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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

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

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

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

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

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

Ɖ Gardịn vy on Gavin Wiłmsn’z reẓgneśn: a sîn v dce

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

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

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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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

Frank Poems: CABINET CABARET

George Monbiot in the Guardian, 26 October 2022: "Sunak’s Britain is already broken. We need more than a general election to fix it." (Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/AP)

October 2022

You put Braverman in
You put Rees-Mogg out
True and Nadhim in
You sunak all about

You do the Tory party
And you gove around
That’s what it’s all about

Woah, Quin and Coffey
Woah, creepy Cleverly
Woah, Shapps and Kemi
That’s what it’s all about

You put Raab and Mordaunt in
Lewis and Morton out
Ford and Trevelyan binned
You sunak all about

You do the Tory party
And you gove around
That’s what it’s all about

Woah, Ollie Dowden
Woah, Heaton-Harris
Woah, Michelle Donelan
That’s what it’s all about

You put Williamson in
You put Clarke and Berry out
Malthouse out and Keegan in
You sunak all about

You do the Tory party
And you gove around
That’s what it’s all about

Woah, Ben Wallace
Woah, Stride and Barclay
Woah, Robert Jenrick
That’s what it’s all about

You put Jack and Davies in
Smith, Buckland, Prentice out
Sharma out and Tugendhat in
You sunak all about

You do the Tory party
And you gove around
That’s what it’s all about

Woah, Glen and Harper
Woah, Stride and Barclay
Woah, Mitchell, Mercer
That’s what it’s all about

We’re stuffed
We’re stuffed
We’re stuffed
We’re stuffed
We’re stuffed
We’re stuffed
We’re stuffed
We’re stuffed
We’re stuffed
We’re stuffed

This is a rather more uplifting version:

MY BACKING BAND

"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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

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

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

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

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

Súnde 16 Octobr 2022

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Fṛm ɖ Gardịn: Commanding no loyalty, with no winning moves, Liz Truss is facing her endgame

Liz Truss with her husband, Hugh O’Leary, at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham, 5 October 2022. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images
Liz Trus wɖ hr huzbnd, Hȳ O’Liri, at ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti confṛns in Brmñm, 5 Octobr 2022. Foṭgraf: Lion Nìl/Geti Iṃjz

Cmandñ no loylti, wɖ no winñ muvz, Liz Trus z fesñ hr endgem

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 10 October 2022)

Cnsrṿtiv līdrz cn svîv biyñ dtstd – bt ẃn ɖ parti starts t ʈnc abt hu cd rples ɖm, it’s ol ovr

Henry Hill

Hnri Hil, Munde 10 Octobr 2022

Wn v ɖ rmarcbl ʈñz abt last wīc’z deʈmarć v a Cnsrṿtiv parti confṛns wz ɖ xtnt t ẃć MPz, advîzrz n uɖr obzrvrz sīmd t b cmñ rnd t ɖ îdīa ɖt Liz Trus wd’nt līd ɖ parti intu ɖ nxt ilex́n. Rplesñ Trus sīmz unlîcli – ptiklrli gvn ɖ rīsnt src̣s v ɖ last līdrśp contest. Bt īvn amñ ɖoz MPz hu wr’nt ćampñ at ɖ bit fr hr oṿʈro, ɖr wr vri fy hu ʈt ɖ îdīa r’dikḷs.

Ɖs z a denjṛs stet v aferz fr ɖ prîm̦inistr. It’s qt poṣbl t mnten a grip on ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti ẃl biyñ harṭli dtstd bî a sx́n v it, at līst fr a ẃl; bʈ Boris Jonsn n Marġrit Ʈaćr, Ǎr Ledi v Ayn, pruvd ɖt. Bt ẃn ppl’z ʈōts start simpli streyñ past y? Ɖt’s a bit difṛnt.

Hǎ hz it cm t ɖs? Ɖ s’tanic stet v ɖ poulz z ɖ obvịs startñpônt. It wd b a tōl ordr t xpct Cnsrṿtiv MPz t pt p wɖ 30-pônt deḟsits īvn in srvis t a project ɖe hd plejd s’port t at an ilex́n – ẃć in ɖs ces, ɖe dd nt.

Bnʈ ɖ dsme z a growñ sspiśn ɖt ɖr simpli z’nt a vaybl Trus project at ol. Ɖ cor v ɖ probḷm z simpl: in ordr t cām ɖ marcits, Qāzi Qarteñ hz plejd t baḷns hiz £43bn v unfundd taxcuts wɖ cuts t public spendñ. Yt no p’liticli vaybl paʈ t cuts on ɖt scel xists.

Ẃr cn ɖz cuts b md? A smōliś hercut t evri dīpartmntl bujit dz’nt gt y ɖr. Ẃt it dz gt y z lots v toxic litl storiz līct t ɖ pres, sć az a pṛpozl t cut fri Rmembṛnsde reltravl fr xsrvisṃn. Ɖs z xacli ɖ sort v ʈñ ɖt z flotd ẃn guvnmnt dpartmnts r asct t fînd sevñz wɖt mcñ cuts t ɖer corsrṿsz.

Gutñ capitl-invstmnt spendñ dz’nt gt y ɖr îɖr, ntwɖstandñ ɖt Trus plejd on ɖ campentren t dlivr Norɖn Powerhouse Rel. No, ɖ onli we y sev p t £40bn z bî mcñ hyj cuts in ɖ dpartmnts ɖt spend ɖ most, sć az hlʈ, wrc n pnśnz, n edyceśn. Yt in hr spīć in Brmñm, Trus listd ambiśs golz fr ɖ hlʈsecṛtri, hr clos alî T’rez Cofi.

Ɖs mīnz mor preśr elsẃr. Bt a līdr hu dz’nt viẓbli cmand ɖ loylti v hr parḷmntri parti c’nt impoz hr wil on dpartmnts, ẃć z prisîsli ẃ Trus z cuṛntli on ɖ vrj v anɖr mejr U-trn on riyl-trm beṇfitscuts. Ẃć līvz edyceśn. W’v nt hŕd mć abt ɖt so far. Qarteñ me xpct MPz hu hv spent yirz fîtñ fr a ny naśnl fundñforḿla n betr dīlz fr ɖer locl scūlz t sîn of on a big bujitcut. I’d lîc t b in ɖ rūm ẃn h mcs ɖs rqst.

Pt ol ɖs tgɖr n ɖr’z a growñ sns ɖt ɖr’z no winñ muv fr ɖ prîm̦inistr. Ś îɖr bacs dǎn, gz dǎn fîtñ in ɖ Comnz, or riscs īvn gretr marcitceos f ś w’nt baḷns ɖ bcs. Hr eḟts t riimpoz hr oʈoṛti on ɖ guvnmnt, let alon ɖ parḷmntri parti, wl b impidd bî ɖ fact ś hz ćozn t wìcn ɖ Dǎnñ Strīt oṗreśn. Xpirịnst advîzrz hv bn let g, n ǎtfits sć az ɖ poḷsi ynit n ɖ lejsleśntīm hv bn dṛmaticli slimd dǎn (ɖ latr nǎ cnsists v jst wn prsn).

On pepr, wn cn sceć ǎt a rùt bac fr Trus, sort v. It involvz dwñ ẃt ś śd hv dn in ɖ frst ples: śo mor rspct t ɖ 2019 maṇfesto, foc̣s on a smōl numbr v winz ś cn dlivr bî 2024, n trî t win a mandet fr a difṛnt aproć at ɖ nxt ilex́n.

Bt ɖr’z litl rīzn t b’liv it wd wrc. Votrz mt nt hv md p ɖer mîndz abt ɖ prîm̦inistr ẃn ś frst tc ofis, bt ɖe hv nǎ. Nr dz a Trus premịrśp śorn v its fri-marcit ambiśnz sīm t hv mć t ofr t îɖr ɖ parti, ɖ neśn, or indd ɖ wmn hrslf.

Phps ɖ prîm̦inistr n ćanslr riyli r six muvz ahd, n ɖ nxt fy wīcs wl b a bṛvura dsple v scilfl partimanijmnt culṃnetñ in an ambiśs bt dlivṛbl program v ic̣nomic rform. In riaḷti, it sīmz mor lîcli Trus wl tec hr fri-marcit ces fr “groʈ” dǎn wɖ hr.

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Hnri Hil z depyti editr v CnsrṿtivHom.

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Fṛm ɖ Gardịn: Labour must be bold and strike the killer blow – or the Tories will rise again

‘There needs to be an offering not just for those sick of the Tories.’ L to R, Rachel Reeves, Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner during prime minister’s questions. Photograph: Jessica Taylor/UK Parliament/AFP/Getty Images
‘Ɖr nīdz t b an oḟrñ nt jst fr ɖoz sic v ɖ Tōriz.’ L t R, Rećl Rīvz, Cir Starmr n Anɉla Rênr jrñ prîm̦inistr’z qsćnz. Foṭgraf: Jesica Teilr/YC Parḷmnt/AFP/Geti Iṃjz

Lebr mst b bold n strîc ɖ cilrblo – or ɖ Tōriz wl rîz agn

(Transcription of an article published in the Guardian on 9 October 2022)

A rer oṗtyṇti hz imrjd t pin ǎr mni crîsīz nt jst on ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti, bt ɖ intîr cnsrṿtiv îdioḷji

Nesrine Malik

Nesrīn Malic, Súnde 9 Octobr 2022

Fîṇli, an ax́n-páct episod v Britiś poḷtics hz drwn t a cloz. It startd rufli at ɖ tîm v Riśi Sŭnac n Sajid Javid’z reẓgneśnz in rli Jlî, foloud bî Boris Jonsn’z reẓgneśn, a Tori līdrśp rês, a ny prîm̦inistr, a sêizmic minibujit, strlñ tancñ, a confidnt pformns bî ɖ Lebr parti n inevitbli a guvnmnt U-trn. Ɖ ǎtcm hz bn a dṛmatic śift in ɖ poulz twd Lebr. It wl b tū yirz bfr Brítnz cn xpres ɖer vyz in a jenṛl ilex́n, so a qsćn hañz in ɖ er – ẃt nǎ?

In ɖ îz v pṛgresivz ɖ ansr z clir: Lebr winz, v cors, n ɖ Tōriz hed intu cold xîl. Xpcteśn hz morft intu fact n nǎ okpîz ɖ spes btwn ɖ preznt n fyćr. Bt f a wīc z a loñ tîm in poḷtics, ɖen tū yirz z sevṛl lîftîmz. Ɖr z a risc ɖt, in ɖs momnt v oṗtyṇti, Lebr misz ǎt on mcñ ɖ sort v sstemic ćalinj ɖt cd, ɖt śd, snd ɖs c’lamiṭs Tori parti intu oblivịn, n nt mirli intu a cornr t rīgrūp.

Ɖr r hints ɖt ɖ Lebr parti z bginñ t riylîz ɖt it cn no longr cǎnt intîrli on biyñ popylr bî dfōlt. Ɖt ɖr nīdz t b an oḟrñ nt jst fr ɖoz sic v ɖ Tōriz bt olso ɖoz trnd of bî ɖ lac v śarp, mīnñfl contrast btwn ɖ tū. Īvn sm v ɖ most dis’fctd n ełnetd membrz fṛm ɖ left v ɖ parti I spouc t aftr ɖ Lebr confṛns sīmd xîtd n hartnd bî ɖ ny poḷsiz pṛpozd, ptiklrli ɖt v a Gret Britiś Eṇji cumṗni ǒnd bî ɖ public. Bt ɖs z stl nt inuf v a ny viźn t capćr ɖ neśn’z c’lectiv imaɉneśn. N ɖt z bcz ɖr hz nt bn inuf v a rec̣nñ wɖ ɖ oṛjin v ɖ dzastrz ɖt hv bfōḷn ɖ cuntri ovr ɖ past ʈri decedz – v ẃć Brexit n ɖ cuntri’z unpriperidnis fr Covid r nt eṗsodz, bt simtmz.

Ɖ parti’z straṭji z t fix ẃt ɖ Tōriz hv run dǎn, bt axpt ɖ arenjmnts n prizrv ɖ infṛstrucćr in ẃć ɖt dclîn hz ocŕd. It z a badli tîmd tmidti; in riaḷti, ẃt z nīdd z ɖ ijx́n v ɖ prîṿt sectr intîrli fṛm eni relm ɖt pṛvîdz besic nīdz sć az śltr, cer fr oldr ppl, ɖ eṇji w nīd t cīp worm n cc ǎr fūd. Nt, az Lebr’z depyti līdr, Anɉla Rênr, pṛpozd, mirli mcñ śr ɖt public contracts r wel x’ktd, az f ɖ Lebr parti wr pićñ itslf az a betr srvispṛvîdr t a Britiś sitizn hu z abv ol els a custmr.

Ɖ parti foc̣sz, telñli, on xpandñ hom ǒnrśp rɖr ɖn sośl hǎzñ. Ɖ neśn z a marcitples, wn ɖt Lebr wl fines t betr srv its claynt, ɖ dzrvñ “wrcñ ppl” – a caṭgri ɖt z xcluźnri at bst, n sinistr at wrst: pśñ ǎt ɖoz hu wrc unpeid or r unebl t wrc dy t sicnis, cẹrñ or ej. Lebr’z targit z a clas ɖt z wɖn snifñdistns v a morgij, wɖ a reğlr incm, rɖr ɖn ɖoz in gig implômnt, or lîfloñ prîṿt n sośl hǎzñ rentrz. A d’rect lîn lincs ɖs priceriat t Starmr’z strongist rīsnt ʈīm – ɖt v a rić huz wlʈ ɖ Tōriz r akzd v pṛtctñ. Agn, Lebr hz míst a tric; ɖ qsćn òt nt t b hǎ t tax ɖm aproprịtli, bt ẃ ɖe wr ebl t akḿlet so mć wlʈ.

On iṃgreśn n culćr, ɖ parti’z top lînz n poḷsi lc nt onli lîc bad poḷtics, bt olso pur straṭji. F yr criṭsizm v Tori iṃgreśnpoḷsi z ɖt it z nt dportñ ppl ifiśntli inuf, az ɖ śadoćanslr, Rećl Rīvz, argyd last wīc, ɖen ɖ rît wl ʈanc y fr prîmñ votrz fr ɖer evr-mor pôzṇs n pyṇtiv poḷsiz. F yr petrịtizm z gwñ t b xclūsiv n yoct t Britn’z insttyśnz v oʈoṛti n lw n ordr – ɖ armd forsz, ɖ p’līs, ɖ royl faṃli – ɖ picćr v ɖt cuntri z olwz gwñ t b pentd mor vividli bî ɖ rît.

Cnvnśnl sntrgrǎnd wizdm z ɖt mcñ tù mni îdịlojicl muvz wl scer votrz huz unḍstandñ v poḷsi z mīdietd mnli ʈru a rîtwñ pres. Betr t brñ ɖm alñ jntli n ɖen tec of ɖ masc ẃn in pǎr. Yt wer ɖ masc fr loñ inuf n it īts intu ɖ fes.

Ɖ ǎtcm z a parti cnstrictd in ɖ oltrṇtivz it cn pṛvîd. Ɖ riyl risc z felñ t imbarc on an ic̣nomic n culćṛl rīśepñ v ɖ cuntri ẃn ɖ grǎnd z frtîl. Ɖ steṭs qo, az dfndd bî ɖoz wɖ a vstd inṭrest in it, z simpli nt wrcñ. Ɖ YC nīdz t b gîdd awe nt jst fṛm ɖ rît, bt fṛm its unḍraitrz; fṛm ɖ s’preṃsi v capitl n ɖ s’preṃsi v ɖ netiv, ɖrfr enśurñ ɖt ɖ Cnsrṿtivz r no longr ɖ parti ɖt bst rflects ɖ cuntri. Ɖt involvz an antagnizm wɖ ɖ Siti, ɖ pres n, yes, wɖ parts v ɖ ilectṛt.

Ɖ denjr z nt in dwñ tù mć, bt dwñ tù litl. T yz a frêz ɖt ɖ ny parti v fiscl rsponsbiḷti śd aprīśiet, ɖ Lebr parti z līvñ muni on ɖ tebl. Ɖ sort v spnteńs grasrūts orġnîzñ w hv sìn arnd ɖ cost v livñ, Covid n refyjī crîsīz śoz a neśn ɖt ǎtṗformz its p’liticl ǎtcumz.

Ɖr z a votrcọliśn ɖt cn b crietd, nt mirli totd p fṛm swñvotrz n ɖ rtrn v ɖ “red wōl”, bt v a dispṛt numbr v grūps n ejz arnd nośnz v soḷdaṛti n incluźn. Ɖs cọliśn wd mc p a mjoṛti, az larj n az galṿnîzd az ɖoz hu votd fr Brexit popylizm. “Ɖ prinsipl probḷm wɖ ɖ nośn v ilectbiḷti”, ɖ formr Gardịn coḷmnist Gari Yúñ wns obzrvd, z ɖt it “sjsts ɖ we ppl si ɖ wrld at eni gvn momnt canot b ćenjd ʈru arğmnt n actvizm n instd irects bordrz fr ẃt z pmisbl dscuśn.”

Az loñ az w ste wɖn ɖoz bordrz, darcnis lrcs, no matr ɖ poulz. I c’nt hlp bt ʈnc v ɖ film Fōḷn, in ẃć a fōḷn enjl pzesz ɖ bodiz v hymnz, muvñ ʈru ɖm t rīc haṿc on Rʈ. Confidnt in ɖ pǎr v its imortaḷti, ɖ spirit tōnts hymnz trayñ t vanqiś it bî sññ ɖ cōṛs t an Irma Toṃs soñ: “Tîm z on mî sîd, yes it z.” Ɖ forsz v ɖ Tori rît cn rzîd in ɖ bodi v Lebr, cn īvn drw eṇji fṛm it, unls ɖe r rjctd intîrli. Untl ɖen, tîm z on ɖer sîd, yes it z.

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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

Rêdón Liz romps hom in a piric vicṭri

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

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

John Crace

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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In Ñspel │ The Guardian view on the Conservatives: a party without a project

Boris Johnson holds a regional cabinet meeting at Middleport Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent. Photograph: PA
Boris Jonsn holdz a rījnl cabiṇtmītñ at Midlport Poṭri in Stǒc-on-Trent. Foṭgraf: PA

Ɖ Gardịn vy on ɖ Cnsrṿtivz: a parti wɖt a project

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on Friday 13 May 2022)

Boris Jonsn’z guvnmnt hd an oṗtyṇti t set an ilex́nwinñ cors ɖs wīc. Bt it z onli inṭrestd in steyñ in ofis

Frîde, 13 Me 2022

Ɖs hz bn a big wīc in Britiś poḷtics. F ɖt mcs y fir y hv míst smʈñ, d’nt wuri. Y hv nt. Fr ɖt z jst ɖ pônt. Ɖs wz an importnt wīc fr Boris Jonsn’z guvnmnt t start trayñ t rgen cntrol v ɖ p’liticl ajnda. Bt ɖ Cnsrṿtiv eḟt hz nt got of t a gd start. Ɖt fełr matrz, bcz it wl śep ǎr poḷtics.

Wɖn ɖ nxt tū yirz, ɖr wl b anɖr jenṛl ilex́n. Ɖs munʈ’z locl ilex́nz cnfrmd ɖt it wl nt b an īzi wn fr ɖ Tori parti. Ɖ Tōriz lost sīts t Lebr n ɖ Libṛl Deṃcrats n sìdd hard-wún grǎnd in Scotḷnd, Wêlz n Ñgḷnd. Sins it z lîcli t b ɖ last wn v substns in ɖs parḷmnt, ɖ rīsnt Qīn’z spīć nīdd t b foc̣st on ɖ jenṛl ilex́n. Yt it trnd ǎt t hv vri litl foc̣s at ol.

Ɖ spīć’z emlis aproć wz rvilñ. Ɖr wr a lot v anǎnsmnts, bt no ilex́ņaṛtiv. Ɖs sz a lot abt Mr Jonsn’z parti tde. Ɖ prîm̦inistr tōcs insesntli, bt dz litl ɖt lasts. Hiz ny program z a ragbag. It rflects a parti ɖt hz bcm unebl t artiklet, in eni yṇfaid we, ẃt it z in guvnmnt t aćiv. It hz no project bynd steyñ in pǎr.

Ɖ Tori parti tde z bst unḍstd az a lūs n voḷtîl alayns btwn oṿlapñ rîvlgrūps. Ɖ rîvlriz start at ɖ top, btwn a prîm̦inistr hu wonts t spend n a ćanslr hu dz nt. Bt, at a tîm ẃn ic̣nomic hardśp z mǎntñ so fast n lîcli t cntiny, ɖ bulc v ɖ cabiṇt rmen xtrim public-spendñ cutrz.

Ol ɖs hlps t xplen ɖ anǎnsmnt md on Ʈrzde ɖt 91,000 sivl-srvis jobz mst b axt so ɖt taxz cn b cut. V ol ɖ prîoṛtiz fesñ Britn, slaśñ ɖ public srvis bî a fifʈ z wn ɖt śd b at ɖ bac v ɖ k. Ɖ cut z îdịlojicl, arbitrri, unsṗsific n, in ɖ contxt v cuṛnt naśnl n inṭnaśnl nīdz n guvnmntcmitmnts, it z olmst misṭfayñ.

It z hard t sqer ɖ cut wɖ ɖ nīd t cǒp wɖ sć riaḷtiz az spîṛlñ welfér dmandz, ɖ nīd t rībild ɖ NHS or t le ɖ fǎndeśnz v sośl-cer rform. It z pvrs ẃn sìn in ɖ contxt v ɖ dlez n byrocṛsi fesñ biznis n inḍstri az a rzult v Brexit. It mcs sns onli az a hedlîn flaś v reṭric fr ɖ parti’s rît wñ. It solvz prisîsli nʈñ, includñ ɖ Tori pridic̣mnt xpozd in ɖ locl ilex́nz.

It wz sgnificnt ɖt ɖ formr hlʈ n foṛn secṛtri Jeṛmi Hunt ćouz Frîde t brec cuvr n ofr ɖ Tori parti a glims v a les bancrupt aproć. Acnoḷjñ ɖ scel v ɖ tasc ɖt ɖ Tori parti nǎ fesz, Mr Hunt drù a d’rect cnx́n btwn cuts in ɖ NHS n traɉdiz lîc ɖ Mid-Stafs. scandl. Ɖ toṗcaḷti v hiz wornñ ɖt ɖ parti fesz dfit f it ofrz votrz a ćôs btwn a proprli fundd NHS n taxcuts wz unmistecbl on a de ẃn ɖ guvnmnt hd jst dn prisîsli ɖt.

Ɖs wīc wz importnt bcz v Mr Jonsn’z fełr. Jst lîc eni intîtld Bourbon h hz lrnt nʈñ n fgotn nʈñ. H sīmz dtrmind t b ɖ oʈr v hiz ǒn dfit. Hiz fełr signlz frɖr Tori dfits at ɖ poulz, rnyd añzayti on ɖ bacbnćz, n a poṣbl līdrśp contest, in ẃć Mr Hunt z lîcli t stand. In sć grim ic̣nomic tîmz, ɖ Tori parti’z fortynz me no longr b in ɖer ǒn handz, bt in ɖoz v ɖ opziśnpartiz n, most v ol, ɖoz v ɖ public.

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In Ñspel │ The Guardian view on government drift: the rot starts at the top

Boris Johnson on the local election campaign trail. ‘The prime minister is running out of people to blame for his personal failures.’ Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images
Boris Jonsn on ɖ locl-ilex́n campentrel. ‘Ɖ prîm̦inistr z runñ ǎt v ppl t blem fr hiz prsnl fełrz.’ Foṭgraf: Edrịn Denis/AFP/Geti Iṃjz

Ɖ Gardịn vy on guvnmntdrift: ɖ rot starts at ɖ top

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

Ɖ lac v a chiṛnt poḷsi ajnda z ɖ inevitbl consiqns v wìc ministrz apôntd bî a rog prîm̦inistr

Wnzde, 4 Me 2022

Ɖr z a limit t ɖ numbr v tîmz eni product cn b rīlōnćt bfr it bcmz clir ɖt ɖ besic dzîn z flwd. Ɖt z olso tru v guvnmnts. Boris Jonsn z brêst fr a pur Tori pformns in Ʈrzde’z locl caunsl ilex́nz n z dtrmind t muv on briscli.

A ny parḷmntri seśn opnz nxt wīc, gvñ ɖ oṗtyṇti t set ǎt ɖ guvnmnt’s ajnda in a Qīn’z spīć. Ɖr z olso tōc v a miṇstirịl rīśufl t freśn ɖ apiṛns v ɖ cabiṇt. Ɖt wl hv liṃtd ifct, sins Mr Jonsn wl nt sác himslf. H mt stl ysḟli rples sm v hiz unḍpformñ ministrz.

Top v ɖt list z Priti Ptél. Ɖ homsecṛtri mt nt b ɖ līst compitnt prsn in cabiṇt (ɖo ś hz a clem t ɖ tîtl), bt hr dpartmnt z wn ẃr pur līdrśp hz sm v ɖ most drastic consiqnsz. Mz Ptél prizîdz ovr a dsfuñśnl, dmoṛlîzd byrocṛsi ɖt z nɖr ceṗbl v maṇjñ ɖ neśn’z bordrz t mīt ɖ dmandz v Cnsrṿtiv votrz nr v impḷmentñ hymen refyjīpoḷsiz t mīt ɖ rqîrmnts v hymn dīsnsi. Mr Jonsn z clirli nt boɖrd bî ɖ moṛl impḷceśnz v Mz Ptél’z incrisñli caḷs poḷsiz twdz despṛt ppl crosñ ɖ Ćanl in smōl bots. H mt yt lūz peśns wɖ hr in’biḷti t mc eni v ɖ scīmz wrc.

In ɖ mntm, ɖ program fr axptñ Ycreńn refyjīz z a śamblz, impozñ cruwl unsrtnti n spîtfl administṛtiv cprīs on a caṭgri v mîgṛnts twdz hūm ɖ guvnmnt, unyẓ́li, hz an ofiśl poḷsi v cmpaśn.

A ny homsecṛtri mt at līst pt ɖt nośnl slivr v jeṇroṣti t ifctiv ys. Bt ɖ unḍlayñ probḷm z sstemic acrs guvnmnt. It d’rîvz fṛm a fełr t dstnḡś btwn ɖ anǎnsmnt v a plan n its inactmnt. Ɖ ajnda fr guvnmnt z ritn wɖ an î on ɖ folowñ mornñ’z hedlînz, wɖt rgard fr ẃt z rqîrd in dlivri. Ɖr z litl dstñśn btwn a slogn n a poḷsi. Ɖt hz bn ɖ fet v “leṿlñ up” – a consept ɖt wz mnt t dfîn ɖ prṗs v Mr Jonsn’z admiṇstreśn post-Brexit, bt ɖt stl lacs mīnñfl content. Ɖr wl b sm ys v ɖ frêz in ɖ Qīn’z spīć. Bt in ɖ absns v a strucćrd ic̣nomic plan fr rījnl rīhbiḷteśn or eni curij in ɖ Treẓ́ri t yz tax-n-spend līvrz t fînans ambiśs sośl poḷsi, votrz wl notis onli ɖ dǎnẉd leṿlñ impozd bî a cost-v-livñ crîsis.

Ɖt fełr canot b reṃdid bî a ćenj v ćanslr – a prospect wîdli dscust az a we fr ɖ prîm̦inistr t signl a ćenj v d’rex́n. Ɖ riaḷti z ɖt Mr Jonsn himslf z ɖ oṛjin v ɖ mleiz. It z ɖ prîm̦inistr’z lac v foc̣s n prínsipl ɖt līvz ɖ guvnmnt b’reft v a chiṛnt ajnda or a prṗs uɖr ɖn sstenñ ɖ c’rir v ɖ man in Nu 10. Ẃn apôntmnt t ɖ cabiṇt rqîrz wilñnis t indulj Mr Jonsn’z sirịl dsoṇstiz n flatr hiz r’toricl inaṇtiz, it z hardli s’prîzñ ɖt ɖ caliba v ministrz z lo. Ɖs wìcnis cn olso b trest bac t Brexit – a project ɖt aćivd ilectṛl s’xes bî stŕñ ic̣nomic grīvns ẃl mcñ reṃdiz hardr. Ɖ consiqns z a guvnmnt mor scild at cōzñ dvrśnz ẃn ʈñz g roñ ɖn it z ceṗbl v ptñ ɖm rît.

It z a meʈ̇d wɖ dmiṇśñ rtrnz. Mr Jonsn’z cabiṇt badli nīdz upgredñ wɖ sm compitnt admiṇstretrz. Bt ɖ prîm̦inistr z runñ ǎt v ppl t blem fr hiz prsnl fełrz, n votrz hv lost peśns wɖ hiz xksz.

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In Ñspel │ The Observer view on the cost of living crisis

Wages in Britain have been mostly stagnant since the financial crisis and productivity sits 15% below the United States, Germany and France. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer
Wejz in Britn hv bn mostli stagnnt sins ɖ fînanśl crîsis n prodctivti sits 15% b’lo ɖ Ynîtd Stets, Jrṃni n Frans. Foṭgraf: Gari Caltn/Ɖ Obzrvr

Ɖ Obzrvr vy on ɖ cost v livñ crîsis

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Observer on 1 May 2022)

Cabiṇtministrz’ glib śortcuts r dîr rspons t ic̣nomic crîsis

Súnde, 1 Me 2022

Livñstanddz r set t fōl at ɖer fastist ret sins recordz bgan in ɖ mid-1950z. Last munʈ, ɖ Ofis fr Bujit Rsponsbiḷti pridictd ɖt riyl hǎshold incmz wl fōl bî 2.2% ɖs yir, az eṇji n fūdprîsz incris bt wejz fel t cīp pes wɖ rîzñ bilz.

Ɖ impact wl nt b flt īqli. Fr sm, it wl bérli rejistr. Fr uɖr faṃliz, it wl mīn dificlt dsiźnz abt ẃt t cut bac on. Fr uɖrz stl, it wl b pṛfǎnd, strećñ pricerịs bujits in ẃć ɖr z olrdi no giv, forsñ imposbl ćôsz btwn isnślz sć az ptñ fūd on ɖ tebl n cīpñ ɖ hītñ on, n śarṗnñ ɖ fir v ɖ unixpctd ǎtle ɖt cn trigr a détspîṛl fṛm ẃć ɖr z no iscep. Wn esṭmet sjsts lowr-incm hǎsholdz wl fes a drop in incm v £1,300 ɖs yir.

Last wīc, ɖ lêtist ʈncñ fṛm ministrz on hǎ t adres ɖs crîsis in livñstanddz tricld intu ɖ hedlînz aftr a cabiṇt “brenstormñ” mītñ. Grant Śaps, ɖ trnsportministr, pṛpozd muvñ car MOTz fṛm wns a yir t wns evri 24 munʈs, sevñ a wn-car hǎshold a pōltri £23 a yir, at ɖ risc v jeṗdîzñ rodsefti. Ɖ edyceśnsecṛtri, Nadhim Zahawi, sjstd incrisñ ɖ maximm numbr v ćildṛn an rli-yirz wrcr cn b rsponsbl fr in ordr t moḍstli rdys ɖ cost v ćîldcer. Uɖrz arnd ɖ tebl rportidli sjstd yṇlatṛli scrapñ tarifs on fūd imports, ẃć wd wìcn Britn’z hand in tred ngośieśnz, n scrapñ guvnmntcmitmnts t rdys carbn imiśnz, a muv ɖt wd criet sgnificnt loñ-trm ic̣nomic n invîrnmntl costs fr ɖ YC.

Ɖ śalo sjsćnz rvil ɖ guvnmnt’s desṗreśn t gv votrz ɖ impreśn it z tecñ ax́n t adres ɖz harś ic̣nomic srcmstansz, bt wɖt spendñ eni muni. Ɖe r nt sirịs poḷsiz, bt fodr fr pres rlisz bfr ɖ locl ilex́nz.

Britn z xpirịnsñ a pṛloñd ic̣nomic mleiz. Wejz hv bn mostli stagnnt sins ɖ fînanśl crîsis, prodctivti hz bérli groun sins ɖen n sits 15% b’lo ɖ Ynîtd Stets, Jrṃni n Frans, n xtrnl śocs – ɖ slf-inflictd pen v līvñ ɖ YY’z sngl marcit n custmz yńn, n ɖ wor in Ycren – hv snt prîsz roc̣tñ.

Ɖr r no śortcuts t incrisñ livñstanddz. Eni aproć hz t b ʈri-proñd. Frst, ic̣nomic poḷsi nīdz t targit rîzñ prodctivti n t enśur ɖ spôlz r śerd īvnli wɖ implôīz ʈru incrist wejz, ptiklrli fr ɖoz in lo-peid wrc. Wn v ɖ rīznz in-wrc poṿti rets hv rizn z ɖt ɖr r tù mni jobz ɖt simpli d nt pe inuf t inebl ppl, ptiklrli ɖoz wɖ ćildṛn, t enśur a minimm standd v livñ. Ɖt cn b aćivd onli bî narowñ ɖ groʈgap btwn Lundn n ɖ sǎʈ-īst n ɖ rest v ɖ cuntri. It wd tec, at ɖ vri minimm, a radicl rībaḷnsñ v guvnmnt invstmnt in trnsport, infṛstrucćr n scilz awe fṛm ɖ rićist rījnz v ɖ cuntri, ẃć olrdi rsiv mor invstmnt p’ capita, twdz ɖ purist. Brexit hz onli md ɖs tasc hardr; it z fōrcast t sgnificntli rdys xports n t incris rījnl iniqoḷtiz ovr ɖ loñ trm.

Secnd, ɖ riyl-trmz cuts t beṇfits n taxcredits v ɖ past deced fr lo-incm faṃliz wɖ ćildṛn mst b rvrst. In an icoṇmi wɖ sgnificnt amǎnts v lo-peid wrc, ɖr wl olwz b a nīd fr guvnmnt t rīdistribyt incm twdz lo-incm peṛnts. Yt s’xesiv Cnsrṿtiv ćanslrz hv rdyst ɖ valy v beṇfits n taxcredits ovr tîm, wɖ sm faṃliz luzñ ɖ iqivḷnt v ʈǎzndz v pǎndz a yir fṛm ɖer hǎshold bujits, ẃl dliṿrñ xpnsiv incmtax cuts ɖt hv dispṛporśṇtli beṇfitd mor aflụnt hǎsholdz. Ɖs z anɖr ci rīzn ẃ in-wrc poṿti rets hv incrist n ẃ, in a cuntri az rić az ǎrz, ɖr r ppl, includñ ɖoz in wrc, rlayñ on fūdbancs t fīd ɖer ćildṛn. Ɖ s’port ɖt ɖ ćanslr, Riśi Sŭnac, hz anǎnst t hlp faṃliz wɖ eṇjibilz z tù ʈinli spred, includñ acrs hǎsholdz fr hūm it z nt criticl, līvñ ɖ purist faṃliz hoṛbli xpozd.

Last, ɖ guvnmnt nīdz t implimnt strucćṛl rformz t tacl ɖ hî cost v livñ. Ɖ most importnt v ɖz z hǎzñ, ɖ costs v ẃć irod tù mć v ppl’z pêćécs in wn fél swūp. Ɖ YC hz nvr bilt inuf hǎzñ wɖt sgnificnt public sectr invstmnt intu sośl hǎzñ; yt sośl hǎsbildñ levlz hv dropt dṛmaticli sins ɖ 1980z, līvñ ɖ sośl-hǎzñ stoc t dwindl az a rzult v deṃliśnz n ɖ rît t bai. Ɖs hz pśt mor n mor ppl hu hv litl hop v evr bayñ ɖer ǒn hom intu an oṿprîst prîṿt rentd sectr. Britn rjntli nīdz a program v public invstmnt in hǎsbildñ t criet mor aforḍbl homz fr rent.

Ɖz r loñ-trm ic̣nomic rformz ɖt rqîr sstend invstmnt. Īvn f pt in ples imīɉtli, ɖe wl tec tîm t fŭli dlivr fr ɖ icoṇmi. Yt ɖs z a guvnmnt ɖt swñz fṛm crîsis t crîsis, wɖ litl wilñnis or cpaṣti t plan fr ɖ nxt deced n a drʈ v îdīaz t adres Britn’z vri riyl n strucćṛl ic̣nomic probḷmz. Ɖs lacdezicl aproć wl probbli cnsîn s t yirz mor v slugiś groʈ ɖt drîvz incrisñ numbrz v faṃliz wɖ ćildṛn intu poṿti.

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In Ñspel │ The Guardian view on sexism in Westminster: this sleaze harms us all

Neil Parish stands to ask a question during prime minister’s questions in the Commons. Photograph: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA
Nìl Pariś standz t asc a qsćn jrñ prîm̦inistr’z qsćnz in ɖ Comnz. Foṭgraf: YC Parḷmnt/Jesica Teilr/PA

Ɖ Gardịn vy on sxizm in Wsminstr: ɖs slīz harmz s ol

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on Friday 29 April 2022)

Nìl Pariś, akzd v woćñ porn at wrc, jônz a loñ list v Tori MPz invstgetd fr sx́l msconduct

Frîde 29 Epril 2022

“Unls w enśur indivijlz r bròt t justis, nʈñ wl ćenj,” Cet Mōltbi rout in ɖ Gardịn in 2019. Ɖ lêtist coments abt mel colīgz’ “wonḍrñ handz” fṛm ɖ inṭnaśnl-tred secṛtri, Án-Mri Tṛvełn, cmbînd wɖ ɖ fact ɖt no fywr ɖn 56 MPz r undr invstgeśn ovr sx́l conduct, sjst ɖt nt onli hv ʈñz nt ćenjd fr ɖ betr sins Mz Mōltbi rezd hr ǒn cmplent in 2017, in sm rspcts ɖe me īvn hv got wrs.

Tru, sm MPz hv bn hld t acǎnt fr in’proprịt bhevyr. Demịn Grīn wz sact fṛm hiz pziśn az frst secṛtri v stet in 2017 aftr an invstgeśn faund ɖt h hd laid t parḷmnt abt pornogṛfi on hiz cmpytr. No dfiṇtiv cncluźn wz rīćt in rleśn t Mz Mōltbi’z clem ɖt h hd bhevd roñli twdz hr, olɖo hr acǎnt wz faund t b “plōẓbl”. In 2020 ɖ formr Cnsrṿtiv MP Ćarli Elfic wz sntnst t tū yirz in jel fr ʈri sx́l asōlts – tū v ɖm on a parḷmntri wrcr. Anɖr Cnsrṿtiv MP, Imran Aħmad Cān, wz ɖs munʈ faund gilti v sx̣́li asōltñ a 15-yir-old bô in 2008, ẃl ɖ Tori MP Devid Worbrtn hz hd ɖ ẃip rmuvd aftr aḷgeśnz imrjd v sx́l haṛsmnt n ccen ys. Lebr MP Liym Bŕn olso fesz sspnśn fṛm ɖ Comnz fr nonsx́l bŭliyñ v a mel stāfr.

Bt uɖrz cntiny t iscep puniśmnt, az ɖ Libṛl Deṃcrat Lord Lstr dd ẃn h rzînd fṛm ɖ Hǎs v Lordz in 2018 aftr pirz votd nt t sañśn him fr sx́l haṛsmnt. Tori MP Crispin Blunt rzînd fṛm hiz pziśn az ćer v an ol-parti LGBT+ rîts grūp ɖs munʈ, aftr biyñ criṭsîzd fr pubḷcli atacñ Aħmad Cān’z cnvix́n. Bt ɖ ẃip wz nt wɖdrwn. N Boris Jonsn’z ẃips sīmd rluctnt, iniṣ́li, t act agnst anɖr MP, Nìl Pariś, hu z alejd t hv bn sìn woćñ pornogṛfi at wrc bî tū colīgz. Instd, it wz sjstd ɖt it wz fr ɖz witṇsz t rport him t ɖ Indipndnt Cmplents n Grīvns Scīm set p folowñ #MiTù. On Frîde, it wz anǎnst ɖt Mr Pariś wd rport himslf, n ɖ ẃip wz sspndd.

Ɖt ɖz rports, ẃć includ Mz Tṛvełn seyñ ś wz wns “pind p agnst a wōl” bî a mel MP, śd cm jst a wīc aftr a hîli public atmt t hymiliet Lebr’z Anɉla Rênr fr crosñ hr legz, mcs ɖm ol ɖ mor dsmeyñ. N ɖr z a sns v rîzñ angr amñ fīmel MPz, bʈ abt ɖ sṗsific bhevyr on dsple in parḷmnt n ɖ culćr v impyṇti ɖt cntinyz t srǎnd MPz; n abt wîdr trendz, includñ ɖ incrisñ ys v pornogṛfi in public plesz, n smartfon-inebld haṛsmnt.

Stl, opṭmists pônt t ɖ fact ɖt wimin r nǎ mor lîcli ɖz dez t cmplen abt mel bhevyr ɖt wd prīvịsli hv bn toḷretd. N gvn evrʈñ w nǒ abt ɖ numbr v sx́l haṛsmnt n abys xpirịnsz ɖt g unriportd, it z dificlt t asrt wɖ confidns ɖt sx́l msconduct in parḷmnt hz bcm mor comn, or les, best on aṇcdotl evidns. Ẃt cn b stetd frmli z ɖt it z daṃjñ bʈ t poḷtics n t ssayti ẃn sīńr public figrz sć az MPz trīt wimin wɖ sć cntmt.

Lebr hz its ǒn dificltiz in ɖs eria. Ɖs munʈ a grūp v sīńr wimin in ɖ parti cōld fr an end t ɖ ys v conḟdnśiaḷti’grīmnts ẃn aḷgeśnz r md. Bt ɖ lêtist nyz abt Mr Pariś, folowñ Aħmad Cān’z cnvix́n, Mr Worbrtn’z sspnśn n ɖ scuriḷs atac on Mz Rênr, mīn ɖt Boris Jonsn’z parti hedz intu nxt wīc’s locl ilex́nz in a clǎd v slīz.

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In Ñspel │ The Guardian view on the parliamentary session: a low, dishonest year

‘The readiness of many MPs, led by the prime minister, to ignore other rules seems undiminished.’ Photograph: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA
‘Ɖ redinis v mni MPz, léd bî ɖ prîm̦inistr, t ignor uɖr rūlz sīmz undiminiśt.’ Foṭgraf: YC Parḷmnt/Jesica Teilr/PE

Ɖ Gardịn vy on ɖ parḷmntri seśn: a lo, dsonist yir

(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on Thursday 28 April 2022)

Wsminstr plúmd ny depʈs v scandl ovr ɖ past 12 munʈs. Bt ɖ cruwl n slapdaś lejsleśn it pást wz īvn wrs

Ʈrzde, 28 Epril 2022

At lunćtîm on Ʈrzde parḷmnt wz pṛrogd – līġli fr wns – bfr ɖ stet oṗnñ n Qīn’z spīć on 10 Me. So endd wn v ɖ lǒist, most dsonist n most dscredtbl parḷmntri seśnz v modn tîmz. It wz a seśn marct bî ɖ frst cnvix́n fr a criminl ofns bî a sitñ prîm̦inistr, bî ɖ reṿleśn ɖt ɖ ćanslr v ɖ xćecr’z wîf yzd non-Dóm taxsteṭs, n bî ɖ unraṿlñ v ɖ Cnsrṿtiv parti’z eʈicl sns az ministrz atmtd t sev an MP’z scin aftr h hd bn faund gilti v lobiyñ. It wz olso marct bî ɖ sntnsñ v a Lebr MP t a sspndd 10-wīc priznsntns fr haṛsmnt n ɖ cnvix́n v a Tori MP fr moḷsteśn.

Ɖ seśn hz culṃnetd in an xtrordnri wīc v scuriḷs scandlz ɖt sīm ol tù repriznttiv v ɖ dsrepytbl n emoṛl culćr xpozd bî ɖ aḷgeśnz v rīsnt dez. It wz rvild ɖs wīc ɖt 56 MPz – alejidli includñ guvnmnt n śado ministrz – hv bn rfŕd t ɖ Comnz oʈoṛtiz ovr iśuz v sx́l haṛsmnt n uɖr msconduct. On ɖ vri mornñ v proṛgeśn, a Tori MP wz iśùd wɖ a criminl ćarj v felñ t stop aftr an axidnt, n a formr Lebr ministr wz sspndd fr bŭliyñ. F evr ɖ cuntri wz wel rid v a parḷmntri seśn ɖen it wz śrli ɖs wn.

Grimli, ɖs wz olso a seśn in ẃć parḷmnt cntinyd t pas oʈoṛterịn n riax́nri lwz p untl ɖ last minit. Ɖs wīc, sevṛl mejr bilz ẃć hd bn bérli scrūṭnîzd in dītel in ɖ Comnz n hd bn sbjctd t multipl impruvmnts bî ɖ Hǎs v Lordz wr fîṇli scrabld intu lw az ɖ upr hǎs baud ɖ ni. Ɖz includ ɖ ilex́nzbil, ẃć intṛdysz ID ćecs on votrz n gvz ɖ guvnmnt mor oʈoṛti t cntrol ɖ prīvịsli indipndnt Ilectṛl Cmiśn, a muv dscrîbd ɖs wīc bî a formr lord ćīf justis az rpugnnt; ɖen ɖr wr ɖ p’līs, crîm, sntnsñ n corts bil, an oʈoṛterịn atmt t impoz nīdlis xtra cndiśnz on rîts v asmbli n protest, n ɖ jdiśl rvy n corts bil, dzînd t crb scrūṭni v ɖ lwflnis v guvnmnt ax́nz. Wɖ sm îṛni, ɖs pást intu lw jst az ɖ hî cort rūld ɖt ɖ guvnmnt’s Covid-ira cerhom-disćarj poḷsi, in ẃć mor ɖn 12,500 ppl daid, hd bn unlwfl.

Ɖ wevz v slapdaś n oṿmîti ny lwz pást in ɖs seśn n huridli cmplitd ɖs wīc dd nt end ɖr. Ɖe olso includ ɖ hlʈ n cer bil, ẃr a fy Cnsrṿtiv MPz rbeld t ɖ end, bt un’velñli, t trî t stop ɖ guvnmnt’s eḟt t scrap ɖ reğlr indipndnt asesmnt v NHS stafñnīdz. Anɖr ɖt wnt t ɖ wîr wz ɖ naṣ́naḷti n bordrz bil, ẃr pirz hv votd rpitidli t enśur ɖt ɖ lwz on asîḷmsīcrz in ɖ ny lejsleśn rmen in lîn wɖ ɖ Ynîtd Cñdm’z trīti obḷgeśnz twdz refyjīz; nvɖles, on Tyzde, Tori MPz votd t gt rid v ɖ clōz n pmit Britn t brīć its inṭnaśnl cmitmnts yt agn. It wz a crǎnñ dsgres on a loñ list v lejsḷtiv śem.

It me wel nt b ɖ last wn. Ɖr z no gaṛnti ɖt ɖ nxt parḷmntri seśn wl b difṛnt. Ɖ damij t public trust blīdz evr on. Ɖ leġsi v Partiget hz nt pleid ǎt yt; mć mor z t cm. Ɖ redinis v mni MPz, léd bî ɖ prîm̦inistr, t ignor uɖr rūlz sīmz undiminiśt. N ɖ test fr cruwl n sliṗri lejsḷtiv iṇveśn wl incris az ɖ guvnmnt’s popylaṛti slîdz frɖr – az it so rićli dzrvz t d, nt līst in nxt wīc’s locl ilex́nz.

Instroduction to Ñspel