Ɖ Obzrvr vy on Boris Jonsn’z reẓgneśn: ɖ Tori parti z cmplisit in ɖs dzastr
(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 11 June 2023)
Hiz dparćr śd promt rflex́n amñ sīńr Cnsrṿtivz abt hǎ n ẃ ɖe s’portd him fr so loñ
Súnde, 11 Jūn 2023
Boris Jonsn rzînz az h guvnd: in a blits v misinḟmeśn, abjecli felñ t axpt rsponsbiḷti fr roñduwñ, n lacñ in īvn a śred v integṛti. Ɖ stetmnt h iśùd on Frîde īvnñ anǎnsñ h wz standñ dǎn fṛm parḷmnt wɖ imīɉt ifct wz caṛcṭristicli greslis, bitr n dsitfl. Ɖo h hintd h wd lîc t mc a p’liticl cm-bac, hiz wɖdrwl fṛm Britiś p’liticl lîf z loñ oṿdy
It z an increḍbl trn in p’liticl fortyn fr a formr prîm̦inistr hu les ɖn for yirz ago wún a jenṛl ilex́n wɖ an 80-sīt mjoṛti. Ʈri yirz lêtr h wz forst t rzîn aftr biyñ faind bî ɖ p’līs fr brecñ ɖ locdǎn reğleśnz h xpctd evrwn els t cmplî wɖ, smtmz at unʈnc̣bl prsnl cost. Nǎ aftr siyñ a draft v ɖ priṿlijz cmiti vrdict on ẃɖr h intnśṇli msléd parḷmnt, h hz dsîdd t step dǎn az a MP oltgɖr. Ɖs implîz ɖt ɖs crosparti cmiti v MPz – ćerd bî ɖ rspctd Lebr MP Harịt Harman, n wɖ a mjoṛti v Cnsrṿtiv parḷmnterịnz – hz md sirịs fîndñz in rleśn t ɖ ćarj ɖt Jonsn msléd MPz ẃn h tld ɖm ɖr hd bn no sośl gaɖ̇rñz n no brecñ v locdǎn rūlz in Dǎnñ Strīt jrñ hiz premịrśp. Jonsn hz beslisli akzd ɖm v a “wićhunt” n v biyñ a “canġrucort”, n clemd h z biyñ “forst ǎt v parḷmnt bî a tîni grūp v ppl”. Yt ɖ priṿlijzcmiti invstgeśn wz deṃcraticli mandetd bî MPz; ɖ cmiti hz no pǎrz t fors Jonsn t step dǎn, onli t rec̣mnd t ɖ Comnz sañśnz ɖt cn includ a sspnśn, wɖ wn v mor ɖn 10 dez triġrñ a rcōl ptiśn ɖt cd līd t a bîilex́n. Onli ɖ Comnz cn c’lectivli impoz ɖ rec̣mndd sañśn on Jonsn, ʈru a vot. Onli hiz cnstitẏnts cn unsīt him, ʈru a bîilex́n.
Jonsn hz voḷntṛli rzînd rɖr ɖn fes a vot fṛm hiz pirz in ɖ Comnz or a ptnśl bîilex́n, ẃć rɖr implîz h nz h lacs ɖ s’port v MPz n v votrz. It z hiz lîz ɖt r ɖ blît on Britiś dmocṛsi, nt ɖ fer proses ɖt MPz ilectd t set in tren. Hiz formr advîzr Wíl Wōldṛn’z caṛcṭrîześn v hiz rfyzl t tec rsponsbiḷti fr hiz ax́nz az “Trumpịn” z jusṭfaid. Xtrordnṛli, ɖ sem de Jonsn rzînd in dsgres, hiz prîm̦iṇstirịl reẓgneśn onrzlist wz publiśt, grantñ piṛjz n uɖr onrz t hiz p’liticl alîz, sm v hūm olso brouc locdǎn reğleśnz. It z funḍmnṭli antīdeṃcratic ɖt ɖ grant v a lîftîm intîtlmnt t sit n vot in parḷmnt śd b in ɖ gift v eni formr prîm̦inistr, let alon wn az dscredtd az Jonsn.
Jonsn z gn fṛm fruntlîn poḷtics, bt votrz wl hv t liv wɖ ɖ leġsi v ɖ wrst prîm̦inistr in livñ meṃri fr decedz t cm. H hz left ʈri lastñ blîts on Britn. Ɖ frst z Brexit. Jonsn s’portd līvñ ɖ YY bcz it sūtd hiz līdrśp ambiśnz; h wz wn v ɖ ci arc̣tecs v a popylist campen ɖt msléd ɖ public ɖt Brexit wd rstor Britiś sovṛnti, mc s rićr, rdys levlz v iṃgreśn n fri p vałbl rzorsz fr public srṿsz. Aftr ɖ reḟrendm, h oṗtynisticli imbrest a hard Brexit ɖt nwn votd fr t bild hiz ǒn p’liticl bes n mnūvr himslf intu Numbr 10. Az a rzult, Brexit hz bn aćivd bt at ɖ xpns v sgnificnt ic̣nomic groʈ, gretr rījnl iqoḷti, n reğletri acord btwn Norɖn Îrḷnd n ɖ rest v ɖ YC. It wl mc s purr ovr ɖ loñ trm.
Secnd z ɖ teribl we hiz guvnmnt handld ɖ Covid pandemic. Mć z noun abt ɖ mstecs ɖt wr md: nt wns – phps unḍstanḍbli gvn ɖ unsrtnti involvd – bt rpitidli impozñ sośl rstrix́nz tù lêt in a we ɖt nseṣtetd tufr rstrix́nz fr longr lêtr on, at gretr ic̣nomic cost, n in a we ɖt wl hv cost sm ppl ɖer livz. Ɖ indipndnt inqîri wl pṛdys ofiśl fîndñz in ɖ nxt fy yirz, bt hvñ a grosli incompitnt prîm̦inistr in ofis jrñ a pirịd v intns naśnl crîsis wl hv lastñ consiqnsz.
Ɖ last aspect v hiz leġsi z hiz dbesmnt v ɖ prínsiplz v public lîf ɖt form ɖ besis v ɖ eʈicl standdz votrz hv ɖ rît t xpct fṛm ɖoz hu hold public ofis. Fṛm unlwḟli sspndñ parḷmnt ẃn it rfyzd t d hiz bidñ, t layñ t ɖ public abt ẃɖr hiz Brexit dīl wd involv custmzćecs in ɖ Îriś sī; fṛm brecñ hiz ǒn locdǎn reğleśnz t bacñ bŭliyñ ministrz hu wr indipndntli faund t hv brocn ɖ miṇstirịl cod, Jonsn hz prizîdd ovr a dclîn in integṛti, oṇsti n acǎntbiḷti in public ofis n hz unḍmaind trust in deṃcratic insttyśnz.
Hiz dparćr fṛm ɖ Comnz śd promt rflex́n amñ sīńr Cnsrṿtivz abt hǎ n ẃ ɖe s’portd him t rmen in Numbr 10 fr so loñ. Ɖt dsiźn cd hv sirịs consiqnsz fr ɖm at ɖ nxt ilex́n az ɖ ifcts v Brexit cntiny t mc ɖmslvz flt on ɖ icoṇmi n ɖ Covid inqîri starts t pṛdys inṭrim fîndñz. Ɖe wd b rićli dzrvd: ɖ hol v ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti z cmplisit in ɖ dzastrz v ɖ Jonsn premịrśp.
