Ɖ Gardịn vy on Brexit bordrz: a slo dōnñ v ic̣nomic riaḷti
Transcription of a Gardian editorial of 3 September 2023
A patn z imrjñ v qayt ajustmnts ɖt rec̣gnîz ɖ cost v tecñ Britn ǎt v ɖ YY sngl marcit
Súnde, 3 Sptmbr 2023
Ɖ guvnmnt, cnsiḍrñ ẃn t impoz a costli ny custmzbyrocṛsi, anǎnst last wīc ɖt nǎ z nt ɖ rît tîm. Post-Brexit ćecs on gdz enṭrñ Britn fṛm ɖ YY wr frst s’pozd t b impḷmntd in Jańri 2021. Aftr sirịl psponmnts, ɖe wr dy t bgin nxt munʈ. Nǎ it w’nt hapn bfr 2024.
Gdz muvñ in ɖ uɖr d’rex́n r olrdi subjict t custmz peprwrc, mcñ lîf dificlt fr YC xportrz n pśñ sm ǎt v biznis oltgɖr. Ministrz hv rec̣gnîzd ɖt Britiś cnsymrz n bizṇsz cd d wɖt ɖ sem penlti biyñ aplaid t imports. Ɖ guvnmnt admits ɖt importćecs wd stǒc infleśn. Ɖs z a qayt acnolijmnt ɖt frix́n btwn ɖ YC n ɖ tredñ blóc on its dorstep z a drag on ɖ icoṇmi. Bt Riśi Sūnac, ɖ prîm̦inistr, canot se so alǎd bcz ɖt wd cnsid ɖ foli v qitñ ɖ sngl marcit in ɖ frst ples.
Olso last wīc, ɖ guvnmnt agrìd t pṛtct wrcples rîts at risc v ireźr ẃn YY lw z xpunjd fṛm YC statyts. Undr YY trītipṛviźnz, wimin r intîtld t b peid ɖ sem az men dwñ iqivḷnt wrc az loñ az ɖr z a comn “sors” – a cndiśn ɖt pṛtcts implôīz v ǎtsors pṛvîdrz. Lebr hz cmitd t repḷcet ɖt pṛtx́n in YC lw n ɖ guvnmnt hz bn śemd intu plejñ ɖ sem.
Rlịr ɖs yir, it dlūtd ɖ lw ɖt wd hv sìn mni uɖr sośl pṛtx́nz ōṭmaticli xpunjd fṛm ɖ statyt-bc at ɖ end v ɖs yir. Ɖs wz a cnseśn t invstrz hu prifŕd conṭnywti v xistñ rūlz t ɖ Yrosceptic fanṭsi v a vast reğletri bonfîr.
Last munʈ, ɖ guvnmnt abandnd planz t rqîr a YC-sṗsific qoḷti’śuṛns marc fr gdz sold in Britn, recgnîzñ ɖt ɖ Yṛpiyn CE marc wl sfîs “indefiṇtli”. Ɖt wz a b’letd recgniśn ɖt xportñ bizṇsz wd nīd ɖ Yṛpiyn srtiḟceśn enwe n nn wontd ɖ adiśnl cost v a sūprflụs YCQA marc – a pôntlis simbl v holo sovṛnti.
A patn v dscrit Brexit dlūśn z imrjñ. Ć clîmdǎn cnfrmz hardlîn Yrosceptic sspiśn ɖt ɖer drīm z biyñ btreid. Mr Sūnac z còt btwn a p’liticl obḷgeśn impozd bî hiz parti t pritnd ɖt līvñ ɖ YY wz a gret aćivmnt n ɖ ic̣nomic rqîrmnt impozd bî riaḷti t paliet ɖ cost v rupćr fṛm ɖ continnt. H cn ssten ɖs lūdicṛs posćr onli bcz ɖ opziśn z cmitd t a similr cntorśn – plejñ closr proxiṃti t ɖ YY wɖt sbstanśl riinṭgreśn.
Ɖs wd b a maniɉbl probḷm f ɖ pen fṛm Brexit wr stebl or lîcli t īz. Bt ɖ oṗzit z tru. Brexit wz nt an ivnt, it set a tṛjectri. It z nt an obsṭcl t b wrct arnd, bt a cors t b c’rectd.
Ɖt wl tec tîm. Ɖ bîlatṛl strucćrz ɖt mt brñ ɖ YC n ɖ YY intu closr p’liticl n ic̣nomic alînmnt bérli īvn xist n ɖr z nt yt ɖ p’liticl wil t cunjr ɖm intu biyñ. Bt ɖ oltrṇtiv z wrsnñ ic̣nomic dbiḷteśn fr ɖ sec v a doctrin avaud bî a dwindlñ numbr v ppl. Ɖ tasit incroćmnt v riaḷti-best ʈncñ intu Mr Sūnac’s Yṛpiyn poḷsi z a welcm śift. Ɖ momnt ẃn ɖt riaḷti z xprest wɖ a fŭlr vôs canot cm tù sn.
