Member

We have been shielded from the enormity of the border costs arising from “not for EU” label requirements so far on account of the fact that they have been introduced in three phases, and by far the most demanding phase has been left to last. It comes into force in a couple of hours—tomorrow. In this, we are confronted with the fact that the so-called green lane is no more green than the red lane—really? Neither provides a means of removing the border and creating a UK internal market system. All that the green lane—the so-called UK internal market system—presents us with is another means of crossing the international border that has been imposed on the UK, cutting us in two. It provides not less border friction but different border friction, and these regulations make this point very starkly, providing a wake-up call to anyone foolish enough to believe that the Windsor Framework constitutes anything other than an attempt to accommodate injustice.