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The Prime Minister has come under fire in the past few weeks over allegations he and his Downing Street team broke coronavirus rules during the first lockdown. Mr Johnson is also suffering criticism over his handling of the Brexit negotiations and Number 10's threats of triggering Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

But EU expert Wolfgang Munchau warned that getting rid of Boris Johnson could spark a domino effect that would see Labour win the next elections and Brexit gradually reversed.

The Eurointelligence director said: "A trigger of Article 16 would endear Boris Johnson to two critical groups among Conservative MPs: the members of the so-called European Research Group, and assorted Thatcherites.

"If they got rid of him, they would face the prospect of Rishi Sunak, the UK Chancellor, as a potential successor.

"Sunak is a man who tends to follow the advice of his officials. If you are a Brexiteer, beware of unintended consequences."

He explained: "The consequences would be a rise in the probability of a Labour victory at the next elections.

"If that were to happen, we would expect to see a partial Brexit reversal in the form of an attempt to forge a different relationship with the EU, possibly even an association agreement."

Echoing Rejoiner Lord Adonis' comments, he added: "Long-term, we could even see a complete Brexit reversal. The real tragedy of Brexit is that those who wanted it the most did not have any idea what to do with it. This is why we ultimately agree with the tweet by Lord Adonis, chairman of the European Movement in the UK: If Boris goes, Brexit goes.

"It wont be as direct as Adonis suggested, but ultimately we think he is right."

The warning comes despite Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer promises he would "make Brexit work" should his party win the next elections.

Sir Keir said a Labour government would back businesses to "buy, make and sell in Britain".

With Parliament in recess, the Labour leader is currently touring the North of England and the Midlands, taking his "contract with the British people" directly to voters.

Criticising the Government for not investing in manufacturing jobs across the UK, Sir Keir said: "It's not enough to just leave the EU and think the job is done: we must now make Brexit work. That means backing the places that powered our country to get our economy motoring again.

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"For too long the decline of manufacturing has been treated as if it was inevitable and irreversible. I will never accept that. But these figures show how the Government's failure to back British business has led to a shocking decline in the number of jobs."

In an analysis of ONS data, Labour claims that the number of jobs in manufacturing fell by 93,000 between the end of 2009 and the end of 2021.

This includes 16,000 jobs lost in the North of England and 18,500 jobs lost in the Midlands. Between 2010 and 2020, Germany added nearly one million manufacturing jobs.

Ahead of a visit to Burnley on the second day of his tour, Sir Keir added: "The next Labour government would support our manufacturers with practical plans to buy, make and sell in Britain.

"We would be as ambitious for towns and cities across the country as they are for themselves, investing in skills, technology, and quality jobs - so that people once again feel the benefits of British industry.

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"This is personal to me. My dad was a toolmaker, so I know the pride that comes with creating and building things - and the pain felt when the Tories dismantle that hard work.

"That's why it's a crucial part of my contract with the British people, which will build a new Britain that guarantees security, prosperity and respect for all."

On Monday, the Labour leader stressed he would not seek to re-enter the EU in government.

When asked about whether a Labour government would rejoin, he told BBC Radio Newcastle: "We've exited the EU and we're not going back. Let me be very clear in the North East about that. There is no case for rejoining."

He added: "I want to make sure we take advantage of the opportunities, and that we have a clear plan for Brexit. That's what I'm working on."

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An ambitious immersive artwork designed to be experienced with your eyes closed will begin touring around the U.K. in May as part of the rebrand of a pricey initiative originally planned to celebrate U.K. culture in the wake of Brexit.

Inspired by an experimental 1959 creation by artist-inventor Brion Gysin,Dreamachine promises audienceswith their eyes closedan opportunity to experience colorful, kaleidoscopic patterns and hallucinated visions created by flickering light. The experience will be accompanied by a tailor-made soundscape, as well as what organizers describe as one of the largest scientific research projects to take a deep dive into the collective human psyche.

Bryon Gysin, right, and his Dream Machine, with William Burroughs, ca. 1970, London.

The work is a collaborative effort spearheaded by Collective Art, which brings together Turner Prize-winning artists Assemble and Grammy- and Mercury-nominated composer Jon Hopkins together with a team of technologists, scientists, and philosophers. It is one of the 10 projects commissioned as part of Unboxed: Creativity in the U.K., formerly nicknamed the Festival of Brexit, the 120 million ($163 million)extravaganza initiated by Theresa Mays government to celebrate British culture after the country cut ties with the European Union. The festival is funded by the four governments of the U.K.England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Walesand commissioned in partnership with Belfast City Council, Creative Wales, and EventScotland.

The work will tour London, Cardiff, Belfast, and Edinburgh between May and October 2022, presented with Cardiff Council, Northern Ireland Science Festival, W5 Belfast, Edinburgh International Festival, and Edinburgh Science Festival. More than 100,000 visitors are expected to be able to experience this mysterious work for free.

Collective Art, Dreamachine (2022). Photo: Christa Holka.

Gysins original vision was to create a device that could replace television, allowing each individual to create their own cinematic experiences by immersing themselves into the images generated by the flickering light. Gysin hoped such unique viewing experiences could keep people away from passive consumption of mass-produced media.

More than six decades later, Collective Art pushes Gysins vision further, creating an immersive environment woven from layers of music, technology, neuroscience, philosophy, and architecture. Visitors are led to a room and seated in front of the machine with their eyes closed. A soundtrack by Hopkins, who has worked with Brian Eno and Coldplay, guides visitors to a transcendental state.

Audiences will be asked to participate in the science research project Perception Census to look into the unseen diversity of the nations inner worlds, organizers said. Details of the project, as well as dates, ticketing information, and venues, will be announced in late March.

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There have been, and will continue to be, many changes within the UK resulting from Brexit, with the UK having left the European Union at the end of the transition period at 11pm on 31 December 2020. One change which may not have been at the forefront of minds is the delay on suppliers in Great Britain being able to legally trade in edible insects; a delay which, according to recent reports, is likely to continue throughout 2022.

Edible insects are a potential sustainable alternative to protein derived from meat and fish because they require significantly less land, account for a fraction of greenhouse gas emissions and require much less water than cattle or pigs. Whilst insects have long been on the menu in other parts of the world, for example toasted grasshoppers in Mexico and Witchetty grub in Australia, they are not yet widely adopted in Europe (despite insect products, including honey, being mainstay ingredients). With the global population increasing and consumers having a keener eye on sustainability, insects are widely considered to be a viable alternative food source, with snack and nutritional products such as roasted mealworms and cricket-flour entering the market in recent years.

Their supply, however, has been affected by the end of the transition period, which invalidated all applications for edible insects, classed as novel foods under EU law. Any application for a novel ingredient not approved for use in the EU as of 1 January 2020, must be re-submitted to the Food Standards Authority (FSA) before being sold in the GB market.

Applications must be made for each novel food or ingredient to be considered and whilst applications are free to submit, costs arise in having to gather scientific evidence for the FSA to be able to make an informed decision as to whether their introduction into the market is deemed safe. In May 2021, the Guardian reported that legal authorisation to operate may cost between 70,000 and 85,000. For businesses relying on the sale of edible insects, who may have been forced to cease trading because of this change in the law, this is a considerable amount of money which may just prove too costly or otherwise tighten margins and pass the cost on to consumers, making the products uncompetitive to their "traditional" protein counterparts.

It further remains unclear whether the transitional measures operating at the EU level continue to apply, allowing companies to continue selling insects, without novel food status, provided applications were submitted prior to January 2020. Clarity has been requested on this issue however clear guidance from the FSA is yet to be seen.

It is evident that (at least in the short term) red tape imposed by Brexit could lead to missed opportunities in bringing new and alternative foods into the market. It is unclear at this stage how long it will take for the FSA to work through the backlog of applications received.

Whilst it all may seem doom and gloom at this stage, the fact that the UK has left the EU and is free to deviate from the EUs position on novel foods might mean that there is scope and opportunity in the future for the UK to be at the forefront of emerging areas in the food and beverage sector and align itself closer to global trends. However, plans may have to be mothballed until this is resolved.

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Inflation up. Taxes up. Gas bills up. If elections are won and lost on the economy, stupid, then perhaps the Conservatives should be as worried about whats happening to the economy as they are about Partygate and public fury about the prime minister breaking his own Covid-19 guidance.

The government rightly point out that the economy has staged a remarkable bounce-back after numerous lockdowns, but it merely follows one of the steeper declines among comparable economies. The public finances will also suffer from long Covid for decades to come, such was the scale of support applied during the crisis. There will be few options for pre-election giveaways or splurging in the red wall. A government unable even to bribe the voters with their own money is in a weak position indeed.

The prospects for the economy post-Covid and post-Brexit are generally regarded as poor-to-middling, with labour shortages and feeble private sector investment and productivity growth being the biggest headaches. None are susceptible to quick fixes. Politically, the broader problem is that the boosterism and sunny optimism exuded by Boris Johnson during the 2016 Brexit referendum and the 2019 general election have perhaps raised expectations unsustainably high, and would have done so even without Covid.

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The Dutch foreign investment agency NFIA was involved last year in helping 423 foreign companies either set up in business in the Netherlands or expand their current operations, the agency said on Thursday.

The figure is a return to 2019 levels and shows that business investment has stabilised since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the agency said.

In total, the agency expects the projects will create nearly 13,400 jobs and generate investments of 2.3bn over three years.

Foreign companies make an important contribution to our economy, said economic affairs minister Micky Adriaansens. For example, they account for 30% of the total private expenditure on research and development in the Netherlands.

Among the companies highlighted by the NFIA are Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) which has started the construction of its first European CAR T-cell therapy facility in Leiden and Scottish company Enough, which is producing alternative proteins from waste from the nearby Cargill facility in Zeeland.

Most projects 106 come from the US but 74 of those setting up in the Netherlands were from Britain.

This growth is largely due to an increased number of companies impacted by Brexit that decided to establish a presence in the Netherlands last year, the NFIA said. Since the referendum in 2016, 316 companies have chosen the Netherlands because of Brexit.

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In total 133 companies set up shop in the Amsterdam metropolitan area last year and city officials expect them to create 4,000 new jobs in the long term.

Of those companies, 24 said that Brexit was the main reason to set up in Amsterdam, taking the total since the referendum to 169 and 6,139 jobs.

More than 100 companies are still considering moving to the Dutch capital partly because of Brexit, city officials said.

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An astonishing 590million of taxpayer-backed loans were granted for students from EU states while the UK was still under Brussels rules in 2020-21. But more than half of the staggering amount is unlikely to be repaid, the Government has conceded.

While a part of the EU, the UK was forced to treat students from the continent in the same way as British students.

It meant that while those attending universities from most of the world could be charged an international levy and would need to find their own funding, those from countries in the EU had access to the student loan system.

They could access loans and grants from the UK Government and pay no more than the 9,250 cap on yearly fees set for domestic applicants.

However, many students left the UK upon completing their education making it hard to chase up payment for the fees.

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In the longer term, the Government will be forced to cough up and cover the unpaid cost.

In 2020-21 - the last year the UK was subjected to Brussels' rules - there were 153,000 students from the EU at British universities.

Now, students from the bloc can finally be subject to the same requirements to study as those from other parts of the globe.

Former minister David Jones told The Sun: "This is a particularly welcome benefit of Brexit.

British taxpayers were paying for the education of thousands of foreign students who clearly had no intention of repaying the loans.

Leaving the EU now enables us to pay for the education and training of thousands of British students, proving how wise we were to vote to leave the EU.

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International undergraduate tuition fees are often far higher than for domestic students.

They can be as much as 38,000 a year for some degrees such as medicine.

The number of EU students has dropped significantly since Brexit according to official figures.

Data from Ucas, the higher education admissions service, says total EU acceptances have halved.

The number of confirmed places for the 2021 academic year was down 56 percent to 12,920.

Meanwhile the number of acceptances for non-EU international students rose by five percent to 46,610.

The only exceptions appeared to be Northern Ireland's two main institutions: Queen's University Belfast, and Ulster University.

Still bound by EU rules due to the Northern Ireland Protocol, those attending the places of study in the province from the continent still have access to the UK loans system.

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Shippers are sleepwalking towards the changeover of the UKs customs infrastructure and need to wake up rather than seek to saddle HMRC with the blame for their failings, say freight specialists.

From September, UK imports will run through the new Customs Declaration Service (CDS), as HMRC terminates support for the Customs Handling Imports and Exports Freight Platform (CHIEF).

However, there is mounting concern over the preparedness of importers for the switch.

Forward Solutions MD Richard Litchfield told The Loadstar: I think we are into a repeat of what happened last year this was probably the sectors biggest change and its effects were still around in June.

By the end of last year, industry was so tired; and we are heading towards something similar. Its a major challenge to go back to your shippers and say thanks for all that info, now we need more.

Mr Litchfield is not alone in his concerns, other sources tellThe Loadstar they doubt HMRCs capacity to migrate 5,000 importers to CDS within the deadline, just six months away.

However, Mr Litchfield and colleague John Varley, Forwards product specialist for customs, believe it is unfair to level the burden fully on HMRC, claiming the industry is failing to adequately ready itself for the switch.

I dont think theres a lack of support from HMRC, it is stretched for sure, but it is also definitely trying to provide a good transition, Mr Varley told The Loadstar.I think there are issues with the registration process, and part of this can be put down to traders not registering fast enough.

Its important to flag this issue and communicate better to the trade why time is of the essence. We had much to learn from last time.

Mr Litchfield suggested that HMRC was throwing all it could at the issue, but higher-up areas of government were not placing a high enough priority on this issue.

Pointing to radio ads, he and Mr Varley both noted that the focus remained on Brexit and EU traffic, despite the fact that firms were either still trading or they had gone. Mr Varley added:Government messaging is out of sync with where we are; trading needs to have sailed, youre either trading or youre not.

The emphasis needs to be on customs to avoid a repeat performance of last year, when traders did not know what they were meant to be doing. But this is a wider governmental challenge it goes beyond HMRC.

The plan to move from CHIEF to CDS pre-dates Brexit and Mr Litchfield and Mr Varley both believe without leaving the EU, the former would have been more easily accomplished.

Nonetheless, they suggest the complexity of CDS will put some strain on supply chains as importers get accustomed to the need for more information CHIEF calls for 54 data elements, in contrast to the 80 sought by CDS.

Mr Varley said:And this exemplifies where government and the trade face the biggest challenge as there is a lack of customs staff available to do entries, meaning those people are at a premium and will be able to name their own terms.

The Loadstar has extensively covered the concerns surrounding the dearth of customs staff since the Brexit referendum.And while some sought to get ahead on this notably the port of Portsmouth there remain certain sectors of the supply chain that have still failed to recognise the looming burden that will be felt when CDS and full customs controls are imposed.

Anything now requiring customs clearance has an additional charge and, therefore, that will be passed on to the consumer, added Mr Litchfield.The more complicated and challenging, at least in the short term, will be more costly. My view is that with GVMS, hauliers threw everything at the wall to keep things stable. I think youll see similar cost spikes with the introduction of CDS.

There will be more disruption. That will settle and then it will balance out.

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Ivan Zhiznevskiy reports that his company, 3S Money, has seen a 322 percent increase in non-UK businesses opening bank accounts in the UK between 2019 and 2020. This growth has continued since the UKs official break from the EU at the end of 2020, with a 108 percent increase reported in the last twelve months.

This suggests that fears that the UK would lose its position as one of the most attractive places for foreign investment after Brexit were unfounded.

2021 was the best year ever for the UKs tech sector in terms of investment, with a recorded 26billion in venture capital.

This surge in investment has proven crucial for the jobs market. A government report in June 2021 reported more than 55,000 new jobs in the year prior, thanks to foreign investment.

The investment does not only benefit London - for instance, the number of jobs in Manchester increased by 164 percent in 2021, while Cambridge was heralded as the leading regional tech city in the UK.

Mr Zhiznesky toldExpress.co.ukthat the reason was partly that the UK offers something many EU countries do not - accessibility.

He described the Amazon Prime mentality of many investors, saying people expect their service to be delivered instantly. If it isnt, they begin to suspect it isnt a good quality product. Obviously, that necessarily isnt the case, but its how many businesses think now.

This is the key to Britains success, he argues.

He said: Thats what the UK offers in terms of financial services. I can go to a company's house website and get a company registered in fifteen minutes. Then I can go to a company like 3S Money and get a bank account set up in a matter of hours.

That mentality is also higher in places like China or the Middle East than in Europe, and the UK is keeping up with them.

I also think its partly because of the fantastic entrepreneurial spirit that we have here.

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Mr Zhiznevskiy added that Londons sense of inclusion is crucial to promoting this level of investment.

He said: In London, its possible to be taken seriously as an outsider, but try phoning an EU bank and speaking with a non-native accent. London remains the most multicultural city in Europe.

The FinTech CEO was not sure if the surge of investment was a direct result of Brexit - but said that it certainly showed Brexit had not harmed Britains place in the global financial market.

He said: Before Brexit went through, everyone was saying that the UK is finished. London hasn't lost its place as a gateway hub to different markets - instead, its position has become stronger. Its the epicentre of foreign investment.

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The European Union is less open to foreign business initiatives. And Britain is completely opposite to that. Thats the key to success.

Sam Cox, CEO of Fivefour Engineering Services added: The biggest challenge to trading in the EU has been arranging bank accounts for non-EU organisations.

The red tape involved in getting an EU bank account isnt ideal for the fast-paced construction industry we operate in.

Amid Covid-19, establishing our business in Sweden with a solid UK base is the best decision we have made as a business.

The UKs banking infrastructure continues to be the most entrepreneur-friendly in Europe and has been the most solid base from which to trade with the EU.

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The Foreign Secretary told BBC Radio 4 on Tuesday that Russia must hold its commitments made to Ukraine with the Budapest Agreement. But Ms Truss' demand backfired when it was pointed out Brexit Britain is failing to respect international agreements made with the EU over the Northern Ireland Protocol.

The accusation came from Managing Director of Eurasia Group, Mujtaba Rahman, who argued the Foreign Secretary is failing to "register" that the UK Government's dealing with the Brexit negotiations "hurts" its calls for other countries to respect international obligations.

He said: "Liz Truss is talking about the need to hold Russia to commitments it has made to Ukraine in 1994 Budapest Agreement.

"Seemingly doesn't register that the UK Government's actions over Northern Ireland Protocol hurt moral case it can make to other countries to respect the treaties they sign."

Echoing Mr Rahman's claim, former Tory MP Ian Colin Taylor warned the UK is being "marginalised" by France on the same basis.

He said: "This has not been overlooked in France for example..and explains why UK is marginalised."

London and Brussels are still locking horns over the Northern Ireland Protocol of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.

On Sunday, Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis has said he believes there is a "landing ground" for resolving difficulties that exist with the Northern Ireland Protocol.

But shadow Northern Ireland secretary Peter Kyle has warned that the Good Friday Agreement is now under "huge pressure" because of the Government's handling of issues around the protocol.

European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss met in London on Friday as part of their attempt to break the deadlock over the protocol and committed to intensive talks over the coming days.

But DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has since warned that there has been "very little progress" in the ongoing discussions and said he does not expect to see a breakthrough before Stormont Assembly elections in May.

But Mr Lewis told the BBC: "We think there is a landing ground, we think there is a way of resolving this.

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"The best way to resolve it is by agreement because that gives certainty, stability for businesses and people in Northern Ireland.

"One of the points the DUP make, so do Sinn Fein, is we need to resolve the problems with the protocol to make sure the people in Northern Ireland can access goods and products in the way they always have done."

Northern Ireland was plunged into fresh political upheaval recently when the DUP withdrew Paul Givan as First Minister in protest at the protocol.

The party said the post-Brexit deal, which has created trade barriers between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK, had undermined a cornerstone of powersharing in the region - governance with the consent of both nationalists and unionists.

Boris Johnson signed the protocol with the EU as a measure to stop a hard border from being erected, and jeopardising the peace process, on the island of Ireland.

But his Government is trying to renegotiate the deal, arguing that it is hampering the movement of goods between Britain and Northern Ireland and damaging community relations.

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Stormont Assembly elections are scheduled for May 5, but in the meantime, there is no functioning Executive.

Mr Kyle blamed the Government for the political crisis in Northern Ireland during an appearance on Sky's Trevor Phillips On Sunday.

He said: "We have a Prime Minister that goes to Northern Ireland, makes an absolute solemn promise there will be no border down the Irish Sea and has no intention of honouring that promise, and in fact breaks it straight away.

"This has put a division right down Northern Ireland at a time when politics is already fragile.

"The Good Friday Agreement is under huge pressure at the moment because we have a Government that doesn't represent all of Northern Ireland, it only represents part of the politics of Northern Ireland.

"We have a Northern Ireland Secretary who doesn't really engage across all of the communities in Northern Ireland."

He added: "I am afraid this is a Government who has played fast and loose with the Good Friday Agreement and all of the measures which have delivered peace, stability and economic growth in Northern Ireland and that is a real worry."

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Is the United Kingdombetter off without Europe? Did the country make a risky choice by leaving the EU one year ago? Our reporters Jonathan Walsh and Clovis Casali crossed the Channel to understand the consequences of Brexit on the daily lives of citizens. From London to Belfast, via Boston the town with the highest pro-Brexit vote in 2016 they report on how the UK has changed.

On June 23, 2016, 51.89 percentof British voters chose to leave the European Union. The vote was followed byyears of tough negotiations to define the UK's future relationship with the bloc, while at home divisions ran deep over Brexit.

On January 31,2020, the UK officially left the EU and began an 11-monthtransition period to allow all parties to get accustomed to new rules. But today, talks are far from over.Brussels and London find themselves at loggerheads over severalissues, including fishing rights and the Northern Ireland protocol.

Our reporters Jonathan Walsh and Clovis Casali travelled aroundthe UKto understand the impact of Brexit on the lives of ordinary people. London, Belfast and Boston the townthat voted the most strongly in favour of leaving the EU are some of the places where they stopped. They met citizens hopeful that Brexit will stop immigration and others worried that their future outside of Europe will mean fewer opportunities.

Among those interviewed isNigel Farage, a former Member of the European Parliament who led the campaign to leave the EU. Heconfesses that "Brexit doesn't guarantee success"and says Prime MinisterBoris Johnson'sgovernment should doa lot better in dealing with the situation.

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