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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Brexit borders: a slow dawning of economic reality

Cars and lorries queue at Dover. ‘The bilateral structures that might bring the UK and EU into closer political and economic alignment barely even exist.’ Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA
Carz n loriz k at Dovr. ‘Ɖ bîlatṛl strucćrz ɖt mt brñ ɖ YC n YY intu closr p’liticl n ic̣nomic alînmnt bérli īvn xist.’ Foṭgraf: Gaṛʈ Fŭlr/PA
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on Brexit bordrz: a slo dōnñ v ic̣nomic riaḷti

Transcription of a Gardian editorial of 3 September 2023

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A patn z imrjñ v qayt ajustmnts ɖt rec̣gnîz ɖ cost v tecñ Britn ǎt v ɖ YY sngl marcit

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Súnde, 3 Sptmbr 2023

Ɖ  guvnmnt, cnsiḍrñ ẃn t impoz a costli ny custmzbyrocṛsi, anǎnst last wīc ɖt nǎ z nt ɖ rît tîm. Post-Brexit ćecs on gdz enṭrñ Britn fṛm ɖ YY wr frst s’pozd t b impḷmntd in Jańri 2021. Aftr sirịl psponmnts, ɖe wr dy t bgin nxt munʈ. Nǎ it w’nt hapn bfr 2024.

Gdz muvñ in ɖ uɖr d’rex́n r olrdi subjict t custmz peprwrc, mcñ lîf dificlt fr YC xportrz n pśñ sm ǎt v biznis oltgɖr. Ministrz hv rec̣gnîzd ɖt Britiś cnsymrz n bizṇsz cd d wɖt ɖ sem penlti biyñ aplaid t imports. Ɖ guvnmnt admits ɖt importćecs wd stǒc infleśn. Ɖs z a qayt acnolijmnt ɖt frix́n btwn ɖ YC n ɖ tredñ blóc on its dorstep z a drag on ɖ icoṇmi. Bt Riśi Sūnac, ɖ prîm̦inistr, canot se so alǎd bcz ɖt wd cnsid ɖ foli v qitñ ɖ sngl marcit in ɖ frst ples.

Olso last wīc, ɖ guvnmnt agrìd t pṛtct wrcples rîts at risc v ireźr ẃn YY lw z xpunjd fṛm YC statyts. Undr YY trītipṛviźnz, wimin r intîtld t b peid ɖ sem az men dwñ iqivḷnt wrc az loñ az ɖr z a comn “sors” – a cndiśn ɖt pṛtcts implôīz v ǎtsors pṛvîdrz. Lebr hz cmitd t repḷcet ɖt pṛtx́n in YC lw n ɖ guvnmnt hz bn śemd intu plejñ ɖ sem.

Rlịr ɖs yir, it dlūtd ɖ lw ɖt wd hv sìn mni uɖr sośl pṛtx́nz ōṭmaticli xpunjd fṛm ɖ statyt-bc at ɖ end v ɖs yir. Ɖs wz a cnseśn t invstrz hu prifŕd conṭnywti v xistñ rūlz t ɖ Yrosceptic fanṭsi v a vast reğletri bonfîr.

Last munʈ, ɖ guvnmnt abandnd planz t rqîr a YC-sṗsific qoḷti’śuṛns marc fr gdz sold in Britn, recgnîzñ ɖt ɖ Yṛpiyn CE marc wl sfîs “indefiṇtli”. Ɖt wz a b’letd recgniśn ɖt xportñ bizṇsz wd nīd ɖ Yṛpiyn srtiḟceśn enwe n nn wontd ɖ adiśnl cost v a sūprflụs YCQA marc – a pôntlis simbl v holo sovṛnti.

A patn v dscrit Brexit dlūśn z imrjñ. Ć clîmdǎn cnfrmz hardlîn Yrosceptic sspiśn ɖt ɖer drīm z biyñ btreid. Mr Sūnac z còt btwn a p’liticl obḷgeśn impozd bî hiz parti t pritnd ɖt līvñ ɖ YY wz a gret aćivmnt n ɖ ic̣nomic rqîrmnt impozd bî riaḷti t paliet ɖ cost v rupćr fṛm ɖ continnt. H cn ssten ɖs lūdicṛs posćr onli bcz ɖ opziśn z cmitd t a similr cntorśn – plejñ closr proxiṃti t ɖ YY wɖt sbstanśl riinṭgreśn.

Ɖs wd b a maniɉbl probḷm f ɖ pen fṛm Brexit wr stebl or lîcli t īz. Bt ɖ oṗzit z tru. Brexit wz nt an ivnt, it set a tṛjectri. It z nt an obsṭcl t b wrct arnd, bt a cors t b c’rectd.

Ɖt wl tec tîm. Ɖ bîlatṛl strucćrz ɖt mt brñ ɖ YC n ɖ YY intu closr p’liticl n ic̣nomic alînmnt bérli īvn xist n ɖr z nt yt ɖ p’liticl wil t cunjr ɖm intu biyñ. Bt ɖ oltrṇtiv z wrsnñ ic̣nomic dbiḷteśn fr ɖ sec v a doctrin avaud bî a dwindlñ numbr v ppl. Ɖ tasit incroćmnt v riaḷti-best ʈncñ intu Mr Sūnac’s Yṛpiyn poḷsi z a welcm śift. Ɖ momnt ẃn ɖt riaḷti z xprest wɖ a fŭlr vôs canot cm tù sn.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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Fṛm Đ Obzrvr: Brexit is the villain in accidental death of the economy

‘The actors change but the roles remain the same’: Sunak has continued Johnson’s legacy on Brexit. Photograph: WPA/Getty Images
‘Ɖ actrz ćenj bt ɖ rǒlz rmen ɖ sem’: Sūnac hz cntinyd Jonsn’z leġsi on Brexit. Foṭgraf: WPA/Geti Iṃjz
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Brexit z ɖ viḷn in axdntl deʈ v ɖ icoṇmi

(Transcription of an Observer article of 6 August 2023)

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Lîc caṛctrz in Dario Fo’z fars, w cmplen abt, bt toḷret, ɖ most daṃjñ p’liticl scandl v ǎr tîm

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William Keegan
Wiłm Cīgn

Súnde, 6 Ōġst 2023

At ɖ bginñ v ɖ frst Ʈaćr guvnmnt (1979-83), ɖ icoṇmist Jon Ceniʈ Galbrêʈ rout ɖt Britn wz ɖ prfict ples t conduct ɖ dybịs muniṭrist xperimnt rec̣mndd bî hiz felo icoṇmist Miltn Frīdmn. Ɖs wz bcz olɖo Galbrêʈ (rîtli) ʈt ɖ poḷsi wz crezi, Britiś “flém” wd si s ʈru, n ɖ tolṛnt neśn wd nt “tec t ɖ strīts”.

Ɖs meṃri cem t mînd rīsntli ẃn I wz at ɖ rvîvl v ɖt gret 1970z clasic Axdntl Deʈ v an Aṇcist. Dario Fo n Franca Rame’z fars hz bn updetd bî Tom Bazdn, n z a fîv-star trîumf. Ɖ meṃri wz ivoct bî ɖ sntṛl caṛctr, ɖ “meńac”, dclerñ: “Scandl z t ssayti ẃt cnfeśn z t ɖ sinr. It’s a cʈarsis [ɖt] fixz nʈñ: ɖ hostîl invîrnmnts, ɖ suij in ɖ sīz, ɖ piṛjz fr p’liticl donrz. N ẃt’s ɖ rzult? D w arest enwn? Cn w ćenj enʈñ? V cors nt … In glorịs dmocṛsiz sć az ǎrz, w gt t mon abt it instd.”

Ɖ most glẹrñ xampl v ɖs public tolṛns n monñ z v cors – wêt fr it – Brexit. Ɖ damij mǎnts, bt ɖr hz bn nʈñ in ɖ śep v a public inqîri or a royl cmiśn intu ẃt z indybitbli ɖ bigist n most daṃjñ p’liticl n ic̣nomic scandl v ǎr tîm.

Az ɖ “meńac” obzrvz: “Ɖ actrz ćenj, v cors, bt ɖ rǒlz rmen ɖ sem.” Ɖ miscrịnts hu cónd ɖ neśn – Boris Jonsn; Mîcl “Ppl hv hd inuf v xprts” Gov; Nîjl “Hǎ I luv ɖ lîmlît” F’rāź; Dańl “Brexit wl nt mīn līvñ ɖ sngl marcit, n ʈancs fr ɖ pirij” Hann; n a cast v ʈǎzndz – jst cari on śemlisli, ẃl ɖer rplesmnts, Riśi Sūnac n co, tec p ɖ banr, n Cir Starmr, wns a nobl rmenr, ofndz hiz naćṛl folowrz bî rūlñ ǎt rījônñ ɖ YY or īvn ɖ sngl marcit.

Ǒ, d’nt wuri, I am tld. Wns ɖe r in – f, az wîdli xpctd, ɖe win – Lebr wl mnd rleśnz wɖ ɖ YY. Bt, hañ on a minit: unls sm amezñ ivnt ocŕz, ɖr z unlîcli t b an ilex́n fr at līst anɖr yir, jrñ ẃć tîm Brexit wl rīc mor n mor damij, nt līst t ɖ cuntri’z fiscl pziśn.

Ẃć brñz s t ɖ topic ɖt hz bn doṃnetñ ɖ ic̣nomic nyz in ɖ past wīc: ɖ hî levl v inṭrestrets w r promist fr ɖ fōrsiybl fyćr on acǎnt v ɖ guvnmnt’s n ɖ Banc v Ñgḷnd’z dtrṃneśn t brñ ɖ ret v infleśn dǎn t 2% wɖn ẃt z noun az ɖ “fōrcastpirịd” – 18 munʈs t tū yirz – īvn at ɖ cost v rseśn.

Nǎ, ẃn ɖe r nt tayñ ɖmslvz p in sttisticl nóts, mî felo icoṇmists fṛm tîm t tîm rmînd s ɖt ẃt īc̣nomics śd riyli b abt z ɖ qoḷti v lîf. Mî frend Emos Witztum, in hiz mońmntl wrc Ɖ Btreyl v Libṛl Īc̣nomics, argyz forsḟli ɖt tù mć atnśn z peid t ic̣nomic groʈ, n nt inuf t a fer distṛbyśn v ic̣nomic rzorsz. “Distṛbyśn” hz v cors bn ɖ stuf v p’liticl dbet fr decedz, bt lîf z nt gwñ t gt eni īzịr f ǎtpt stagnets or fōlz, ẃć, bî deḟniśn, it dz jrñ a rseśn.

Ɖ teribl ʈñ z ɖt aftr imbarcñ on a nīdlis poḷsi v osteṛti fṛm 2010, n ɖen biyñ brǎbìtn intu a reḟrendm ɖe òt t rgret fr ɖ rest v ɖer livz, īvn ɖ non-mnaycl Toriz hv dn mć t dminiś ɖ qoḷti v lîf in ɖs cuntri.

Ẃ z infleśn so mć gretr a ʈret hir ɖn in ɖ YS or ɖ YY? Bcz v Brexit n its impact on ɖ cost v livñ. Indd, impndñ frɖr incrisz in ɖ cost v importñ fūd fṛm ɖ YY r olrdi frîṭnñ ɖ guvnmnt intu dleyñ ɖ nxt bǎt v byṛcratic reğleśnz rqîrd bî ɖ foli v Brexit.

Wn fînl, non-Brexit, xampl v nīdlis inṭfiṛns in ɖ qoḷti v lîf. In comn wɖ mni ppl v a srtn ej, I lîc bcñ trenticits fṛm a riyl prsn in a riyl ticit ofis. Indd, I am mć imprest bî ɖ cntińl flo v rsrć ẃć inḍcets ɖt sć sośl inṭćenjz r gd fr wn’z qoḷti v lîf.

Bt ɖr z anɖr pônt: in an ej ẃn corṗreśnz hv fūld “cnsymrz” intu ʈncñ ɖt ɖe śd d ɖ wrc on ɖ inṭnet, it z mć mor saṭsfayñ – n ifiśnt – t rlî on xprts t advîz wn wɖ travl arenjmnts. Yt w r tld ɖt ɖ guvnmnt hz instructd ɖ trencumṗniz t bgin clozñ ol ɖer ticit ofisz.

I īvn hŕd an ofiśl seyñ on ɖ Tde program ɖt ɖs wd b an impruvmnt in ifiśnsi n wd fri stāf t b on ɖ platform t hlp “custmrz” wɖ qiriz. Hǎ pasinjrz wd b ebl t gt on t ɖ platform wɖt a ticit fṛm ɖ clozd ticit ofis wz nt xplend.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on new North Sea drilling: misreading the mood

Rishi Sunak on a visit to Aberdeenshire on 31 July. ‘The Sunak government is easing up on its green commitments under pressure from the rightwing press and the party grassroots.’ Photograph: WPA/Getty
Riśi Sūnac on a vizit t Aḅdīnśr on 31 Jlî. ‘Ɖ Sūnac guvnmnt z īzñ p on its grīn cmitmnts undr preśr fṛm ɖ rîtwñ pres n ɖ parti grasrūts.’ Foṭgraf: WPA/Geti
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on ny Norʈ Sī drilñ: msrīdñ ɖ mūd

Transcription of a Gardian editorial of 31 July 2023

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Riśi Sūnac’s dsiźn t moʈbōl hiz grīn cmitmnts riscs dwñ no gd t enwn, includñ ɖ Tori parti

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Munde, 31 Jlî 2023

Ɖ  hotist munʈ in wrldhisṭri hz jst endd. It z onli dez sins ɖ Ynîtd Neśnz jenṛl secṛtri, António Guterres, wornd ɖt ɖ ira v globl wormñ hz nǎ bcm ɖ ira v globl bôlñ. Clîṃtcrîsis hōnts ol neśnz wɖt xpśn. Ɖ ces fr a rīduḅlñ v eḟts t crb grīnhǎs gasz cd hardli b mor starc ɖn tde.

So ẃt cnd v līdrśp dz Britn’z prîm̦inistr ofr in rspons t ɖs crîsis? Ansr: h anǎnsz an xpanśn in drilñ fr ɖ ôl n gas ɖt r drîvñ ɖ imiśnz ɖt r trnsformñ ɖ wrld’z clîṃt. In uɖr wrdz, ẃl ɖ planit brnz, Riśi Sūnac standz akzd v porñ fyl on ɖ flemz.

Mr Sūnac cnfrmd on Munde ɖt ɖ YC z t pres ahd wɖ a ny fêz v Norʈ Sī ôl n gas xpḷreśn n pṛdux́n. “Hundṛdz” v lîsnsz wl b grantd in Sptmbr n in subsiqnt rǎndz v lîsnsñ. Ɖ em z xplisit. Rɖr ɖn wîndñ dǎn ɖ inḍstri n cīpñ ɖ rzorsz in ɖ grǎnd az part v ɖ trnziśn t ɖ net-ziro targit, Mr Sūnac wonts t max ǎt pṛdux́n v ɖ Norʈ Sī’z rmenñ rzrvz.

H clemd ɖt ɖ ny drilñ z nīdd bcz v ɖ ʈret t eṇji s’plîz fṛm Vladīmir Pūtin n uɖr tîṛnts. F so, ɖt z an indîtmnt v ɖ śortsîtd we in ẃć ɖ YC hz manijd its ôl n gas, n ɖ reṿnyz fṛm ɖm, fr decedz. Bt ɖ truʈ z olso ɖt Cnsrṿtiv guvnmnts hv a hisṭri v caẓ́li rnegñ on clîṃtcmitmnts. “W’re nt gwñ t sev ɖ planit bî ptñ ǎr cuntri ǎt v biznis,” Jorj Ozbōrn snird in 2011. Mr Sūnac’s dsiźn z in ɖt vein. Ɖ ny drilñ z a marc v ɖ lo – nt ɖ hî – prîoṛti ɖt YC guvnmnts hv gvn t Britn’z naśnl nīdz.

Ɖ prîm̦inistr cupld hiz ny lîsnsñ oṗtyṇtiz fr ôlcumṗniz wɖ anǎnsmnts v tū mor carbncapćr ysij n storij sntrz. Ɖz r partli dzînd t śo ɖt ɖ guvnmnt cntinyz t trīt its clīn-tecnoḷji n net-ziro targits sirịsli. Bt ɖz r marjinl iniṣ́tivz cmperd wɖ ɖ xtndd dpndns on fosilfylz. Ɖe amǎnt t letñ eṇji cumṗniz of ɖ hc n rfyzñ t implimnt dificlt dsiźnz.

Ɖ botmlîn mesij fṛm Munde z stretfwd. Ɖ Sūnac guvnmnt z īzñ p on its grīn cmitmnts undr preśr fṛm ɖ rîtwñ pres n ɖ parti grasrūts in ɖ hop ɖt ɖs cn rvîv Tori fortynz in ɖ jenṛl ilex́n. It z part v ɖ larjr ćenj in Cnsrṿtiv pziśnñ sins ɖ parti s’prîzd itslf bî winñ ɖ Uxbrij n Sǎʈ Rîslip bîilex́n aftr campenñ agnst Lundn’z clīnr-er meźrz. Bt it z nt an impuls-dsiźn.

Ɖ Tori parti hz bn muvñ in an angrịr n mor libterịn d’rex́n fr mni yirz ovr mni iśuz. Ɖ impeśns wɖ xprts ɖt Mîcl Gov xprest ovr Brexit wz ecoud jrñ ɖ Covid pandemic, n z rcŕñ ovr CO2 imiśnz. Mr Sūnac me se ɖt ɖ parti rmenz cmitd t its clīnr-car n net-ziro targits, bt ɖ riaḷti z ɖt ɖz r nǎ biyñ moʈbōld untl aftr a jenṛl ilex́n ɖt me stl b 15 munʈs awe. It z a teribl lc n it z a teribl aproć – nt līst bcz it unḍesṭmets ɖ public, huz attydz on ɖz iśuz r ofn wîzr ɖn ɖoz v poḷtiśnz.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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In Ñspel: The Observer view on how the climate crisis should not be used as a political football

Protesters opposed to the expansion of London's ultra-low emission zone demonstrate outside BBC Broadcasting House on 22 July in London. Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images
Pṛtstrz opozd t ɖ xpanśn v Lundn’z ultra-lo imiśnz̦on demnstret ǎtsd BBC Brōdcastñhǎs on 22 Jlî in Lundn. Foṭgraf: Cris J Ratclif/Geti Iṃjz
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Ɖ Obzrvr vy on hǎ ɖ clîṃtcrîsis śd nt b yzd az a p’liticl ftbōl

Transcription of an Observer editorial of 22 July 2023

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Ɖ Uxbrij bîilex́n hz riopnd arğmnts abt hǎ far t pś a grīn ajnda, bt globl hītñ cōlz fr a nonparṭzan aproć

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Saṭde, 22 Jlî 2023

Nʈñ fīlz az gd az winñ. It’s bn a loñ tîm sins Lebr injoid a vicṭri az ʈumpñ az ɖ wn it scord ɖs wīc in Slbi n Ênsti, a wns solidli Cnsrṿtiv pać v rṛl Yorx́r, n Cir Starmr dzrvz t sêvr ɖ momnt. In litl ovr ʈri yirz, h hz trnsformd a dfitd n dsperñ parti intu a guvnmnt in wêtñ. Ɖr hv bn sm dīpli penfl compṛmîzz alñ ɖ we, bt fîṇli h cn argy ɖt ɖe r startñ t pe of.

Ed Dêvi z īqli intîtld t b glīfl abt rīcapćrñ Suṃtn n Frūm fr ɖ Lib Démz, cnfrmñ ɖt hiz parti z wel n trūli bac fṛm ɖ wilḍnis. Ɖ scel v tacticl votñ in bʈ contests sjsts ɖt an ayn rzolv z formñ amñ antīTori votrz t d ẃtvr it tecs. Ẃr ɖe cn run az insrjnts agnst an unpopylr guvnmnt, pṛgresivz r rîdñ hî. Bt ẃt hapnd in Uxbrij n Sǎʈ Rîslip sjsts limits t ɖt aproć.

Aftr Boris Jonsn slúnc awe in dsgres, mni asymd hiz old sīt wz Lebr’z fr ɖ tecñ. Instd, ɖ Toriz scrept bac in bî trnñ ẃt cd hv bn a reḟrendm on ɖer hanḍlñ v ɖ icoṇmi intu a reḟrendm on anɖr incumbnt: Lundn’z mẹr, Sdīc Cān, n hiz dsiźn t xtnd ɖ capitl’z ultṛlo imiśnzon t ǎtlaying buraz fṛm Ōġst, forsñ ǒnrz v oldr n mor p’lūtñ viyclz t pe a £12.50 dêli ćarj or bai ny carz. Lebr strugld t land its mesij abt ɖ puṇśñ cost v livñ wɖ votrz hu blemd ɖer mẹr fr hlpñ t pś it p.

Starmr’z sjsćn ɖt Cān śd “rflect” on ɖ unpopylaṛti v Úliz, isnṣ́li a public rbyc, rvilz dīp fṛstreśn wɖn ɖ śadocabiṇt at misñ ǎt bî onli a fy hundṛd vots. Bt sm tec a dīpr lésn fṛm ɖs ultiṃtli vri loc̣lîzd scrmiś. Ɖ Uxbrij rzult hz riopnd smolḍrñ arğmnts insd bʈ mn partiz ovr hǎ far t pś grīn poḷsiz in ɖ midl v a cost-v-livñ crîsis.

Ɖ ces fr cutñ carbn imiśnz hz nvr bn mor blîndñli obvịs in ɖs sumr v frīc hītwevz arnd ɖ glob. In ɖ YS stet v Aṛzona, hospitlz r trītñ peśnts suḟrñ svir brnz fṛm contact wɖ becñ pevmnts. Foristfîrz r raṿjñ Grīs, n Antartic sīîs levlz hv fōḷn t record loz fr Jlî. W r teṛfayñli clos t ɖ tipñpônt v ẃć sayntists hv so loñ wornd, n ɖ fṛstreśn z ɖt w nǒ fl wel ẃt t d abt it. Ɖr z no oltrṇtiv t trnziṣ́nñ az fast az hymnli poṣbl fṛm fosilfylz t rnywblz, gas sntṛl hītñ t hītpumps n solr panlz, n petṛl or dīzl carz t ilectric wnz. (Ẃl Úliz n uɖr clīn-er zonz arnd ɖ cuntri r stricli spīcñ public-hlʈ poḷsiz, dzînd t rdys dedli er-p’lūśn rɖr ɖn carbn, ɖe d nuj moṭrists t rīʈnc ɖer rlayns on carz.) Bt sm hǎsholdz simpli c’nt aford ɖ stīp upfront costs v rplesñ carz n bôlrz, hvr mć ɖe wont t. Poḷtiśnz hu ignor ɖt hard riaḷti wl fes a baclaś.

Ɖ clîṃt imrjnsi crîz ǎt fr a nonparṭzan aproć, wɖ p’liticl partiz pŭlñ tgɖr in ɖ naśnl inṭrest az ɖe hv ovr Ycren. Instd, grīn poḷsi riscs biyñ weṗnîzd fr p’liticl gen. Olrdi, rîtwñ vôsz r rjñ Riśi Sūnac t trīt Uxbrij az ɖ modl fr a Cnsrṿtiv fîtbac: scrap ɖ pland ban on seilz v ny petṛl n dīzl carz fṛm 2030, rīstart ɖ wor on wouc, brand Lebr “ɖ p’liticl wñ v Jst Stop Ôl” – az ɖ Cabiṇt ministr fr net ziro, Grant Śaps, pts it. It’s les a straṭji fr winñ ɖn fr liṃtñ Tori losz, ẃl mcñ ɖ job v an incumñ Lebr guvnmnt infiṇtli hardr.

Fr ɖ risc v cicñ ɖ clîṃtcan dǎn ɖ rod, az s’xesiv Cnsrṿtiv admiṇstreśnz hv dn, z ɖt inṭvnśn mst b mor drastic t hv ɖ nesṣri ifct. Ćenjz ɖt cd hv bn īzd in jntli ovr ɖ past 13 yirz me nǎ nīd t hapn mor abrupli. Bt f enʈñ, Uxbrij me mc Starmr īvn wẹrịr v sm v hiz śado clîṃtćenj secṛtri Ed Miḷband’z mor radicl instñts.

Tnśnz btwn grīn ultraz n ɖer mor cōśs śadocabiṇt colīgz r hard t rzolv bcz bʈ sîdz hv a pônt. Ɖ Miḷbandîts r rît ɖt ɖ clîṃt imrjnsi canot b dúct, n ɖt bacslîdñ cd opn p ɖ parti’z left flanc t ɖ Grīnz (hu incrist ɖer votśer in ol ʈri bîilx́nz, ptnṣ́li at Lebr’z xpns in Uxbrij). Bt ɖ pragṃtists r rît ɖt midl Ñgḷnd z īẓli spūct bî ʈrets t ɖer wolits or lîfstîlz. In Uxbrij, ɖ Toriz portreid Úliz az a big-siti s’lūśn lofṭli impozd on a vri difṛnt wrld; fîn fr Tesla drîvrz or yuñ ŕḅnîts nir a Tyb stop, bt les so fr sbrbn faṃliz on ɖ scūlrun n ɖ hard-prest wrcñclasz. It wz’nt jst abt ɖ cost, bt ɖ sns ɖt Siti Hōl dd’nt unḍstand.

Rīdñ tù mć intu eni bîilex́n z olwz denjṛs, n ɖ lésn hir fr Lebr z abṣlutli nt t rtrit on net ziro. Bt it z t gt ɖ īc̣nomics rît – ẃć mīnz mor fînanśl hlp fr hǎsholdz rplesñ carz or bôlrz – n, crūṣ́li, ɖ ton. Sañtiṃni z dedli, ẃn ppl r riyli struġlñ.

Riśi Sūnac śd rflect on ɖ leġsi h wonts t līv bhnd, mć az T’rīza Me dd ẃn ś yzd hr fînl wīcs in ofis t inśrîn net-ziro targits in lw. Ǎr frajîl planit mst nt b trītd lîc a p’liticl ftbōl.

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Dropping green pledges would be ‘political suicide’, Sunak and Starmer warned

There is a broad political consensus in the UK in favour of achieving net zero carbon emissions, which could now be under threat. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
Ɖr z a brōd p’liticl cnsnss in ɖ YC in fevr v aćivñ net-ziro carbn imiśnz, ẃć cd nǎ b undr ʈret. Foṭgraf: Fabrizio Bensch/Rôtrz
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Dropñ grīn plejz wd b ‘p’liticl suisîd’, Sūnac n Starmr wornd

Transcription of a Guardian article of 22 July 2023

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Sayns n biznis līdrz se lrć awe fṛm clîṃt’jnda aftr bîilx́nz wd b dīpli unpopylr wɖ votrz n damij YC’z repyteśn

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Mîcl Savij, Tobi Hlm n Robin MCi, Saṭde, 22 Jlî 2023

Britn’z līdrz hv bn wornd agnst a “p’liticli sụsîdl” lrć awe fṛm ɖer grīn plejz az cnsrnz gro ɖt bʈ mejr partiz me dlūt ɖer planz t combat ɖ clîṃtcrîsis in ɖ wec v a śoc bîilex́n rzult.

Sīńr figrz fṛm biznis, ɖ sạntific cḿṇti n acrs ɖ p’liticl dvîd wornd ɖt eni wōṭrñ dǎn v clîṃtpoḷsiz wd b dīpli unpopylr wɖ votrz, set bac ɖ inṭnaśnl fît t rīć net ziro n damij Britn’z grīn repyteśn.

Ɖr r firz ɖt bʈ Riśi Sūnac n Cir Starmr wl lūsn ɖer s’port fr sć poḷsiz aftr ɖ Cnsrṿtivz’ s’prîz win in ɖ Uxbrij n Sǎʈ Rîslip bîilex́n on Ʈrzde. Ɖ Toriz naroli wún ɖ sīt, bî jst 495 vots, wɖ a campen ɖt capiṭlîzd on opziśn t planz bî Lundn’z Lebr mẹr Sdīc Cān t xtnd ɖ ultra-lo imiśnz̦on (Úliz).

Sūnac z olrdi biyñ rjd bî ɖ rît v ɖ parti n sm v hiz ǒn cabiṇt t rīʈnc hiz cmitmnt t grīn poḷsiz in ɖ lît v ɖ Uxbrij rzult. Mnẃl, a sīńr Lebr MP wornd ɖt Starmr risct “alawñ ɖ Toriz t edit ɖ nxt Lebr maṇfesto” ovr clîṃtćenj. Ɖ Lebr līdr hd sd ɖ Uxbrij rzult śoud ɖ parti mst nt adopt poḷsiz ɖt cd b fīćrd on Tori ilex́nlīflits.

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Rishi Sunak with the newly elected Conservative MP Steve Tuckwell in Uxbridge, west London, following the party’s success in the by-election. Photograph: Carl Court/PA
Riśi Sūnac wɖ ɖ nyli ilectd Cnsrṿtiv MP Stīv Tucwél in Uxbrij, wst Lundn, folowñ ɖ parti’z s’xes in ɖ bîilex́n. Foṭgraf: Carl Cort/PA

Ɖr z a cnsrtd eḟt ɖs wīcend t enśur ɖt ɖ p’liticl yṇti ovr Britn’z net-ziro emz rmenz in ples. Aloc Śarma, a formr Tori cabiṇtministr n prezidnt v Cop26, sd it wz vîtl ɖt ol partiz mntend ɖ p’liticl cnsnss on psywñ net ziro.

“W hv bilt p a brōd p’liticl cnsnss in ɖ YC on psyt v net-ziro poḷsiz ẃć r gd fr ɖ icoṇmi, jobz, xports n ɖ invîrnmnt. Bizṇsz s’port ɖs ajnda bcz ɖe cn si ɖ ic̣nomic beṇfits, h tld ɖ Obzrvr. “N ɖ indipndnt Ofis fr Bujit Rsponsbiḷti hz notd ɖt unmiṭgetd clîṃtćenj wd ultiṃtli hv caṭstrofic ic̣nomic n fiscl consiqnsz fr ɖ YC.

“Cnsrnz abt ɖ invîrnmnt n clîṃtćenj olso cnsistntli ranc amñ ɖ top iśuz v importns fr votrz. Gvn ɖ ic̣nomic, invîrnmntl n ilectṛl ces fr clîṃt ax́n, it wd b slf-dfitñ fr eni p’liticl parti t sīc t brec ɖ p’liticl cnsnss on ɖs vîtl ajnda,” Śarma wornd.

Zac Goldsmiʈ, ɖ formr ministr hu qit ɖ guvnmnt ovr ẃt h dscrîbd az Sūnac’s lac v inṭrest in ɖ invîrnmnt, sd ɖt eni parti rīʈncñ its cmitmnt t ɖ clîṃt wd b puniśt. “Bîilex́n rzults cn b intrpṛtd in cǎntlis wez, n it z ɖ nećr v poḷtiśnz n p’liticl comntetrz t wéj ɖer ǒn preɉdisz intu ɖ ǎtcumz,” h tld ɖ Obzrvr. “Bt t yz ɖz rīsnt rzults t advc̣t abandnmnt v ɖ YC’z prīvịs invîrnmntl līdrśp z sinicl n idiotic.

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A wind farm off Teesside: renewable energy is popular among the public. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images
A wind farm of Tīzsîd: rnywbl eṇji z popylr amñ ɖ public. Foṭgraf: Iyn Forsîʈ/Geti Iṃjz

“It wd olso b p’liticli sụsîdl, gvn ɖ vri dīp n wîd s’port fr ax́n on ɖ invîrnmnt ɖt xists rît acrs ɖ ilectṛt. N it z imoṛl, gvn ɖt bʈ guvnmnt n opziśn acnolij ɖ graṿti v ɖ crîsis w fes.

“So it’s hard t b’liv ɖr riyli r ppl at ɖ top v îɖr v ɖ mn partiz cōlñ fr abandnmnt v grīn poḷsiz, bt f ɖr r, I cn onli hop ɖe r hamrd bî ɖ ilectṛt ẃn ɖ tîm cmz,” sd Goldsmiʈ, hu hd bn ministr fr ɖ inṭnaśnl invîrnmnt n clîṃt bfr h stept dǎn fṛm ɖ Foṛn Ofis.

Pṛfesr Nicḷs Strn, hu léd a seminl 2006 rvy on ɖ īc̣nomics v clîṃtćenj, olso iśùd a pli fr līdrśp on ɖ clîṃt. “Er-p’lūśn cilz tnz v ʈǎzndz in ɖ YC ć yir – far mor ɖn deʈs in rodtrafic axidnts – n miłnz arnd ɖ wrld,” h sd.

“Inax́n z nt a sen opśn fr s, ǎr ćildṛn n granćildṛn. Secnd, ɖ costs v invstmnts in ɖ trnziśn awe fṛm fosilfylz r sgnificntli incrist bî poḷsirisc dy t poḷtiśnz ćopñ n ćenjñ ɖer vyz n ax́nz.

“Ʈrd, ɖ invstmntcosts v ɖ trnziśn nīd t b dstribytd ferli. N forʈ, ɖ YC’z repyteśn in ɖ wrld dpndz on its līdrśp on ɖz iśuz. Ǎr standñ hz olrdi bn damijd bî ɖ los v foc̣s sins w hostd ɖ Ynîtd Neśnz clîṃtćenj sumit in Glazgo in 2021.”

Ɖ lêtist Opińm poul fr ɖ Obzrvr hîlîts ɖ periḷs stet ɖ Toriz r in az MPz hedd t ɖer cnstitẏnsiz fr Wsminstr’z sumŗīses. Lebr hz a 17-pônt līd. Ɖ parti rtenz a 42% śer v ɖ vot, wɖ ɖ Toriz on jst 25%.

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Nicholas Stern, professor of economics at the London School of Economics and chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, at Cop26 in Glasgow in 2021. Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters
Nicḷs Strn, pṛfesr v īc̣nomics at ɖ Lundn Scūl v Īc̣nomics n ćer v ɖ Granʈm Rsrć Insttyt on Clîṃtćenj n ɖ Invîrnmnt, at Cop26 in Glazgo in 2021. Foṭgraf: Yves Herman/Rôtrz

Sūnac’s tīm r despṛtli srćñ fr wez t rvrs ɖ parti’z fortynz. Az wel az cōlz t bac awe fṛm grīn meźrz, ɖ prîm̦inistr z olso sd t b lcñ at a campen ɖt wd vǎ t “pṛtct” votrz fṛm Lebr poḷsiz. Sūnac’s guvnmnt olrdi apirz t hv wōtrd dǎn n dleid an end t ɖ ifctiv ban on mor onśor windfarmz pt in ples bî Devid Camṛn.

Neʈn Benit, hed v stṛtījic cḿṇceśnz at RnywblYC, ɖ rnywbl-eṇji tred’sośieśn, sd ɖt nǎ wz prisîsli ɖ roñ tîm t b “wōṭrñ dǎn ambiśn” n fr fōls arğmnts t b dveḷpñ abt ɖ costs v grīnñ ɖ icoṇmi. “I am cnsrnd abt a fōls naṛtiv imrjñ ɖt grīn poḷsiz r unpopylr n costli, az ɖt’s srtnli nt ɖ ces fr rnywblz n mni uɖr clīn tecnoḷjiz,” h sd.

“Ny windfarmz r drîvñ dǎn eṇjibilz, n poulz cnsistntli śo ɖt, f enʈñ, ppl wont s t rol ǎt mor rnywblz ɖn w cuṛntli r, includñ ny onśor wind.”

Greg Jacsn, ćīf xektiv v Ocṭṗs Eṇji, ɖ rnywbl-eṇji grūp, sd ɖr wz nǎ a risc ɖt ɖ YC wd lūz ǎt t uɖr cuntriz in ɖ rês fr invstmnt: “Harṇsñ ɖ oṗtyṇtiz v net ziro t dlivr tanɉbl fînanśl beṇfits z xtrimli popylr. Ǎr custmrz luv gtñ ćīp eṇji ẃn it’s windi, or biyñ peid t yz les ẃn it’s nt. Britn hz hd a līd in ćīp, clīn eṇji, bt lîc so mni inḍstriz v ɖ past, w risc uɖr cuntriz gtñ ɖ beṇfit v ǎr iṇveśn – costli fr clîṃt, cost v livñ n naśnl s’kṛti.”

Starmr rezd cnsrnz wɖn ɖ parti bî xtndñ hiz criṭsizm v ɖ Úliz. “W r dwñ smʈñ vri roñ f poḷsiz pt fwd bî ɖ Lebr parti end p on ć n evri Tori līflit,” h tld Lebr’z naśnl poḷsifoṛm in Notñm. It marcs an esc̣leśn v hiz confṛnteśn wɖ Cān ovr ɖ Úliz. In a ćenj in ton, a sors clos t Cān sd on Frîde h wz “liṣnñ t Lundnrz n olwz lcñ at wez h cn adres ɖer cnsrnz”.

Formr śadoćanslr Jon McDonl tld ɖ Obzrvr: “V cors ptnśl poḷsi bnaṇscinz hv t b avôdd, bt f w r nt cerfl, ifctivli ɖs mīnz alawñ ɖ Toriz t edit ɖ nxt Lebr maṇfesto on ɖ gretist iśu fesñ s, ɖ clîṃtcrîsis.”

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on public sector pay: higher taxes on the rich are needed to fix broke Britannia

‘Rishi Sunak argues that the state’s wage bill must be paid for by cuts to the services that workers deliver.’ Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty Images
‘Riśi Sūnac argyz ɖt ɖ stet’s wejbil mst b peid fr bî cuts t ɖ srṿsz ɖt wrcrz dlivr.’ Foṭgraf: Hnri Niclz/AFP/Geti Iṃjz
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on public-sectr pe: hayr taxz on ɖ rić r nīdd t fix brouc Britańa

Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 13 July 2023

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Huevr winz ɖ nxt ilex́n wl hv t spend muni t rper ɖ damij dn aftr 13 yirz v Cnsrṿtiv-parti rūl

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Ʈrzde, 13 Jlî 2023

It z unlîcli ɖt śampencorcs wl b popñ in guvnmnt oḟsz, scūlclasrūmz n NHS hospitlz. Bt ɖe probbli r in ɖ Siti. Ẃl ɖ public sectr z ofrd a b’lo-infleśn pêhîc v 6%, wejgroʈ in fînans n biznis srṿsz z runñ at 9%. Ɖ prîṿt sectr cn rêz its prîsz t pe fr hayr saḷriz or jst t mc mor muni. Ɖ public sectr canot. Instd Riśi Sūnac argyz ɖt ɖ stet’s wejbil mst b peid fr bî cuts t ɖ srṿsz ɖt wrcrz dlivr. Mr Sūnac’s dsiźn mīnz ɖt pyplz wl hv fywr bcs, n peśnts r left sicr, bcz tīćrz n doctrz nīd xtra pe. Rîzñ inṭrestrets mīn osteṛti fr public srṿsz n pen fr morgijholdrz, bt ɖe mc fr gd biznis in ɖ Sqer Mîl az YC gílt yīldz bcm mor atractiv t invstrz.

“It wz ɖ bst v tîmz, it wz ɖ wrst v tîmz,” bginz Ćarlz Dicinz’z A Têl v Tū Sitiz, a cōśnri stori abt wîḍnñ dviźnz in ɖ run p t ɖ Frenć Reṿluśn. Britn z, ʈancḟli, in a far les fīṿriś momnt. Ɖ icoṇmist Olivie Blanćard hz notd ɖt infleśn z “funḍmnṭli ɖ ǎtcm v ɖ distṛbyśnl conflict btwn frmz, wrcrz, n taxpeyrz”. Sm yńnz hv rîtli fòt fr, n wún, an axptbl dīl. Bt wîdr tnśnz r nt biyñ adiqtli manijd t alǎ fr brōdr, snṣbl ngośieśnz in ẃć ɖ pen z śerd. Instd Mr Sūnac, n ɖ Banc v Ñgḷnd, tilt ɖ scelz in fevr v prîṿt biznis inṭrests n a rseśn bî rlayñ sol̦i on inṭrestrets. Ongwñ strîcs r a simtm v sć a straṭji.

Ɖ guvnmnt’s ces z ɖt hayr taxz n mor borowñ wd b ruiṇs. Ɖs îdīa z unforćṇtli riinforst bî a qsćṇbl fōrcast md bî ɖ Ofis fr Bujit Rsponsbiḷti (OBR), ẃć pridicts ɖ naśnl dét v ɖ YC triṗlñ bî 2070. In truʈ it z ɖ guvnmnt ɖt dsîdz hǎ far ɖ inṭrest peid on its dét śd b dtrmind bî dmand in ɖ munimarcits. Mr Sūnac b’livz ɖt dmand śd b prîṃri n hz wovn a fiscl stretjacit, ʈru ɖ Treẓ́ri’z dzîn v ɖ asetprćis fsiḷti n bî selñ infleśn-linct bondz: ɖ mor ɖ stet struglz, ɖ tîtr ɖ bîndñ bcmz.

Baḷnst-bujit îdīaz, dpresñli, hv faund s’preṃsi in Britiś poḷtics. Yt fy ʈñz matr mor ɖn lîf n deʈ. F lîf xpctnsi n “hlʈi lîf xpctnsi” – a meźr v ɖ yirz ppl liv in dīsnt hlʈ – r mor importnt meźrz v hǎ a cuntri z dwñ, ɖ OBR hz sm soḅrñ nyz. Ɖ YC hz ɖ lǒist hlʈi lîf xpctnsi at brʈ v eni mejr dveḷpt icoṇmi bar ɖ YS, n z fōlñ bhnd Iṭli, Jpan, Frans n Caṇda in trmz v lîf xpctnsi.

Huevr winz ɖ nxt ilex́n wl hv t spend muni t rper ɖ damij dn bî cronic stet unḍfundñ bî ɖ Cnsrṿtivz on top v Brexit, ɖ pandemic, n ɖ Ycren wor – az wel az rīwîr ɖ icoṇmi t dīl wɖ an ejñ popyleśn n net ziro. Bt wɖt cerfl dzîn ɖs spendñ wl b infleṣ́nri: post-Covid Britn sw hǎ qcli s’plî-dsrupśn trnzletd intu rîzñ prîsz; hǎ lebrśorṭjz cd snd wejz śūtñ p; n hǎ ɖr wz litl rstrent on cumṗniz hîcñ prîsz. Guvnmnt xpndićr, it sīmz, cn onli incris in a non-infleṣ́nri we f fiscl spes hz bn crietd bî rdysñ prîṿt dspoẓbl incm, îdiyli ʈru hayr taxz on ɖ wlʈiist.

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In Ñspel: The Observer view on why the British right should be giving Joe Biden a warm welcome

President Biden delivers remarks on healthcare coverage and the economy, in Washington on 7 July. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
Prezidnt Bîdn dlivrz rmarcs on hlʈcer cuṿrij n ɖ icoṇmi, in Wośñtn on 7 Jlî. Foṭgraf: Joṇʈn Ernst/Rôtrz
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Ɖ Obzrvr vy on ẃ ɖ Britiś rît śd b gvñ Jo Bîdn a worm welcm

Transcription of an Observer editorial of 8 July 2023

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On ɖ īv v hiz vizit t mīt Riśi Sūnac n ɖ Cñ, hiz critics hir r roñ t clem ɖ YS līdr z ‘antīBritiś’

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Saṭde, 8 Jlî 2023

It’s fer t se elimnts v ɖ YC’z p’liticl istabliśmnt n rîtwñ mīdia d’nt mć lîc Jo Bîdn. Ɖ YS prezidnt wz akzd v biyñ “antīBritiś” ẃn viẓtñ Norɖn Îrḷnd in Epril. Cnsrṿtiv comntetrz snird unīẓli at subsiqnt sīnz v him pleyñ t ɖ crǎd in Béal an Átha, hiz faṃli’z ansestṛl hom in Co. Mhaigh Eo, az h rcōld hǎ hiz fōrberz fled famin-stricn (Britiś-rūld) Îrḷnd fr a betr lîf in America.

Ẃt riyli anoid rîtwñ critics wz ɖt Bîdn viẓtd Dublin on ɖt trip, winñ standñ oveśnz in ɖ Dáil Éireann, bt dd’nt fînd tîm t cm t Wsminstr. “I’m at hom,” h dclerd in Îrḷnd’z capitl. “I jst wś I cd ste longr.” It’s unlîcli Bîdn wl fīl ɖ sem we on Munde ẃn h mcs a brīf stop-ovr in Lundn t mīt Riśi Sūnac n Cñ Ćarlz, en route t Nato’z Ycren crîsișumit in Liʈueńa.

Far fṛm rolñ ǎt a vrbl red carpit, Bîdn’z dtractrz hv bn biẓli raitñ him of. Ɖ list v hiz alejidli igrījs trnzgreśnz includz dclînñ t gv Brexitrz ɖ prîzd YS-YC fri-tred agrīmnt ɖe promist votrz, qipñ ɖt h hd travld t Belfast t “mc śr … ɖ Brits dd’nt scru arnd” wɖ ɖ pīsproses, trnñ p lêt fr Qīn Iliẓbʈ II’z fynṛl last Sptmbr n nt trnñ p at ol fr ɖ cñ’z coṛneśn in Me.

Sć criṭsizmz, p’liticli unrịlistic, peti n oṿsnṣtiv, pṛvîd a clu az t ẃ ɖ YS – n nt jst ɖ Bîdn admiṇstreśn – hz dificlti tecñ Britn sirịsli ɖz dez. Ɖ YC z’nt ɖ globl pleyr it wns wz, ẃtvr Toriz me se. Bî līvñ ɖ YY, it hz lost ɖ inflụns n līṿrij in Yṛp ɖ Americnz valyd. Jioṗliticli, ɖ YC z stuc p a blînd ali. Its “tilt” t ɖ Eźa-Psific impresz nɖr Wośñtn nr Bêźñ. Cuts in oṿsìz ed n ɖ antiṣpetd fełr t onr clîṃt-fundñ plejz frɖr unḍcut Britiś soft pǎr.

Bîdn’z blocñ v Ben Wolis az ɖ nxt Nato secṛtrijenṛl z a rflex́n nt on ɖ dfnșecṛtri’z record bt on ɖ YC’z dminiśt standñ n clǎt. It’s nt a rīzn t sulc. Rɖr, it z a tîmli rmîndr v a p’liticl riaḷti ɖt Sūnac, lîc hiz dluźnl prīdisesrz, Liz Trus n Boris Jonsn, sīmz unebl t grasp. Vyd fṛm Wośñtn’z hard-nozd pspctiv, ɖ rleśnśp wɖ Britn, ẃl stl ysfl in liṃtd wez n historicli reẓnnt, jst z’nt ɖt “speśl” eni mor. Naćṛli, ɖ Americnz d nt se ɖt ǎt lǎd. On ɖ contrri, ɖ Ẃît Hǎs z at penz t stres “ɖ clos rleśnśp btwn ǎr tū neśnz”. Bîdn, 80, an old-scūl, modṛt Deṃcrat huz faɖr wz a yzd-car seilzmn, hz bn tipicli jenṛs in trayñ t bild brijz t ɖ inixpirịnst Sūnac, 43, a miłner fṛm a vri difṛnt p’liticl bacgrǎnd. Phps h z jst rlivd ɖt Jonsn, “Britn’z Trump”, z ǎt v ɖ we.

Ɖ Atlantic decḷreśn agrìd btwn Bîdn n Sūnac in Wośñtn last munʈ, ẃć wl s’pozidli incurij cooṗreśn on ny tecnoḷjiz sć az AI, advans bîlatṛl tred, n inhans ic̣nomic s’kṛti n deṭpṛtx́n vis-à-vis Ćîna n Ruśa, wz an xampl v Bîdn’z gdwil – n p’liticl nǎs. Ɖ decḷreśn sǎndd importnt. It gev Sūnac smʈñ t cro abt. Bt it z larjli lacñ in substns. Mostli, it repḷcets agrīmnts ɖ YS hd olrdi md wɖ ɖ YY.

Dspt ɖ slîtli fōls boṇmi, ɖr z no hîdñ ɖ fact ɖ tū līdrz’ vyz dvrj in funḍmntl wez. Bîdn z a vetṛn worịr fr ic̣nomic n sośl justis. Sūnac xibits scant îdīa v ẃt ɖt mīnz. Sṗsificli, Bîdn ʈncs, rîtli, ɖt Brexit wz a fūlhardi err ɖt hz nīdlisli damijd ɖ YC, ɖ YY n tranz’tlantic chīźn; h b’livz, c’recli, ɖt its bungld trmz stǒct tnśnz in Norɖn Îrḷnd; probbli fīlz, wɖ justis, ɖt Britn z onli bginñ t cm t trmz wɖ sm bitr impirịl leġsiz; n qt rīzṇbli dstrusts Trumpịn popylist tndnsiz on ɖ Britiś rît.

Îronicli, bt nt intîrli s’prîzñli, ol ɖt sjsts ɖs YS līdr me b mor in tyn wɖ ɖ cuṛnt stet v Britiś public opińn ɖn Sūnac, hiz ton-def ministrz n a Cnsrṿtiv guvnmnt ɖt hz loñ ǎtsteid its welcm. Rɖr ɖn moc Bîdn fr hiz gafs, hiz ej, hiz filịl imbaṛsmnts n hiz fou-Irishness, Britn, n ispeṣ́li ɖ Toriz, wd d wel t harṭli welcm him – n rec̣gnîz hiz aćivmnts at a tîm v hyjli ćaḷnjñ globl discord n dmestic strîf.

Bîdn hz aćivd mor radicl ćenj at hom in jst ovr tū yirz ɖn Baṛc Obama dd in et. Hiz s’xesz includ ɖ $1.9tn Covid-19 rlifbil, a $1tn naśnl infṛstrucćr-rnywl pacij n ɖ most ambiśs clîṃtlw in YS hisṭri, ẃć būsts grīn eṇji n hlʈcer. Ɖ Ẃît Hǎs sz abt 13m jobz hv bn crietd sins h tc ofis, pśñ unimplômnt t a 50-yir lo. H olso pswedd Congres t adopt mejr gunsefti lejsleśn.

Bîdn hz fest setbacs, tù, nt līst a siriz v rgresiv dsiźnz bî ɖ YS s’prīm cort, includñ on aborśnrîts. H’z blemd, unferli, fr hî infleśn. N oṿsìz, h mshandld ɖ 2021 wɖdrwl fṛm Afgaṇstan. Yt, forćṇtli fr Britiś n Yṛpiyn s’kṛti, hiz līdrśp ovr Ycren hz bn stroñ n stedi. Hǎ d hiz rîtwñ dtractrz ʈnc Ruśa-luvñ Trump wd hv manijd ɖs crîsis? Ɖe me fînd ǎt aftr nxt yir’z preẓdnśl ilex́n. Ɖoz hu lîc t rubiś Bîdn śd b cerfl ẃt ɖe wś fr.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on a PM’s patronage: Boris Johnson’s shameful honours list

‘Voters care about honesty and integrity in politics. Mr Johnson does not.’ Photograph: Reuters
‘Votrz cer abt oṇsti n integṛti in poḷtics. Mr Jonsn dz nt.’ Foṭgraf: Rôtrz
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on a PM’z patṛnij: Boris Jonsn’z śemfl onrzlist

Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 19 June 2023

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Rformñ ɖ Hǎs v Lordz śd bgin bî cnstrenñ a dpartñ līdr’z pǎr t diś ǎt lîftîm awordz t frendz n croniz

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Ẃn handñ ǎt lîftîm onrz, Boris Jonsn’z gîdñ prínsipl hz bn brezn croniizm n snubñ istabliśt cnvnśn. Bt ɖ most rīsnt reṿleśnz, on ɖ īv v MPz dbetñ ɖ priṿlijzcmiti rport intu Mr Jonsn’z dsit ovr Partiget, r jw-dropñ. On Súnde, a vidio imrjd v Cnsrṿtiv stāfrz injoyñ a 2020 Crisṃs “jngl n mngl” jamḅrī ɖt petntli brouc locdǎn rūlz. Mr Jonsn mst hv noun abt ɖs ivnt. Yt at līst tū v ɖoz at ɖ parti wr on hiz reẓgneśn onrzlist.

Votrz cer abt oṇsti n integṛti in poḷtics. Mr Jonsn dz nt. Bî wevñ ʈru ɖ list, Riśi Sūnac apirz îɖr t agri wɖ hiz dsgrest prīdisesr or t b tù wìc t stop it. Ɖ guvnmnt sz it wz rspctñ “dy proses” – az prîm̦inistrz rūtīnli rubrstamp ɖoz apôntmnts apruvd bî pirz. Bt Mr Jonsn dd nt rspct sć normz. Ɖ manr v hiz dparćr – cnvictd bî parḷmnt’s hîist cort v layñ – z unpresdntd. Ɖ cuṛnt prîm̦inistr z rsponsbl fr rec̣mndñ onrz. Mr Sūnac wd hv bn jusṭfaid in rfyzñ Mr Jonsn’z list. H śd hv dn so.

Ɖ slīz z lapñ at ɖ dor nt jst v Dǎnñ Strīt, bt Bucñm Palis tù. Pṛf. Meg Rúsl v Yṇvrṣticolij Lundn’z Consttyśn Ynit rout ɖt ɖ Crǎn’z brʈde onrzlist hz bn pt at risc bcz Mr Jonsn’z noṃneśnz “r sìn az dscredtñ ɖ tîtlz ɖt mni v ɖz ppl – n uɖrz lîc ɖm in ɖ past – hv rîtḟli rsivd” … “An add cnsrn z ɖt īvn Jonsn’z list wz ofiṣ́li – n nesseṛli – iśùd in ɖ nem v ɖ Cñ”. Pṛf. Rúsl sjsts ɖt Mr Sūnac hz feld “t pṛtct ɖ moṇc fṛm biyñ drwn intu p’liticl cntrovsi”. It’s hard t dis’gri.

Smʈñ z badli roñ wɖ ɖ we Britn z guvnd. Sins 2010 ɖ rwordz t Cnsrṿtiv-parti donrz n p’liticl frendz in ɖ form v piṛjz n goñz hv xpozd a maṇfest lac v l’jitiṃsi ɖt z c’rodñ stetoʈoṛti. Hopñ t cast ɖ opziśn az scrūpyḷs cmperd t ɖ guvnmnt, Sr Cir Starmr rūld ǎt pṛdysñ a reẓgneśn onrzlist v hiz ǒn in fyćr. Mr Sūnac hz ofrd no dfns fr ẃt’s gn on; bt instd ćouz t dfnd hiz inax́n. Ɖr z no xks fr biznis az yźl.

F nʈñ z dn, Sr Cir śd ʈretn t rsind Mr Jonsn’z onrzlist wɖ ny lejsleśn wns in ofis. It z ɖ upr hǎs ẃr ɖ nīd z most presñ. Lebr òt t implimnt Gordn Brǎn’z planz t rples ɖ Hǎs v Lordz wɖ an ilectd asmbli. Ɖ Cnsrṿtivz r b’reft v îdīaz, hvñ pṛpozd no ny iniṣ́tivz on Lordz rform fr mor ɖn 10 yirz.

Mr Jonsn’z dsrepytbl bhevyr rezz qsćnz abt hǎ w r guvnd – n bî hūm. Ɖr’z a nīd t śrinc a blǒtd upr ćembr, rmuv ɖ rmenñ hreditri pirz n intṛdys gretr qoḷti-cntrol on apôntmnts – bginñ wɖ ɖ prîm̦inistr’z reẓgneśn onrzlist. Crietñ a mec̣nizm ɖt recgnîzz ɖ public inṭrest in ɖ matr v patṛnij n cn privnt its crūdist maṇfsteśn z – or at līst śd b – ɖ ordr v ɖ de.

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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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In Ñspel: Response to an article about the spectre of price controls

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Rspons t an articl bî Rafel Behr: ‘Ɖ spectr v prîscntrolz z bac t spūc Sūnac – n Ʈać̣rît miʈs w’nt sev him’

(Transcription of a below-the-line comment, 31 May 2023)

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Hak_a_dalan, Wnzde, 31 Me 2023

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“Inṭlecćl stagneśn invîts deṃgrafic dclîn, ẃć miḷtets agnst freś ʈncñ.”

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Fr Cnsrṿtizm, ɖ fyćr riyli z a simpl ćôs. Mor v ɖ sem trît, lezi invceśnz v Ʈać̣rizm … or a fl imbres v neṭvistic naśnl cnsrṿtizm. Ɖ eṇji on ɖ Rît, n ɖ sinistr fînans, z foc̣st on ɖ latr, ẃl ɖ inṭlecć̣li unteɖrd n moṛli małbl Sūnac sīmz mor ɖn hapi t ple bʈ sîdz. Ɖr z litl pônt in trayñ t ges Sūnac’s tru fīlñz hir, fr h z lîcli t b un’wer v ẃt ɖe r, himslf.

Ɖ wrld z at a crosrodz. It z obvịs t ol hu boɖr t lc. N yt ɖs hz’nt prisiṗtetd wɖn Cnsrṿtizm a ny imaɉnñ v hǎ t priper fr n ingej wɖ ɖ fyćr. Instd ɖ Toriz hv rgrest – mć az ɖ GOP hz in ɖ YS. Ɖr z a riyl lac v rigr …. in trmz v inṭlecćl ingejmnt n in trmz v ɖ forḿleśn v practicl poḷsi. Ɖr z abṣlutli nʈñ on ofr uɖr ɖn grīvns n rcalsitṛns. In ɖer ǒn wrdz, ɖ Toriz plan t fît ɖ nxt ilex́n on wéj culćrwor iśuz n ǎtdetd insults.

It z notwrɖi ɖt sudnli evrwn z tōcñ nǎ abt hǎ ɖ Tori parti cuḅd v îdīaz z bér. P untl qt rīsntli ɖr wz mć fīvrd dscuśn in ɖ mīdia abt ẃɖr Jonsn wz a Ʈać̣rît, or ẃɖr h wz a Wn Neśn, Mcmiḷn ptrṇlist ….. n w ol hd t wêt wɖ bêtd breʈ t fînd ǎt ẃć. Ẃn Jonsn pridictbli implodd az a rzult v ɖ inṭlecćl, moṛl vakm wɖn, ɖ gret līdrśp contest v 2022 btwn ɖ mîti viźnz v Trus n Sūnac wz fôstd upn s. N, wns agn, ɖ public wr féd ɖ lîn v a batl v îdīaz.

N hǎ ɖ Toriz luvd ɖ atnśn peid t ɖs batl fr ɖ “hart n soul” v ɖer parti …. wɖ ć sîd piriodicli twiṭrñ fotoz v ɖ cuvrz v ɖer feṿrit bcs. Nózic, Hîec n Pópr on wn sîd, met wɖ a salvo v Putnm n Pabst on ɖ uɖr. Lc evrwn, w’r nt jst a bunć v riax́nri blôhard oṗtynists, ɖr’z stl sć a ʈñ az Cnsrṿtiv inṭlecćlizm. W acć̣li RĪD!!! Fr enwn peyñ atnśn, v cors, it wz obvịs ɖt ɖz grotescs wr jst emti oṗtynists. Ɖt ɖ twiṭrñz v Stīv Becr n Dani Crūgr wr jst a smug, cmplesnt induljns.

N ɖs despṛt dzîr t b tecn sirịsli z a rcŕñ fīćr. W sw it agn at ɖ rīsnt confṛns on Naśnl Cnsrṿtizm, most noṭbli in ɖ faux-inṭlecćl oḟrñz v Jon Hêz n hiz laḟbl atmts at dfînñ a ny “dạlectic”. Olwz ɖ eḟt t trî t inṭlecć̣lîz fatẏs opińn n atmt t jusṭfî pub̦òr preɉdis.

Bt nǎ, fîṇli …. fîṇli …. ɖ Tori Parti r biyñ acordd ɖ rspct ɖe dzrv. Ɖe r a cecist parti hu srv onli naro inṭrests – n d so bhnd a hêz v tōdri naśṇlizm n cnfctd “culćrwor”. Ɖe sīc ɖ īziist poṣbl śort-trm ansr t mīt ɖer ǒn nīdz, ɖ consiqnsz n fīẓbiḷti v ẃć b dámd. Ɖs z’nt an aproć ɖt merits mć anaḷsis. It z mirli ɖ lîfloñ, reclis habits v ɖ îdl, ɖ slfiś, n ɖ ccūnd.

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Fṛm Đ Obzrvr: Even Farage says Brexit has failed. Why won’t Starmer?

Keir Starmer on visit to Scotland last week. Photograph: Euan Cherry/PA
Cir Starmr on vizit t Scotḷnd last wīc. Foṭgraf: Ywn Ćeri/PA
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Īvn F’rāź sz Brexit hz feld. Ẃ w’nt Starmr?

(Transcription of an Observer article of 28 May 2023)

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Az evri sectr cǎnts ɖ mǎntñ cost v ǎr caṭstrofic brec wɖ Yṛp, Lebr mst fînd its nrv

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William Keegan
Wiłm Cīgn

Súnde 28 Me 2023

Ẃt d mî frendz ɖ ḿziśnz Stñ, Jon Eʈ̇rij n Tom MGinis (v ɖ Manfridz) hv in comn, apart fṛm ḿzic? Ɖe hv rīsntli tld m ɖe r witṇsñ frst-hand ɖ fṛstreśnz v Brexit: los v ɖ beṇfits v frīdm v muvmnt, n ɖ byṛcratic damij inflictd on wn v ɖs cuntri’z wîdli rec̣gnîzd streñʈs, nemli ɖ crietiv arts.

In ɖs ɖe r jônd bî most Britiś mańfacćrrz n membrz v ɖ hosṗtaḷti inḍstri. Ɖz r struġlñ t fînd rplesmnts fr ɖ YY wrcrz hu hv bn md t fīl unwelcm n hv bn ifctivli bánd, or votd wɖ ɖer fīt. Ol ɖer wd-bi imployrz ʈnc Brexit z hyjli daṃjñ t ɖer rspctiv bizṇsz, n wd lîc t rvrs it.

Morovr, ɖe canot unḍstand ẃ ɖ Lebr parti z biyñ so wet on ɖ iśu. Wn hírz ɖ vy ɖt Cir Starmr z pleyñ a cōśs n clevr gem. Bt wn olso hírz ɖ vy ɖt, fr ol ɖ eḟts v Starmr n śadoćanslr Rećl Rīvz t cnvins ɖ public ɖt Lebr hz a viźn, ɖs viźn z cmñ acrs az biyñ smẃt blŕd, n misṭli cnfyzñ.

At a tîm ẃn opińnpoulz śo ɖt clir mjoṛtiz v rspondnts ʈnc Brexit wz a mstec, n wn v ɖ prîm culprits, ɖ igrījs Nîjl F’rāź, admits ɖt “Brexit hz feld”, Lebr sīmz teṛfaid v sizñ ɖ oṗtyṇti v a p’liticl lîftîm, n simpli gwñ fr rījônñ.

Bfr w cntiny, it śd b notd ɖt, inevitbli, F’rāź blemz evrwn bt himslf fr ɖ dzastr v Brexit, n śoz no sînz, az yt, v flfilñ hiz promis t “liv abrōd” f Brexit pruvd t b ɖ dzastr it indybitbli z.

Ɖ ultiṃt îṛni, az ɖ formr YY cmiśnr fr comṗtiśn Mario Monti rmîndd s in ɖ Fînanśl Tîmz, z ɖt “ɖ beṇfits v sć a s’xesfl project [ɖ sngl marcit], huz peṛnts wr tū Britiś poḷtiśnz (prîm̦inistr Marġrit Ʈaćr n cmiśnr Arʈr Cǒfīld) wd ivnć̣li b gvn p bî ɖ YC az part v Brexit”.

I canot rfren fṛm rmîndñ ppl v ǎr Brexitr prîm̦inistr Riśi Sūnac’s Frôdịn slip in pôntñ ǎt t ɖ ōcẉd sqod in ɖ Norɖn Îriś Deṃcratic Yńnist parti ɖt bî biyñ in ɖ YC n ɖ sngl marcit ɖe hd ɖ bst v bʈ wrldz.

It z a comn rfren ɖt “ʈñz r gwñ t pot” n “nʈñ sīmz t b wrcñ proprli” – an xaɉreśn, phps, bt an unḍstanḍbl wn. Bt wn ʈñ z abundntli clir: ppl cn no longr blem ɖ YY fr ɖer trublz. Yirz v osteṛti n nglect r caćñ p wɖ s.

Ẃć brñz s bac t Lebr. I cmnd ɖ vy v Trevr Grīʈm v Royl Lundn: “Ẃl ɖr wz’nt a ‘Brexit diṿdnd’ ɖr wd srtnli b a ‘rvrsñ Brexit’ diṿdnd. Eni parti cmñ in t ofis wɖ a creḍbl promis t jôn ɖ sngl marcit, or ultiṃtli ɖ YY, wd b ebl t bes ɖer tax n spendñ planz on a sgnificntli larjr icoṇmi wɖ OBR apruvl” – a refṛns t ɖ Ofis fr Bujit Rsponsbiḷti’z wîdli axptd calkleśn ɖt ɖ macroec̣nomic cost v Brexit rîzz t abt 4% or £100bn a yir.

Ɖ oltrṇtiv, sz Grīʈm, z ɖ “osteṛti marc tū” olrdi pnsld in fr ɖs guvnmnt’s planz fr public spendñ śd it win ɖ nxt ilex́n.

Nǎ, ɖ damij biyñ cōzd bî Brexit z mǎntñ viẓbli bî ɖ de. Mî tū objx́nz t ɖoz poḷtiśnz n coḷmnists hu se it wl b yirz bfr w cn rījôn r, frst, ɖ damij z gaṛntìd t intnṣfî ẃn ɖ nxt stej v ɖ barịrz t tred cmz intu fors at ɖ end v ɖs yir, n, secnd, ɖr r stl ultṛrîtwñ Brexitrz hu r trayñ t infors ɖ abandnmnt v ʈǎzndz v YY lwz, ẃć wd mc it ɖt mć mor dificlt t ngośiet rientri. So far īvn Brexitr Sūnac hz wordd ɖm of on most iśuz, bt ɖoz YRG fnatics r stl hard at it.

Aftr ɖ sirñ xpirịns wɖ ɖ 2016 reḟrendm, ppl wuri abt ɖ gosts ɖt mt ri’pir f ɖr z anɖr. Bt ẃ boɖr? Edẉd Hīʈ sīmz t b rmembrd prinsipli fr ɖ ʈri-de wīc v 1973-74 n biyñ bròt dǎn bî ɖ mainrz. Bt h olso gz dǎn in hisṭri fr x’sîzñ ɖ līdrśp t tec s intu ẃt wz ɖen ɖ Yṛpiyn Ic̣nomic Cḿṇti in 1973 – it wz Haṛld Wilsn hu hld a reḟrendm in 1975 t recnsîl ɖ disidnts in ɖ Lebr parti. Msz Ʈaćr dd nt fīl ɖ nīd t hold a reḟrendm in 1986 ẃn w jônd ɖ sngl marcit.

In mî vy, Starmr śd cm ǎt stroñli, n sn, fr rientri. H śd mc it an ilex́n iśu, ẃl haṃrñ hom ɖ mǎntñ costs v a Brexit ćampịnd bî a felñ n toṭli dscredtd Cnsrṿtiv-Brexit parti.

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Tory millionaires: a party of the rich, for the rich

Nadhim Zahawi, who had to pay about £5m in penalties and outstanding taxes to HMRC, said his mistakes were ‘careless not deliberate’. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

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Ɖ Gardịn vy on Tori miłnerz: a parti v ɖ rić, fr ɖ rić

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 23 Jan. 2023)

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Ɖ in’biḷti t rmuv hiz ǒn partićer aftr a multimiłn-pǎnd tax mstec unḍlînz Riśi Sūnac’s wìcnis

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Munde 23 Jańri 2023

Ritn in an rlịr tîm abt msgivñz ovr ɖ akḿleśn v pǎr n muni, ɖ wrdz v F Scot Fitsjeṛld r aṗsît tde. “Ɖe wr cerlis ppl,” l’mnts ɖ nretr v hiz clasic novl Ɖ Gret Gatsbi. “Ɖe smaśt p ʈñz … n ɖen rtritd bac intu ɖer muni or ɖer vast cerlisnis.” Ɖ Tori-parti ćermn, Nadhim Zahawi, peid, it apirz, abt £5m in penltiz n ǎtstandñ taxz t Hiz Maɉsti’z Reṿny n Custmz. Mr Zahawi sz hiz mstecs wr “cerlis”. Bt hǎ cd ɖ Cnsrṿtivz evr hv alaud smbdi, az ɖe dd wɖ Mr Zahawi, t bcm ćanslr ẃn h wz in dspyt wɖ ɖ tax oʈoṛti, fr ẃć ɖ ćanslr z rsponsbl? It z a conflict v inṭrest ɖt nwn cd mis – unls, phps, ɖe tù wr biyñ cerlis.

W ol cn b rmis. Bt nt t ɖ xtnt ɖt w fget, apaṛntli, t rport an esṭmetd £27m t HMRC. Riśi Sūnac apôntd Mr Zahawi t b Tori-parti ćer n gev him a sīt at hiz cabiṇțebl. Ɖ prîm̦inistr clemz nt t hv bn aprîzd v ɖ facts bfr dfndñ Mr Zahawi at ɖ dspaćbox last wīc, or ẃn h gev him hiz cuṛnt job. A strongr prîm̦inistr wd hv dn ɖ rît ʈñ n sact Mr Zahawi. Mr Sūnac hz rfŕd ɖ matr t hiz eʈics’dvîzr. Bt ɖ okpnt v Nu. 10 dz nt nīd a rport t tel him hu śd b in hiz cabiṇt. Mr Sūnac z a wìc prîm̦inistr: h hz t g in t bat fr colīgz fr fir v ɖm rfyzñ t d ɖ sem fr him. H riscs ɖ guvnmnt luzñ trust in him.

Mr Zahawi wz onli ćanslr fr tū munʈs. Bt it spīcs volymz abt hiz caṛctr ɖt h tc ɖ job. It wd hv bn slopi fr Sîmn Ces, ɖ cabiṇtsecṛtri, nt t hv noun abt Mr Zahawi’z taxprobḷm bfr hiz pṛmośn. Ɖt mt xplen ẃ a stori srfist ɖs wīcend ɖt clemd Mr Zahawi wz dnaid a naithd aftr ɖ Cabiṇt Ofis cntactd HMRC “az part v ɖ norml dy dilijns”. Mr Ces wd olso hv bn neglijnt nt t hv rezd ɖ pṛspctiv ćanslr’z taxconflict wɖ Boris Jonsn, ɖ ɖen prîm̦inistr. It me b tù mć t asc fr Mr Jonsn, a sirịl layr, t fînd enʈñ impropr in ɖ arenjmnt. Bt h śd hv vītoud Mr Zahawi fr ɖ rǒl.

Repyteśnz rerli svîv contact wɖ Mr Jonsn. H ʈncs it’s fîn fr ɖ cuṛnt BBC ćermn, Rić̣d Śarp, t hv hlpt arenj a gaṛnti on a loun v p t £800,000 fr himslf wīcs bfr rec̣mndñ him fr ɖ rǒl. Nɖr man rportd ɖs arenjmnt, ẃć ɖe śd hv. Mr Śarp wz privi t p’liticli daṃjñ inḟmeśn. Ɖ public pspśn v ɖ BBC’z imparśiaḷti n indipndns hz bn harmd bî its ćer’z lac v jujmnt. Ānti’z bōrd wl lc at ɖ matr, n ɖ public-apôntmnts cmiśnr wl invstget Mr Śarp’s apôntmnt aftr biyñ rjd t inṭvin bî Lebr’z Lūsi Pǎl. Hvr, d’nt hold yr breʈ. A wlʈi insîdr, Mr Śarp hz md hiz srṿsz tù ysfl t b dspnst wɖ īẓli.

Ɖz gwñz-on ofr a paṛbl abt ɖ c’ruptñ rǒl v iniqoḷti in ssayti, a sntṛl ʈīm v Fitzgerald’z bc. Ẃt hz md Britn unguvṇbl z nt strîcs n infleśn bt fax̣́nl infîtñ wɖn ɖ Cnsrṿtivz – ẃć lcs lîc a parti v ɖ rić, fr ɖ rić. Mr Sūnac’s guvnmnt sīmz tù rivn bî dspyts n tù wìc t implimnt big rformz. Ɖ imṗtns v Mr Sūnac hz rplest ɖ ceos v Mr Jonsn. Wɖ ɖ Toriz in ćarj, Britn hz bcm a cuntri wɖ a guvnmnt ɖt canot d enʈñ v importns.

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