was it is a bit more hopeful thanit helmy was it is a bit more hopeful than it was.nding strip. the landing strip is narrow and it is far away and time short. the landing strip is, as agnes says, around the northern ireland backstop. the du p are still important, but there is quite a way to go simply because borisjohnson has put on the table food, food security and cheques and everything else, is an all ireland issue, but that only amounts to one third of everything that happens across that border. it amounts to a big chunk... so it is necessary? is nowhere near what will be needed.” just want to inject a optimistic point. there has to be a deal, they will be a deal, because the economic realities always trump political ideologies. the economic reality is that the economy would tank, germany is already in recession,... island would be hit worse. ireland would be hit worse. germany don't want to go into serious recession. there are regions of the mediterranean where there are 40% unemployment rates. this is not a time to give up and say we haven't reached a deal. that