FIN MCREDMOND
“Big Phil” instinctively knows how to build useful relationships
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Phil Hogan, the newly-appointed EU trade commissioner, is perfectly happy to be underestimated. He now holds the ring on discussions that will settle Brexit Britain’s economic relationship with the EU. But back in the summer of 2010 he had a different role— as the secret weapon of opposition leader Enda Kenny.