UK should 'cool down', drop Brexit - Socialist candidate to head EU Commission

Britain should use the next few months to "cool down and rethink" its decision to leave the European Union, the socialist candidate to head the next European Commission, Frans Timmermans, said on Wednesday.Last week EU leaders gave Britain an extension of its departure date until Oct. 31, with the possibility of leaving sooner if parliament ratifies a divorce deal Prime Minister Theresa May has negotiated with the EU."I absolutely hope that the UK might stay in the EU,"Timmermans, now the Commis