It looks like tempers are fraying among our political classes as they try to locate the impossible - a political solution to the Irish Border Backstop issue.
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Do you remember when everyone was having a pop at the US President Donald Trump for taking to Twitter to get his message across and almost conducting national and international policy with it?
For some reason, the EU chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, published five consecutive Tweets putting out his latest ideas on the backstop.
Now, I've done a quick trawl back over his account and can't see where he's ever done anything like that before.
Now these ideas have already been rejected by the UK, as it would mean treating Northern Ireland differently to the rest of the UK should the backstop be triggered by putting a customs border in the Irish Sea.
The UK Brexit secretary, Stephen Barclay, Tweeted back:
"With a very real deadline looming, now is not the time to rerun old arguments. The UK has put forward clear new proposals. We now need to agree a balanced solution that can work for both sides."
I've also had a quick look back over his Twitter account too and this one also seems to be more direct than his usual and out of character with previous Tweets.
The DUP said Barnier's offer was neither 'realistic or sensible' and Boris Johnson - remember him? - said that the EU was trying to 'annex' Northern Ireland.
The Leader of the House of Commons, Andrea Leadsom, told Reuters:
"There is still hope, but I have to say I’m deeply disappointed with..
