, cōlñ fr “sūpr-talntd wirdoz” wɖ “jenyin cogṇtiv dvrṣti”. Bt no, hiz ramḅlñ job ad rqîrd īc̣nomics grajụts wɖ “an ǎtstandñ record at a gret yṇvrṣti”: h wz a prins amñ trîbl ćum’pôntrz.

Brecñ ɖ spirit v fevṛtizm z f’rośsli hard: ẃn I wz at ɖ BBC, a vałnt atmt wz md t rcrūt rw taḷnt ǎtsd top grajụts wɖ maṇkrd hinṭlandz. Adz, līflits n noṭsz wr postd in herdresrz, pubz, McDoṇld’z, moscs, tmplz n on busz: no nem, edyceśn or xpirịns, jst rait t s wɖ yr program îdīaz. Ʈǎzndz aplaid.

Ẃn ɖz hd bn ẃitld dǎn t 30, ɖ dis’pôntd s’lectrz faund ɖe hd mnli pict îdnticl top grajụt tîps. Bî instñt, unconśsli, ɖe ćouz ɖ cnd hu rout lîc ɖm, ʈt lîc ɖm. Unconśs-bays corsz hlp s unḍstand inbilt preɉdisz, bt iradcetñ it fṛm dīp wɖn z far hardr.

Dy proses in public apôntmnts matrz nt jst fr gd guvnmnt, bt bcz it sets a bnćmarc v fer implômnt. Neṗtizm stncs az badli az awordñ contracts t VIP palz: gloriyñ in bʈ, ɖ guvnmnt, rotñ fṛm ɖ hed, spredz ɖ stenć v c’rupśn ʈru evrʈñ it tućz.

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn │ As events in the US have shown, two-party politics is no longer fit for purpose

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Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images
Doṇld Trump n Jo Bîdn. Foṭgraf: Jim Wotsn/AFP/Geti Iṃjz
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Az ivnts in ɖ YS hv śoun, tū-parti poḷtics z no longr fit fr prṗs

(Transcription of a Guardian article of 16 February 2021)

Lrćñ fṛm Obama t Trump t Bîdn, ɖ sistm dnîz cọliśnz v compṛmîz. N in ɖ YC, ć parti z rivn wɖ conflict

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Poli Tônbi, 16 Febrri 2021

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Ɖ  wn ivnt mor ǎtrejs ɖn a mob stormñ ɖ Cápitl wz ɖ specṭcl v 43 Rpublicn seṇtrz indorsñ ɖ atmtd cù n its insṭgetr. Bî rfyzñ t impīć Doṇld Trump, ɖe left ol uɖr dmocṛsiz agast, dlîtñ ōṭcrats evrẃr.

“Ɖs sad ćaptr in ǎr hisṭri hz rmîndd s ɖt dmocṛsi z frajîl,” sd Jo Bîdn. Frajîl indd, ẃn ɖ rstẃl līdrz v ɖ deṃcratic wrld rfyz t dfnd dmocṛsi’z frst prínsipl, ɖ trnziśn v pǎr bî luzr’z cnsnt. Ẃ boɖr lowrñ America’z fǎndeśn dokmnts nîtli intu a ńclir bomprūf śltr bnʈ ɖ Naśnl Arcîvz, ẃn ɖe r ript p bî Congres in brōd dêlît?

Ɖ riyl cù hapnd ẃn ɖ Rpublicn parti wz capćrd bî Trump, ʈrowñ moḍrets undr hiz ćarịtẃīlz. Ẃt sevd him fṛm impićmnt wz hiz yeld-ǎt wornñ t Rpublicnz at hiz “Sev America” rali: “F ɖe d’nt fît, w hv t prîṃri ɖ hel ǎt v [ɖm],” h sd. “W’r gwñ t let y nǒ hu ɖe r.” H tld hiz mob: “Y’r gwñ t start wrcñ on Congres n w got t gt rid v ɖ wìc congres-ppl, ɖ wnz ɖt r’nt eni gd, ɖ Liz Ćeniz v ɖ wrld. W got t gt rid v ɖm.”

Ɖ sevn Rpublicn seṇtrz hu derd t vot t impīć hv cm undr atac fṛm ɖer locl partiz, tū v ɖm anǎnsñ ɖe r standñ dǎn, n ɖ 10 Hǎs Rpublicnz hu std agnst him olrdi fes Trumpîts trayñ t unsīt ɖm. Doṇld Trump Jr. hz twītd: “Let’s impīć RINOz [Rpublicnz In Nem Onli] fṛm ɖ Rpublicn parti!!!”

Fir v dīṣlx́n z a dspicbl rīzn fr felñ t puniś a cù. Sm r jenyin Trump fnatics bt mni r jst sevñ ɖer jobz.

Wsminstr, lîc Wośñtn, sufrz wîdspred “dren ɖ swomp” votrsiṇsizm abt ilectd repriznttivz; on dorsteps y hír it ol ɖ tîm: “Ɖ’r ol ɖ sem, onli in it fr ɖmslvz.”

Rpublicnz r left t fît ǎt ɖer fyćr lîc rats trapt in a sác. Bt wns a parti z capćrd bî xtrimists, it’s hard t pl it bac t ilectbiḷti: Trump hz nvr wún ɖ popylr vot, h wz nirli 3m vots bhnd Hiḷri Clintn in 2016. In a tū-parti frst-past-ɖ-post ilectṛl sistm (FPĐP), capćrñ a parti z ɖ onli we t ćenj poḷtics: FPĐP’z ayn ilectṛl lw barz ny partiz imrjñ t riact t ny srcmstansz. Ɖ wòrn-ǎt dfns v FPĐP z ɖt it criets “stbiḷti”: ɖt’s nt hǎ ɖ YS fīlz, lrćñ fṛm Baṛc Obama t Trump t Bîdn, ɖ sistm dnayñ cọliśnz v compṛmîz. Bʈ cuntriz’ dmocṛsiz r feld bî ɖer arcêic votñsistmz.

In ɖ YC, loñ ago, ɖ Tori parti wz capćrd bî Brextrīmists, az fr yirz tîni locl partiz v mostli old ẃît men s’lectd onli Yrofobz. Cén Clārc n Mîcl Hesltîn wr prjd, alñ wɖ uɖr prominnt anti-Brexitrz. Eni “moḍrets” ɖt rmend cevd t Boris Jonsn’z stoncñ 80-sīt mjoṛti, wún partli bcz ǎr dyoṗli ofrd onli Jeṛmi Corbin az oltrṇtiv prîm̦inistr. Ɖo I n ɖ Gardịn bact Corbin az betr ɖn ɖ rog Jonsn, ɖ ćôs wz a deṃcratic ǎtrej. Aftr a craśñ dfit, Lebr trnd pragmatic, ćuzñ an ilectbl līdr, bt it z stl rivn btwn leftists hu jônd fr Corbin n ɖoz hu rjônd fr Cir Starmr, mcñ s’lex́nz fr locl ofis or MP a fmiłr tug v wor.

Ć parti’s frajîl cọliśn z destind t stradl a cuntri dvîdd acrs ńmṛs p’liticl fōltlînz. Jonsn’z ny red-wōl sīts dmand hî norɖn spendñ, opozd bî tṛdiśnl smōl-stet lo-taxrz v hiz suɖn śîrz n subrbz. Jonsn swivlz btwn rbełs anti-locdǎn libterịnz n mor cōśs red wōlrz n old focs: woć ɖ ōtm spendñ rvy fors dfînñ ćôsz. Lebr z struc dum on Brexit’s mni c’lamiṭs rzults, bcz its ŕbn, ynvrṣtitǎn, eʈnic mnoṛti n yuñ bes z irecnsîḷbl wɖ ɖoz norɖn Brexit sīts Lebr imajinz it cn rgen. Nvr hz ǎr ilectṛl sistm lct les ebl t rflect votrz’ vyz.

Starmr z suṃnñ a consttyśnl rvy, so far foc̣st on dīṿluśn n fedṛlizm, in ɖ ven hop v spîcñ ɖ Scotiś Naśnl parti (SNP). It nīdz t pt ilectṛl rform at ɖ fōrfrunt. A yir ago, Starmr sd: “W’v got t adres ɖ fact ɖt miłnz v ppl vot in sef sīts n ɖe fīl ɖer vot dz’nt cǎnt. Ɖt’s got t b adrest. W wl nvr gt fl ptiṣpeśn in ǎr ilectṛl sistm untl w d ɖt at evri levl.” Indd, siṇsizm z bréd fṛm ppl fīlñ ɖer vot w’nt afct an ilex́n’z ǎtcm.

Fy xpct Lebr t win ɖ nesṣri 124 sīts nxt tîm, plus bǎnḍrićenjz wl gift ɖ Tōriz 10 mor. An alayns z ɖ onli rùt, so forj a páct nǎ, az advcetd bî Cumṗs, wɖ Libṛl Deṃcrats, Grīnz n, yes, ɖ SNP, sìld bî a plej on ilectṛl rform. In 2019, mor ppl votd left v sntr ɖn Tori.

A pṛporśnl sistm wd alǎ bʈ mizṛbl old partiz t dvors. Instd v holdñ nozz t vot fr ɖ līst wrst, votrz on ɖ rît cd ćūz btwn pro-Yṛpiyn Mcmiḷnîts or ɖ Boris-Gov wrld v Brexit dīreğleśnfanṭsi. It’s hî tîm votrz on ɖ left wr rlist fṛm Lebr’z dsfuñśnl forst marij, fri t ćūz btwn an oʈntic soṣ́list parti n a sośl deṃcratic parti (ɖo ɖe wd stl hv t wrc tgɖr).

No ilectṛl sistm dvîzd bî ɖ crŭcid timbr v hymaṇti solvz ol probḷmz. Bt a fyćr v cọliśnz wd si ɖ pǎr v fax́nz wɖn a rūlñguvnmnt dfînd trnspaṛntli bî ilectṛl vots. It wd mīn no mor xtrim fax́nz amḅśñ s’lex́nprosesz wɖn partiz, v ɖ cnd ɖt caud Rpublicnz ovr impićmnt. Brecñ ɖ tū-parti stretjacit opnz p ɖ plŭṛlizm ɖt z wn v mni tsts in ɖ Icoṇmist Intelijns Ynit’s globl dmocṛsi indx. In 2020, it rports, onli 8.4% v ɖ wrld’z ppl livd undr a fŭli-fuñṣ́nñ dmocṛsi – frajîl indd.

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