a role this afternoon when johnson met with the head of the european parliament david sansa lee what we can confirm is that after meeting with boris johnson has actually told reporters that talks designed to reach a deal before october 31st have made no progress. as i told prime minister johnson. the european parliament will not agree to a deal at all costs. we will not agree to a deal that undermines the good friday agreement and the peace process all compromise the integrity of single market. all right so we've also got the head of the european parliament saying no progress has been made in brics in negotiations this bill and our resident brick said analyst alex forrest whiting to break things down for so we've got the european parliament head saying no progress and we've got that phone call that happened today between johnson in miracles do we know what