still with us is robin niblett, chatham house director. about it, but it does feel like it is always a crunch data. it is always negotiations on the brink. is this time different or are we going to have a last-minute agreement come november? robin: it is different in the sense that on january 1, the u.k. exit the transition period and board arrangements go up. whatever happens, they will either go up with really serious tariff applications for certain parts of the british economy if or they willa deal go up with pretty much open tariffs and a slightly smoother approach if we do get a deal. this crunch will not continue. the crunch will be done one way or the other. theet a deal done before october summit? unlikely. -- will they least be able to use that summit to try to close up some last positions? i think yes. the very least needs to ratify this. i think as long as a deal is done by the end of october, early november, we should be in a position to get everything sorted out by the end of the year. that means these next few days are absolu