irreconcilable may be the operative word there to talk about this latest deal proposal i'm joined by quentin peel he is with the chatham house institute of international affairs good evening to you quentin so i mean it is it's a never ending story we've got this latest proposal from boris johnson and it appears that the european union is not going to take the bait what happens then. well i think the problem is this. he said see on the side of the democratic union especially from northern ireland where strength has moved clearly to the very ground which is much more. or nearer to northern ireland but that's getting away from the european union once so well maybe gaining a little bit more like you are getting majority in parliament he's a shining new zinc belts on the other side from the 27 e.u. member states i'm from dublin and this is actually the opposite of what the former prime minister theresa may did right she got a deal with the european union that she couldn't sell to her own parliament. that's it and so between these 2. extremes if you like and i know that extreme everybody seems to think

british prime minister boris johnson is speaeaking of our for more analysis we can speak now to quentin peel. was an associate fellow with the your program at chatham house thank you very much indeed. for speaking to us. i just was thought by also something i haven't put this to anyone else this evening we've had lots of different. in alice's all of. what's happened today but i mean. it do you think there's a sense at least in the boris johnson in a circle of the prime minister has been vindicated. because off to roll at the european said that that deal the loss deal struck with the reason they was not open for renegotiation. and he's proved that it was open for negotiation he's done it. i think that that the line that pushshing out it's very much to. the popular allied united europe said you couldn't open the withdrawal agreement and we re opened it. how being said that if you look hard at what section half clinton's. walking tall is. very similar to what the reason may had except. a little little girl should not to say. we've got a norman island only back up. here it's no longer cool the b