The Norwegians comply with the measures they want to, where they feel they gain an advantage, the ignore the ones where they feel they don't which is why they have 100% control over their agriculture, fishing, their oil & gas industry, finances, etc, etc.

As for the "dead Kiwi" - he was perfectly correct wasn't he.

As to influencing things inside the EU - the EU Parliament is a toothless talking shop nothing more nothing less - it decides nothing the unelected Commissioners do the deciding - apparently as whims most of the time.

See you ignored the point I made about the UK being one of the largest net contributors to the EU ( i.e. we put more in than we get out so we have to be better off if we are out of it)

Margaret Thatcher negotiated a rebate for the UK - Tony Blair gave it away on the understanding that the EU's idiotic CAP would be first revised and then scrapped, we lost the lion's share of the rebate negotiated by Margaret Thatcher but was the CAP scrapped - was it F**K, still continues to this day because it benefits France - if you negotiate a deal both sides must live up to it - End result UK shafted again - that is what influence we have being in the EU (Constantly outvoted) and our Commissioners kicked to sidelines in "no-count jobs" - not surprising seeing the downright "crooks" we've sent there.