So I hate to be a #Brexit downer. But signals I am getting this morning from very well placed EU sources is much, much more cautious. Odds of a deal this week - basically zero. Odds of a deal by 31 October? "1%". Why? For all the improved atmospherics, substance is BIG problem 1/ pic.twitter.com/Q5XAL5m23J

— Mujtaba Rahman (@Mij_Europe) October 15, 2019