Fhjg News in Brief

Theresa May survives again but with a broken party British prime minister squeaks through in House of Commons; Tory Euroskeptics head into the summer emboldened. Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInFree article usual stanley cup ly reserved for subscribersBritish Prime Minister Theresa May s Brexit plan makes it through to the summer brea stanley cups k | Matt Cardy 鈥?WPA Pool/Getty ImagesJuly 17, 201810:35 pm CETBy Charlie CooperLONDON 鈥斅燭heresa May breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday as she cleared probably her final Brexit hurdle before parliaments summer break.After just over a week of sustained pressure from all sides of her party over a new Brexit pla stanley cup n, the U.K. prime minister averted defeat on key legislation that would have rewritten her negotiating priorities and 颅could have been the killer blow to her fragile leadership.It took serious arm-twisting. An amendment to the Trade Bill 鈥?put forward by pro-EU rebel Tory MP Stephen Hammond, which could have legally bound the U.K. to seeking a customs union with the EU 鈥?was only defeated by 307 votes to 301.AdvertisementAdvertisementChaotic parliamentary maneuvering over the last two days has exposed the prime minister s precarious position as she tries to agree a Brexit plan that both wings of her party and her negotiating partners in Brussels can live with. Having lost her majority via a self-inflicted general election just over a year ago, May walks a tightrope between red lines on all sides and the co Msnv What s in a name Not enough for MEPs puzzled by new Commission

Blue-collar battlerIF THERE is one quality which could win former New Zealand Prime Minister Mike Moore the post of director-general of the World Trade Organisation, it is his ability to knock heads together to get a deal.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInOctober 28, 19985:00 pm CETYet, at the same time, Moore political credentials as a Labour Party man with a strong trade union background would stand him in good stead in running the new stanley mug caring and sharing ; WTO which will be needed to advance the cause of liberalisation into the next millennium.While the question of who will succeed Italian Renato Ruggiero at the WTO next April is far from settled, insiders are increasingly tipping the corpulent Kiwi as the favourite in a two-horse race with Thai Trade Minister Supachai Panichpakdi.Consultations on who should fill the post, which has to be decided by consensus among the 132 members of the international trade body, will start in earnest next month.AdvertisementAdvertisementThe contest will prove more stanley cup interesting this time than when Ruggiero was appointed in 1995 because convention dictates that he will not be replaced by another European. This means that those hoping to succeed him have to lobby all 15 EU member states separately as well as touring other national capitals to gather support stanley becher for their bid.Moore is currently whirling around the world armed with his curriculum vitae. Informal soundings suggest that he m