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The U battery is described as an advanced modular reactor, that is capable of providing low-carbon, cost-effective, locally embedded and reliable energy.

This reactor is much smaller than traditional nuclear reactors, providing just a fraction of the heat.

However, its creators believe that its smaller size will make it an ideal choice for industrial processes in the UK, being far cheaper and incredibly fast to build.

Speaking toExpress.co.uk, Timothy Abram, the Chief Engineer at U-Battery said: In its current design, the U battery is essentially a very small reactor.

The numbers might not mean much, but it provides 10 megawatts of thermal power.

If you compare that, for example, with a Sizewell B, which is our most recent reactor, that generates 3,411 megawatts.

In very rough numbers, we use energy for three things. about roughly a third of our energy for electricity generation, third for transport, and a third for heating, that's domestic and industrial process heating.

Mr Abram noted that the issue with conventional nuclear energy is that it only tackles the electricity-generation aspect.

He said: One of the biggest things that the U battery can do is change that paradigm.

That 10 megawatts that the U battery produces, essentially all of it can be used in industrial processes.

It's not much in terms of the total energy usage in the UK, it is broadly synonymous with perhaps a single user.

It might be that the big users would require two to four U batteries on their sites.

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The European Union is demanding 2.5bn in compensation from Britain for failing to apply customs rules to Chinese imports.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that the UK was negligent in applying EU customs and import rules between 2011 and 2017, which has led to lost revenues for the EU.

The blocs anti-fraud office, OLAF, argued that more than half of all shoes and clothes that were imported from China into the UK were undervalued. As a result, it demands the UK to cover the losses, according to a report in the Guardian.

The EUs anti-fraud office, OLAF, claimed that more than half of the shoes and clothes exported from China to the UK during this period were undervalued and that the UK should now cover the losses.

The agency claimed that the method of calculating the value of the goods by British officials was inadequate and even led to a shift of fraudulent operations other member states to the UK.

The final number that will be demanded from the UK may differ slightly as the ECJs method to calculate the lost revenues was incorrect, according to Politico.

The Telegraph further reporter that the failure to fully apply the rules was a sensitive issue because the bloc allowed the UK to police and enforce its own customs framework on the Irish Sea border as part oft he so-called Northern Ireland protocol.

Paul Woodward, a customs and trade specialist at the Institute of Export & International Trade, explained on his platforms website that the ruling showed that even countries can fall foul of fraud in international trade and end up having to pay the cost.

He advised businesses to take note and ensure compliance with customs and VAT rules.

The general rule is, if it is too good to be true, this is probably the case, Woodward concluded.

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SINN FIN IS on a charm offensive in the US this week, seeking to garner support on issues relating to Northern Ireland, Brexit as well as Irish Unity.

Sinn Fin leader Mary Lou McDonald told a crowd at Fordham University in New York today that the outbreak of conflict in Europe reminds us that peace, self-determination and sovereignty are precious and can never be taken for granted.

Ireland understands the damaging and divisive legacy wrought by colonisation, occupation and the denial of self-determination.

We understand too, how priceless is the peace so hard won. How sacred is the peace process that shaped and delivered the historic Good Friday Agreement, she said.

The speech she gave tonight was titled: Irish Unity in our time.

McDonald also said she still believes a border poll will be held in the next five to ten years.

Such rhetoric has been dubbed dangerous by some politicians who say it only serves to isolate those in unionist communities at a time when tensions are already high.

If true, the advert calling for a Citizens Assembly on Irish unity in The New York Times today will also not have gone down too well.

But Sinn Fin is looking to get some big players in US politics on side when it comes to a united Ireland.

The US has played a unique role in our road to nationhood. Walk with us nowas we travel the final length of that journey, McDonald this evening.

We are living in the end days of partition. The momentum behind Irish Unity is unprecedented, she told the university crowd, stating:

In the north, the unionist absolute electoral majority is gone. It is not coming back.

Bonds between Ireland and America

While such words might not be so charming to the DUP, McDonald quick to point to the bonds that bind the US and Ireland, reminding the UK never to forget them again.

Speaking at an event the US Council for Foreign Relations today, she said when it came to Brexit, the UK showed they had a complete underestimation of the level of interest the US has in Irish peace.

McDonald said the UK also misunderstood the broad consensus in American opinion to peace in Ireland and indeed to unity in Ireland.

London and how it has dealt with Brexit and Northern Ireland has displayed a deep misunderstanding of Ireland and the deep relationship with the US, she said.

London totally misunderstood and still misunderstands that leaders on Capitol Hill are on top of the Irish questions.

The fact Bidens family ancestor hail from Mayo and Louth doesnt do any harm, she joked.

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While every year, there are criticisms of Irish politicians heading abroad for St Patricks Day, McDonald said the access the Irish get in the United States over the next week is invaluable to Ireland.

Speaking to The Journal in New York today, McDonald said:

I think people saw probably most directly the value of having relationships and friendships and support here in the United States at the height of the Brexit process.

When Brexit happened, and given the threat to Irish peace and the Irish economy, McDonald said we knew that we had to mobilise everything that weve got to protect our national interest.

It shouldnt be underestimated the power of the United States in that regard, she said.

Chairman Richie Neal, whos the Chair of the Ways and Means Committee in the US, has been an incredible ally, as has the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, said McDonald.

McDonald meeting with American diplomat Richard Haass today, who is the president of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Even in the midst of the crisis in Ukraine and with the focus very much on how to resolve that situation, there will still be a focus this week on securing the Good Friday Agreement, said McDonald.

Ensuring that Ireland is not the collateral damage of the Brexit process is also very much up front and centre in the minds of very senior leadership figures here, she said.

The great beauty of Irelands support in the US, is that the support comes from both sides of the aisle, with both Republicans and Democrats having Irelands back.

So thats a great advantage for us, she said.

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Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O'Neill meeting with the Emerald Isle immigration centre today.

Do US politicians have a deep understanding of the Irish issues at play when it comes to Brexit, Irish unity and the Good Friday Agreement.

They absolutely do, McDonald maintains, stating that these are very, very senior leadership figures in the United States of America.

To their very great credit, in my view, they continue to take such a huge interest in Ireland. They have such a sense of loyalty to Ireland with many of their forefathers, their grandparents or great grandparents or further back, coming from home.

Certainly that sense of that familial relationship is strong for many of them, but I think its to their very great credit that theyve kept faith with Ireland.

She said there is an understanding amongst the Biden administration as to what exactly is happening on the ground.

Absolutely, I mean, the American administration absolutely understands these issues, and crucially, is absolutely prepared to be involved and to take a side and to stand on the side of peace, democracy and the Good Friday Agreement. That should not be at all, at all taken for granted by any of us, she said.

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LONDON, March 7 (Reuters) - It will be years before the full impact of Brexit on Britain's financial sector is fully known as more activity could leave London for the bloc or other centres like New York, Bank of England Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe said on Monday.

Britain left the EU's orbit on Dec. 31, 2020, ending the financial sector's unfettered access to the EU and about 7,500 financial jobs have left London for the bloc, a fraction of what was predicted by some consultants.

"What the impact will be I think will play out. It's not finished yet, there is still a transfer of business potentially going on," Cunliffe told the House of Lords' European Committee.

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"It will be a number of years before you see the impact."

The full impact on finance, which accounts for about 10% of Britain's economy, partly hinges on the extent to which the EU will shut out Britain's derivatives clearing houses to EU customers after June 2025, Cunliffe said.

A European Central Bank review of trading desks and trade booking models may also require banks to shift more staff from London to their EU operations in the bloc.

The ECB review could also change the economics of banking business models and trigger further, more strategic shifts in activity, and not necessarily to the EU, Cunliffe added.

Some London-based derivatives trading has moved to New York rather than the EU, and Britain should not keep its rules aligned with the bloc in the hope of unfreezing market access, he said.

"I think dealignment will happen just with the natural evolution of regulation," Cunliffe said, referring to reviews of UK insurance and market rules now underway.

Brussels has yet to approve a new forum for British and EU financial regulators to discuss upcoming rules because of clashes over how Britain is implementing the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Cunliffe said that in the longer term the bloc has no reason not to trust the quality of UK financial supervision or think that Britain would discriminate against EU firms in a crisis.

"That, bluntly, is absurd," Cunliffe said.

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Brexit: Hamilton says Boris should 'get tough' with Macron

In January last year, Brexit came into effect after the end of the transition period.Almost immediately, the effects were seen in terms of the UKs vaccine rollout, which helped the Government relax Covid restrictions sooner than many EU nations. However, critics have noted that the UK has not yet seen the economic benefits promised during the Brexit referendum campaign, in part due to the financial implications of coronavirus.

The Government is facing pressure to tackle the UKs cost of livingcrisis,with the Bank of England having predicted a record increase in household energy bills from April.

Meanwhile inflation, as measured by the official consumer prices index, jumped to 5.4 percent in December, which was its highest rate in thirty years.

The increase is due to the snapback in goods and services after Covid lockdown, when prices sharply fell, with advanced economies across the world also dealing with similar problems.

However,Dr Bull who is Deputy Leader of Reform UK, previously known as the Brexit Party, believed that the Governments handling of Brexit has been poor.

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He claimed that Mr Johnson had merely doubled down on the EUs policy of high tax and high regulation over a low tax and low regulation economy, citing rising inflation and Rishi Sunaks National Insurance hike as evidence.

Speaking to Express.co.uk, the former Tory MP said: I think the Government has just doubled on where the European Union is.

Were now a high tax, high regulation, low growth economy and you can see that with the fact weve got rising inflation, National Insurance [rise] coming in, our tax bills coming up.

This isnt what people voted for!

When asked what Reform UKwould have done differently,Dr Bull said: What we should have done is to say Right, this is where the future begins, were going to slash tax, were going to get a flat tax across the board for example.

We're going to slash VAT, were doing these trade deals, were going to bring in the brightest talent. But they didnt do that.

Dr Bull insisted he does not regret his decision to campaign and vote for Brexit.

However, he graded Brexits first year as four out of ten, insisting that he was being generous.

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When assessing the successes and failures during Brexits first year, Dr Bull said: Has anyone actually noticed any difference? No is the honest answer.

What worries me most is youve got this brigade of Remainers that actually should be called Rejoiners like [Andrew] Adonis, [Peter] Mandelson and so on, and actually they are pointing out the fact that theres no discernable difference at the moment.

And actually I think theyre right, and all weve done by not grasping that nettle is to say, Actually, if there is no discernible difference, we would be better off back in the EU!

Dr Bull was scathing of the Brexit deal, claiming that former Prime Minister Theresa May had fallen into a trap set up by the EU when agreeing to a six year adjustment period with the bloc on fishing.

Meanwhile, he labelled the Northern Ireland Protocol, which has disrupted trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland as catastrophic.

The UK and EU agreed that documents checks and inspections for goods delivered between Northern Ireland and Great Britain would not take place along the Irish border, so as to honour the Good Friday Agreement.

However, this led to criticism as a trade border had essentially been created in the Irish Sea.

Dr Bull said: Weve ended up in the ridiculous situation where the United Kingdom has been carved up.

Could you imagine taking a bit of Spain off? It would be untenable. A bit of France?

Taking Northern Ireland out of the United Kingdom and putting an artificial border in the Irish Sea, I think is catastrophic.

The whole point about not creating a hard border on the island of Ireland, yes I get that, and the Good Friday Agreement, I get all of that.

But essentially the Prime Minister has threatened the integrity of the United Kingdom and I think thats unforgivable.

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early a third of firms across Britains manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade sectors have suffered supply chain problems as the pandemic and Brexit wrought havoc, according to new figures.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said 30% of businesses in those sectors reported global supply chain disruption in January, according to data from its regular business insights and conditions survey.

It signalled that 16% of all UK firms were hit by supply chain issues or as many as 26% when businesses with fewer than 10 employees are stripped out.

The woes have seen one in 20 UK businesses (5%) overhaul their supply chains due to the end of the Brexit transition period on December 31 2020, with some switching to UK suppliers, or EU suppliers with UK operations, and many diversifying their supply chains.

The desire to reduce offshore supply implies businesses in the UK might be looking to minimise risks from trade disruption, making their supply chains more resilient in the wake of EU exit and the coronavirus pandemic

The ONS data revealed that more than half (58%) of firms that have changed supply chains were using more UK suppliers since Brexit, although that is down from 71% earlier in the year.

British firms have been hit by a double whammy of Brexit fallout and pandemic pressures on supply chains, with sectors across most of the economy suffering staff shortages, shipping and distribution problems, and issues with the availability of a raft of materials and goods.

Omicron and lockdowns before Christmas compounded these problems, according to the ONS.

It said analysis of recent data shows that while global supply chain pressures are at historically high levels, there are signs that these may have peaked and started to moderate a little.

But there are fears that Russias invasion of Ukraine will further impact global shortages.

Hundreds of thousands of firms worldwide are believed to rely on Russian and Ukrainian suppliers, while there are worries the war will also lead to further shortages of semi-conductor chips as Ukraine supplies around 50% of rare gases critical to their production.

Global chip shortages have been hitting the new car market hard, leading to lengthy production delays and sending prices across the sector soaring.

Few sectors have emerged unscathed, however, by the worker and material shortages that have emerged since last summer as economies worldwide recovered from the pandemic.

The ONS said while there was clear evidence that both Brexit and the Covid-19 crisis have been taking their toll on supply chains, it is challenging to accurately measure to what extent business supply chains have been affected so far and, if so, whether they are likely to be permanent.

It added that the changes made to supplier bases may help with future shocks.

The desire to reduce offshore supply implies businesses in the UK might be looking to minimise risks from trade disruption, making their supply chains more resilient in the wake of EU exit and the coronavirus pandemic, according to the report.

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The government is considering using its new Brexit regulatory freedom to allow pesticides banned in the EU on food imported to the UK.

Brussels announced it was banning 10 pesticides on imported fruit and veg in February last year and the UK was at the time widely expected in to follow suit. But over a year later the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra) says no decision has yet been made on whether Britain will follow the EU or continue to permit the chemicals on food.

All the pesticides have not been allowed for use by domestic farmers in either the UK or EU for some years, but were still allowed for imports from outside the bloc subject to maximum residue levels checked by border staff.

But last year Brussels regulation 2021/155 cut the maximum residue levels (MRLs) for all the chemicals to the lowest possible level allowed under EU law effectively banning their use on food destined for the continent.

The change was announced by the European Commission in February 2021 and took effect in September last year, but the UK has not yet decided whether to follow suit for most of the chemicals.

The chemicals in question are carbon tetrachloride, chlorothalonil, chlorpropham, ethoprophos, fenamidone, methiocarb, propiconazole and pymetrozine. Two further chemicals, dimethoate and omethoate, were also banned by the regulation and have also since been banned on food imported to the UK.

The eight chemicals that are still permitted on imports to the UK but not EU were banned for a variety of reasons: chlorothalonil, a fungicide, is considered potentially carcinogenic and is judged to be a possible groundwater contaminant.

Propiconazole, another fungicide used by American rice farmers, is considered toxic to reproduction, meaning it is classed as potentially dangerous to babies in the womb. Meanwhile chlorpropham, a chemical used to prevent potato sprouting by American farmers, is banned for domestic use in the EU and UK due to toxicity concerns.

The widespread use of the chemicals by US farmers and the foot-dragging by the UK government has raised eyebrows among campaigners, who are suspicious that the UK may be concerned banning the pesticides could jeopardise a future trade agreement with the US and other countries with lax standards.

The US rice industry described the ban on propiconazole as frustrating in April last year, while the countrys potato industry has described steps to restrict chlorpropham as disappointing.

The Defra press office declined to provide a quote for this article but confirmed that no decision had yet been taken on the eight chemicals that were as yet not banned for import to the UK. The department did not give a timescale but said decisions would be made in due course and independently of the EU.

Defra highlighted that it had taken action equivalent to the EU import ban on two of the chemicals, dimoethoate and omethoate, and said that decisions about which pesticides to permit on food were based on robust scientific assessments.

Friends of the Earth campaigner Kierra Box told The Independent: Weve known for years that these pesticides pose health risks, which is why the UK already has some restrictions in place to limit residues of these chemicals on imported food.

However, the EU has already tightened the rules, so why hasnt the UK followed suit?

Any suggestion that prospective trade deals with countries that commonly use these pesticides may have influenced delays to these reassessments would be deeply concerning.

We mustnt trade away health and environment safeguards for the sake of a few pounds or use the UKs newfound regulatory freedom to trash standards that protect people and planet, rather than raise them.

An investigation by Greenpeace's Unearthed unit published in February found that British companies had shipped more than 10,000 tonnes of banned pesticides overseas in 2020, including propiconazole.

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Donations at the Klub Orla Bialego (White Eagle Club) in Balham, south London, made by members of the public, prior to their aid convoy setting off to Ukraine in aid of refugees fleeing the Russian invasion

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People protest in front of the National Gallery in London against Russias massive military operation in Ukraine

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People head to St Marys Cathedral to light candles after a demonstration outside the Russian Consulate General in Edinburgh, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Damaged caused to home of Dominic Good, in Stondon Massey, near Brentwood, Essex, after a 400-year-old oak tree in his garden was uprooted by Storm Eunice.

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Activists from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) protest against the use of feathers in clothing, ahead of London Fashion Week

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"The Nuba Survival" is a five-metre-tall statue of two skeletons locked in an embrace in Checkendon, Oxfordshire. The statue was created by local artist John Buckley

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Nelson Beaumont-Laurencia applies finishing touches to a sculpture of a tiger, commissioned byManchester Business Improvement District to celebrate the Chinese New Year, is unveiled in St Anns Square

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A house on Overhill terrace in Gateshead, lost its roof on 29 January after strong winds from Storm Malik battered northern parts of the UK

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A newly painted bicycle sign is seen on the middle of the road at Westminster Bridge, as the new Highway Code rules start today together with giving pedestrians priority at junctions

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School children take part in a rally in support of British Sign Language becoming a recognised language in the UK, outside the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, as the British Sign Language Private Members Bill, introduced by Rosie Cooper MP, reaches its second reading in the House

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson jogs with his dog Dilyn, in London

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Rowers (front to back) Charlotte Irving, Kat Cordiner and Abby Johnston, on their way to shatter the world record for rowing across the Atlantic

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Brexit: Fishing industry was 'sacrificed' by government says Deas

In the past six months the relationship between the UK and France has been fraught with tension as both sides try to agree on post-Brexit fishing rights.Since the beginning of last year, EU member state boats need a licence to fish in UK and Jersey waters, while UK boats need a licence to fish in EU waters.Licences are granted to boats that can prove they have fished in a particular area between February 2017 and January 2020, but some vessels have found this more difficult to prove than others.

In October lastyear, dozens of French boats were denied a licence and since then tensions have escalated, with France having made various threats as to what would happen if more licences were not issued.

French fishermen even took action into their own hands in November, by blocking British boats access to French ports and blocking trucks at the Eurotunnel freight terminal.

In the Brexit deal both sides agreed to an adjustment period, where 25 percent of EU fishing rights in UK waters would be transferred to the UK over five years.

The amount of fish the EUisallowed to catch in UK waters will be reduced by 15 percent in the first year, and by 2.5 percent each subsequent year, with an end date of June 30 2026.

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Dr Bull, who is Deputy Leader of Reform UK, previously known as the Brexit Party, insisted that this six year timeline was too long and claimed former UK Prime Minister Theresa May had merely complied with the EUs demands.

Speaking to Express.co.uk, he said: Theresea May was the wrong Prime Minister, and what she did was she agreed to the timeline set by the European Union.

It was a trap from the word go.

When asked to reflect on the current Governments handling of fishing since Brexit, Dr Bull facetious said: Yes weve reduced the licences by three boats or something. Its pathetic.

According to the BBC, it is estimated that the UK will have access to an extra145millionof fishing quota every year by 2026.

In 2019 British vessels caught850millionworth of fish inside UK waters.

Dr Bull, who campaigned and voted for the UK to leave the European Union, was deeply critical of a number of other elements of the agreed Brexit deal.

He labelled the Northern Ireland Protocol, which has disrupted trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as ridiculous and catastrophic.

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The UK and EU agreed that inspections and documents checks for goods delivered between Northern Ireland and Great Britain would not take place along the Irish border.

This led to criticism that a trade border had essentially been created in the Irish Sea.

Dr Bull said: Weve ended up in this ridiculous situation where the United Kingdom has been carved up.

Could you imagine taking a bit of Spain off? It would be untenable. A bit of France?

Taking Northern Ireland out of the United Kingdom and putting an artificial border in the Irish Sea, I think is catastrophic.

The whole point about not creating a hard border on the island or Ireland, yes I get that, and the Good Friday Agreement I get all of that.

But essentially this Prime Minister has threatened the integrity of the United KIngdom and I think thats unforgivable.

Dr Bull was scathing of Boris Johnson and his Government for not taking advantage of the extraordinary Brexit vote.

He also raged at what he said were broken tax promises and insisted that the cost of living crisis must be addressed as a priority.

Dr Bull said: I think the current Government has just doubled down on where the European Union is.

Were now a high tax, high regulation, low growth economy and you can see that with the fact weve got inflation rising, national insurance coming in, our tax bills coming up This isnt what people voted for.

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The outbreak of war in Ukraine has put an end to the public rhetoric over the mechanism created by the Brexit withdrawal agreement.But behind the scenes today, UK officials will make a renewed push for change.

The Protocol effectively places a border down the Irish Sea, with goods travelling from Britain to Northern Ireland required to undergo customs checks.

Unionists argue the checks are devastating the UK's internal market by creating frictions to trade from one part of the union to another.

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and her EU counterpart Maro efovi had been meeting weekly in a bid to find a compromise over the way the Protocol was operated.

However, they have not met since Russia's invasion of its neighbour.

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Both figureheads have found all their time dedicated to the crisis, as well as wanting to present a united front to Putin's aggression.

Despite the absence of the two politicians, talks will continue as negotiators meet in a body known as the Specialised Committee.

Prior to the breakout of war, Britain had been threatening to trigger Article 16 of the Protocol to legally suspend customs checks, unless the EU agreed to its demands for a wider renegotiation of the mechanism.

Brussels warned such an action would lead to a trade war between Britain and the continent.

It is unclear if the UK is still ready to take such action, with no public threats made since Russia launched its insurgence of Ukraine.

Ministers are under pressure not to let the war become an excuse for a failure to progress in talks.

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Speaking at a Conservative event in Belfast last week, Tory MP Steve Baker described the protocol as "unfinished business".

"Any suggestion that Putin has vetoed action to restore our constitutional settlement is outrageous," he said.

"Brexiteers, rightly, would be shamed into silence if we attempted this ludicrous argument in reverse.

"Violence doesnt have a veto.

"Neither Putins in Ukraine nor any closer to home.

"It has been reprehensible how many supporters of the Northern Ireland Protocol have prayed in aid violence, and threats of it, to support their cause. Thats not how we do things.

"I am confident that the EU is not going to start a trade war with us, let alone try and force Dublin to erect additional border infrastructure it doesnt want.

"Liz Truss must act now to keep promises made to Northern Irish and Conservative MPs."

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Crunch Brexit showdown TODAY as UK to clash with EU and demand urgent changes - Express