but isn't the difficulty, victoria prentice, that borisjohnson has heaped scorn on mrs may's deal, sothing remotely like that would surely be political suicide for him? well, i met him last week with a small group of colleagues and he persuaded me that he really does want a deal, that he really does not want no deal and i believed him, as did the colleagues who were with me. i view this group, mp5 for a deal, as a group of people who have understood that we must respect the result of the referendum, who want to avoid the damages of a no—deal brexit and who understand and listen to their constituents and know that people really, really want to get on with things and have certainty. and i think there is a lot of concerns because we are all real people, we live in our constituencies, we love our constituents, we understand that theirjobs and their livelihoods and the human element of brexit, which we hardly ever talk about, really matter to people and we are determined to do something about it. well, what do you say then to the likes of amber rudd, for example, at the weekend who said 90

has been launched called mps for a deal that includes people like the conservative backbencher victoria prenticee flint, and they say they will be working to show there are the numbers to get a majority for some sort of deal. the mp alex chalke said the mood in parliament has changed and there is more impetus to get a deal so what we will see in the next five weeks, there is a lot of that back room talk to try and work out what sort of deal could be put through parliament. thank you, helen. so what options are left for the prime minister now? could he reach a deal with the eu in time for october 31st? our reality check correspondent chris morris is here. is a deal possible at this late stage? it's possible but to the surprise of no one watching, i will say time is short. the withdrawal agreement took more than 18 months to negotiate. what is happening now needs to be negotiated, ratified and turned into law ina negotiated, ratified and turned into law in a few weeks. the prime minister is talking to other eu leaders, there are talks in brussels but why the government says progress is being made,