PM must turn 75 MPs to get Brexit deal through … New Zealand to introduce new gun laws … and the social media ‘disease’ Theresa May will embark on a final desperate attempt to win over the DUP and get her Brexit deal through parliament, in the hope that it will be third time lucky. With several prominent Brexiters, including the former works and pensions secretary Esther McVey, now signalling they may swing their vote in behind the PM, government sources are hoping to create a sense of momentum to get May’s deal up. However, the chancellor, Philip Hammond, said May would not put the deal to a third vote in the Commons unless she was confident she could get it through. It will be a week of deadlines as the EU council meeting approaches on Thursday, with crucial decisions to be made on any Brexit extension. You can read some of the possible scenarios here. The short version is May needs to convince 75 MPs to change their vote if her deal is to pass, and then will ask for a short, technical extension of article 50. If not, it’s anyone’s guess how long it will be. No one is in any doubt of what a big job May has ahead, including the Dutch PM, Mark Rutte, who likened her to the knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail who loses his arms and legs in a duel and calls it a draw. AFP.