THERESA May's Brexit deal will be discussed at a summit in Brussels on Sunday, and Dorset's MPs have mixed views on its chances for success there and in parliament.

Poole MP Sir Robert Syms said he was still considering whether he would back the proposals, as he was concerned about the arrangements in Northern Ireland, and suspected changes could be made over Gibraltar.

“I think at the moment the PM would have a great deal of difficulty getting her Brexit deal through parliament," he said.

North Dorset MP Simon Hoare said he broadly supported the deal and was optimistic about its chances, but he would vote against any alteration compromising the sovereignty of Gibraltar.

"I honestly think there is a very good chance it will get through parliament. There is a huge amount to support in this deal and I think the public is getting a bit cheesed off and wants to get it done and dusted."

He said Brexit supporters opposing the deal were "taking a real risk of, in pursuit of the perfect, sacrificing the good".

Christchurch MP Sir Christopher Chope however said the deal was "not just Brexit in name only but no Brexit at all".

"If someone in Dorset were trying to pull a sale like the Prime Minister is now they would be up before trading standards," he said.

"We were told no deal was better than a bad deal. This is a bad deal."

He said he expected the proposal to fall afoul of opposition from "both sides of the argument" in the Commons.

"If this deal doesn't go through, which it won't, we will leave on March 29 on World Trade Organisation terms and save ourselves a lot of money."