Hir cmz ɖ nxt fêz v Brexit – n it wl b bad fr ǎr dayt, hlʈ n wlʈ
(Transcription of an Guardian article of 13 July 2023)
Śd w cer ẃɖr w wl hv les axes t arṭzan śīp’s milc ćīz? Ẃn it mcs ɖ qoḷti v lîf wrs, ɖen yes
Ʈrzde, 13 Jlî 2023
Ɖe cīp telñ s t muv on; t axpt ɖt Brexit z dn. Ɖ probḷm z, Brexit z’nt dn wɖ s. It z’nt a sngl dseḅlñ ivnt. It’s a djenṛtiv dziz, n hir cmz ɖ nxt stej. On 31 Octobr, aftr for psponmnts t gt infṛstrucćr in ples, ɖ YC wl fîṇli intṛdys ćecs on freś n ćild fūd imports. Ɖ YY hz olrdi intṛdyst its ćecs, ẃć cm wɖ a vast amǎnt v peprwrc n sgnificnt costs. Ɖ impact on ɖ xport v frūt fṛm ɖ YC t ɖ YY hz bn dṛmatic, rdysñ ɖ valy fṛm £248.5m in 2021 t £113.8m bî 2023, a drop v mor ɖn 50%.
Nǎ it’s gwñ t wrc ɖ uɖr we. YY pṛdysrz v mìt products wśñ t xport t ɖ YC wl hv t implô a vet t srṭfî ɖer gdz, ẃć wl cost p t €700 a tîm. Ol sectrz wl hv t implô ejnts fr deṭentri cmplayns ẃć cd ad anɖr €200. Ɖe wl hv t tren ɖmslvz on ɖ peprwrc. Ɖen, cm Jańri, ɖr’z ɖ bordr-inspx́n ćarj v p t £43 fr ć cnsînmnt rgardlis v ẃɖr it’s fizicli inspctd or nt. Fest bî ol v ɖs, ʈǎzndz v smōl pṛdysrz fṛm acrs Yṛp hu hv cept ɖs cuntri s’plaid wɖ a fabyḷsli dîvrs renj v qoḷti products wl simpli dsîd it’s nt wrʈ ɖ trubl. Ɖ’l sel elsẃr. Ɖ qoḷti v ǎr livz wl b dminiśt.
Cy ɖ î-rolñ. Ẃ śd w cer ẃɖr y wl hv les axes t arṭzan śīp’s milc ćizz, or luvñli md śarcūtri? Or, az it wz pt in a sarcastic twīt bî Nic Tiṃʈi, ɖ es p’liticl straṭjist hu hd t rzîn fṛm Dǎnñ Strīt ovr hiz dzastṛs stywdśp v T’rīza Me’z 2017 ilex́ncampen: “Yungr votrz mt nt nǒ ɖs, bt Britn simpli dd’nt hv fūd bfr 1973.”
Pt asd ɖ fact ɖt Tiṃʈi wz’nt born untl 1980. H’z misñ ɖ pônt. YY membrśp vastli impruvd ɖ qoḷti v ǎr dayt n wɖ it, ǎr livz. It alaud unfetrd axes t a masiv marcit, includñ ɖ products ɖt unḍpin ɖ rîtli lōdd Mediṭreńn dayt. W ét betr. Eni poḷsi ẃć mīnz w wl īt wrs, ɖt ǎr livz n oṗtyṇtiz r les gd ɖn wns ɖe wr, z śrli a teribl ʈñ.
V cors, ɖr r bigr probḷmz rît nǎ. Ɖr’z a cost-v-livñ crîsis, xasbetd bî Brexit. Ɖ icoṇmi z stuntd bî Brexit. Obsin numbrz v ppl r yzñ fūdbancs. Ɖ neśn’z fizicl hlʈ z suḟrñ bcz w d’nt hv ɖ muni t invst in ɖ NHS, partli bcz v Brexit. Bt w cn hold mor ɖn wn ʈt in ǎr hed at ɖ sem tîm. W śd si ol v ɖs az a cntinẏm; az simtmz v a dziz ītñ awe at ɖ bodi, wn vîtl sistm at a tîm.
Plus, ɖs iśu z nt rstrictd t ɖ déli end v ɖ fūdmarcit. Ɖ Freś-Prodys Cnsortịm rīsntli wornd ɖt ɖ ny bordŗūlz wd ad dlez n miłnz in costs at a tîm v olrdi akt fūd infleśn. Ɖ Britiś Rīteil Cnsortịm, ẃć repriznts ɖ sūṗmarcits, agriz. “Ny ćecs wl ad t ɖ verịs costpreśrz rīteilrz r fesñ at a tîm ẃn ɖ cost v livñ z olrdi hî.” N fr ẃt? Ɖ Brexit dīl cd hv includd an agrīmnt t rec̣gnîz ć uɖr’z fūdstanddz. Ɖt’s ẃt le at ɖ hart v ɖ YY project. Bt ɖ YC wontd ɖ frīdm t d treḑīlz wɖ ʈrd cuntriz, alawñ in products wɖ lowr standdz ɖn ɖ YY prmits. Hns, ɖz dzastṛs ćecs. Yes, Brexit z dn. Yes, it’s hapnd. Bt no, I w’nt muv on. It’s a bludi mes.
