You'd be forgiven for being confused.
The chances of a Brexit deal being reached were described as "overwhelmingly unlikely", "essentially impossible" - but then the desire to reach that deal was reiterated, again.
And the messages all came from the same place - Downing Street.
Boris Johnson and his team attracted the ire of the EU over their reaction to a frosty phone call with Angela Merkel - the EU Council president telling them not to play a "stupid blame game".
Sky's political editor Beth Rigby reports.
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