Mixed reaction in EU as May goes cap in hand for extension

For more than two years, British prime minister Theresa May insisted that her country would leave the European Union at 11pm on March 29 next. On the record, from the dispatch box in the House of Commons, she said it 108 times.

That was until yesterday — the 1,000th day since the Brexit referendum which delivered a 52%-48% majority to quit the EU.