the negotiations so far and underlining the fact that the uk wa nts to underlining the fact that the uk wants to continue having a deep and special relationship with the eu wa nts special relationship with the eu wants the uk leads. the prime minister's spokesperson added that the prime minister wanted to give a speech on the uk's future relationship with europe in its historic heart and that she sees florence as having cultural and economic ties that spanned centuries in centuries and that that was why theresa may would be giving her speech there. her spokesperson also said that when the uk leads the eu it will be leaving the european union, not europe. that is when the speech is happening and we are. but, of course, we know that there has been slow progress, apparently, on the talks so far. i think some will see this speech is perhaps an attempt to change the atmosphere, smooth things over, try to speed things up so that the uk and those