Theresa May tells the Commons today that she wants to forge a new relationship with the EU Getty ImagesTheresa May today called on MPs to stop describing Brexit as a divorce because it suggested that the UK and European Union will be on bad terms after they split. The prime minister said she preferred not to use the word “divorce” to characterise proceedings with the EU because “very often when people get divorced they don’t have a very good relationship afterwards”. She added that MPs needed to “stop looking at [Brexit] as simply coming out of the European Union” and recognise it as an opportunity to forge a new relationship with the bloc. Mrs May made the comments during a statement on the recent European Council. She said last night passing of the Bill enabling her to trigger Article 50 would send a…

Source: The Times March 14, 2017 17:02 UTC