Norway MP brands Britain an 'ABUSIVE partner' and claims UK will 'mess up' their EU deal

A NORWEGIAN MP has compared Brexit Britain to an “abusive partner” and warned against the UK adopting any form of “Norway-style” exit deal when the country cuts ties with the European Union.

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Prime Minister Theresa May has been fighting this week to get support for her deal ahead of the crucial vote next week. But, some MPs are still calling for the UK to adopt a Norway-style agreement, should the Prime Minister’s deal get voted down in the House of Commons. Speaking on Channel 4 News, Heidi Nordby Lunde, president of Norway's European Movement, has warned against the UK adopting a Norway-style deal, claiming Britain could “mess up” their current arrangement with the EU.

Ms Lunde also compared Brexit Britain to an “abusive partner” during her analogy.

She said: “The Norway deal that you talk about has four issues that I don’t think the UK politicians want.

“First of all we accept migration internally in the EU, we also accept rulings by the European Court of Justice, we accept the rules and regulations that we get from the European Union and also being in the EFTA bloc that has the deal with the European Union on our behalf.

“We cannot make our own free trade agreements without having Liechtenstein and Iceland with us.

Heidi Nordby Lunde and Theresa May

Brexit news: Heidi Nordby Lunde warned against the UK adopting a Norway-style option (Image: C4NEWS•GETTY)

“So there are four red lines there that I don’t think the UK politicians want.”

She added: “But on the other hand, I’m sceptic to letting the UK into the EFTA family because it’s kind of like having an abusive partner spiking the drinks and inviting to a Christmas party, and think that this will go well.

“It will upset the balance between the EFTA countries and also upset the balance between us and the European Union and it’s not in Norway’s interest.”

Ms Lunde added the UK would “mess it all up for us the way you have messed it all up for yourselves”.

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The Norway deal that you talk about has four issues that I don’t think the UK politicians want

Heidi Nordby Lunde

On Friday, David Cameron’s former adviser Phillip Blond warned the UK could end up with a Norway-style deal.

He told Sky News: “What we are heading for is a Brexit that is Brexit in name only, which is what one might argue Norway is, so that’s Brexit not at all, or Remain.”

Nick Clegg’s former special adviser, Polly MacKenzie, also gave her prediction to Sky News: “I think we’ll either end up with a referendum or we’ll end up with Norway Plus because there’s a possible consensus with Labour if they just budge a bit.”

On Tuesday MPs will decide whether to back the Prime Minister’s Brexit agreement with the European Union.

Pro-Brexit MPs in the Conservative Party have urged the Prime Minister to renegotiate the controversial backstop element in the Withdrawal Agreement, with many saying they cannot support the deal.

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On Thursday, Mrs May signalled that MPs could be given the power to decide whether the UK goes into a controversial backstop arrangement regarding the Northern Irish border.

The Prime Minister indicated Parliament would choose between triggering the backstop or extending a transition period after the UK formally quits the EU.

Mrs May told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Thursday: "There will be a choice between, if we get to that point, a choice between going into the backstop and extending the transition period.

"Now, there are pros and cons of both sides of that. People have a concern of the backstop, that we could be in it indefinitely. But, in the backstop we have no financial obligations, we have no free movement, we have very light level playing field rules with the EU.

"In the implementation period, we still have to negotiate the terms, but there will be concerns about the fact that they would require, I'm sure they would require, some more money to be paid, for example. So there would be arguments on different sides."

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