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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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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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

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

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

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

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William Keegan
Wiłm Cīgn

Wiłm Cīgn, Súnde 27 Nvmbr 2022

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s cabinet: rewards for failure

From left, Dominic Raab, Rishi Sunak, Suella Braverman and Jeremy Hunt on the front bench at PMQs. Photograph: UK Parliament/Andy Bailey/PA
Fṛm left, Doṃnic Rāb, Riśi Sūnac, Suela Braṿmn n Jeṛmi Hunt on ɖ frunt bnć at PMQz. Foṭgraf: YC Parḷmnt/Andi Beili/PA
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on Riśi Sūnac’s cabiṇt: rwordz fr fełr

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 16 Nov. 2022)

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A loñ bac̦aṭlog v scandl n incompitns in guvnmnt mcs it imposbl fr ɖ Tōriz t trn ovr a ny līf

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Wnzde 16 Nvmbr 2022

Sins ɖ start v ɖs yir, ɖr hv bn 147 guvnmnt reẓgneśnz or sacñz. Ɖt dz’nt mīn 147 indivijlz hv ćenjd jobz. In mni cesz it z ɖ sem ppl sîc̣lñ in n ǎt v ofis. Suela Braṿmn holdz ɖ record, wɖ jst six dez ilapsñ btwn hr biyñ fîrd fṛm ɖ Hom Ofis bî Liz Trus n rīhîrd bî Riśi Sūnac.

Doṃnic Rāb wêtd a litl longr fr rīhbiḷteśn, dsmist az justișecṛtri on 6 Sptmbr, bac in post bî 25 Octobr. Hǎ loñ h cntinyz in ofis mt dpnd on ɖ ǎtcm v an indipndnt invstgeśn intu clemz v bŭliyñ stāf. Mr Rāb dnîz ol roñduwñ.

Ɖ justișecṛtri rout t ɖ prîm̦inistr, rfŕrñ himslf fr invstgeśn aftr tū forml cmplents wr md abt hiz bhevyr. It z nt yt clir hu wl d ɖ invstgetñ in ɖ absns v an advîzr on miṇstirịl eʈics. Ɖ post hz bn vecnt sins Lord Gît rzînd rlịr ɖs yir. Hiz prīdisesr, Sr Alix Aḷn, std dǎn aftr Boris Jonsn tc no ax́n agnst Priti Ptél, ɖen homsecṛtri, dspt an inqîri sjstñ ɖt hr bŭliyñ hd brīćt ɖ miṇstirịl cod.

Mr Sūnac hz promist t fil ɖ post, bt hz nt yt got rnd t it. H hz olso plejd t guvn wɖ “integṛti, pṛfeśṇlizm n acǎntbiḷti at evri levl”. Ɖt forḿla wz mnt t signl a brec fṛm ɖ Jonsn ira, bt ɖ prîm̦inistr z fîndñ it hard t trn ovr a ny līf wɖ so mni fmiłr fesz in hiz guvnmnt.

Onli last wīc, Gavin Wiłmsn, ministr wɖt portfolio, wz forst t rzîn ovr akześnz v bŭliyñ colīgz. Mr Wiłmsn hd prīvịsli bn dsmist fṛm Mr Jonsn’z cabiṇt, ẃr h cnspiksli feld az edyceśnsecṛtri jrñ ɖ pandemic. Bfr ɖt, h wz sact bî T’rīza Me fr līcñ inḟmeśn fṛm a naśnl-s’kṛti caunslmītñ.

Ɖ probbiḷti ɖt eni ministr hîrd bî Mr Sūnac hz prīvịsli bn fîrd bî wn v hiz prīdisesrz z rezd nt onli bî ɖ leñʈ v Cnsrṿtiv incumbnsi bt bî ɖ volym v bad guvnmnt páct intu ɖoz 12 yirz. Ɖ Jonsn rên wz ispeṣ́li dns wɖ scandl.

Mr Rāb’z dparćr fṛm ɖ Foṛn Ofis in Sptmbr last yir wz wîdli sìn az a rbyc fr hiz hanḍlñ v ɖ crîsis in Afgaṇstan a munʈ rlịr, ẃn ɖ Taliban sizd Cbŭl. Ɖ ɖen foṛn secṛtri hd nt cut śort a hoḷde t tec ćarj v an ivakeśn ɖt wz lêtr dscrîbd az “ceotic n arbitrri” in a parḷmntri-cmiti rport. MPz olso notd “a funḍmntl lac v sirịsnis, grip or līdrśp” at ɖ Foṛn Ofis.

Bt fełr rerli gz unriwordd fr loñ in ɖ cuṛnt Cnsrṿtiv parti. T compnset Mr Rāb fr hiz dmośn, Mr Jonsn gev him ɖ tîtl v depyti prîm̦inistr. Ɖt rǒl hz olso bn rstord bî Mr Sūnac, alñ wɖ ɖ justisportfolio n ɖ oṗtyṇti t rvîv ɖ pôntlis, posć̣rñ bil v rîts ɖt Mz Trus ślvd jrñ hr brīf teńr in Dǎnñ Strīt.

Ɖus ɖ sîcl gz on, wɖ cabiṇtjobz pasñ fṛm wn per v unsef handz t ɖ nxt, n bac agn. Mr Sūnac’s ambiśn fr a freś start wz far-fećt, gvn ɖ leñʈ v tîm hiz parti hz bn in guvnmnt. Hiz poḷsi v îɖr ignorñ or rwordñ past miṇstirịl fełr mcs it lc dǎnrît dluźnl.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on mass unemployment: inflation will drop without this pain

‘The Bank of England regards growing unemployment as a necessary trade-off to prevent the acceleration of inflation.’ Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA
‘Ɖ Banc v Ñgḷnd rgardz growñ unimplômnt az a nesṣri tred-of t privnt ɖ axeḷreśn v infleśn.’ Foṭgraf: Andi Ren/EPA
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on mas unimplômnt: infleśn wl drop wɖt ɖs pen

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 15 Nov. 2022)

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Poḷsi mcrz r roñ t ʈnc rîzñ joblisnis n a rseśn r a prîs wrʈ peyñ

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Tyzde 15 Nvmbr 2022

Śarpli rezñ sntṛl-banc inṭrestrets mt pruv caṭstrofic, rɖr ɖn jst in’proprịt, az a s’lūśn t ɖ cuṛnt infleṣ́nri invîrnmnt. Ɖt wz ɖ mesij lrcñ in ɖ spīć v wn v ɖ Banc v Ñgḷnd’z munitri-poḷsi mcrz, Silvana Tenreyro, last wīc. It’s hard t dis’gri. Ẃl infleśn z hrtñ ɖ pur dispṛporśṇtli bcz v ɖer lo incmz, rethîcs r a “kr” ɖt z wrs ɖn ɖ dziz.

Ɖ Banc rgardz growñ unimplômnt az a nesṣri tred-of t privnt ɖ axeḷreśn v infleśn. Its sntṛl pṛjx́n fr rîzñ inṭrestrets sjsts olmst 2.5 miłn ppl wd b joblis in 2025 – wɖ ɖ wrst-ces s’nārioz siyñ 3 miłn ǎt v wrc. Ɖs wd līd t wîdspred miẓri. Nbdi wonts t b joblis. Carl Marx’z rzrv armi v ɖ unimploid z fl v conscripts, nt voḷntirz. Mni r olrdi dzrtñ its rancs, prifŕñ t līv ɖ lebrfors intîrli rɖr ɖn b joblis.

Bʈ hayr unimplômnt n hayr infleśn lowr welbiyñ. Ɖ icoṇmist Devid Blanćflǎr śoud in 2014 ɖt unimplômnt mcs ppl mć mor unhapi ɖn infleśn. Evri wn psntijpônt incris in ɖ unimplômntret, h sjstd, lowrd welbiyñ bî mor ɖn fîv tîmz az mć az a wn psntijpônt incris in ɖ infleśnret. Mor rīsnt wrc sjsts ppl sufr “btwn nîn n 13” tîmz ɖ dêli anḡś fṛm unimplômnt ɖn ɖe d fṛm infleśn.

Gvn ɖ YC icoṇmi hz onli jst imrjd fṛm Covid, orc̣stretñ a dīp rseśn z ćilñ. Ɖ Banc z oṗretñ undr a flwd lojic: ɖt ɖ mor it incrisz rets, ɖ mor unimplômnt z pśt p n ɖ qcr infleśn z rdyst. Bt ɖs rleśnśp btwn unimplômnt n infleśn dz nt xist.

It z strîcñ ɖt ɖ cuṛnt lo unimplômntrets r nǎ cnsidrd “unsstenbl” īvn ɖo similr unimplômntrets wr fîn prīpandemic. Fr a deced aftr ɖ 2008 globl fînanśl crîsis, infleśn rmend larjli unrisponsiv t ɖ fōl fṛm 9% t 4% in ɖ YC’z unimplômntret. Riyl pe wz stagnnt. Sć a drop in joblisnis śd hv pṛdyst rapid wejgroʈ. Ɖs dd nt hapn bcz v ẃt ɖ icoṇmist Michał Kalecki dscrîbd az an icoṇmi’z “dgri v mnoṗli”. Ɖs alǎz cumṗniz t limit ɖ abiḷti v wrcrz, cnsymrz n reğletrz t inflụns ɖ marc-up v selñprîsz ovr costs n t dfnd ɖ śer v wejz in ǎtpt. Sins 2008, YC aṿrij marc-ups incrist fṛm 20% t 35%.

Pṛf. Blanćflǎr c’recli fōrcast ɖt in ɖ YS prîsrîzz wd bgin t slo. Ɖ Fedṛl Rzrv wz còt un’werz bî last wīc’s lowr-ɖn-xpctd infleśnrīdñz. Ɖ icoṇmist ʈncs Britn wl probbli folo ɖ sem paʈ. Ɖ bigist drîvr v YC infleśn in Octobr wl b ɖ hayr eṇjiprîs cap. Bt t si ɖs munʈ’z infleśn cīp rîzñ at ɖ sem ret az Sptmbr’z wd rqîr prîsz t jump bî abt 10 tîmz ɖer historicl aṿrij. Ɖt sīmz unlîcli. Disinfleśn z ɖ mor probbl ǎtcm.

Aftr ɖ iniśl blast v hayr eṇjicosts n Covid dsrupśnz fed, ɖr r fy wez fr ɖ infleṣ́nri śoc t proṗget. Wn mec̣nizm wd b frmz marcñ p sstend costćenjz. Wɖ no inṭvnśn t fix prîsz or a comṗtiśn woćdog wɖ tīʈ, Britn z a treźr îḷnd fr frmz t gǎj profits yzñ prîsrîzz. F ɖt z haṗnñ, ɖen ɖ Banc’s inṭrestret hîcs ʈretn t pś ɖ icoṇmi intu rseśn n harm miłnz v ppl – wɖ litl impact on ɖ oṿol infleśnret.

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Gavin Williamson’s resignation: a sign of decay

‘The reason for having Sir Gavin in the government in the first place was … to benefit from his capabilities as a backroom operator.’ Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images
‘Ɖ rīzn fr hvñ Sr Gavin in ɖ guvnmnt in ɖ frst ples wz … t beṇfit fṛm hiz cepbiḷtiz az a bacrūm oṗretr.’ Foṭgraf: Cris J Ratclif/Geti Iṃjz
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on Gavin Wiłmsn’z reẓgneśn: a sîn v dce

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 9 Nov. 2022)

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Riśi Sūnac’s aproć w’nt cnvins votrz ɖt h z snsir abt rstorñ integṛti t guvnmnt

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Wnzde 9 Nvmbr 2022

Sr Gavin Wiłmsn’z unfitnis t hold a sīńr guvnmntjob wz no sīcrit ẃn Riśi Sūnac pt him in ɖ cabiṇt. It wz clir in ɖ ceos v Ñgliś scūlñ jrñ ɖ pandemic, ẃn Sr Gavin wz edyceśnsecṛtri. It wz clir t enwn hu ʈt a dfnșecṛtri śd’nt līc dscuśnz fṛm a naśnl s’kṛticaunsl – ɖ ofns fr ẃć h wz sact bî T’rīza Me in 2019.

Ɖ repyteśn fr bŭliyñ n intiṃdeśn ɖt léd t ɖ ministr’z lêtist reẓgneśn me nt hv bn brōdcast so wîdli, bt it z incnsiṿbl ɖt ɖ prîm̦inistr wz un’wer v smʈñ ɖt hz bn a grīvns amñ Cnsrṿtiv MPz fr yirz. In parḷmnt on Wnzde, Mr Sūnac cd dnî onli nolij v sṗsific srcmstansz in ɖ lêtist aḷgeśnz – ɖ Gardịn’z rport, fr xampl, ɖt Sr Gavin hd tld a sīńr Ẃîthōl ofiśl t “slit yr ʈrot” n “jump ǎt v ɖ windo”.

Ɖ prîm̦inistr olso sd ɖt Sr Gavin’z dparćr fṛm guvnmnt demnstretd ɖ integṛti v hiz admiṇstreśn. It z tru ɖt dsgrest ministrz wr in ɖ habit v clññ on indefiṇtli undr Boris Jonsn, bî ẃć standd eni cnd v acǎntbiḷti z progres.

Bt īvn wɖ ɖ bar set ɖt lo, Mr Sūnac c’nt clir it ẃn hiz jujmnt in picñ ministrz z ɖ riyl tst. H sz ɖt h “rgrets” apôntñ smwn hu wz ɖen forst t rzîn, ẃć z slf-piti caṃflaźd az cntriśn. Ɖ prîm̦inistr l’mnts ɖ ōcẉdnis v a sićueśn ɖt h hd hopt wd blo ovr.

Ɖ rīzn fr hvñ Sr Gavin in ɖ guvnmnt in ɖ frst ples wz nt hiz compitns az an admiṇstretr (h wz a ministr wɖt portfolio), bt t beṇfit fṛm hiz cepbiḷtiz az a bacrūm oṗretr n ranglr v rbełs MPz. Ɖ vri tret ɖt mni Tōriz sw az grǎndz fr dsqoliḟceśn fṛm ɖ cabiṇt wz ɖ wn ɖt Mr Sūnac sw az a rec̣mndeśn. Ɖt z nt ɖ marc v a līdr hu z snsir in rstorñ pṛfeśṇlizm “at evri levl v guvnmnt”, az wz promist on ɖ ʈreśhold v Nu 10 onli tū wīcs ago.

F Mr Sūnac wr sirịs abt ɖt ambiśn h mt hv rcrutd an indipndnt eʈics’dvîzr. Ɖ post z stl vecnt aftr Mr Jonsn’z apôntīz bʈ rzînd n Liz Trus feld t fil ɖ gap. An inqîri intu ɖ qsćn v ẃɖr parḷmnt wz msléd ovr locdǎnpartiz z rportidli biyñ dleid bî Dǎnñ Strīt’s fełr t s’plî crūśl evidns.

Qsćnz v integṛti wl hōnt ɖ guvnmnt bcz it z staft wɖ ppl, includñ ɖ prîm̦inistr himslf, hu c’laḅretd in ɖ dgredñ v deṃcratic normz n abandnmnt v proḅti undr prīvịs Dǎnñ Strīt reźīmz.

Ɖoz hu hv left guvnmnt cn olso d damij. Ɖ specṭcl v Mát Hancoc apirñ in I’m a S’lebṛti … Gt M Ǎt v Hir! z a ces in pônt. Mr Hancoc wz ɖ hlʈsecṛtri jrñ ɖ pandemic n z stl a srvñ MP. Flegṛnt slf-pṛmośn in nglect v cnstitẏnts hardli sjsts rgard fr standdz in public lîf.

Mr Hancoc’s cvortñ n Sr Gavin’z dsgres r simtmz v ɖ sem dce, ɖ sem rot fṛm cmplesnsi in pǎr. Ɖr z tù mć akḿletd rzntmnt in ɖ parḷmntri Tori parti fr bîgonz t b bîgonz. Votrz cn smel ɖ stelnis v a haġd admiṇstreśn īvn f it clemz t b undr freś manijmnt.

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Egypt’s abuses: justice needed for Alaa Abd el-Fattah – and the others

Sanaa Seif, the sister of Alaa Abd el-Fattah, at a protest in London last month. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
Sanā Seif, ɖ sistr v Alā Abdŭl Fatá, at a protest in Lundn last munʈ. Foṭgraf: Stefan Rousseau/PA
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on Ījipt’s abysz: justis nīdd fr Alā Abdŭl Fatá – n ɖ uɖrz

(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 8 Nov. 2022)

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Ɖ trītmnt v ɖ Britiś-Ijipśn dmocṛsi acṭvist z a traṿsti, n embḷmatic v ɖ reźīm’z brūtaḷti

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Tyzde 8 Nvmbr 2022

Onli ɖ Ijipśn reźīm nz ɖ fet v Alā Abdŭl Fatá. It wonts t cīp it ɖt we. Ɖ jeld Britiś-Ijipśn raitr n dmocṛsi acṭvist, a figrhed v ɖ 2011 reṿluśn, bgan rfyzñ wōtr on Súnde – six munʈs aftr lōnćñ a hungrstrîc ɖt hz sìn him cnsym no mor ɖn 100 caḷriz a de. On Munde, hiz muɖr wêtd in ven ǎtsd ɖ prizn fr hiz wīcli letr. Az v Tyzde īvnñ, hiz faṃli wz stl dmandñ prūf v lîf, firñ h me dî bfr ɖ end v ɖ Cop27 clîṃtsumit in Śarm el-Śeic, ẃć hz fîṇli pṛpeld hiz ces t inṭnaśnl atnśn. Ɖe r olso cnsrnd ɖt h me b torćrd ʈru forsfīdñ.

Ɖ Britiś guvnmnt apirz t hv at last acordd ɖ ces ɖ importns it dzrvz. Raitñ t ɖ 40-yir-old faɖr’z faṃli at ɖ wīcend, Riśi Sūnac sd ɖt h wz “toṭli cmitd” t rzolvñ ɖ ces, cōlñ it a prîoṛti. Ɖ prîm̦inistr sd ɖt h wd stres ɖ nīd fr a swift reẓluśn t ɖ Ijipśn prezidnt.

It z an ǎtrej ɖt Abdŭl Fatá wz jeld at ol; ɖt h hz spent most v ɖ last deced in prizn; ɖt h wz sntnst t anɖr fîv yirz fr śẹrñ a sośl-mīdia post abt torćr; n ɖt h z dnaid consylr vizits – ɖ trigr fr hiz hungrstrîc. Hiz riyl ofns z t b an insṗreśnl figr t uɖr Ijipśnz.

Hiz ces z olso embḷmatic v ɖ reźīm’z brūtaḷti n injustis. Prezidnt Abdŭl Fatá al-Sīsi, ɖen dfnsministr, sizd pǎr in a militri cù in 2013 n hz huñ on t it ʈru rigd ilex́nz n an īqli unfer reḟrendm on consttyśnl ćenjz. Ʈǎzndz mor p’liticl priznrz r incarṣretd. Abdŭl Fatá’z adiśnl sntns cem in a wev v cesz in speśl imrjnsicorts last yir. X’kśnz olso rouz in 2021.

Ɖ reźīm śoz litl rgard fr īvn hî-profîl priznrz – ɖ formr prezidnt Mhamid Morsi, v ɖ Mŭzlim Bruɖrhd, daid on ɖ flor v ɖ cortrūm ẃl on trîl in 2019. Nr cn foṛn naṣ́nlz xpct līńnsi. Wstn guvnmnts yẓ́li swolo ɖer cnsrnz dy t ɖ unsīmli scrambl fr dīlz (Britn z Ījipt’s larjist prîṿt biznispartnr) n ɖ msplest b’lif ɖt it z a bŭlẉc v stbiḷti in ɖ rījn.

Ẃt Ījipt dz cer abt z its steṭs n trayñ t rclem an er v rspctbiḷti. Ɖt z ẃ it z hostñ Cop27. Mr Sūnac rezd Abdŭl Fatá’z ces wɖ ɖ prezidnt, bt dz nt apir t hv xactd ɖ prîs fr ɖer mītñ in advans. Ɖ denjr z nt onli ɖt Mr Sīsi dz nt tec a dstractd Britiś guvnmnt sirịsli, bt ɖt Mr Sūnac gev awe tù mć tù qcli. Ɖ formr Britiś ambasdr t Ījipt Jon Casn pt it clirli: “F w cīp gvñ ɖm ẃt ɖe wont fr nʈñ, ɖe wl sit bac n asc fr mor.”

Ɖ guvnmnt mst nǎ liv p t its promis t Abdŭl Fatá’z faṃli bî aplayñ maximm preśr bî ol mīnz, includñ ʈru militri n intelijns ćanlz, mcñ it clir ɖt a fełr t grant axes wl cost Ījipt dirli in ci aspects v ɖ rleśnśp. It śd olso xtnd its cnsrn t ɖ mni mor p’liticl priznrz nǎ suḟrñ.

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In Ñspel: The Guardian view on Brexit and the economy: time to face facts

‘Britain’s severance from EU markets is a wound that needs healing.’ Photograph: Getty
‘Britn’z sevṛns fṛm YY marcits z a wūnd ɖt nīdz hīlñ.’ Foṭgraf: Geti
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Ɖ Gardịn vy on Brexit n ɖ icoṇmi: tîm t fes facts

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 4 November 2022)

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Dnayñ ɖ cost v līvñ ɖ YY cīps Britn loct in a sîcl v fōlñ livñstanddz n rîzñ angr

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Frîde 4 Nvmbr 2022

Ɖr mst cm a tîm ẃn ɖ cost v Brexit z rec̣gnîzd bî a Britiś guvnmnt, bt ɖt de z nt iminnt. Īvn ẃn ɖ icoṇmi n mîgreśn r tū v ɖ most prominnt topics v dbet, a rịlistic acǎnt v ɖ Yṛpiyn dmnśn t ɖoz iśuz z tbu fr Cnsrṿtivz hu stl wer ɖer epic poḷsifoli az a baj v onr.

Indipndnt obzrvrz rêz ɖ consiqnsz v Britn’z dparćr fṛm ɖ YY, az Marc Carni, formr Banc v Ñgḷnd guvnr, dd on Frîde ẃn h obzrvd ɖt it wz a factr drîvñ preśr fr hayr inṭrestrets. Mr Carney wnt frɖr, pôntñ ǎt ɖt ɖ YC icoṇmi hz śrunc reḷtiv t similr Yṛpiyn stets. Ɖr z mć dbet amñ icoṇmists abt ɖ bst sttisticl meźr t dscrîb ɖt ifct, bt nt mć dspyt on ɖ unḍlayñ fact ɖt Brexit hz md Britn purr, az ɖ rmencampen sd it wd n ɖ līvcampen dnaid.

Ɖ valy v strlñ dropt az sn az marcits rsivd ɖ reḟrendmvrdict in Jūn 2016 n hz nt rcuvrd. Ɖ dvalyeśn dd nt brñ ɖ upsîd in mor cmpettiv xports ɖt mt hv bn xpctd. Tred wɖ Britn’z nirist n rićist nebrz hz bn saḅtājd bî wɖdrwl fṛm ɖ YY custmzyńn n sngl marcit. Brexit ivanɉlists md improbbl proṃsz v compnseśn fr ɖ los v frix́nlis bordrz wɖ Yṛp via fri-tred dīlz arnd ɖ glob. Ɖ YS wz ɖ most īgrli antiṣpetd partnr. Ɖt hz’nt hapnd. Ɖr r no tōcs in Wośñtn t mc it hapn.

Ɖ riyl p’liticl impeṛtiv cīpñ Britn ǎt v ɖ sngl marcit wz nt tred bt iṃgreśn. Endñ fri muvmnt v lebr wz an axịmatic rqîrmnt fr “tecñ bac cntrol” v ɖ bordrz. Tōc v an ic̣nomic dǎnsîd t ɖt dsiźn wz dsmist bî Cnsrṿtivz az part v insidịs pro-Bruslz rvanś. Nǎ Britn fesz lebrśorṭjz, ẃć limit biznis xpanśn, harm prodctivti n cnstren groʈ. Ćocñ of līgl mîgreśnrùts hz bròt no p’liticl diṿdnd fr ɖ Tōriz. Ɖ parti’z rît wñ z stl obsest wɖ bordrcntrol, foc̣sñ instd on smōl-bot crosñz n viḷfayñ refyjīz fr dẹrñ t sīc asîḷm in ɖ YC.

Ɖs tù wz pridictd. Tori Yroscepṭsizm z an unstebl cọliśn v fri-tredñ libṛlz n culćṛl naśṇlists, wɖ ɖ latr dictetñ ɖ ton v dbet n ɖ spīd v flît fṛm ic̣nomic riaḷti. A hunt fr scepgǒts ẃn ɖ project felz t flfil its ytopịn proṃsz z intrinzic t naśṇlizm. Ɖt z ɖ grim paʈ dǎn ẃć Mr Sūnac’z parti z dsndñ, rgardlis v ẃɖr ɖ prîm̦inistr himslf planz it ɖt we. Ɖr z a sbstanśl risc ɖt anɖr sîcl v bujit osteṛti wl hesn ɖ dsent. Cuts t srṿsz on top v rîzñ livñcosts wl dgred ɖ public relm n cōz angr ɖt ɖ Tōriz wl, f rīsnt hisṭri z a gîd, adres bî mīnz v sinicl dflex́n, blemñ enwn bt ɖmslvz.

Mr Sūnac z trapt. H canot gv an onist aprezl v ɖ neśn’z ic̣nomic pridic̣mnt, sins dwñ so wd mīn abandnñ vaḳs reṭric arnd Brexit “oṗtyṇtiz”, recgnîzñ instd ɖt Britn’z sevṛns fṛm YY marcits z a wūnd ɖt nīdz hīlñ. Osteṛti 1.0 mnt biznis invstmnt wz slo t rtrn t prīcraś levlz. Hvr, it wz frozn aftr ɖ reḟrendm, bfr tecñ a Covid-sîzd hit. Ɖ upśot z ɖt līvñ ɖ YY hz cōzd loñ-trm scarñ t ɖ cuntri’z pṛductiv cpaṣti n cmpettivnis. Aṣnîn miṇstirịl dnayl v ɖt riaḷti z a frɖr dteṛnt t invstmnt. Ic̣nomic dclîn stǒcz p’liticl voḷtiḷti, ẃć mcs rcuṿri hardr. Ɖt viśs sîcl wl b brocn ẃn Britn hz a prîm̦inistr hu z wilñ t dīl in facts abt Brexit n set pniśs fix́nz asd. Riśi Sūnac, it sīmz, z nt ɖt man.

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

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

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

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

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Wnzde 26 Octobr 2022

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Radon Liz romps home in a pyrrhic victory

‘My friends, I know that we will deliver, we will deliver and we will deliver.’ Britain’s incoming prime minister, Liz Truss. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images
‘Mî frendz, I nǒ ɖt w wl dlivr, w wl dlivr n w wl dlivr.’ Britn’z incmñ prîm̦inistr, Liz Trus. Foṭgraf: Edrịn Denis/AFP/Geti Iṃjz
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Rêdón Liz romps hom in a piric vicṭri

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

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Tori MPz’ hops v Trus’z transfmeśn intu a plōẓbl līdr wr daśt bî hr r’botic axptnșpīć

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Jon Crês, Munde 5 Sptmbr 2022

O  brev ny wrld, ɖt hz sć ppl int. Or nt. Wiłm Śecspir clirli hd nvr imajind a clustrfuc on ɖs scel. Gvn ɖ stet v ɖ cuntri rît nǎ, h wd b in nīd v a loñ lî-dǎn. It wd tec mor ɖn a fy prerfl twīts fṛm Justin Welbi t sort ɖs wn ǎt.

On ɖ rod ǎtsd ɖ Qīn Iliẓbʈ II confṛnșntr, a fy invîrnmntl pṛtstrz glùd ɖmslvz tgɖr ẃl Stīv Bre cmpitd wɖ a grūp v ivanɉlists t pṛvîd a bacñtrac. Sm ʈñz nvr ćenj. Jst insd ɖ mn entṛns, Jemz Cleṿli hld cort. Ɖ mītr-n-grītr wɖ a smîl fr evrwn. A man at pīs wɖ himslf. Smwn hu ń h hd bact ɖ rît hors.

In ɖ fôe, Iyn Duncn Smiʈ wondrd arnd in srć v a camra t se smʈñ t. H’z nt fusi. No de z cmplit wɖt him hvñ rcordd sm dul opińn fr psteṛti. Ovr in ɖ cornr, a grinñ Liz Trus śufld hrslf intu a lift acumṗnid bî T’rez Cofi, hu z tipt t bcm hlʈsecṛtri. Ɖr wz no sîn v Riśi Sŭnac.

Ɖ xîtmnt wz olmst xîtmnt. Nwn wz xpctñ eni s’prîzz. Ol ɖ poulz cnductd ovr ɖ past tū munʈs hd indcetd ɖ līdrśp contest wz a pṛtractd coṛneśn rɖr ɖn an ilex́n. So ɖoz Tori MPz hu hd boɖrd t wōc ovr fṛm Wsminstr wr riyli onli ɖr fr ɖ hel v it. N t b sìn. It nvr hrts t lc az f y’v olwz bact ɖ winr. Or – in ɖ ces v Doṃnic Rāb, a vocl Sŭnac bacr – t cis gdbî t ɖ rest v hiz p’liticl c’rir. A Trus guvnmnt z’nt ol bad, ɖen.

Śortli aftr 12.30, ɖ lîts wnt p, n Andru Stīvnsn, ɖ Tori parti co-ćer, tc t ɖ stej. Ɖ Cnsrṿtivz hd bn in gd vôs n gd streñʈ jrñ ɖ hustñz, h sd. H mst hv bn woćñ a difṛnt ilex́ncampen fṛm ɖ rest v s.

H ɖen ʈanct Boris Jonsn fr … biyñ Boris Jonsn. It sīmz t hv bn loñ fgotn ɖt ɖ Convict hd bn ɖ arc̣tect v hiz ǒn dǎnfōl. Ɖt h hd brocn ɖ lw, pṛtctd sx psts n laid n laid n laid. Nǎ h z a latr-de Tori-parti sent. Fr ɖ frst tîm, ɖ aplōz flt jenyin. Jst wird. Ɖ Tōriz wr ilectñ a ny līdr ẃl stl grīvñ wn ɖe hd ɖmslvz dpozd.

“I’d lîc y t welcm Liz Trus n Riśi Sŭnac,” Stīvnsn sd in wîndñ p. Trus bǎnst in. Sunak nt so mć. H lct az f h wd rɖr b enẃr els ɖn at ɖ sīn v hiz fînl hymilieśn. H olso sīmd cnfyzd, az f h stl cd’nt wrc ǎt ẃ h hd lost t smwn so obvịsli les compitnt. H hd bn redi t b līdr. Hǎ cm nwn hd bn Redi 4 Riśi?

Ɖr wz no lojic. No sns. Y onli nīdd t lisn t hr sṭcāto, r’botic vôs t riylîz jst hǎ yslis ś wz. Ɖ cuntri hd olrdi wrct hr ǎt. A ny poul śoud ɖt ɖ Lebr līd grù bî sevn psntijpônts ẃn ppl riylîzd Rêdón Liz wz in ćarj v ɖ Tōriz.

In a nîs twist, most v ɖ hymilieśn wz rzrvd fr Trus hrslf – olmst ol v it v hr ǒn mcñ. Frst ɖo cem ɖ anǎnsmnt bî Greym Brêdi, ɖ olwz plizd-wɖ-himslf ćer v ɖ 1922 Cmiti. Trus hd wún. V cors ś hd. W dd’nt nīd t b tld ɖt. Bt it wz a vicṭri so smōl, so piric, ɖt ɖr wz no glori.

IDS punćt ɖ er. H wz no longr ɖ most dslîct Tori līdr v ol. Ɖt wz qt sm tîtl fr Liz t liv dǎn t. It wz’nt jst ɖ intîr cuntri n tū-ʈrdz v hr ǒn MPz hu dd’nt wont Trus. It wz wel ovr haf v ɖ Tori-parti membrśp. V a poṣbl 170,000 vots – asymñ ol Tori membrz r acć̣li alîv – Rêdón Liz hd s’krd jst 80,000. Bt ɖt wz apaṛntli inuf t mc hr ɖ YC’z nxt prîm̦inistr. Gd luc t s. Dmocṛsi muvz in mstirịs wez.

Ɖen cem ɖ spīć. F y cn cōl it ɖt. Mor a wrdsaḷd. Imajin it. Y’v noun fr tū munʈs ɖt y’r gwñ t win. N ol y’v got t d z a fîv-minit axptnșpīć. Jst smʈñ aṇdîn n uncontṛvrśl. Smʈñ ɖt pruvz y’r at līst semi-sntịnt. Yt ol Trus cd cm p wɖ wz a mumḅlñ moṇton ɖt wd hv bn bùd at a frinjmītñ at a Tori-parti confṛns.

“I ʈnc w hv śoun ɖ depʈ n bredʈ v taḷnt in ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti,” ś bgan. Riyli? R y mad? Ẃt it’s riyli śoun z ɖt ɖ Tōriz r a spent fors. N ɖt ɖe r screpñ ɖ baṛl in ɖer srć fr a ny līdr. Ẃt wr ɖ ćansz v fîndñ smwn wrs ɖn Jonsn? Acć̣li qt hî, cnsiḍrñ ɖ dmiṇśñ jīnpūl.

Trus ɖen wnt on an amnīziac’s tur v Boris hîlîts. “Y r admîrd fṛm Cyīv t Carlîl,” ś sd. Yup. N hetd in Scotḷnd n Norɖn Îrḷnd. N acć̣li in Carlîl, ẃć hz jst ilectd a Lebr caunsl. Ɖr wz an ōcẉd fy secndz’ pōz az Trus wêtd fr aplōz. Ivnć̣li a fy Tōriz pt hr ǎt v hr miẓri n oblîjd.

Ɖ rest v ɖ spīć wz īvn mor pitifl. Sm aćivmnt. Ś wz gwñ t dlivr. N dlivr. N dlivr. Ś hd no îdīa ẃt. Or indd eni comprihnśn ś hd bn in ɖ cabiṇt sins 2014 n mt hv bn xpctd t dlivr in ɖ inṭvinñ yirz. Ɖ clocwrc ran dǎn n Rêdón Liz slrd hr we t a stop. Ɖr hd bn nʈñ abt ynîtñ ɖ cuntri. Nʈñ on ɖ cost v livñ. Jst a veg hop ś mt win ɖ nxt ilex́n in 2024 f Lebr rfyzd t tec part.

It cd hardli hv gn eni wrs. Y cd si panic in ɖ îz v sm Tori MPz. Ɖe hd smhǎ imajind ɖt Trus mt mrakḷsli trnsform intu ɖ chiṛnt, plōẓbl līdr ɖe hd bn promist jrñ ɖ campen. Yt hir ś wz, flatlînñ bfr ɖer îz. F ś lasts a yir it wl b a miṛcl. Ɖen w’l ol b bac in ɖ QI-II sntr t anônt smwn īvn wrs.

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Truss for PM really is a laughing matter, finds Laura Kuenssberg panel

Truss’s interview with Kuenssberg drew a sarcastic response from the comedian Joe Lycett. Photograph: Jeff Overs/BBC/AFP/Getty Images
Trus’z inṭvy wɖ Kuenssberg drù a sarcastic rspons fṛm ɖ cmīdịn Jo Lîṣt. Foṭgraf: Jef Ovrz/BBC/AFP/Geti Iṃjz

Trus fr PM riyli z a lafñmatr, fîndz Lora Kuenssberg panl

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 4 September 2022)

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Foṛn secṛtri’z apiṛns on BBC’z ny Súnde poḷtics TV śo dīpnz inigma v hr ǒn mcñ

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John Crace

Jon Crês, Súnde, 4 Sptmbr 2022

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Haf ɖ batl in lōnćñ a ny Súnde poḷtics TV śo z bcñ ɖ rît gsts. Y d’nt wont yr oṗnñprogram t b inṭvyz wɖ Jecb Rīs-Mog n Jon Redwŭd. So ɖ BBC’z Súnde wɖ Lora Kuenssberg priti mć nêld it bî gtñ Liz Trus az ɖ star’trax́n.

Ɖr wz a smōl dǎnsîd, mînd. W r ol oblîjd t pritnd ɖt Trus z’nt a srtnti t bcm ɖ ny līdr v ɖ Tori parti on Munde, so ś z stl umbilicli linct wɖ Riśi Sŭnac. Ẃć mnt ɖt ɖ śo olso hd t fînd tîm fr Redi fr Riś! dspt him biyñ last wīc’s stori.

Stl, it wz probbli a tred-of wrʈ tecñ. In eni ces, cm ɖ end it wd b ɖ cmīdịn Jo Lîṣt, wn v a panl v ʈri randm comntetrz alñ wɖ Clio Wotsn, Boris Jonsn’z formr depyti ćīf v stāf, n Eṃli Ʈornḅri, hu wd b gvñ Kuenssberg slīplis nîts.

Ɖ credits opnd wɖ Kuenssberg standñ in frunt v ẃt lct lîc a haf-finiśt cartūn v Tǎr Brij, ɖ Hǎzz v Parḷmnt n ɖ Enjl v ɖ Norʈ, ẃl proṃsñ ɖs śo wz gwñ t b difṛnt fṛm ol ɖ uɖrz. It wz gwñ t b abt convseśn rɖr ɖn confṛnteśn. ’r … sm hop. Ɖs wz a poḷticsśo aftr ol. F y’v sìn wn, y’v sìn ɖm ol. Y cn ćenj ɖ grafics n y cn ćenj ɖ stydio, bt y stl c’nt mc a poḷtiśn ansr a stret qsćn.

Kuenssberg ɖen jônd ɖ panl. Ẃt qoḷtiz dd Trus n Sŭnac hv, ś asct. Wotsn dclerd ɖt Sŭnac hd a swīt tuʈ – a bit randm, bt OC – n ɖt Trus hd hd a numbr v cabiṇtposts. Hardli insît. Ʈornḅri śrugd n sd Rêdón Liz wz ʈic-scind. Lîṣt mirli sd ɖt h hd cm t hír ɖ truʈ. Ẃć sjstd h hd cm t ɖ roñ ples.

W ɖen muvd t tū Îcīa ćerz n an Îcīa tebl, ẃć formd ɖ set fr ɖ mn inṭvy. “Cn y b’liv ɖt y’r gwñ t b prîm̦inistr?” Kuenssberg asct Trus. A dīsnt frst qsćn bcz it’s wn ɖt most ppl r ascñ ɖmslvz. Ɖ mor w ol gt t si v hr, ɖ les compitnt ś apirz t b. Wirdli afctlis, rboticli moṇton n scersli īvn ebl t tōc in jônd-up sntnsz.

Ɖ cost-v-livñ crîsis wz’nt a crîsis, Rêdón Liz insistd. It wz jst a vri sirịs ʈñ. Wn ɖt ɖ YC wz acć̣li vri wel-plest t dīl wɖ. I’d het t ʈnc v ɖ stet w’d b in f Britn wz’nt so priperd. Liṣnñ t Trus y’d olmst imajin spîṛlñ eṇjibilz wr ol part v ɖ plan. N īvn ɖo ś hd wns sd ś wd’nt b oḟrñ handǎts, ś wd nǎ b dwñ so aftr ol wɖn a wīc bt cd’nt se ẃt or hǎ mć. Partli bcz it wd b roñ. Bt mnli bcz ś dd’nt nǒ.

Ɖt wz priti mć Trus’z hîpônt v chiṛns. Ś wnt on t insist ɖt cutñ taxz wz importnt bcz it wz nesṣri t rword ɖ most wel-of in ssayti; ɖt it wd b roñ fr hr t wuri abt infleśn az ɖt wz ɖ Banc v Ñgḷnd’z probḷm; ɖt ś wz wêtñ fr ɖ hlʈsecṛtri, hūm ś hd’nt yt apôntd, t tel hr ẃt t d abt ɖ NHS. Ś īvn manijd t implî ɖt fracñ wd sort ǎt ɖ YC’z eṇji s’plîz ɖs wintr. Ś z an inigma v hr ǒn mcñ. Îɖr ś’z a sīcrit jīńs hu z gwñ t astoniś s. Or ś riyli z’nt ɖt brît.

Az ɖ inṭvy cem t a clos, y cd hír aplōz cmñ fṛm ɖ panl. Ɖo it sn bcem clir ɖt ol ɖ clapñ wz cmñ fṛm jst wn sors. “I luvd it,” inʈyzd Lîṣt. “I fīl ʈuṛli ri’śurd.” “Riyli?” asct Kuenssberg. V ol ɖ ptnśl dzastrz ś hd fird, sarcazm clirli hd’nt bn wn v ɖm.

Lîṣt jst cept gwñ. “Ś’z gwñ t sort evrʈñ ǎt!” h dclerd. Bî nǎ Lora hd riylîzd ɖt Lîṣt hd gn rog n wz mcñ a mntl not t hrslf t tel ɖ bcrz nt t gt anɖr cmīdịn. Phps ś śd hv setld fr a hǎsband instd. Ś muvd on t a lîtnñ nyzpepŗvy – evri Súnde poḷticsśo hz t hv wn v ɖz – bt Lîṣt stl wz’nt dn.

F h wz a leftwñ cmīdịn, h sd, h mt cnclud ɖt Trus wz jst ɖ bacwoś w’d bn left wɖ aftr 12 yirz v Tori guvnmnts. Bt h wz’nt leftwñ! H wz increḍbli rîtwñ! N wz’nt it briłnt v Liz t ignor ɖ pridix́nz v ol ɖ icoṇmists hu sd ɖ YC wz hedñ fr ɖ wrst ic̣nomic crîsis in decedz.

“’r, yes,” sd Kuenssberg, rmemḅrñ ś wz s’pozd t b hvñ a convseśn. Cd w tōc abt ɖ Arṭmis speslōnć? Or ɖ Fu Fîtrz beṇfitgig fr Teilr Hōcinz? ’m, w cd hv dn f enwn hd śoun ɖ slîtist inṭrest in îɖr subjict. Bt evrwn jst śrugd. Spes n drumñ wr ol rît ɖe s’pozd. F y lîct ɖt sort v ʈñ.

Ɖ rest v ɖ śo pást les ivntḟli wɖ a muvñ inṭvy wɖ Olena Zelensca in Cyīv n ɖen a p’lît f inconṣqnśl et-minit xćenj wɖ Sŭnac. Trus hd got a fl 20 minits. It wz az ɖo Kuenssberg n Sŭnac bʈ ń ɖe wr filñ tîm. Ɖt ɖr wz no pônt dscusñ hiz planz az ɖe wr nvr gwñ t hapn. Ɖo īvn an abject, bìtn Riś! smhǎ sīmz mor plōẓbl ɖn Trus. Ɖ Tori-parti membrz hv pleid a sic joc on ɖ rest v s.

“Plīz d cm bac on ɖ śo,” Kuenssberg sd t Sŭnac. Ɖo nt eni tîm tù sn. Ś rluctntli trnd t ɖ panl fr ɖer vrdict. “Y mt az wel hv got Pītr Andre,” sd Lîṣt. Trnñ ɖ scru t ɖ last. Harś bt fer.

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In Ñspel │ The Observer view on the unforgivable silence of the Tories in the energy crisis

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Ɖ Obzrvr vy on ɖ unfgiṿbl sîḷns v ɖ Tōriz in ɖ eṇjicrîsis

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Observer on Sunday 28 August 2022)

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Miłnz v ppl rîtli fīl btreid bî ɖ guvnmnt fr nglectñ t d enʈñ abt ɖ lūmñ fînanśl śoc

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Súnde, 28 Ōġst 2022

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Ɖ  rîzñ cost v eṇji z a naśnl imrjnsi. Last yir, Britiś hǎsholdz c’lectivli spent arnd £30bn on ɖer eṇjibilz. Nxt yir, ɖt bil z xpctd t b in ɖ rījn v £170bn. Ɖoz sumz d nt acǎnt fr ɖ hayr eṇjicosts ɖt wl b fest elsẃr in ɖ icoṇmi, bî bizṇsz, hospitlz n scūlz. It wd b a c’losl ic̣nomic śoc ɖt wd cōz untld ic̣nomic hardśp n homlisnis n ppl dayñ v cndiśnz rletd t biyñ cold.

Last wīc, Ofgem anǎnst ɖ eṇjiprîs cap wd rîz t an aṿrij v £3,549 in fîv wīcs’ tîm. Ɖs z olmst tripl ẃt it wz a yir ago, līvñ ppl fesñ aṿrij eṇjibilz v £500 a munʈ n mor. Xprts hv pridictd ɖs wl frɖr incris t £700 a munʈ in Jańri. Ɖz cndz v sumz wl hrt ɖ līst aflụnt ɖ most: lo-incm faṃliz wɖ yuñ ćildṛn, pnśnrz livñ in poṿti, ppl wɖ dis’biḷtiz. Bt onli a slim mnoṛti v hǎsholdz r mīnñḟli insyletd fṛm a fînanśl śoc v ɖs ordr. It z a crîsis on ɖ scel v ɖ trmôl v 2008, ẃć rqîrd a £137bn up-frunt beilǎt t privnt bancs c’lapsñ n ppl’z sevñz ivaṗretñ, n v ɖ ic̣nomic impact v ɖ pandemic, ẃć rqîrd £70bn v frlo s’port t b peid t 11.7 miłn implôīz.

Yt ɖ onli rspons v ɖ Cnsrṿtiv guvnmnt hz bn sîḷns. Ǎr lem-duc prîm̦inistr, Boris Jonsn, wd nt stand dǎn untl ɖ sumr wz ovr bt hz spent hiz last wīcs in ofis hoḷdeyñ abrōd, ẃl formr prîm̦inistrz n xprts plīdd fr an imrjnsipacij t b swiftli dveḷpt n anǎnst. Greg Handz, ɖ eṇjiministr, wz abrōd on ɖ de ɖt Ofgem, ɖ eṇjireğletr, md its anǎnsmnt. Ɖ guvnmnt ofrd no ministr t tur ɖ brōdcaststydioz t ri’śur ɖ public ɖt ɖ crîsis z in hand. Ɖ parti’s tū canddets t b ɖ nxt prîm̦inistr hv bn mor foc̣st on tẹrñ ćuncs ǎt v ć uɖr in an oṿli loñ n incrisñli bitr contest ɖn on cooṗretñ t dveḷp a plan ɖt wd b impḷmntd bî huevr winz.

It z unfgiṿbl t hv a grūp v Cnsrṿtiv poḷtiśnz in guvnmnt hu cer so litl fr ɖ cuntri n hu hv so litl rspct fr ɖ ppl hu liv in it ɖt ɖe ʈnc it axptbl t nglect ɖer rsponsbiḷtiz in ɖs we. Nɖr Liz Trus nr Riśi Sŭnac hz grapld wɖ ɖ crîsis ɖe wd inherit az prîm̦inistr. Trus hz promist tnz v biłnz v taxcuts ɖt wl d prisîsli nʈñ t hlp ɖ hardist-up cǒp n wl dlivr ɖ most s’port t ɖ wlʈiist hǎsholdz hu r ɖ wnz hu cn gt bî.

Ś hz pripostṛsli sd ś wz nt in fevr v “handǎts”; ɖ iqivḷnt v seyñ ś wd hv bn hapi t let ɖ bancs c’laps in 2008 or fr ppl t hv bcm desttyt az a rzult v biyñ leid of jrñ ɖ locdǎnz v 2020. Ɖt ś z olmst srtnli lîcli t b ɖ nxt prîm̦inistr z a dsgresfl indcetr v ɖ stet v ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti. Sŭnac hz at līst indcetd h wd targit s’port at ɖ līst wel of, bt hz sd nʈñ ɖt śoz h unḍstandz ɖ scel v ẃt z nīdd.

Ɖ sîz v ɖ eṇji prîsrîzz z sć ɖt meźrz tarġtd ʈru ɖ beṇfitsistm cn no longr b sfiśnt, bcz ɖe wd mis tù mni hǎsholdz fr hūm xtra s’port z vîtl. It rqîrz an xtrordnri rspons. Lebr hz pt fwd wn sć pṛpozl: t cap eṇjibilz at ɖer cuṛnt rets, at a cost v arnd £30bn ovr six munʈs or £60bn ovr a yir, partli fundd ʈru an incrist windfōl tax on ôl n gas pṛdysrz.

Ɖr r uɖr wez v dliṿrñ ɖs s’port, sć az brññ in a ny sośl eṇjitarif ɖt cuts bilz fr ol bt ɖ wlʈiist hǎsholdz or at līst taxñ bac sm v ɖ costs v ɖs fṛm ɖ rićist 10% or 20% v hǎsholdz. Bt Cir Starmr hz unḍstd ẃt z nīdd in a we ɖt hiz Cnsrṿtiv cǎnṭparts in guvnmnt hv nt.

Ɖ imīɉt cōz v ɖs crîsis z Vladīmir Pūtin’z campen v terr in Ycren. H z trayñ t hold ɖ wrld hostij bî liṃtñ axes t Ruśn gas. Ɖr z no ćôs bt t c’lectivli pe ɖ prîs. Bt Cnsrṿtiv prîm̦inistrz hv tecn bad dsiźnz ovr ɖ last deced ɖt hv left ɖ YC mor xpozd t ɖs crîsis ɖn it uɖ̇wz mt hv bn. Devid Camṛn scrapt subṣdiz fr solr pǎr, eṇji-ifiśnsi scīmz n onśor wind, mcñ Britn mor rlaynt on fosilfylz. Ɖ guvnmnt hz alaud ɖ YC’z gaștorij fsiḷtiz t clos, so ɖt w nǎ hv cpaṣti t stor jst 2% v ańl dmand.

Evri de ɖt pasz wɖt ministrz stepñ p t anǎns an imrjnsi reskpacij z a de ɖt mor ppl hv t liv sic wɖ wuri, nt nwñ hǎ ɖe wl mc it ʈru ɖ wintr. Bizṇsz ɖt hv bn left damijd bî ɖ pandemic hv no srtnti abt ẃɖr ɖe wl b ebl t svîv ɖ nxt fy munʈs. It z a mońmntl n unconśṇbl fełr bî ɖ guṿnñclas. Sŭnac n Trus canot līv it eni longr bfr anǎnsñ îɖr jônt or sepṛt imrjnsipac̣jz ɖt ɖe wd implimnt śd ɖe fînd ɖmslvz in Dǎnñ Strīt.

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Fṛm Đ Gardịn: Farewell, Rishi Sunak, parliament’s Icarus who has finally crash-landed

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Rishi Sunak visiting Caunton Engineering, a steel manufacturing business in the East Midlands, in March 2022. Photograph: Simon Walker Hm Treasury
Riśi Sŭnac viẓtñ Cauntn Enɉnirñ, a stīlmańfacćrñ biznis in ɖ Īst Midḷndz, in Marć 2022. Foṭgraf: Sîmn Wōcr HM Treẓ́ri

Férwel, Riśi Sŭnac, parḷmnt’s Ic̣ṛs hu hz fîṇli craś-landd

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 14 April 2022)

Fṛm oṿsiyñ masfrōd t mesñ p frlo, ɖ ćanslr’z mstecs r mni. It’s amezñ hiz popylaṛti hld so loñ

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Adića Ćacṛborti, Ʈrzde 14 Epril 2022

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Ẃn ɖ Tîmz last pt Riśi Sŭnac on ɖ cuvr v its Saṭde maġzīn, in Ōġst 2020, it yzd a picćr ɖt wz olmst norml. Ɖr std ɖ ćanslr bhnd a grīn leɖr ćer, wẹrñ a nevi sūt n prpl tî – bt Fotośopt abv hiz hed wz wn xtra dītel: a gold helo, az f t se hir z no mir fînansministr, bt an envô fṛm God.

Bac ɖen, lots v ppl ʈt ɖ ćanslr wz simpli dvîn. Ɖs wz ɖ ira v “diśi Riśi”, v pundits grġlñ in dlît ovr a pṛfeśṇli kretd Insṭgram fīd, v JK maġzīn mūnñ ovr ɖ 40-smʈñ az an “unlîcli stîlhiro”. “R Sŭnac’s sūts riyli ol ɖt gd? Or am I biyñ blîndsîdd bî ɖoz cînd îz n ɖt flwlis cmplex́n?”, ḿzd its stîld’rectr, lîc a caṛctr fṛm a Jūdi Blùm novl. It mt hv bn onli tū yirz bac, bt it fīlz lîc an itrṇti ago.

Bad nyz nǎ clñz t Sŭnac lîc brz t a dog aftr a wōc in ɖ wŭdz. Frst, ɖ rzǎndñ emtinis v last munʈ’z sprñstetmnt, īvn az ɖ cuntri wz slîdñ intu a historic sośl n ic̣nomic crîsis. Ɖen last wīc’s reṿleśnz ɖt hiz wîf dz’nt pe YC tax on hr inṭnaśnl incm n ɖt ɖ ćanslr himslf hld a YS grīn card ẃl livñ in Dǎnñ Strīt. N on Tyzde, ɖ Metṛpolitn p’līs slapt him wɖ a fain fr atndñ a brʈde parti fr Boris Jonsn. Sŭnac’s alîz r telñ jrṇlists h z fyrịs abt ɖ p’līs dsiźn, seyñ h onli wnt t ɖ cabiṇtrūm t si ɖ prîm̦inistr abt smʈñ els. Ɖs me b tru. Ẃt z fōls z ɖ ćanslr’z clem ɖt h brouc no rūlz n ɖt h “dd nt atnd eni partiz”. Jst lîc hiz bos, h hz laid t bʈ ɖ public n parḷmnt.

It z nǎ olmst imposbl t si Sŭnac az a sirịs cntndr fr Nu 10, az h wz jst a fy munʈs ago. Hiz abstīmịs dilijns ofrd a contrast t Jonsn’z xūbṛnt śemlisnis. H spouc fluwnt spredśīt ẃl dǒlñ ǎt rletbl content on sośl mīdia. Jrñ ɖ pandemic, h slogd awe at hiz dsc ẃl hiz colīgz wnt padlbōrdñ or smūćt in ɖer miṇstirịl oḟsz. H wz a tecnocrat in an ej v popylizm, a grounup amñ a cabiṇt v suḷn bumblrz. H wz a Devid Camṛn proṭźe hu’d ʈrîvd in ɖ Jonsn ira, gwñ fṛm rŭci MP t secnd-top job in guvnmnt in jst fîv yirz. H wz slic, śarp, sīmñli sntrist. H wz, in śort, ɖ prîm̦inistr fr ɖoz hu clemd t b p’liticli homlis.

Or so wnt ɖ pić. I hv nvr bòt it. Ʈrt hiz tîm at No 11, Sŭnac hz vird btwn mîopia n cruwlti. H wz lêt t spot jst hǎ sirịs Covid wd pruv t b, dliṿrñ a bujit in mid-Marć 2020 ɖt hd t b pld apart n updetd, wīc aftr wīc. Hiz crǎnñ aćivmnt wz t intṛdys ɖ frloscīm, ẃć h waund p wɖ sć indīsnt hest ɖt h wz ɖen forst t xtnd ɖ scīm, at wn pônt onli fîv aurz bfr it wz dy t xpîr.

In orġnîzñ ɖ £46bn “bans-bac lounscīm”, h hz oṿsìn ɖ gretist amǎnt v frōd v eni ćanslr – so bad ɖt wn v hiz ǒn ministrz, Lord Agny, rzînd in dsgust. Cnsiḍrñ ɖ sumz v public muni involvd, ɖs scandl śd b on evri fruntpej in Britn: tnz v ʈǎzndz v lounz handd t ptnśl frōdstrz, n an esṭmetd figr v p t £20bn lost fṛm ɖ public prs. Phps £4bn v ɖt wl b ritn of az frōd – rufli az mć az Sŭnac hz ćopt of ɖs yir’z foṛn-ed bujit.

Ɖ apaṛntli non-îdịlojicl Cnsrṿtiv, az Wiłm Hêg dubd him, hz alaud ǎt-v-wrc beṇfits t fōl ɖs munʈ t a 50-yir lo. Ɖ man hu cd’nt sort ǎt ɖ sic-pe sistm at a tîm ẃn unpresdntd numbrz wr fōlñ sic, instd dremt p Īt ǎt t hlp ǎt, ẃć cost taxpeyrz £840m ẃl olso incuṛjñ Covid t spred. Acordñ t ɖ lêtist iśu v ɖ pir-rvyd Ic̣nomic Jrnl, ɖ scīm “cn acǎnt fr btwn 8% [n] 17% v ol ny [Covid-19] infx́nz” jrñ ɖ pirịd in ẃć ɖ scīm wz activ, (n lîcli mni mor non-dtctd esimṭmatic infx́nz). Bt it dd yīld a gret fotoóp, in ẃć evrwn’z feṿrit x-hejfundr pt in a śift wêtñ teblz at Waġmama.

No Lebr ćanslr cd hv got awe wɖ westñ sć vast sumz. No poḷtiśn śd gt of ɖ hc fr inactñ poḷsiz ɖt mc ppl il. N no prîm̦iṇstirịl wd-bi śd b alaud t hv no planz t dīl wɖ ɖ sōrñ cost v fyl n gdz. Ɖoz r ɖ ćarjz fr ẃć ɖ ćanslr śd b arend, nt ćiṛpñ Hapi Brʈde wɖ Cári Jonsn.

Yt, p untl vri rīsntli, Sŭnac hz injoid an amezñ lac v scrūṭni. H sits at ɖ vri sntr v ɖ krịs nex̣s btwn ɖ Spectetr n Dǎnñ Strīt. H wz bst man at ɖ wedñ v ɖ maġzīn’z p’liticl editr – ɖ wîf v hūm wnt on t bcm Sŭnac’s spoucswmn. Ɖ nyzpeprz trītd ɖs cozinis az mir hapi cǒinsidns. Hiz bacgrǎnd in śadobancñ, hiz £10m portfolio v hǎzz, hiz antilocdǎn poḷtics: nn v it rezd so mć az an îbrǎ. H marid intu ɖ faṃli v wn v ɖ most importnt biznisṃn on ɖ planit, Narîana Mrti v Infosis, bt ɖ ćanslr’z faɖr-in-lw hz arǎzd bérli eni krioṣti in ɖ Britiś pres. Yt az ɖ raitr Emiliano Mellino pônts ǎt in hiz lêtist Substac, ɖ man hu Sŭnac cōlz “wundrfl” opozz ɖ formñ v tred yńnz in India’z IT inḍstri n hz cōld fr wrcrz t pt in 60-aur wīcs.

Sŭnac wz ɖ Ic̣ṛs v ɖs parḷmnt, ɖ man hu craśt t Rʈ bt śd nvr hv bn alaud t flî so hî in ɖ frst ples. N nǎ ɖ comṗtiśn t rples Jonsn wl g on wɖt him, its ny fruntrunrz xpozñ jst hǎ strenj n swivl-aid tde’z Cnsrṿtiv parti riyli z. Liz Trus, enwn?

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