It was billed as “Super Saturday” as the UK Commons held a weekend sitting for the first time in 37 years, but things did not go the way British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had planned.

Brexit negotiations which could define the UK's political and economic future have begun, with David Davis calling for a "new deep and special partnership" between Britain and Brussels.

Latest: Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage says British politicians now need to speak to the people of Europe and sell the benefits of Brexit as part of the divorce discussions.

REACTION in Britain to the resignation of the UK’s permanent representative at the European Union has been tediously predictable.