The video will auto-play soon 8 Cancel Get US and UK politics insight with our free daily email briefing straight to your inbox Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Nigel Farage was embroiled in a furious Question Time spat last night with an MP who attacked his Brexit "lies and spin". The Brexit Party leader repeatedly scoffed, huffed and interrupted Anna Soubry as they traded insults over their approach to leaving the EU. Former Tory Ms Soubry accused Farage of trumpeting the benefits of a softer, Norway-style Brexit before the 2016 referendum - only to later make clear he backed No Deal. He suggested that was untrue. "You never listen!" he bellowed, interrupting the MP. So what are the facts? Well, it seems actually both are at least a bit true. Farage did say he would back a No Deal Brexit in 2016. But our records also show Farage talked up Norway. He sarcastically told a Mirror debate in 2016: “It would be ghastly if this country was like Norway. Can you imagine it? “Rich, free, catching your own fish, and with a seat at the World Trade Organisation!” (Image: BBC) (Image: BBC) Last night Farage told the BBC Question Time audience in Northampton the UK should leave with no deal at all - and it wouldn't even cause a hard border in Northern Ireland. Remain-backing Change UK MP Ms Soubry told last night's panel show: "These are the lies and the spin! "Because Nigel Farage is criticising the return of a customs union and regulatory alignment. (Image: BBC) "In 2015 he was arguing for exactly the same thing - saying we could leave the EU just like Norway had done." Farage scoffed, grimaced and said "what?" - pivoting to attack on a factual inaccuracy in Ms Soubry's words. Her talk of "leaving the EU just like Norway" is not accurate because Norway did not leave the EU - it never joined. "Norway never joined, what are you talking about?" Farage declared. (Image: BBC) Ms Soubry said: "The lies you told." He replied: "I said no deal is better than a bad deal Anna, I argued it all through the referendum, day after day after day. "You weren't listening, you never do, do you?" The spat prompted cheers from the Question Time audience. Host Fiona Bruce interjected to smooth over the debate. (Image: BBC) Ms Bruce said: “You’re talking about the toxicity of the debate and the kind of tempers we've seen online and outside Parliament. “Talking like this is exactly what we’re talking about. We can be better than that, can't we?" Ms Soubry pressed on: "In the referendum people like Nigel said we would get a deal. He argued for that." She slammed Vote Leave's false promise of £350million a week for the NHS and said: "People were told we wouldn't leave unless a deal had been done." But Farage said: "I said no deal was better than a bad deal Anna day after day after day. You weren't listening were you?"<doc-sep>Question Time: Nigel Farage tells Anna Soubry she 'never listens' FREE health tips to live a long and happy life SUBSCRIBE Invalid email Sign up forhealth tips to live a long and happy life When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Ms Soubry said: “These are the lies and the spin. Nigel Farage was criticising the return of our customs union and regulatory alignment.” She also insisted that during the EU referendum, he had promised that the UK would “get a deal”. He soon hit back with a fiery response, arguing: “I said no deal is better than a bad deal Anna, day after day after day. “You weren’t listening, were you? God help us.” What did Mr Farage’s body language reveal? Body language expert Judi James shared her analysis with Express.co.uk. “Having stepped back into the Brexit fray, Farage appears to have returned on a cushion of superior status and his body language signals at the point in the debate in this clip with Soubry are a great example of that stance,” she said. Nigel Farage and Anna Soubry had a heated exchange during BBC Question Time When he did speak his head was on a rotation as he shouted ‘No deal’s better than a bad deal’ Judi James, body language expert's analysis of Nigel Farage in Question Time row “While Fiona [Bruce]’s random, crossed-arm, Cheshire Cat-style pointing shows the complicated and heated path of the discussion, Soubry uses a very active and emphatic style of delivery to make her points loudly and emphatically, waving two pointed index fingers simultaneously in the air like windscreen-wipers.” Upon hearing her views, the politician soon hit back with his own thoughts - as well as through his body language. “Her passion/anger could have been reflected back in a verbal joust but instead Farage adopts the kind of pose you might have seen from the top chair in boardrooms of the 1980’s. “Like his hero [Donald] Trump he seems to have sourced some Jurassic-style power moves from that era and this one involved a sit-back-and-look-silently-superior-while-your-rivals-burn-themselves-out ploy. “While Anna held forth, Nigel sat impassively back in his chair with his fingers meshed in an inactive power steeple clasp in front of his chest,” Judi said. “When he did speak his head was on a rotation as he shouted ‘No deal’s better than a bad deal’. Nigel Farage appeared on Question Time , and now, his body language has been analysed Nigel Farage Question Time: The Brexit Party leader leant forward in his seat during the debate Nigel Farage muttered 'God help us' during Question Time<doc-sep>The video will auto-play soon 8 Cancel Get US and UK politics insight with our free daily email briefing straight to your inbox Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Nigel Farage was unable to contain his glee as a teenage Tory activist announced she would back his Brexit Party. The 19-year-old woman let rip at Tory ministers on the BBC's Question Time in Northampton. Speaking after Spurs' and Liverpool's football success she said: "I can't believe we're still having this debate. The only things left in Europe should be Liverpool and Tottenham!" The activist turned on Remain-backing former Tory MP Anna Soubry, who now represents the Change UK party. She said: "Anna, if you would like another referendum why can't we use the EU elections as another referendum? "I've been a member of the Conservative Party since I was since. I'm now 19. I've canvassed for them. (Image: BBC) "But the party has let us down and I will be voting for the Brexit Party in the European elections. "That seems to me a democratic way of having a second referendum." Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage smirked with glee as the remark was made. (Image: BBC) The woman's comments echo the Tories' greatest fears as the party approaches EU Parliament elections on May 23. Tory officials fear they will be wiped out by protest votes for the Brexit Party, coming in as low as sixth place. Unlike Labour , the Lib Dems and other rivals, Conservatives have failed to produce a manifesto or a launch event. Meanwhile the Tory party is in open warfare about whether to crash out of the EU with no deal or continue compromise 'soft Brexit' talks with Labour.<doc-sep>
Brexit: Anna Soubry makes HUGE blunder on Question Time Anna Soubry clashed with Brexit Party leader on BBC’s Question Time after she said Nigel Farage claimed the UK could “could leave the European Union, just like Norway had done” in the lead up to the EU referendum in 2016. Mr Farage instantly snapped back, insisting Norway had never joined the European Union. Speaking on this week's show which took place in Northampton, Ms Soubry said: “Nigel Farage was criticising the return of a customs union and regulatory alignment. “In 2015, he was arguing for exactly the same thing saying we could leave the European Union, just like Norway had done, which is still a member of the single market.” Brexit Party leader Mr Farage stepped in pointing out “Norway never joined” the bloc. He said: “What are you talking about?” Mr Farage was criticised by the Change UK MP about the “lies he told” in the lead up to the historic Brexit vote, prompting a furious response. Anna Soubry clashed with Nigel Farage on this week's BBC Question Time What are you talking about? Nigel Farage The Brexit Party leader added: “I said no deal is better than a bad deal, Anna. “I argued it all through the referendum, day after day after day. “You clearly were not listening, you never do, do you?” Some members of the Question Time audience cheered the quick response from the Brexit Party leader. This Week: Andrew Neil gives critical summary of British politics