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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: 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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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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Frank Poems: CABINET CABARET

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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)

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October 2022

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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This is a rather more uplifting version:

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MY BACKING BAND

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"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

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

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

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

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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
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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)

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

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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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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
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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)

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

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

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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)

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Frîde, 13 Me 2022

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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

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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)

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

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Wnzde, 4 Me 2022

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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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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)

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Cabiṇtministrz’ glib śortcuts r dîr rspons t ic̣nomic crîsis

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Súnde, 1 Me 2022

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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

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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)

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

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Frîde 29 Epril 2022

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“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

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‘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)

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

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Ʈrzde, 28 Epril 2022

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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.

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